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Innovative Air Conditioning Solution For Husky 2G Vehicle Mounted Mine Detectors
http://www.army-technology.com/contractors/hvac/booyco/press3.html
Booyco Engineering successfully completed the fast track development of an air conditioning system for the second generation vehicle mounted mine detection (VMMD) unit, designated Husky 2G, for local OEM RSD.
"Booyco Engineering was responsible for the engineering, manufacturing and supply of the air conditioning system on the original Husky VMMD machine launched several years ago, and it was logical for the company to engineer the system for the new generation vehicle," says Grant Miller, project engineer at Booyco Engineering.
The Husky VMMD vehicle, operated by one person, facilitates...
Tue, 15 Dec 09
New Operations Director for Oxley
http://www.army-technology.com/contractors/armoured/oxley-group/press7.html
Oxley Developments is pleased to welcome a new Board member, Steve Wood, as Operations Director.
Steve worked for 13 years at the MoD, principally with the Army, in supply, logistics, project management and personnel management before moving into HR management in 1995 at American firm Johnson Controls Automotive (JCA). After a successful five year period as Plant Manager of one of JCA’s interior trim plants, he took on a corporate role implementing lean manufacturing systems for the company Europe-wide. He also worked extensively in the USA.
Following this, he worked for UK-based air compr...
Sat, 24 Oct 09
Kontron Module Successfully Aids COTS Software Defined Radio
http://www.army-technology.com/contractors/software/kontron/press4.html
Boston, Massachusetts, US – Kontron has announced that the company's Kontron nanoETXexpress-SP computer-on-module was tested in a software defined radio (SDR) solution and delivered breakthrough performance. According to performance testing conducted by PrismTech on its new SDR solution jointly developed with Wind River, Kontron's Intel Atom-based computer-on-module has yielded exceptional results in a variety of performance benchmarks.
"The Kontron nanoETXexpress-SP was designed for next-generation, ultra-mobile applications. We are thrilled with the results of the integrated solution...
Thu, 22 Oct 09
Kontron Develops New MicroTCA Carrier Hubs
http://www.army-technology.com/contractors/software/kontron/press3.html
Eching, Germany - Kontron supplements its AdvancedMC/MicroTCA portfolio with the rollout of the new modular Kontron AM4904/AM4910 MicroTCA carrier hubs (MCHs). To fulfil the management needs of nearly all data-intensive MicroTCA applications, with GbE, sRIO, PCIe or even 10GB fabrics, they support four different high-speed fabric variants.
The modular Kontron AM4904/AM4910 MCHs come in four versions: a pure gigabit Ethernet switching MCH (Kontron AM4904-BASE); a version in combination with a PCIe mezzanine (Kontron AM4904-PCIE); a version with sRIO (Kontron AM4904-SRIO); and a version fo...
Tue, 8 Sep 09
Deployable Machine Shops from Marshall Achieve Acceptance Into Service
http://www.army-technology.com/contractors/vehicles/marshall/press7.html
The first of the deployable machine shops (DMS) destined for front line units manufactured by Marshall SV, part of Cambridge based Marshall Land Systems, have achieved service acceptance by the UK Ministry of Defence.
This key milestone, which is an important step in the programme, will allow the Logistic Support Date to be achieved. This date is the point at which the user is in a position to be able to support the solution being used by the end customer.
“This is a great achievement coming as it does to cost and to programme and confirms Marshall’s capabilities in delivering...
Tue, 8 Sep 09
Deployable Machine Shops from Marshall Achieve Acceptance Into Service
http://www.army-technology.com/contractors/unmanned_vehicles/marshall1/press10.html
The first of the deployable machine shops (DMS) destined for front line units manufactured by Marshall SV, part of Cambridge based Marshall Land Systems, have achieved service acceptance by the UK Ministry of Defence.
This key milestone, which is an important step in the programme, will allow the Logistic Support Date to be achieved. This date is the point at which the user is in a position to be able to support the solution being used by the end customer.
“This is a great achievement coming as it does to cost and to programme and confirms Marshall’s capabilities in delivering...
Tue, 8 Sep 09
Deployable Machine Shops from Marshall Achieve Acceptance Into Service
http://www.army-technology.com/contractors/field_hospitals/marshall4/press7.html
The first of the deployable machine shops (DMS) destined for front line units manufactured by Marshall SV, part of Cambridge based Marshall Land Systems, have achieved service acceptance by the UK Ministry of Defence.
This key milestone, which is an important step in the programme, will allow the Logistic Support Date to be achieved. This date is the point at which the user is in a position to be able to support the solution being used by the end customer.
“This is a great achievement coming as it does to cost and to programme and confirms Marshall’s capabilities in delivering...
Tue, 8 Sep 09
Deployable Machine Shops from Marshall Achieve Acceptance Into Service
http://www.army-technology.com/contractors/field/marshall2/press7.html
The first of the deployable machine shops (DMS) destined for front line units manufactured by Marshall SV, part of Cambridge based Marshall Land Systems, have achieved service acceptance by the UK Ministry of Defence.
This key milestone, which is an important step in the programme, will allow the Logistic Support Date to be achieved. This date is the point at which the user is in a position to be able to support the solution being used by the end customer.
“This is a great achievement coming as it does to cost and to programme and confirms Marshall’s capabilities in delivering...
Tue, 8 Sep 09
ECA Exhibits at MILIPOL 2009
http://www.army-technology.com/contractors/mines/eca/press3.html
Leading developer of EOD and CBRN robots ECA will be exhibiting at the MILIPOL 2009 exhibition taking place in Paris from the 17th September to the 20th November 2009.ECA will be present in Hall 1, Stand 13D 086, where they will be showcasing their latest range of marine and land-based systems which are used in a wide variety of defence roles such as mine countermeasures and EOD.We look foward to seeing you there!...
Tue, 8 Sep 09
US Army chooses Aimpoint CompM4S sight as new close combat optic
http://www.army-technology.com/contractors/machine_guns/aimpoint/press16.html
Aimpoint, the originator and worldwide leader in electronic red dot sighting technology, has been awarded a new contract from the US Army for supply of up to 565,783 M68 Close Combat Optic rifle sights. The Aimpoint CompM4s was chosen following an extensive evaluation and competitive trial of available optical sights by the Army s Research and Development Command (ARDEC) at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ.
Aimpoint was the only manufacturer whose product fulfilled the Army s rigorous testing criteria during this evaluation, and is the only manufacturer to be selected as a qualified vendor for this co...