Rockwell Collins has been awarded a second contract for a Deployable Ku-Band Earth Terminal (DKET) SATCOM system by the New Zealand Defence Force as part of the Strategic Bearer Network Phase 1 programme. This contract follows an initial award in 2013 for a single DKET dual-antenna deployable ground station.
Elbit Systems has won a contract valued at over $90m from an Asia-Pacific country for the supply of SPECTRO XR advanced electro-optic systems. The contract will be performed over a four-year period. SPECTRO XR is an ultra-long-range, day/night, multi-spectral electro-optical ISTAR system.
Leonardo-Finmeccanica has partnered with the Algerian Ministry of National Defence to establish a joint company to produce light and medium weight helicopters at Aïn Arnat. After completion of the facility and during the early years of activity, the joint company aims to manufacture three different AgustaWestland helicopter types for various ...
Cobham’s radiation hardened (RadHard) microelectronics were launched aboard NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft in September. An array of products enable the mission on the OSIRIS-REx Visible and Infrared Spectrometer (OVIRS) instrument, including: Low-Voltage Differential Signaling (LVDS) products, Medium Scale Integration (MSI) logics, 1553 transceivers, voltage regulators, ...