Daily news - Day 1
Effective surveillance
Very different but equally important products are highlighted by Carl Zeiss Optronics on Stand 1313 where the latest aids to forward observers and vehicle-mounted peacekeepers are featured.
18 February, 2007
Health support in the battlefield
The Australian Pavilion is usually the site for unusual and innovative exhibits here and this year is no exception. Anodyne Services Australia (ASA) focuses on an often overlooked aspect of warfare – the need to develop combat medical skills.
18 February, 2007
Software defined
Recognising that despite advanced communications capabilities via satellite or the internet, high frequency (HF) radio is still widely used, Rohde & Schwarz (Stand 1211 in the German Pavilion) is adding a new generation of HF radios to its M3SR family of software defined radios for use at sea and in stationary units.
18 February, 2007
RAID on Czech Army
Bruker Daltonics exhibiting on Stand 1216 has been awarded a US$4m contract to supply its RAID-XP manportable chemical agent and radiation detector for integration into Steyr-Daimler-Puch’s Pandur wheeled armoured vehicles for the Czech Army. Their primary mission is the protection of crew members against chemical agents and gamma radiation, although the RAID-XP can also be removed from the vehicle for manportable missions.
18 February, 2007
VIPIR-2 sight wins more orders
Qioptiq of St Asaph, North Wales (Stand 1917), has announced two recent orders for its VIPIR-2 Lightweight Thermal Imager (LTI). The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded the company a contract to supply more than 450 VIPIR-2 WTI plus direct support of equipment and spares, to be installed on the 5.56mm SA-80 assault rifle. This will enable targets to be engaged under almost all environmental conditions.
18 February, 2007
Amazon Cases
UK-based Amazon Cases is launching a range of tough, lightweight cases for which it has forged a partnership with IBS Flight Cases of Dubai, which will provide a customisation service for internal foam cushioning. Produced from rotomoulded polyethelene, the cases are notable for their resistance to heat, cold, sand and dust, as well as to chemical attack and physical damage.
18 February, 2007
CAMPS protection system set for trials
Saab Avitronics and Chemring Countermeasures have joined forces to develop a cost-effective aircraft self-protection system to counter the MANPADS threat against commercial, transport, military special mission and VIP aircraft.
18 February, 2007
Commander SL radar scans new horizons
BAE Systems believes its new Commander SL long-range surveillance radar is well placed to secure orders across the Middle East region. Building on the pedigree of the successful AR327 Commander radar, currently in use with the UK Royal Air Force and a number of other customers worldwide, Commander SL is an E/F-band tactical radar incorporating the very latest solid-state transmitter/receiver design, software signal processing, advanced digital tracking and commercial-off-the-shelf components.
18 February, 2007
Protected mobility with LMV
Being shown at IDEX this year for the first time is a production version of the Italian IVECO Defence Vehicles Division Light Multi Role Vehicle (LMV) (Stand OD621).
18 February, 2007
FELIN ready for combat
Next month Sagem Défense Sécurité (Stand 1304) will deliver the first of an eventual 22,600 FELIN dismounted soldier systems, to meet the needs of armies that wish to modernise their infantry. Although designed with French Army soldiers in mind, FELIN is seen to be a technological and operational breakthrough, using an integrated and modular system to optimise all combat missions.
18 February, 2007