Future Technologies

Barco to provide rugged display workstations for BAE Systems' NLOS-Cannon early prototypes

Visualization specialist Barco has been selected by BAE Systems Land & Armaments LP, Armament Systems Division, for the Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon (NLOS-Cannon) early prototypes. Through its dedicated subsidiary for mission-critical applications Barco Federal Systems, the company will provide rugged display workstations. The NLOS-Cannon early prototypes are 155mm, self-propelled cannon systems developed for the US Army's Future Combat Systems program. Each system will be equipped with 4 display workstations configured in a 2 man crew station.

Contracts

General Dynamics Awarded $38 Million Contract for M1A1 Abrams Tank Reset

General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded a $38 million U.S. Army contract to reset 89 M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks. The reset program is designed to reverse the effects of combat stress on military vehicles.

Future Technologies

DRS Technologies Receives $76M to Produce New Thermal Weapon Sights

DRS Technologies, Inc. announced that it has received approximately $76 million in new orders to produce next-generation Thermal Weapon Sights II (TWS II) for U.S. Army ground force applications.

Defence Industry

Elop awarded $5 million for Portable Lightweight Designator/Rangefinder

Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that its subsidiary Elbit Systems Electro-Optics Elop Ltd. was awarded a contract to supply Portable Lightweight Designator/ Rangefinders (PLDR) and the Coral thermal imager to the German Armed Forces. The order is valued at approximately $5 million.

Future Technologies

BAE Systems First Round from NLOS Cannon Firing Platform

BAE Systems successfully fired the first round from the Future Combat Systems (FCS) Non-Line-of-Sight (NLOS) Cannon Firing Platform.

Term of the day

Oscillating Turret

The oscillating turret is a two-piece turret where the bottom half allows a 6400 mils (360 degrees) rotation on a conventional turret ring, but the upper half is mounted on trunnions at either side. The gun is fixed in the upper part of the turret and gun elevation and depression is obtained by tilting the whole of the upper part of the turret.

Defence Industry

Barco Will Deliver Vetronics Displays for the Belgian Upgraded Pandur Vehicles

Barco was selected by Thales Communications Belgium and Thales Optronics of France for the supply of over 40 vetronics display systems. Barco's 10-inch rugged display systems will be integrated into the electro-optical observation and detection systems of the Pandur Armored Reconnaissance Fire Support Vehicles of the Belgian army. This delivery, which is part of an extensive upgrade of the Pandur reconnaissance system, includes customization of the displays in order to meet the specific functionality demands of the Belgian army.

Defence Industry

General Dynamics Awarded $18 Million contract for Production of M2HB Machine Guns

General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, a business unit of General Dynamics, was awarded an $18.4 million contract from U.S. Army Tank Automotive Command, for the production of M2HB machine guns. Total contract value could reach $27.6 million if all options are exercised.

Defence Industry

Light-applique armour to be fitted to Mastiff Protected Patrol Vehicles

QinetiQ subsidiary Foster-Miller Inc, has announced that its LAST(r) Armor division has received a $10 million subcontract from Force Protection Industries Inc, to supply add-on armour for 85 vehicles ordered by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD). The new transport vehicles, to be called Mastiff Protected Patrol Vehicles (PPVs) are designed to help protect British forces and are expected to be delivered over the next six months.

Defence Industry

General Dynamics and Rafael Unleash Thor in US

General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (GD-OTS), a leading provider of ammunition, explosive ordnance disposal (EOD), and ordnance DEMIL products and services has partnered with RAFAEL Armament Development Authority in Israel to bring a dual mode, standoff ordnance neutralization system into the US.

Defence Industry

BAE Systems to Manufacture Additional ILAVs

BAE Systems has received a $7.8 million Foreign Military Sales contract modification to manufacture 20 additional Iraqi Light Armored Vehicles from the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command.

Defence Industry

General Dynamics Deploys 'Command Post of the Future' Systems to U.S. Army

General Dynamics C4 Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, has deployed more than 500 Command Post of the Future (CPOF) systems in support of the U.S. Army in Operation Iraqi Freedom. CPOF is part of a program to insert technology into the Army's Battle Command System (ABCS), a suite of networked digital systems that enable interoperability at all levels across the battlespace.

Future Technologies

MoD launches new Technology Strategy

Defence Procurement Minister Lord Drayson today launched the Defence Technology Strategy (DTS), and unveiled the Ministry of Defence's plans for encouraging innovation to support the UK's front line forces.

Defence Industry

General Dynamics Awarded Contract to Support Future Stryker Upgrades

General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, was awarded a $3.3 million contract from the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Command TACOM for the initial phase of the design, engineering development, fabrication and test of a Power and Data Management Architecture (PDMA) to support future Stryker upgrades and improvements.

Term of the day

Self-entrenching device

A small dozer blade attached to the front of an armoured vehicle to enable the vehicle to dig itself in, in order to give better protection.