Articles from Armada International (December 1, 2007)

Title	Author	Type	Words
5 + 10 = 15 corrigendum.			58
A very automated DSEi: the ground and sea exhibition in London illustrated the defence industry's lean towards robotics, automation and autonomy, highlighting increasing efforts to keep soldier, seaman and airman out of harm's way.	Keggler, J.; Kemp, I.; Withington, T.		4010
A very smart Smart-S Mk 2.			176
Alenia Aermacchi has signed a 41.2 million [euro] contract to upgrade 14 MB-339CD advanced trainer aircraft already in service with the Italian Air Force to Batch 2 configuration.			44
Alenia Aeronautica has delivered the first of five C-27J tactical transport aircraft to the Bulgarian Air Force.			50
Alenia Aeronautica has reported that its Sky-Y male drone has completed an eight-hour flight at the Vidsel test range in Sweden.			57
Aselsan received a contract for an undisclosed amount to provide VHF and UHF radios to the Indonesian Armed Forces.			24
BAE Systems has received design approval from the British Ministry of Defence Design Approved Organisation Scheme for unmanned vehicle systems without a weight limit.			62
BAE Systems will upgrade the Royal Air Force's battle information system, providing broadband-like voice, data and video service to RAF units worldwide.			44
Big deals in short.			322
Cryo-cooled Radio from Selex/Hypres.			82
Defending the attacker.	Braybrook, Roy		2598
Drones between satellite and earth. (Drone satcom).	Jameson, Hush		2692
DTP comes with a plan.			97
Elbit Systems was selected to provide its Lizard laser-guided bombs to the Israel Air Force.			28
Fast on water.	Withington, Thomas		2853
Fighters corrigendum.			91
Flir Systems received a $48 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract from the US Naval Surface Warfare Center for the supply of Recon III lightweight long-range hand-held thermal binoculars.			56
Flir Systems was awarded a $ 9.5 million order from Saab Bofors Dynamics to provide custom-designed thermal imaging systems and components for integration into the RBS70 air-defence missile system for the export market.			45
Future Lynx links.			177
Gripen International has announced that it has been selected to provide twelve Gripen multi-role fighters to the Royal Thai Air Force to replace the country's ageing F-5 B/E fleet.			68
Harris was awarded a $ 42 million contract to supply the US Army.			33
India's Hawks get new home.			72
Keeping naval predators at bay.	Withington, Thomas		3435
Korea Aerospace Industries and Eurocopter signed a Memorandum of Understanding to create a joint venture company to promote the Korean Utility Helicopter (KUH) on the worldwide market.			58
Land efficiency.	Kemp, Ian	Company overview	7741
Light light quiet sight.			84
Lockheed Martin was awarded a $ 2.3 million contract to continue its work on the proposed Israeli Navy's Littoral Combat Ship known as the LCS-I.			56
Maxxpro[duction] for Mrap Maxx.			89
Minie is for the dark moments.			76
Modern soldier: a sitrep: the development of futuristic networked soldier systems continues in parallel with efforts to field practical/mature equipment, and get it into the hands of infantry soldiers fighting the war on terror.	Kemp, Ian		3155
Navantia has signed a 285 million [euro] contract with Australia to provide a transfer of technology (design and technical assistance) for the construction of three destroyers based on the Spanish Navy's F-100 frigates.			41
Obzerv Technologies received three contracts totaling C$ 2.5 million, from three separate countries, for seven ARGC-2400 long-range night vision cameras.			41
Of Nomads with digital cameras.			112
Patria and Duro Dakovic Special Vehicles have signed an agreement with the Croatian Ministry of Defence covering the delivery of 84 Patria AMV 8 x 8 vehicles to the Croatian Army.			44
Rafael has received a $ 52 million contract from the US Army to supply its Simon door-breaching rifle grenade.			42
Raytheon has signed two contracts totaling $ 241.8 million--the contracts cover the overhaul and upgrade of 34 Phalanx close-in weapon systems for the US Navy and one for the Royal Australian Navy.			55
Raytheon received an $ eleven million order from the US Army to provide a common sensor payload for manned and unmanned aircraft under a programme that could represent more than $1.2 billion in sales.			65
Raytheon.			95
Rheinmetall has received two contracts totaling more than 80 million [euro], of which 60 million [euro] are for orders for electronic assemblies for the German-Dutch Boxer all-wheel-drive armoured vehicle.			56
Rockwell Collins has reported that its Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS) has been declared operational by the US Army for use in the CH-47F cockpit.			58
SAS Zero Hour: The Secret Origins of the Special Air Service.			178
Schiebel S-100 ship flights.			86
Shooting 110 from the hip.			150
Special air delivery: air support for special operations forces (SOF) has so far relied largely on adapting fixed- and rotary-wing manned/unmanned aircraft that were originally developed for other uses. The growing importance of such operations is now producing some aviation assets aimed specifically at this application.	Braybrook, Roy		5297
Stop press!			60
Thales has announced that its Topowl helmet-mounted display system has completed a series of successful flight tests onboard military transport aircraft in France.			57
The <> type isn't dead!	Kemp, Ian		3660
The end of an era.			111
Three bolts of lightning.			110
TSS International has sold ten of its Meridian Standard Gyrocompasses to the US Naval Surface Warfare Center as part of a navigation upgrade on the Landing Craft Units at the Naval Amphibious Base.			47
VMetro has signed a contract with EADS to deliver its integrated real-time solid-state data recorder systems for used in the Euro Hawk programme.			36