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Defense news for the month was dominated by the Paris Air Show though the deals were outclassed by the record civil aerospace deals. In likely the biggest single defense deal, the Paris Air Show saw Raytheon announce a $1.7 B Direct Commercial Sales contract to upgrade Saudi Arabia's Patriot...

Defining Warfighter Needs in a Challenging Electro-Political Environment If we have learned any lessons from military operations in Iraq and Afganistan, including operations around the world as part of the global war on terrorism, it’s the compelling need for a robust C4ISR capability for our warfighters. We have seen...

Read PART I - Meeting the Warfighter's C4ISR Needs: Advanced Communications Networks, Software Defined Radios and Network Centric Warfare PART II Market Conundrum: Commercial Challenge Facing Military Communication Suppliers The Wall Street Journal recently contained a story illuminating the challenge faced by defense contractors seeking to sell digital-communications technology...

In the early months of 2011 Thales Alenia Space España has received contracts from European and American companies worth more than 9 million Euros for telecommunication satellites. These contracts are focused on the development and supply of TT&C data communication systems and radiofrequency equipment, for civil and military communication...

Spinner has developed a compact dual channel X/S-band rotary joint with encoder for a new coastal surveillance radar system that is being deployed along the Indian coastline. The antenna is 6.56 m long and 1.87 m tall and weighs approximately 1,200 kg. Connected to two, separate, transceivers the radar...

Airbus Military has concluded a strategic collaboration agreement with PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) under which it will assist with the revitalization of the Indonesian national aerospace industry. This agreement confirms the memorandum of understanding of February 2011. In the first phase of the program, lasting some 18 months, Airbus...

Aviat Networks Inc. will supply its recently introduced Aviat WTM 6000 trunking microwave radios to Wataniya Telecom Maldives. Aviat Networks has served as the sole microwave backhaul provider for Wataniya Telecom Maldives as it moved from 2G to 3G. Now, WTM 6000 long-distance trunking radios will support the operator’s...

Harris Corp. is delivering combat-proven wideband networking capability through its Falcon III AN/PRC-117G tactical radio system as part of the U.S. Army Network Integration Evaluation (NIE) at Fort Bliss, TX, and White Sands Missile Range, NM. The NIE is the first in a series of semi-annual evaluations designed to...

Anritsu Co. introduces the MD8475A Signaling Tester that offers the capability to test a wide range of applications and operating systems on the latest high-speed, multi-mode LTE devices. The MD8475A broadens Anritsu’s market-leading 2G/3G and LTE test portfolio that already includes the widest available range of solutions, extending from...

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