DEW Engineering & Development ULC of Ottawa recently signed a teaming agreement with RUAG Land Systems AG of Thun, Switzerland. This agreement will result in next generation, fully integrated “made- in- Canada” passive vehicle protection being made available to the Canadian military, covering a broad range of ballistic, IED, RPG, EFP and mine-blast threats.
L-3 Electronic Systems (L-3 ES), a division of L-3 Communications, and Elbit Systems Land and C4I (Elbit Systems), have announced the launch of Canterra Solutions. This strategic partnership offers a broad range of products and services for Canadian Army programs.
Oshkosh Defense shipped the first Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) trucks and trailers to the U.S. Army ahead of schedule, on May 26, 2010, from its Oshkosh, Wis. Campus.
BMT Group Ltd. has achieved a record turnover of £142m and boosted profits by 55% to £12m in the year to 30 September 2009. The company, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary, experienced particularly strong growth in the Americas and Asia Pacific.
CADSI, in collaboration with counterparts in the US (NDIA) and UK (A|D|S), will host a trilateral symposium titled “Promoting Defense and Security through Trade and Cooperation” on June 4th, 2010. The symposium will start with a welcome reception on Thursday June 3rd at the Canadian Museum of Nature.
Spectrum Signal Processing, part of Vecima Networks Inc., has announced the shipment of the new XMC-1131 high-speed dual analog-to-digital converter (ADC) module to several leading Defense primes. Spectrum's XMC-1131 is the sister card of the XMC-2131, which has received over $1 million in orders this year. These modules are part of Spectrum's series of software-reconfigurable platforms and are used in signals intelligence (SIGINT), electronic warfare (EW), and military communications (MILCOM) systems.
The Air Force Association of Canada’s Bishop Trophy will be presented to 403 Helicopter Operational Training Squadron on Thursday., May 20th at 2:30 p.m. at the Griffin Field – Wing Commander Ford Building (Bldg l-4), CFB Gagetown
Alenia North America, a subsidiary of Alenia Aeronautica and a part of the Finmeccanica Group, delivered the fifth Afghanistan National Army Air Corps (ANAAC) C-27/G.222 aircraft to the United States Air Force. The remanufactured and modernized airlifter was delivered at the end of April and was immediately deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan to join the other four aircraft. The aircraft is the fifth of 18 C-27/G.222 aircraft ordered by the United States Air Force to be delivered at Alenia's Capodichino facility near Naples, Italy.
Presagis has announced a partnership and reseller agreement with Scalable Network Technologies. This agreement creates an out-of-the-box solution for highly complex simulations requiring wired and wireless network effects. Presagis STAGE users will be able to take advantage of SNT’s cutting-edge communication models in simulated scenarios, adding the rigors and uncertainties of in-field communications like urban environment effects, message delays or drops, signal jamming and sophisticated cyber attacks.
Héroux-Devtek has been awarded additional orders for the manufacturing of landing gear components. These orders, essentially from the US Air Force and US Navy, are mainly for the B-1B, C-130, C-5, KC-135R and P-3 aircraft. Production will be spread out over the next four years, with deliveries starting in fiscal year 2011. The combined value of the contracts is approximately Cdn$16 million.
