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Unique Front Protection at National Museum

Visitors to the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea can look forward to seeing a pair of boxer shorts which are helping to protect soldiers against blast injuries caused by the Taliban’s roadside bombs in Afghanistan.Blast Protective Boxer ShortsImprovised Explosive Devices (IEDs) are the single biggest cause of deaths and injuries to troops serving in Afghanistan.  To help protect our troops…

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Marshall SV Delivers ATC Shelters to UK MOD

ILS and DME Shelters provided for new ATC InfrastructureInstrument Landing Systems in Afghanistan are being housed in shelters designed and produced by Marshall SV, part of Cambridge based Marshall Land Systems.Instrument Land System (ILS) SheltersMarshall SV has delivered the Instrument Land System (ILS) shelters as part of a new Air Traffic Control infrastructure which the MOD is establishing…

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Systems Interface Ltd

Second Sri Lanka Win For Systems Interface

Systems Interface, based in the UK, has been awarded a second major contract for the supply and installation of an Instrument Landing System (ILS) a Distance Measuring System (DME) a Middle Marker (MM) and a Doppler VHF Omnidirectional Range (DVOR) at the soon to be completed Hambantota International Airport, Mattala, Sri Lanka.Contracts were signed in November 2011 between Queens Group Sri Lanka…

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Superior Automotive Testing Software from Brüel & Kjær

Keeping you up to speedAssessing vehicle noise is a faster and easier process with the launch of Brüel & Kjær’s latest data analysis software platform: PULSE 16.1.PULSE Analyser System SoftwareThis update for Brüel & Kjær’s PULSE analyser system has many new features, including improved Source Path Contribution (SPC) technology with time-domain insight and Exterior Sound Simulator…

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Marshall Land Systems Delivers Mobile CT Scanner to UK MOD

Partnership Working with MOD and Philips delivers to Time, Cost and PerformanceDeployable CT ScannerIn a simple ceremony Marshall Land Systems has handed over the UK MOD’s first truly deployable CT Scanner to representatives of the MOD. The Scanner, a Philips Brilliance 64 CT, has been integrated into a Marshall Double Expandable Matrix Shelter by Marshall Land Systems.During the ceremony a…

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Enterprise Control Systems Ltd

Enterprise Control Systems Ltd. EVENLODE COFDM IP Airborne Transceiver Selected by Indra for the P2006T MRI Maritime Surveillance System

Enterprise Control Systems Ltd (ECS), along with partners Tecnam, Selex Galileo, FLIR Systems and Airborne Technologies have been carefully selected by Indra to ultimately offer a cost effective airborne system for maritime surveillance.  It is anticipated that the aircraft will be ready to enter service in 2012 and will have the capacity to patrol maritime areas located from 50 NM to 200 NM…

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Systems Interface Ltd

Systems Interface Awarded VCCS Replacement Contract at Belfast International Airport

Systems Interface, based in the UK, has been awarded a major contract for the supply, design, installation and commissioning of a replacement Voice Communications Control System (VCCS) at Belfast International Airport, Aldergrove, Northern Ireland.Voice Communications Control System (VCCS)Contracts have been signed between Abertis Group and Systems Interface for the provision of a Frequentis…

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Marshall Land Systems Submits Offset Returns

Offset Reports Submitted and Targets met, Programmes on trackMarshall Land Systems, the Cambridge based Land Systems Vehicle and Protected Workspace Integrator and Capability Solution Provider, is pleased to announce that it has recently submitted its annual returns for its Offset Obligations to a number of Governments. These returns show that MLS is on track to meet or exceed its offset…

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Eurotech

Ruggedized Cisco Catalyst 4948E Data Center-Class Ethernet Switch for Military / Aerospace Introduced by Parvus

High Performance, MIL-STD Qualified DuraNET 4948 Delivers 52-Ports of Cisco IOS Managed Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Network Connectivity.The DuraNET® 4948E Data Center SwitchEurotech subsidiary Parvus Corporation announces the DuraNET® 4948, a ruggedized version of Cisco Systems' high performance Catalyst 4948E data center switch with forty-eight (48) downlink and four (4) uplink ports in a hardened…

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Hale Hamilton (Valves) Ltd

Portable Nitrogen Charging Unit Launched for Non-Military Sector

Hale Hamilton’s hugely successful and highly acclaimed military nitrogen portable charging unit has now been launched into the non-military sector.Portable Nitrogen Charging UnitThe portable Nitrogen 2 Go (N2GO) is now available in the civilian market and is expected to prove every bit as successful as the military version.First used by the UK Royal Air Force, the portable gaseous ground support…

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L-3 Link Simulation Training to Upgrade Pakistan Air Force F-16 Aircrew Training Devices with SimuSphere HD-9™ Display

L-3 Link Simulation & Training (L-3 Link) announced today that it has been awarded a contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to upgrade two Pakistan Air Force (PAF) F-16C Block 52 Aircrew Training Devices (ATDs) with the company’s new SimuSphere HD-9™ visual system display. This award represents the first use of SimuSphere HD-9 on training devices that will be delivered to a foreign…

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Marshall Land Systems And Tectonica Commit To Australian Partnership

This agreement marks significant next step in the two companies’ relationship as they team to provide solutions in Australia and Asia Pacific.Cambridge UK and Melbourne Australia; 18th January 2012;Marshall Land Systems (MLS) and Tectonica Australia Pty Ltd (Tectonica) today announced they have signed a partnership agreement to offer Protected Workspace solutions in Australia and the Asia Pacific…

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Enterprise Control Systems Ltd

ECS Demonstrates Lightweight EVENLODE IP Transceiver during 2Excel Aviation Industry Day

On 6th December 2011, 2Excel Aviation invited Enterprise Control Systems Ltd (ECS) to participate in their Industry Day.  2Excel Aviation operates from Sywell Airfield near Northampton.  ECS has worked with Scimitar, the Test and Evaluation arm of 2Excel Aviation as part of both companies’ Rapid Application Design ethos. The 2Excel Aviation Piper Navajo aircraft have flown ECS Coded Orthogonal…

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Enterprise Control Systems Ltd

Enterprise Control Systems Ltd Announces Expansion into the United Arab Emirates

Enterprise Control Systems Ltd (ECS) has announced the recent opening of its new, International Sales Office located in Abu Dhabi which will provide a convenient, local point of contact in the Middle East region. The expansion into the Middle East is the starting point for ECS to expand its presence and provide localised support for existing and future ECS customers in the United Arab Emirates (…

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J & S Franklin Ltd

J&S Franklin Demonstrate DefenCell Versatility at Military Engineering 2012

At Military Engineering 2012, J&S Franklin will be demonstrating DefenCell’s versatility in a variety of Military Engineering roles, from force protection in operational environments such as Afghanistan, to protecting critical infrastructure from VBIED’s in the UK, to emergency disaster relief such as the flooding in Kentucky, USA earlier this year.DefenCell Perimeter and Force Protection…

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Meet Bruel & Kjaer the Sound and Vibration Experts Exhibiting at IMAC XXX

Visitors to IMAC XXX will have the opportunity to discuss their technical needs with Brüel & Kjær’s expert engineers during the five-day show.Bruel & Kjaer will be at booth 107 during the show, which runs from 29th January to 2nd February, at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront in Jacksonville, Florida USA.The company will be performing measurement and analytical demonstrations on a…

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FAUN TRACKWAY

FAUN LANDS NEW ORDER DOWN UNDER

FAUN TRACKWAY – the defence division of Llangefni-based FAUN-Zoeller – has secured a circa £800,000 order from the Australian armed forces.TRACKWAY’s UAV Landing Mat, which it unveiled for the first time at last month’s DSEi defence exhibition to an international audience in London, acts as a temporary runway for unmanned aerial vehicles.The agreement is the first ever sale for the new mat and a…

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Marshall Land Systems And Armatec Survivability Form Team To Tackle Canadian Special Equipment Vehicle Kitting Programme

Down selected companies form team to bid for Canadian DND SEV Kitting Programme to fit out in excess of 800 DND Shelters.Dorchester Ontario, Cambridge England 4th January 2012; In simultaneous releases Marshall Land Systems (MLS) Cambridge UK and Armatec Survivability Corporation (ASC) announced that they are forming a team to jointly respond to the tender for the Special Equipment Vehicle (SEV)…

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L-3 Wins Recompetition for F-16 Training System Program

NEW YORK, December 19, 2011 – L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) announced today that its Link Simulation & Training (L-3 Link) division has won a re-competition for the U.S. Air Force’s F-16 Training System. L-3 Link has received an initial one-year contract to provide pilot and maintenance training devices support. This firm-fixed-price contract, with options through 2019, has a maximum…

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L-3 Link Simulation & Training Announces Product Launch of SimuStrike™

ARLINGTON, Texas, November 28, 2011 – L-3 Link Simulation & Training (L-3 Link) announced today its introduction of SimuStrike™, a low-cost, full-capability flight simulator that will be used by the U.S. Navy to support F/A-18 training requirements. Four F/A-18 SimuStrike systems have been ordered, with an initial delivery scheduled later this year to Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River,…

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