Huawei has announced details of its involvement in the University of Surrey's 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC) based in Guildford, England. The 5GIC will be the world's leading independent facility for researching and trialling 5G technologies. As part of the 5GIC's work, Huawei and other technology partners are working in collaboration, to develop the world's first 5G test bed, based at the University's campus, where emerging 5G technologies will be tested in a real-world environment.
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The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded a contract to a Finmeccanica - Selex ES led team which will enable the introduction of a new Mode 5 Identification Friend or Foe standard across a range of UK Armed Forces’ land, sea and air platforms.
The European Eurofighter consortium, which produces the Typhoon fighter, and NETMA have signed a €1 billion contract to develop the electronically scanned Captor-E radar for the Typhoon. For Finmeccanica the contract will represent an order value of more than €400 million.
Rosetta, a space probe from ESA successfully deployed the Philae lander on the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, with leading European companies including HUBER+SUHNER, e2v and Terma contributing to the success.
BAE Systems and Dassault Aviation along with industrial partners have been awarded a £120 million two-year contract by the UK and French governments to help define the Franco-British requirement for a Future Combat Air System programme.
Thales is developing the multifunction Sea Fire 500 naval radar – a fully solid-state four-panel phased-array antenna that is the culmination of three years of advanced research into new radar technologies and architectures, conducted with the support from the French defence procurement agency.
Thales has been awarded a contract to supply the Qatar Armed Forces with a military satellite communications system. The ground segment supplied will provide Qatari ground and naval forces with a long-range communications capability to enhance national security and protect vital interests.
Thales has officially inaugurated the Thales Innovation Hub Singapore, which represents the group’s first multidisciplinary innovation centre outside Europe.
The RF Energy Alliance has been launched to advance today’s power and heating solutions by equipping engineers and designers with a transformative, cost-effective and highly efficient heating and power source: solid-state RF energy.
Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and Thales announced that the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India, has approved the incorporation of their joint venture company, BEL-THALES Systems Ltd. that will support civilian and select defence radars for India and global markets.