Tag Archives: defence

HENSOLDT wins billion-dollar contract for “PEGASUS” reconnaissance system

Sensor solutions provider HENSOLDT has been awarded a contract by the German Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) to supply the airborne electronic signals intelligence system “PEGASUS”. “PEGASUS is of great industrial policy importance for Germany as a whole as a high-tech location. The overall …

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Major order for HENSOLDT Optronics

Sensor solutions provider HENSOLDT has received an order from Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) worth nearly 75 million euros to equip the Royal Netherlands Army’s “Fennek” armoured reconnaissance vehicles with visual systems. The scope of the order includes 188 BAA II NL observation and reconnaissance systems as well as a number of …

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HENSOLDT to deliver radars for Quadriga Eurofighters

Sensor systems supplier HENSOLDT has been awarded a contract worth approximately 200 million euros in the frame of ‘Quadriga’ procurement programme of 38 Eurofighter/Typhoon combat aircraft by the German Air Force. The contract placed by Airbus Defence and Space comprises production and delivery of radar systems and core electronics components …

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Nicomatic appoints David Carman as Business Manager to drive global interconnect sales in aerospace and defence

Nicomatic, a leading manufacturer of high performance interconnect systems, announces the appointment of David Carman as Business Manager.  Carman takes on global responsibility for Nicomatic’s outside of box interconnect products for hi-rel applications in the aerospace and defence markets, including driving sales of the company’s new EN4165 Optimus connector portfolio …

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Pickering Interfaces launches industry’s highest bandwidth general purpose PXI matrix

Pickering Interfaces has launched the industry’s highest bandwidth general purpose PXI matrix. Available in 16×8, 2-pole, or high-density 32×8, 2-pole switching configurations, the matrix modules offer bandwidths ranging from 35MHz to 70MHz depending upon path selected and a VSWR <1.5:1 to 85MHz. The modules are in two-slot PXI (model 40-588) …

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New Locking Kit for ODU-AMC Advanced Military Connector

An additional Locking Kit has been added to the Easy-Clean version of the well-known ODU-AMC Connector range. The locking kit provides additional screw-locking to the original Break-Away function, offering further security whenever high vibrations are a factor. The ODU-AMC Easy-Clean connector system can be used, for example, on soldier worn …

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Pickering Interfaces announces Partner Program with System Integrators to collaboratively optimise customer test solutions

Pickering Interfaces has launched its Pickering Partner Program, which is designed to ensure that customers get the support they need from the best available systems integrator in their region for their application or requirements. “Customers are working on more complex and diverse systems, and they may need a more complete …

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NI announces strategic collaboration with SET and Tech180

NI, SET and Tech180, experts in aerospace and defence test systems, announced a strategic collaboration to disrupt how test systems are designed, developed, and maintained. Together, the companies will deliver an innovative approach to test systems, including new products, hardware and software frameworks, an open systems reference architecture, and a …

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Rugged connectors for the battlefield environment

Manufacturers of military electronics have many options available to them for making equipment of the highest quality. In a new white paper, ODU evaluates some of the limiting factors related to the design and manufacture of equipment used by soldiers and in ground robotic systems, drawing special attention to connector …

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Curtiss-Wright selected by KAI to provide complete data acquisition system solution for fighter aircraft

Curtiss-Wright’s Defense Solutions division, a trusted leading supplier of flight test instrumentation (FTI) system solutions, today announced that it was awarded a contract by Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) to provide a complete data acquisition system (DAS) for use in flight-test campaigns for the new 5th generation Korean Fighter eXperimental (KF-X) multirole fighter aircraft. Under …

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