Daily news - Day 1
Protective walls in a box
The impenetrable walls erected at the main IDEX exhibition site and the Naval Berthing exhibition at Mina Zayed Free Port may not be visually exciting architectural features, but they provide vital protection to military personnel everywhere. In many places and in featureless desert conditions in particular, fortified walls to surround a base camp are few and far between, a situation British company J & S Franklin (Stand 2210 and OD630) a first time IDEX exhibitor, is addressing with its DefenCell Military Force Protection systems.
18 February, 2007
Tough marine defence against terrorists
From South Africa, Cochrane Steel Products (Stand 4517) is showing its latest high security fencing product. However, as the name implies, the Cochrane Floating Barrier has been developed to protect vessels, offshore oilrigs and other potential high value targets from attack by high-speed boats or light craft.
18 February, 2007
Powerful transmission
Responding to market demand for portable satcom solutions, ND SatCom (Stand A73) is launching a lightweight yet powerful and easily deployable portable military terminal. Shown for the first time and dubbed the MPT1000, it can be used to support transmission of voice, data and video.
18 February, 2007