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Opening Ceremony to Launch ISDEF 2011

Today the Israeli Minister of the Home Front Defense Matan Vilnai opened the 5th annual Israel defense exhibition ISDEF 2011 covering latest developments in defense/homeland security. “The ISDEF Conference provides a platform for international security, defense and Homeland Security industries to enhance communication between one another, providing nations with better capabilities to secure themselves”, said [...]

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The International Software Radio Conference will be held on 6th & 7th June 2011, Copthorne Tara Hotel, London, UK. SMi’s International Software Radio conference is once again bringing together the leading minds in the field of Software Defined Radio (SDR) and Cognitive Radio. International Military Helicopter (to be held 11th-13th May 2011, Olympia [...]

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• McMillan presents long range tactical sniper rifles at ISDEF 2011. #
• U.S. Ordnance presents machine gun systems M2HB, M2A2 (QCB), the Mk43/M60E4, the M60D Enhanced and the M16/M4/M203 at ISDEF 2011. #
• Computech International (CTI) presents wearable tactical computers at ISDEF 2011. #
• The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has won a contract from the U.S. Air Force to build the next-generation aerial refueling tanker aircraft that will replace 179 of the service’s 400 KC-135 tankers. The contract calls for Boeing to design, develop, manufacture and deliver 18 initial combat-ready tankers by 2017. The KC-46A tankers will be built using a low-risk approach to manufacturing at existing Boeing facilities. The contract is worth about $35 billion. #
• Navistar Defense, LLC received a $123 million delivery order from the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command for an additional 175 International® MaxxPro® Dash vehicles with DXM™ independent suspension. The order also includes parts for the company’s Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles. Since 2007, the company has been contracted to produce more than 8,000 (7,839 + 175) MaxxPro MRAP units. While the MaxxPro family of vehicles has contributed to Navistar’s growth into new markets, the company has received orders for more than 30,000 vehicles since 2004. This includes sales of the MaxxPro, International® MXT™, as well as vehicles based on the International® PayStar® and WorkStar platforms. MaxxPro Dash vehicles are powered by MaxxForce® 9.3D engines. Production of the new units will be completed by Summer 2011. #
• Textron Systems acquired Crane Wireless Monitoring Solutions (WMS), a leading provider of wireless sensor networks for force protection, border and base security applications, servicing the U.S. Military as well as homeland security and commercial customers. Known for its MicroObserver(R) unattended ground sensor (UGS) system, VantedgePoint(R) Remote Monitoring System, and its work for the U.S. Army, U.S. Air National Guard, U.S. Department of Energy and other customers, WMS will become part of Textron Defense Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems. The Richardson, Texas-based team of approximately 25 people will be an operation within Textron Defense Systems' Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) business line. #
• URS Corporation has been awarded a contract to provide Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) communications and maintenance support to the Air Force’s 432nd Wing at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada and the 49th Fighter Wing at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. The five-year contract is valued at just over $95 million to URS. The U.S. military UAV market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 10% between 2010 and 2015, says U.S. Military Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) Market Forecast 2010-2015, a new research report from Market Research Media. The report finds that the annual U.S. military UAV market will surpass $12.7 Billion by 2015. Under the terms of the contract, URS will provide communications, operations and maintenance support, and design, development and sustainment services for Unmanned Aircraft System Operations Center Support (UASOCS) mission systems. This program provides critical data, voice interconnectivity and video relays to enable pilots and sensor operators to fly and control UASs from centers worldwide. URS Corporation (NYSE: URS) is a leading provider of engineering, construction and technical services for public agencies and private sector companies around the world. The Company offers a full range of program management; planning, design and engineering; systems engineering and technical assistance; construction and construction management; operations and maintenance; and decommissioning and closure services. URS provides services for power, infrastructure, industrial and commercial, and federal projects and programs. URS Corporation has approximately 42,000 employees in a network of offices in more than 30 countries. #
• AAI Corporation, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company begins deliveries of the new extended wing kit for its Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (TUAS). The U.S. Army has ordered 100 extended wing kits for distribution to Army and Marine Corps units. With this enhancement, the Shadow aircraft’s wingspan increases from 14 to 20 feet. This additional wingspan increases aircraft endurance from six to nearly nine hours and also allows to carry additional payloads. #
• Brijot Imaging Systems, Inc., an industry leader in passive millimeter wave security checkpoint screening systems, announces today a contract award with a value of $3,651,000 from the Air Force Material Command, USAF located in Hanscom AFB, MA. Brijot will develop and deliver a prototype Long-Range Personnel Imager (LORPI). This contract award and project is sponsored by the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO). #
• MineWolf Systems demonstrated a new mechanical solution developed specifically to meet the requirements of the US Army for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The solution is described in the company's press release as "a machine robust enough to survive blasts from heavy anti-tank mines, yet mobile enough to be transportable in a 20ft ISO container or on a C-130 plane". The "Medium MineWolf" machine (MW 330) was presented for the first time in Munich’s city centre at the Military Engineering Summit, Europe's largest gathering of military engineers, procurement officers and equipment and technology providers with over 150 attendees from all over the world looking for latest developments in military engineering. This machine is the latest addition to the MineWolf product range, built in Germany in response to a specific requirement from the US Army for an area mine clearance system for operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. US forces are looking for a capability to safely and quickly clear open ground of land mines and unexploded ordnance while minimizing the risk to soldiers. MineWolf Systems also demonstrated a sophisticated robotic arm attachment which can be mounted on any of their mine clearance vehicles to remotely deal with IED threats. Summit participants saw the robotic arm mounted on their smaller, remote controlled "Mini MineWolf" machine. #