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Morgan’s LASA Ballistics Shields pass rigorous testing

Land November 4, 2016

Wrexham-based Morgan Advanced Materials’ LASA Ballistic Shields have successfully passed ballistics testing in accordance with NIJ 0108.01 against NIJ Level III and special rifle threats. The LASA shields were successfully tested against three different rifle rounds. Passing such rigorous testing is testament to the performance of the kit, which delivers outstanding ...

First EU Defence Pilot Project sees €1.4M grant agreements

Land November 3, 2016

The first grants in the EU Defence Pilot Project were signed at the end of October. Several grants have been awarded with the agreements signed at the EDA worth a total of €1.4M. Three selected research activities have been selected to be carried out under the EU’s first Pilot Project ...

FLIR Systems to acquire Point Grey Research

Land October 27, 2016

FLIR Systems has reached a definitive asset purchase agreement to acquire the business of Point Grey Research, a Canadian developer of machine vision cameras for use in military and defence, industrial, retail, scientific and other advanced imaging applications, for approximately $253 million in cash. Point Grey, which was founded in 1997 and is based ...

BAE Systems contracted for Danish CV90 battle management system

Land October 25, 2016

The Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization (DALO) has this week announced the appointment of BAE Systems to install a Denmark-specific battle management radio system across a fleet of 44 CV9035 Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFV). For the uninitiated, the CV90 is a series of tracked combat vehicles designed and built by ...