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Redundant Transmitting System in Aircraft (RTSA)

In air navigation, a flight transponder (transmitter-responder) is a device that emits an identifying signal in response to an interrogating received signal. Transponders are used as...

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Leopard 2 Tank Retrofits

Jenoptik Defense & Civil Systems Wedel, Germany +49 3641 65-2255 As part of a Polish modernization program for the Leopard 2 tank, Jenoptik was recently awarded contracts to supply 126 17-kilowatt auxiliary power...

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Mobile Weapons Stations

KONGSBERG Protech Systems (KPS) Johnstown, PA 814-269-5700 KONGSBERG Protech Systems (KPS), one of the world's leading suppliers of Remote Weapon Stations (RWS) recently unveiled their latest system developments at the...

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Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting Vehicles (ARFF)

Oshkosh Defense, LLC Oshkosh, WI 920-235-9150 Oshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corporation company, announced that the U.S. Marine Corps has received Milestone C approval to begin Full Rate...

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Rugged Smart Displays

General Micro Systems, Inc. Rancho Cucamonga, CA 800-307-4863 General Micro Systems, Inc.'s SD19 rugged smart display is being deployed for use in modernizing select U.S. Navy ships. This smart, all-in-one display will be...

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Industrial-Scale Metal 3D Printer

Sciaky, Inc. Chicago, IL 877-450-2518 Sciaky, Inc., a subsidiary of Phillips Service Industries, Inc. (PSI), announced recently that Airbus was scheduled to take delivery of a state-of-the-art Electron Beam...

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Commando Helicopter

Leonardo-Finmeccanica Rome, Italy +39 06 32473313www.leonardocompany.com/ Leonardo-Finmeccanica announced recently that the first AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin Mk4 successfully completed its maiden flight at its Yeovil...

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Touchscreen Tablet Mission System

Inzpire Lincolnshire, UK +44 1522 688 231www.inzpire.com GECO, from UK-based Inzpire, is a military grade rugged touchscreen tablet mission system that is currently in frontline operational use with the British...

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M1 Abrams Tank Engine Updates

Honeywell Aerospace Phoenix, AZ 602-365-3099https://aerospace.honeywell.com The Honeywell-powered M1 Abrams tank has been a mainstay of the U.S. military’s heavy armored forces for more than 25 years. Over that...

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Aircraft Automation System

Aurora Flight Sciences Manassas, VA 703-369-3633www.aurora.aero Aurora Flight Sciences is breaking ground in the world of automated flight through its work on the Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS)...

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Reconfigurable Radio Tracks Flights Worldwide

When Malaysia Air Flight 370 disappeared somewhere over the Indian Ocean in 2014, it had flown far beyond radar range. Under a new space-based air tracking system — starting with a reconfigurable...

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Submarine Radar Technology

Kelvin Hughes Enfield, UK +44 19 9280 5200www.kelvinhughes.com Kelvin Hughes recently announced that it has developed a way to bring all the benefits of its innovative SharpEye™ radar technology to submarines.

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Electronics & Computers

Upgraded Electronic Flight Bag System

Astronautics Corporation of America Milwaukee, WI 414-449-4000www.astronautics.com Astronautics Corporation of America has been selected to provide an improved and upgraded electronic flight bag (EFB)...

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Helicopter Vibration Control System

LORD Corporation Cary, NC 877 ASK LORD (275 5673)www.lord.com LORD Corporation recently announced product qualification for their Improved Vibration Control System (IVCS) for the Boeing H-47 Chinook helicopter. Under contract with Boeing since Sept. 2013, LORD has now completed all program milestones and received...

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Communications Electronics Cooling Systems

Aspen Systems Marlborough, MA 508-281-5322www.apspensystems.com Aspen Systems are supplying Environmental Control Units (ECU’s) for critical communications electronics cooling for the Joint Light...

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Advanced Simulation Technology

RGB Spectrum Alameda, CA 510-814-7000www.rgb.com The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is the Department of Defense's next generation strike aircraft weapon system for the Navy, Air Force, Marines, and US allies. The...

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Airframe/Engine Seal Fire Test Facility

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Trelleborg Sweden +46 410 670 00www.trelleborg.com Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has designed and built a new airframe/engine seal fire test facility located at its...

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Avionics Upgrades

ARC® Avionics Corporation (ARC) Kirkland, WA 425-576-5030www.arcavionics.com/ ARC® Avionics Corporation (ARC), a wholly-owned business unit of AirSpeed® Engineering (ASE) and host MRO Commercial Jet, announced completion...

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Clean Sky Open Rotor Engine Components

+44 (0)1527 517 715www.gkn.com/aerospace GKN Aerospace has delivered the two rotating frames for a major research program exploring open rotor aero-engine designs with a goal of achieving a 20% reduction...

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Upmast Radar Systems

Kelvin Hughes Enfield, UK +44 19 9280 5200 www.kelvinhughes.com Kelvin Hughes recently installed its new SharpEye™ upmast radar system on four new vessels commissioned by the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force. The Damen...

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Virtual Environment-Based Training Tools

Charles River Analytics Cambridge, MA 617-491-3474www.cra.com Charles River Analytics Inc., a developer of intelligent systems solutions, has received a follow-on contract from the US Navy to develop...

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Unmanned Helicopter

+43 (1) 546 26-44 www.schiebel.net In five months of operation, the NGO Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) saved over 8,800 lives in the Mediterranean. By spotting and monitoring distressed vessels, Schiebel’s Unmanned...

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Mini-Unmanned Aircraft System

817-234-6600 www.elbitsystems.com Elbit Systems has developed the Skylark3, a new autonomous mini-Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), best suited for brigades and divisions in “beyond the next hill” reconnaissance,...

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Predator Mission Aircrew Training Systems

L-3 Link Simulation & Training Arlington, TX 817-619-2000 www.Link.com L-3 Link Simulation & Training (L-3 Link) was recently awarded a contract option from the U.S. Air Force to build 34 new...

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Reconfigurable Integrated-Weapons Platform

716-805-2008 www.moog.com/rwip Moog Inc. Space and Defense Group and its defense-industry partner, DRS Technologies, recently introduced a new Reconfigurable Integrated-weapons Platform (RIwP) during a...

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Field Swappable Underwater Storage Unit

+39 0575 26979 www.seco.com The Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE), an executive body of NATO’s Science and Technology Organization (STO), is an established scientific facility that...

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Design Software

Collier Research Corporation Newport News, VA 757-825-0000 http://hypersizer.com When announcing the completion of the Bell V-280 tiltrotor fuselage at a press conference, Bell Helicopter leadership applauded the Bell...

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Night Vision Displays

Daisy Data Displays York Haven, PA 717-932-9999 www.makeitdaisy.com United States Coast Guard officials required night-vision goggle compatibility for the flat panel display systems used in the Lockheed C-130 military...

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Fuel Flow Meters

Hoffer Flow Controls Elizabeth City, NC 252-331-1997 www.hofferflow.com Hoffer Flow Controls, Inc. recently received a new contract to supply 575 fuel flow meters as a part of the U.S. Navy’s H-53 heavy lift helicopter fleet...

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