Daily news - Day 3
JV to provide life support
Dimo corp. Middle East (Stand 2311) has entered into a joint venture with Bin Hilal Enterprises to introduce the advanced aviation and medical life support systems from Carleton Life Support USA for the first time in the UAE.Carleton’s customised products include: On-Board Oxygen Generation Systems; breathing regulators and oxygen concentrators, which reduce the logistical burden of supplying liquid oxygen on an aircraft; On-Board Inert Gas Generating Systems, which increase the survivability of military aircraft and reduce the fuel tank flammability exposure in commercial airplanes; and Cryogenic Coolers for use in infrared night vision equipment.
20 February, 2007
Small submarine surfaces at show
France’s DCN (Stand 1300, French Pavilion) is showing a new low-cost coastal submarine concept aimed at navies looking to modernise their existing submarine force or acquire a submarine capability for the first time.
20 February, 2007
Expanded capability for Exocet
The UAE Naval Forces have joined a growing list of navies in line to receive MBDA’s next-generation ExocetMM40 Block 3 surface-to surface guided weapon. All six of the service’s new Baynunah corvettes will receive the system under a contract placed late last year. Each ship will be equipped with eight missiles, fitted amidships, plus a below-decks mission planning and firing terminal.
MM40 Block 3, the latest generation shipborne version of the Exocet family, embodies significant performance and technology improvements, including airbreathing propulsion, a GPS-based navigation and guidance package, and a new launch and mission planning infrastructure.
20 February, 2007
No more flat tyres
An ordinary nail or worse can puncture a vehicle’s tyre and render a mission difficult, if not impossible. A solution to such a problem is offered by Zeus (Stand CON 08) in the form of Polyfill, which is a mix of extender oils, polyethylene, glycol, hardeners and other additives. This is claimed almost to eliminate downtime due to tyre problems.
The company claims that tyres flatproofed with Polyfill give a ride that is almost pneumatic-like but they are as durable as solid tyres. This is achieved by the fluid material, which cures in 24 hours to form an elastic rubber core that can never leak out or go flat.
Consequently, crews can operate under hazardous on and off-road conditions without fear of being isolated and placed in potential danger.
20 February, 2007
Major improvements for urban operations training
For many years Comet has been a leader in the development of simulation and pyrotechnic devices designed to provide a high degree of realism. On Stand 613, the company is showing its latest evolution in pyrotechnic effect simulation, designed specifically for soldiers likely to be engaged in urban operations.
20 February, 2007
Dingo 2 takes on new roles
The latest-generation German Krauss-Maffei Wegmann Dingo 2 armour protected carrier vehicle is now being developed for an increasing number of more specialised roles.
20 February, 2007
Close encounter with aerial bomber
The Boeing KC-767 aerial tanker transport logged a significant milestone at the end of last month when, fitted with a fifth-generation telescopic fly-by-wire boom, it made a series of ‘dry contacts’ with a B-52 bomber assigned to the Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California.
20 February, 2007
EAGLE has landed
Launched earlier this month at the ATC Conference/Exhibition held at Maastricht in the Netherlands, ITT’s Electronic Systems, Radar Systems – Gilfillan is promoting two military air traffic control (ATC) systems at IDEX.
20 February, 2007
AFVs that leave no tracks
Regular visitors to IDEX and some other defence exhibitions will have become used to seeing the products of the Chaiseri company from Thailand (Stand E44). Its business is vehicle upgrades regardless of their country of origin but more specifically, the company has become expert in the design, manufacture and supply of improved tracks, shoes and wheels for AFVs.
20 February, 2007
FLIR aids border security
FLIR Systems (Stand E73) has been based in the UAE for several years in order to support equipment supplied to forces in the region. For example, no less than 350 of its Safire III systems are in service in the area and following a recent order, a quantity of Ranger IV long-range sensors is to be supplied in support of Gulf Arab border security. These will add to 66 Ranger III XR-Plus thermal imagers supplied last year.
20 February, 2007