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NSPA and Safran set up a maintenance facility for portable optronic binocular JIM-Compact

NSPA (NATO Support and Procurement Agency), in cooperation with Safran Electronics & Defense, has received the approval from NVO (Night Vision and Optoelectronics) Support Partnership nations to start the transfer of knowledge, tools and equipment to set up a maintenance facility for JIM COMPACT…

This set-up will provide fast turn-around maintenance to nations as well as long-term life cycle savings by sharing investments in equipment, stocks and dedicated resources.

The NVO Support Partnership currently comprises Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Denmark, Greece, The Netherlands and Norway. The…

Canada’s Leading Defence Companies Expand Collaboration on  Leadership Award for Women in STEM

Canada’s Leading Defence Companies Expand Collaboration on Leadership Award for Women in STEM

CAE, L3Harris Technologies, and Thales Canada announced that Babcock Canada will be added to the list of companies participating in the Canadian Industrial Leadership Award (CILA). CILA has previously invested nearly $1 million in awards, internships and company mentorships since its launch in 2019.

Medium Iveco MUV with HENSOLDT Sensor Suite

HENSOLDT and Iveco Defence Vehicles present first operational sensor composite vehicle for civil and military applications

Sensor solutions provider HENSOLDT and Italian vehicle manufacturer Iveco Defence Vehicles (IDV) will present the Military Utility Vehicle (MUV) concept demonstrator at EUROSATORY 2022 in Paris, the result of their cooperation to date. For the first time, the MUV will present a modular sensor fusion platform…

HENSOLDT Optronics and THEON SENSORS establish new company

HENSOLDT Optronics and THEON SENSORS establish new company

HENSOLDT Optronics GmbH and THEON SENSORS SA are establishing a joint company called HENSOLDT THEON NightVision GmbH. The company is headquartered in Wetzlar, Germany. HENSOLDT with THEON SENSORS will appoint the managers.

Both companies are already successfully cooperating within the framework of a…

ARC 210 Gen6

Collins Aerospace brings next-gen software defined radio to Five Eye and NATO nations

Collins Aerospace’s next generation software-defined airborne communication system – ARC 210 Gen6 – is now authorized for delivery to Five Eye and NATO nations. The world’s most advanced airborne radio in the market features the latest anti-jam technology, satellite capability (MUOS), embedded high-power output…

NavHub-200M

Collins Aerospace launches first M-Code compatible navigation system for military ground vehicles available in Europe

At Eurosatory 2022, Collins Aerospace is introducing NavHub™-200M, the first non-ITAR vehicular navigation system for the international market compatible with Military Code (M-Code) receiver technology. 
NavHub-200M’s improved message formats and signal modulation techniques will ensure faster and more…

Leonardo, Skydweller Aero and Luxembourg’s Directorate of Defence announce collaboration agreement to support flight tests for a solar-powered Unmanned Aircraft System

Skydweller Aero and Luxembourg’s Directorate of Defence announce collaboration agreement to support flight tests for a solar-powered Unmanned Aircraft System

Through the collaboration agreement signed by Leonardo, Luxembourg’s Defence Ministry and Skydweller Aero, the programme for the first solar-powered drone will leverage new research and development opportunities, particularly in the field of ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance)

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NHIndustries and NAHEMA sign innovative NH90 support contract

NHIndustries has signed an innovative NH90 support contract with the NATO agency NAHEMA, acting as the contracting authority on behalf of the  Direction générale de l'armement (the French Armament General Directorate) and the Direction de la maintenance aéronautique (the French Aeronautics Support Directory) …

KNDS continues to grow

KNDS continues to grow

The defence technology group KNDS, in which Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (Germany) and Nexter (France) merged to form the leading European company for military land systems, ammunition and related services, has presented its key figures for fiscal year 2021. The company continued its growth trajectory on a solid basis…

ECA Group opens its Mine Counter Measures factory in Ostend, Belgium

ECA Group opens its Mine Counter Measures factory in Ostend, Belgium

ECA Group today opens its brand new factory in Ostend, Belgium, in the presence of Hilde Crevits, Deputy Prime Minister of the Flemish Government and Admiral Hofman, Chief of Defence.

This state-of-the-art facility will be dedicated to the production and support of the Mine Warfare Drones of ECA Group,…

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