BAE SYSTEMS to Supply New Mobile Communications System to Slovak Armed Forces.BRATISLAVA, Slovakia -- BAE Systems BAE Systems British manufacturer of aircraft, missiles, avionics, naval vessels, and other aerospace and defense products. BAE Systems was formed (1999) from the merger of British Aerospace (BAe) with Marconi Electronic Systems. , has been selected by the Slovak Ministry of Defence to deliver a fully U.S., EU and NATO NATO: see North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO in full North Atlantic Treaty Organization International military alliance created to defend western Europe against a possible Soviet invasion. interoperable mobile military communications Military communications, or Signals, is a field of military activities, tactics and equipment dealing with communications. First of all, military communications are battlefield (combat) communications, including intercommunication with a higher command or country's system (MOKYS MOKYS Mobilný Komunikacný a Informacný Systém (Slovak army’s mobile military communications system) ) to the Slovak armed forces. The contract will be delivered through an international partnership led by BAE Systems and involving U.S., German, Swedish and Slovak companies. The BAE Systems solution is based on internet protocol architecture with fully integrated security and automated command and control throughout. This advanced system architecture reduces cost and complexity and provides software defined waveform capability for future growth. Prime contractor BAE Systems and team members, Ericsson of Sweden, Rhode and Schwarz of Germany and Northrop Grumman of the United States have played a leading role in building major communications networks in the United States, United Kingdom, Poland, Bulgaria and Taiwan. In delivering MOKYS, this team will be further enhanced by leading Slovak companies including, Corinex, VOP VOP Voice Over Packet VOP Voice of Prophecy VOP Violation of Probation VOP Video Object Plane VOP Velocity of Propagation VOP Virginia Organizing Project (Charlottesville, VA) VOP Voice of People Presov, Delta B, Vyvoj Martin and Lynx. "Partnership is central to BAE Systems business philosophy worldwide," said John Barter, BAE Systems Director for the Slovak Republic. "By establishing a team of leading companies in the field of communications, command and control systems and systems integration, we were able to offer the best technology, low-risk solution to the Slovak military." In support of MOKYS and its other business activities in the Slovak Republic, BAE Systems will continue its work to identify and launch industrial partnership programs in the defense, manufacturing and IT sectors, with a particular focus on areas of high unemployment. The company, a world leader in the delivery of industrial partnership benefits in support of defense equipment sales, is currently delivering a national identification friend or foe The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. (IFF 1. (file format) IFF - Interchange File Format. 2. IFF - Identify friend or foe (radar). 3. (mathematics, logic) iff - if and only if, i.e. necessary and sufficient. ) solution to the Slovak Army and Air Force, in partnership with LOT of Trenchin and other Slovak companies. BAE Systems is an international company engaged in the development, delivery, and support of advanced defense and aerospace systems in the air, on land, at sea, and in space. The company designs, manufactures, and supports military aircraft, combat vehicles, surface ships, submarines, radar, avionics, communications, electronics, and guided weapon systems. |
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