Viasat Inc has increased production run rates to over 200 Non-Developmental Item (NDI) Link 16 Next-Generation Tactical Data Links radios per month to meet current interest and pending orders from US and international defence customers. Specifically, Viasat is seeing surge interest in its Battlefield Awareness Targeting System-Embedded (BATS-E) Link 16 radios, which ...
The British Army has invested £102-million in a high-end surveillance system which allows frontline soldiers to detect and engage enemy targets in seconds. Elbit Systems UK (ESUK) – which currently supports over 500 jobs across the UK – will an advanced ‘sensor to shooter’ system creating an additional 40 highly-skilled engineering ...
DPRTE 2021 Official Event Partner, the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), is playing a key role in creating new carbon efficient accommodation for soldiers using Salisbury Plain and Nesscliff Training Areas, delivered as part of the £45m Net Carbon Accommodation Programme (NetCAP). The programme is being part-funded using money from a £200m investment ...
BAE Systems has signed an extensive mid-life upgrade contract worth more than $500 million with the Dutch Defence Materiel Organization (DMO) for the Royal Netherlands Army’s fleet of 122 CV90 vehicles, with an option for an additional 19 vehicles. The CV90 upgrade program with a new turret will vastly improve the ...