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• MakeinIndia
• Defence
• Technology
• Industry&Trade
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Indiaisre-inventingthebasketofmilitarydi-plomacyasthecountryaimstotransformit-self from the world’s largest arms importerinto a defence manufacturing hub. With aheightened focus on “indigenisation” and“Make-in-India”, a national programme thatencourages foreign companies to manufac-ture their products in India, the new right-wing government is building institutionalcapabilities to attract international demandfordefenceindustrialcooperationwithIndia.Militarydiplomacycouldenablecooperationin drawing up equipment specifications, re-search and development, technology trans-fers,acquisitionsandproduction.Thusfar, India’sdefencediplomacyhasbeenfocused on training, joint exercises, repairsand maintenance support, ship visits andstudent exchanges. However, Prime Minis-ter Narendra Modi wants to enhance andwiden defence cooperation with friendlynations. Towards this, the government hasestablished a high-powered panel to propo-se focus areas and policy changes that willhelpalignIndia’ssignificantglobalcloutwithits thrust for self-reliance. “Efforts are on toidentifymeans by which defence diplomacycanbea forcemultiplier for theMake-in-In-dia,” says Amitabh Kant, Secretary of De-partment of Industrial Policy and Promotion(DIPP)andoneof themainarchitectsof theprogramme.India is chalking out strategies to explorehow high-end technology can be obtainedbyleveragingitspurchasingpoweraswellasbilateralrelationswithweaponproducingna-tions. Currently, high-end technologies arenotbeingsharedwithIndiathroughtherou-tine process of procurement mainly due tocommercialinterests.
“Defenceisamonopsony;itworksongovern-ment orders. While we have made severalchanges tomake things extremely easy, oneofthebiggestchangesisthatwehavetaken60percentofitemsawayfromdefencelicen-sing.Weexpectalotoforderstoflowinthecomingyears...Thathasjustbegunandintheyearstocome,defencewillbeoneofthekeysectorstodriveIndia’seconomyandtheMa-ke-in-Indiainitiative,”saysKant.IndiahasthethirdlargestArmy,thefourthlar-gestAirforceandtheseventhlargestNavyintheworld.Indiaisamongthetoptencountriesintheworldintermsofmilitaryexpenditureandworld‘slargestarmsimporter.Indiaallo-catesabout1.8percentofitsGrossDomesticProduct (GDP) towardsdefencespending,ofwhich40percentisallocatedtocapitalacqui-sitions.Butonlyabout30percentof India‘sequipmentismanufacturedinIndia,mainlybypublicsectorundertakings(PSUs).Evenwhendefenceproductsaremanufactureddomesti-cally, there is a large import component. AllthesefactorsmaketheIndiandefencemarketoneofthemostattractivegloballyandprovi-deanimmenseopportunityforbothdomesticandforeignplayersinthedefencesector.The Indiandefencesector iscertainly raisingglobalexpectations,withseveralglobalvend-orsandforeignleadersvyingwitheachothertogetthefirst-moveradvantageinsupportingtheambitious“Make-in-India”programme.
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Russiabecamethefirstcountrytomakeitsmoveunderthe“Make-in-India”umbrella.In a fillip to PrimeMinisterModi’s ambi-tious initiative,Russia‘sRostecdecided toformajointventurewithIndia’sstate-ow-ned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) tomanufactureKamov226Tmilitaryhelicop-tersinthesouthAsiannation.WithinEurope,India’sstrategicpartnershipwithFranceisthemostcomprehensive.IfthespecialrelationshipbetweenIndiaandFrancewassymbolisedbytheextensionoftheRepublicDayinvitationtoFranceforarecordfifthtimeandtheparticipationofaFrenchcontingent—thefirstbyaforeignmilitary—intheparade,thesubstanceofthat relationship has been reaffirmed byPresidentFrançoisHollande’svisit,hissec-ondinlessthanthreeyears.DuringPresidentHollande’svisitinJanuary2016thetwocountriesinkedagreementsamounting to an estimated US$15 billionofbusiness–includingUS$9billionworthof36RAFALEfighteraircraftmadebyDas-sault Aviation to replace India’s ageingMiGs.The India government’s offset policy re-quiresforeignmilitaryaircraftanddefenceequipment manufacturerstosource30percentofthecomponents locally in thecaseofcontractsworth3bil-lion rupees ormore. A newpolicy has, however, increa-sed the offset threshold fordefence deals to 20 billionrupees. The enhanced limitwillapplytodefencedealsoncethepolicyisnotified.India‘sMahindraDefenceandFrance‘sAir-busalsoinkedapacttomakemilitaryhe-licoptersinIndia.Taking forward a deal signed in July lastyear, Mahindra Defence and Airbus He-licopters have already startedworkingonstepstoproducehelicopterpartslocally.“We have made significant progress insettingup the joint venture and togetherthe companies are creating a world-classadvanced helicopter production facility in
India,”aspokesmanofMahindraandMa-hindrasays.If thismaterialises itwouldbeaboost tothe Make-in-India, just like the Alstomdeal,wheretheFrenchfirmhaswoncon-tracts worth a combined $5.6 billion tosupplyIndia‘srailwayswith800newelec-triclocomotives.“Throughthispartnership,wetargetbuil-ding several of our globally-leading helic-optermodelsinIndia.Thiswillleadtothetransfer of state-of-the-art technologies,development of manufacturing activitiesandcreationofhighly-skilledjobsinIndia,”saysGuillaumeFaury,CEOofAirbusHelic-opters.U.S.-based aviation major Boeing and In-dia‘s Tata Advanced Systems announced
a jointventurethatwillma-nufacture aerostructuresfor AH-64 APACHE attackchoppers, recently orderedby India,andcollaborateonintegrated systems develop-mentopportunities in India.Thejointventurewillinitiallycreateamanufacturingcent-
reofexcellencetoproduceaerostructuresfortheAH-64APACHEhelicopter.Boeing last year finalised an order for 22AH-64EAPACHEattackhelicoptersand15CH-47FCHINOOKheavy-lifthelicoptersforIndia.Indiamaybuyat least$100billionworthof defence equipment over the next 15years,according toestimatesby theCon-federationofIndianIndustry.Domesticde-velopmentofdefencetechnologiesisstillaworkinprogress.Armsdevelopmentisun-dertakenbytheDefenceResearchandDe-
velopmentOrganisationalmostsingle-han-dedly,whichisunderthedirectcontroloftheMinistryofDefence.But,asPrimeMinisterModisays,“Wearereforming our defence procurement po-licies and procedures. There would be aclear preference for equipmentmanufac-turedinIndia…Weareexpandingtheroleof theprivatesector,even formajorplat-forms.”Needless to say, Make-in-India has ope-nedahugearrayofpossibilitiesforprivatepartnership in defence which can bolsterthe manufacturing sector. Foreign DirectInvestmentmay not have come in as ex-pected yet the ray of hope lies in manyIndian companies steering towards indi-genousproductionofdefenceitems.PrivatecompaniessuchasBharatForgeLtd,RelianceIndustriesLtd,theTatagroup,Lar-senandToubroandtheGodrejgrouparelooking for more opportunities in manu-facturing defence equipment. Anil Amba-ni’sRelianceGroupandtheAdaniGroup’sAdani Defence Systems and TechnologiesLtd are the latest entrants in the race tolook for joint ventures with internationaldefencefirms.Mahindraalreadymakesmilitaryvehicles,select artillery systems and land-basedweaponry.AndlastJuly,MahindraGroup’sunitMahindraDefenceNavalSystemsLtdtiedupwithUK’sUltraElectronicstobuildequipmentforunderwaterwarfare.
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Thisisanexcerpt,thefullarticlewaspublis-hedintheJanuaryissueofEuropeanSecu-rity&Defence.OrderyourfreePDFoftheJanuaryissueat:[email protected]
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Defence
Seamless Sky initiatives in theAsia Pacific region
(df)TheCivilAviationAuthorityofSingapo-re(CAAS)andtheCivilAviationBureauofJapan(JCAB)havesignedaMemorandumof Cooperation (MoC) to jointly promoteair trafficmanagement(ATM)transforma-tionintheAsiaPacific.TheMoCwassignedbyKevinShum,Director-GeneralofCAAS,and Hitoshi Ishizaki, Director-General ofJCAB’sAirNavigationServicesDepartment(JANS),onthesidelinesofWorldATMCon-gressinMadrid.
“Ihavebeenhighly interested inSingapo-re’sATMinitiatives,andatthesametimeintuitionwhispered tome that CAAS andJCAB could be united as partners in theAsiaPacificregion.Iamconvincedthatwecould gear up both ATM modernisationandSeamlessSkyrealisationbyreinforcingmutual cooperation in this area,” Ishizakisaid.TheMoCwillfacilitatethesharingofinfor-mation,knowledgeandexpertisebetweenthe two organisations. It will also enablecollaborationinATMmodernisationefforts
and in researchactivities todevelopATMconcepts, solutions and technologies forthenextgenerationofATMsystems.www.caas.gov.sgwww.mlit.go.jp
Defence Industry Centre to boost capabilities
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turn-bull has announced the new Centre forDefence Industry Capability (CDIC) willbe headquartered in Adelaide, the capi-tal of SouthAustralia. The centreaims tofosteranddriveinnovationinthedefenceindustry in Australia and open up exportopportunities.Thiskeyinitiativeofthe2016DefenceWhi-tePaper, theCDICwillbring together theprivate sector, Defence and AusIndustry
to transform the relationship betweenDefence and industry to help deliver cut-ting-edge capability for Australia’s armedforces. The 10-year, €155 million invest-ment isexpectedtocreate jobsanddrivegrowthinAdelaide.TheCDICwillworkwith small-to-mediumenterprises across Australia to promotedefence industrycompetitivenessandgu-ide thepriorities across defence industry.Thecentrewill alsooffera rangeofadvi-soryservicesincludingmentoring,defencemarket access, export facilitation and
global supplychaindevelopment.TheFe-deralGovernmentsaysSouthAustraliaisatthe forefrontof its plan to renewAustra-lia’s naval fleet, and create aworld-class,sustainablenavalshipbuildingindustry.South Australia is also home to severalmajor defence companies including theAustralian Submarine Corporation, BAESystemsandSAAB. It is alsohome to theDefenceTeamingCentre,thepeakdefenceindustry body in South Australia with 24membercompanies.www.theleadsouthaustralia.com.au
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General Curtis M. Scaparrotti new SACEUR
The North Atlantic Council approved thenomination of General Curtis M. Scapa-rrotti, United States Army, to the postof Supreme Allied Commander Europe.GeneralScaparrotti iscurrentlyservingasCommander, United Nations Command,
Combined Forces Command, United Sta-tes Forces Korea. His recent functions in-cludedDirectoroftheJointStaffandISAFCommander.Uponcompletionofnationalconfirmationprocesses,hewilltakeuphisappointmentassuccessortoGeneralPhilipM.Breedlo-ve,UnitedStatesAirForce,atachangeof
command cere-mony at the Su-preme Headquar-tersAlliedPowersEurope in Mons,Belgium,expectedinspring2016.www.nato.int
NATO going further south
(df)NATOSecretaryGeneral JensStolten-berg stressed the vital importance of therelationship between NATO and the Eu-ropeanUnion.Heespeciallywelcomedtheorganisations’deepeningties,saying,“thatissomethingweneedmorethanever,be-
causewefaceamorechallengingsecurityenvironment.”NATOand theEUarewor-king together more closely, with NATObeeingpresent in theterritorialwatersofGreeceandTurkey.But,accordingtoStol-tenberg,“weareplanningtomovefurthersouthinthecomingdaysandweeks.”
“IbelievethatastrongEuropeisgoodforNATO,andthatastrongNATOisgoodforEurope,”Stoltenbergsaid. “Basedon thatcommon understanding, we very muchwelcomethatweareexpandingourcoope-ration.”www.nato.int
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Technology
New masks for U.S. soldiers
(df)AvonProtectionhasreceivedanorderfor 166,623 M50 respiratory protectionmasksystemsfromtheU.S.DepartmentofDefense(DoD).Gary Dunn, VP Business Development atAvonProtection,said:“Weareproudthat
theUSDODcontinues to chooseAvon toprovide the best CBRN protective equip-mentfortheirtroops.TheM50masksys-tem delivers state-of-the-art protectionagainst the changing threat environmentwenowhave.”www.avon-protection.com
Kit to upgrade the Bell 412SP to 412HP configuration
(df)BellHelicopterhasintroducedanewlyavailable kit that allows customers to up-gradetheircurrentBell412SPtothe412HPconfigurationandwiththatmeasuretoin-crease aircraft performance and reducecustomers’cost.The new 412HP upgrade kit provides anadditional165horsepoweravailableatthemain rotor, allowing out-of-ground-effecthover performance to increase to 11,900
lbsat5,200feet–upfrom11,500lbsatsealevel. Major features of the kit include anewmainrotortransmission,masttorquemeasurementsystem,dualenginetrim,all
new tail rotor drive shafts, and upgradedintermediateandtailrotorgearboxes.BellHelicopterinstalledthefirstproductionar-ticleofthiskitwithAgrarflugHeliliftGmbH&Co.KGinAhlen,Germany.The 412SP to 412HP upgrade kit furthersavesdirectmaintenancecostsbyreducingthe number of greased couplings in thedrive system and increasing the overhaulintervalsofmultiplecomponents.www.bellhelicopter.comwww.agrarflug-helilift.com
Javelin for Estonian Infantry
(wb) The Estonian infantry recently tes-tedsuccessfullytheirnewlyacquiredtankbustingJavelinmissilesystematamilitaryfiring range. The U.S. built system FGM-148Javelinisafire-and-forgetmissilewithlock-onbefore launchandautomaticself-guidance.Thesystemtakesatop-attackflightprofileagainst armored vehicles (attacking thetoparmor,whichisgenerallythinner),but
canalsotakeadirect-attackmodeforuseagainstbuildings.Thismissilealsohas theability toengagehelicopters in the direct attack mode. Itcanreachapeakaltitudeof150m(500ft)intop-attackmodeand60mindirect-firemode.Itisequippedwithanimaginginfr-aredseeker.The tandem warhead is fitted with twoshaped charges: a precursor warhead todetonate any explosive reactive armor
andaprimarywarheadtopenetratebasearmor.www.lockheedmartin.com
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Z18 UF makes its debut at IWA
(df)DRONEVOLThaspresenteditsprofes-sionaldroneZ18UF(UnlimitedFlight),thatis capable of continuous surveillance ofareasandeventswheresecurityisaprio-rity: Industrial sites with sensible infrast-ructures,roadnetworks,rescueandsearchoperations,supportafternaturaldisastersorcrowdsgatherings.TheZ18UF,anactualautonomousmonito-ringstationisawireddronecapableof24h
stationary flight, ensuring safe, non-stopaerial surveillance. Equipped with a x18zoomcamera,it’sconnectedtothesupplystationELISTAIRonthegroundspecificallydesignedforthisdrone.Apatentedsmartfastening system allows operations to becarriedoutsafely.It is adjustable in height up to 40metresandoffersmultipleoptionsofcloserangeshootingat360°transmittedathigh-speedand in real time thanks to its own radio
connection.Thequicksetuptime,of justovertenminutesallowsforanalmostim-mediatedeploymentonsiteofthismobilemonitoringdevice.www.dronevolt.com
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ECOsystem for control and operations optimization
(df) Thales announces the launch ofECOsystem, a data-driven solution provi-dingdecisionsupportforefficiency,capaci-tyandoperationsoptimization.ECOsystemenablesANSPs,airlinesandairportopera-tors to plan,monitor,manage and assessaviation operations for better decisionsandbetterresults.ECOsystem provides a suite of tools andpredictive analytics to enable each stake-holdertooptimizetheirownoperationaswell as contribute to global optimizationthrough data sharing and collaborativeapplications. From a global cloud-hos-ted service, to a local single-facility de-
ployment, ECOsystem is configurable tocustomer operational requirements. It isstructuredwithasuiteofadvancedcybersecurityfeaturesdesignedbyThales.Further underscoring thematurity of thesystem, the SESAR programme for theharmonisation of European airspace willutilize the solution for the 2016 SESARTopLink large-scale demonstration acrossFrance,Croatia,andAustria,tovalidatetheuser benefits of deploying System WideInformation Management (SWIM)-basedservicesforaviationoperations.Thales also announces Azerbaijan’s AirNavigation Authorities (AZANS) is thegloballaunchcustomerfortheECOsystemAdvancedTrafficFlowManagementappli-
cation.AZANSwillimplementthissolutionat Heydar Aliyev International Airport inBaku,wheretheyarealsobuildinganAir-space Supervision and Efficiency Centre.At the centre, AZANSwill deploy Thales’sTopSky–Tracker foranaccurateanduni-fiedair surveillancepictureaswellasEC-Osystemtoimproveairspacemanagementandservicesprovidedtoairspaceusers.www.thalesgroup.com
Ten years Gripen in Hungary
(df) Senior representatives of the Hunga-riangovernment,theHungarianandSwe-dish Armed Forces, the Embassy of Swe-dentoHungary,SwedishDefenceMaterielAdministration and Saab, came togetherto celebrateHungary’sfirst “Gripendeca-de”atMH59,SzentgyörgyiDezsőAirbase,Kecskemét.The Gripen ceremony was headed byTamásVargha.Hungary’sDeputyMinisterof Defence, along with Brigadier GeneralAlbert Sáfár, Air Chief of Hungarian De-fenceForcesJointForceCommand,Briga-dier General Csaba Ugrik, commander atHDF59thSZDAirbase,MajorGeneralMatsHelgesson,SwedishAirForceChiefofStaffand Captain Johan Stridh, Commander ofthe Swedish Air Force support group inHungary.“With this, Hungary has joined the ranksof those NATO member countries thatareabletodeploytheirair forcesbeyondtheirborders”,Vargha stated,adding thattheBalticcountriesareexpectingHungaryto assume a similar role for another fourmonths in 2019 again. Vargha also notedthatsincethearrivalofthefirstfiveGripenfighteraircraft inMarch2006, the roleofthe Hungarian Air Force has significantlychanged:thankstotheairmen’sprepared-
ness, dedication and the state-of-the-artmilitary equipment, it has become a re-spectedorganization inHungarian societyandthesymboloftheunityofthenationagain. Inaddition,thetokenofthefutureof theKecskemétAirBase lies in the factthat the pilots here “serve not only withtheirknowledgebutalsowithalltheirhe-art”,Varghasaid.Brigadier General Csaba Ugrik, basecommander at HDF 59th SZD Airbase,Kecskemét,saidthatthepasttenyearsofexperienceshowGripentobeaverycapa-ble,reliable,andaffordableaircraft,whichgivestheHungarianAirForcefullcontroloftheairdomain,bothnowandinthefuture.“Co-operationwiththeHungarianAirForcehasalwaysbeensmoothandeffectiveandwearepleased toworkwitha team thathasachievedsomuchsuccessathomeandinallitsinternationaloperations,”saidJer-kerAhlqvist,headofGripen,SaabbusinessareaAeronautics.Theceremonyincludedahand-overtotheHungarian Air Force by the Swedish AirForcesupportgroupthathelpedwiththeintroduction and transition to the Gripensystem,alongwithday-to-daysupportforHungaryoverthelasttenyears.WiththeintroductionofGripen,theHun-garian Air Force successfully transitioned
intoamodernandeffectiveNATOairforce.This was recently underlined when theHungarian Air Force successfully comple-teditsparticipationintheBalticAirPolicing(BAP)mission.FourHungarianGripenfigh-ters and about 80 personnel deployed toundertake the BAPmission in September2015. TheHungarian contingent assumedresponsibility for the air defence of Lat-via,EstoniaandLithuaniaforfourmonths,ensuringthesecurityoftheregionandtheNATOAlliance.Recently the Hungarian Air Force hasstarted to train for night flying missionsusingnewly-deliverednightvisiongoggles(NVGs).ThiscapabilitywillfurtherenhancethecombatreadinessoftheHungarianAirForceandboost the contributionofHun-gary’sGripenstointernationalmissions.www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-defencewww.forsvarsmakten.sehttp://saabgroup.com
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Saab extends Gripen support and maintenance
(df) Saab has received an order from theSwedish Defence Material Administration(FMV) to perform support and mainten-ance forGripenonbehalfof theSwedishArmedForces.Thetotalordervalueis€16million,itwillbeconductedduring2016.Thisorderisanextensionofa2012agree-
ment to provide performance-basedsupport and maintenance for the Gripenaircraft,includingtechnicalsupport,publi-cations, spareequipmentandcomponentmaintenance.Thisordercoversthefurthersupplyofspareequipment.“Well functioning support and mainten-ance are essential to maintain efficientoperations and availability of a country’s
airforce,”saysJonasHjelm,headofSaab’sbusinessareaSupportandServices.http://saabgroup.com
Italian Eurofighter make debutat Red Flag
(df) The Italian Air Force Eurofighter Ty-phoons havemade their first appearanceatoneof theworld’sbest-knownmilitaryexercises:RedFlag,attheNellisAirForceBase inNevada, is a realistic combat trai-ning exercise involving the air, space andcyber forces of the United States and itsallies.
Eight Italian EurofighterTyphoons, from the 4th,36th and 37th FighterWings in Grosseto, madetheir inaugural appear-ance at the Base, led byDetachment Comman-derMarcoBertoli.Theyaretakingpart ina series of exercises along with 76 otheraircraft exploring different combat scena-
rios, utilising amilitary training areawithmorethan15,000squaremilesofairspace.www.eurofighter.com
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Delivery of ASRAAMs for the F-35B
(df)MBDAhascommenceddeliveriesofaquantity of Advanced Short RangeAir-to-AirMissiles(ASRAAM)fortheforthcomingintegrationofthisinfra-redairdominance
missileontotheUK’sF-35B.Thefirstmissi-lewasdeliveredtotheU.S.duringJanuaryinconjunctionwithBAESystems(theUK’sF-35 weapon integration lead). ASRAAMwillbethefirstUKmissiletoarmtheF-35andits integrationwithintheF-35SystemDevelopment and Demonstration (SDD)phaseoftheprogrammewillgivetheRoyalAir Force and the Royal Navy’s F-35s ahighlycapable,passive,WithinVisualRan-geair-to-aircapability.
Thesetestmissileswillbeusedduring2016foraseriesofflighttrialsandair-launchedfiringsthatareakeysteptowardsthe In-itialOperatingCapabilityoftheaircraftbytheUK.Thetrialswillincludeenvironmen-taldatagathering,safeseparationfromtheaircraft,weaponintegrationwiththeF-35’son-board systems, and lastly, weapon fi-ring trials involving the engagement oftargets.www.mbda-systems.com
Second U.S. tanker completes first flight
(df)Accordingtothecompany,theBoeingtest teamsuccessfullycompleted thefirstflight of the programme’s second KC-46Atankeraircraft,takingofffromPaineFieldandlandinglateratBoeingFieldinSeattle.Duringtheflight,Boeingtestpilotsperfor-medoperationalchecksonengines,flightcontrolsandenvironmentalsystems.Boeing was awarded a contract in 2011todesignanddeveloptheU.S.AirForce’snext-generationtankeraircraftandisbuil-ding four test aircraft– twoare currently
configuredas767-2Csand twoasKC-46Atankers.TheKC-46AisamultiroletankerBoeingisbuildingfortheU.S.AirForcethatcanre-fuelallalliedandcoalitionmilitaryaircraftcompatiblewithinternationalaerialrefue-lingproceduresandcancarrypassengers,cargo and patients. Overall, Boeing planstobuild179KC-46aircraftfortheU.S.AirForce.“Addinga second tanker to theflight testprogramisveryimportantaswemoveintothe next phase of testing,” said Col. JohnNewberry,U.S.AirForceKC-46Systempro-
grammemanager. “The teamwill initiallyusetheaircrafttotestmissionsystemavio-nicsandexteriorlighting.Later,itwillsharetheairrefuelingeffortwiththefirstKC-46.”www.boeing.com
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Unmanned undersea vehicle to operate for months
(df) Boeing introduced Echo Voyager, thelatest unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV)which can operate autonomously formonthsatatimethankstoahybridrechar-geablepowersystemandmodularpayloadbay. The 51-foot-long vehicle is not onlyautonomous while underway, but it canalso be launched and recovered withoutthe support ships that normally assistUUVs.
“Echo Voyager is anew approach tohow unmanned un-dersea vehicles willoperateandbeusedin the future,” saidDarryl Davis, pre-sident, Boeing Phantom Works. “Our in-vestmentsininnovativetechnologiessuchas autonomous systems are helping ourcustomers affordablymeetmission requi-rementsnowandintheyearstocome.”
VoyagerwillbeginseatrialsofftheCalifor-niacoastlaterthissummer.ItisthelatestofBoeing’sUUVfamily,joiningthe32-footEchoSeekerandthe18-footEchoRanger.www.boeing.com
UAS launcher for land and sea
(df)RobonicLtdOy(asubsidiaryofSagem- Safran) has delivered its tenth KONTIOMC2555LLRpneumaticlaunchertoAirbusDefence & Space (Direct Aerial TargetsUnit). With this launcher the companyaims to expand its range of products fortheglobaltargetdronemarket.“The delivery of this tenth KONTIO laun-chertoAirbusDSisanimportantmilestoneforourcompany,” saidRobonicmanagingdirectorJuhaMoisio.“Wehavealonghis-tory insupportingtheAirbusDSfamilyof
direct target products and systems, withdeliveriesstartingin2004.Weworkcloselywith AirbusDS to optimize our launchersto deliver the best possible performance
forbothlandandseaoperations.”KONTIOis a highly transportable universal laun-chercapableofhandlingpayloadsacrossawide rangeofweights and speeds,whichmakesithighlysuitablefordifferenttypesof targets or tactical unmanned aerialvehicles.Robonic has already demonstrated thiscapabilityinearliertests,showingthattheKONTIOlaunchercanlaunchairvehiclesupto110kgwitha70m/sexitvelocityoral-ternativelya500kgpayloadat37m/s.www.robonic.fi
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VTOL X-Plane
(df) For decades only helicopters werecapableoftrueverticaltakeoffandlanding(VTOL)andthereforethesystemofchoiceformanyarmyoperations.Buthelicoptersstill lacksomeessentialfeaturesofairpla-nes,likespeed,rangeandendurance.TheDefenseAdvancedResearchProjectsAgen-cy(DARPA)hasthereforestartedtheVTOLExperimental Plane (VTOL X-Plane) pro-gramme, which aims to overcome thesechallenges through cross-pollination bet-ween fixed-wing and rotary-wing techno-logies and by developing and integrating
novelsubsystemstoenableradicalimpro-vements. In an important step towardthatgoal,DARPAhasawardedthePhase2contractforVTOLX-PlanetoAuroraFlightSciences.“Just when we thought it had all beendonebefore,theAurorateamfoundroomfor invention—truly new elements of en-gineeringandtechnologythatshowenor-mouspromisefordemonstrationonactualflight vehicles,” said Ashish Bagai, DARPAprogram manager. “This is an extremelynovel approach.” Aurora’s Phase 2 designfor VTOL X-Plane envisions an unmanned
aircraftwithtwolargerearwingsandtwosmaller front canards. The engine woulddrive24ducted fans,nine integrated intoeach wing and three inside each canard.Both the wings and the canards wouldrotatetodirectfanthrustasneeded.www.darpa.mil
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Next steps for nEUROn
(df)IncooperationwithSaabAerosystemsNorthrop Grumman has provided the At-titude and Heading Reference System(AHRS)forthenEUROnunmannedcombat
airvehicle(UCAV)demonstrator,whichre-centlyconductedmorethan100testflightsinFrance,ItalyandSweden.Thesubsidiaryin Germany, Northrop Grumman LITEF,supplied the fibre-optic, gyro-compassing
LCR-100 AHRS for the European nEUROnUCAV demonstrator. The LCR-100 is TSO/ETSOcertified.www.northropgrumman.comhttp://saabgroup.com
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German Navy frigate “Sachsen-Anhalt” christened
(wb)Thethirdofatotalof four125classfrigatesfortheGermanNavywaschriste-nedSachsen-Anhalt inearlymarchat theHamburg site of Thyssenkrupp MarineSystems. Following the christening of thefirst two frigates BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERGinDecember2013andNordrhein-Westfa-leninApril2015thisisafurtherimportantmilestone in the shipbuilding programmeforthisfrigateclass.Dr.GabrieleHaseloff,wifeofthepremierofthestateofSaxony-Anhalt after which the frigate has been
named, performed thechristening ceremony inthe presence of high-le-vel representatives fromgovernment, the GermanNavy and the companiesinvolved.The frigate Sachsen-Anhalt is scheduledtobehandedover to theGermandefen-seprocurementagencyBAAINBw inearly2019.Commissioningand in-port trialsofthe first F125 frigate, the BADEN-WÜRT-TEMBERG,havenowadvancedtothestagewhereseatrialscancommenceasplannedin spring this year. Handover of the BA-DEN-WÜRTTEMBERG to the BAAINBw isscheduled formid-2017. The contract fortheF125programiswortharoundtwobil-lioneurosintotal.Thefour125classfrigateswillreplacetheGermanNavy’s eight (BREMEN type) 122class frigates. The ships were developedspecially for current and future deploy-
ment scenarios for the German Navy. Inadditiontothetraditionaltasksofnationaland alliance defense, the 125 class friga-tes are designed for conflict prevention,crisis management and intervention/sta-bilization operations in the internationalarena.Theshipsarecapableofremainingatseafor24monthsandthusrepresentthefirstrealizationoftheintensiveuseconcept,i.e.significantlyincreasedavailabilityinthede-ploymentregion.Thiscapabilityissuppor-tedbyasmallercrewandamultiple-crewstrategywhichpermitsacompletechangeofcrewduringdeployment.www.marine.de
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AESystems)U.S. NAWCAD’s solution by
BAE Systems
(df) The U.S. Naval Air Warfare CenterAircraft Division (NAWCAD) has awar-ded BAE Systems a two-year contract tosupport NAWCAD’s Special Communicati-onsMissionSolutionsDivisionwitharangeoftechnicalservices.The contract, valued at €31 million, willsupportandmaintainthelifecycleofvitalcommunicationsandelectronics.BAESys-
tems will provide logistics management,planning and integration support, techni-cal publications, configuration manage-ment,engineering,training,andhardwaretracking.“WehaveprovidedtechnicalexpertiseandservicetoNAWCADfor25years,”saidMarkKeeler, vice president and general mana-ger of Integrated Electronics andWarfareSystems at BAE Systems. “Our employeesaredeeplycommittedtodeliveringforour
customerandsupportingtheirglobalmis-sion.”www.baesystems.com
Standard Missile-6 for the U.S. Navy
(df)TheU.S.NavyawardedRaytheonCom-pany €244million to exercise fiscal 2016options for StandardMissile-6productionandsparesrequirements.Inrecenttestingthe SM-6 has shown expanded missioncapabilityinthreekeyareas:Anti-AirWar-fare,Sea-BasedTerminalandAnti-SurfaceWarfare. SM-6 delivers a multi-mission,provenover-the-horizonairdefensecapa-bilitybyleveragingthetime-testedadvan-
tages of the Standard Missile‘s airframeand propulsion. Also the SM-6 uses bothactiveandsemiactiveguidancemodesandadvancedfuzingtechniquesandincorpora-testheadvancedsignalprocessingandgu-idancecontrolcapabilitiesfromRaytheon‘sAdvancedMedium-RangeAir-to-AirMissi-le.“U.S. Navy commanderswant both capa-bilityandflexibilitytomeetawidevarietyofmissions,andthat‘sexactlywhatSM-6offers,”saidMikeCampisi,StandardMissi-
le-6seniorprogramdirector.Raytheonhasdelivered more than 250 missiles to theU.S.Navysofar,whichdeployedSM-6forthefirsttimein2013.www.raytheon.com
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SECOMSAT for the Spanishdefence forces
(df) Indra has been awarded a masteragreement with the Spanish Ministry ofDefence to be the primary maintenanceprovider for terminalsused in Spain‘smi-litary satellite communications system(SECOMSAT). SECOMSATnetwork systemsareusedbyMinistryofDefensebodies,allthreearmiesandSpain‘smilitaryemergen-ciesunit(UME).The agreement establishes the terms un-derwhichusersof theSECOMSATsystemmay requestmaintenance services worth
uptoamaximumof€42.8millionoverthenextthreeyears,withtheoptiontoextendthedealbyafurtherthreeyears.The framework agreement is divided intothree lots, with each corresponding to adifferentsystemmakingupthecommuni-cationsnetwork. Indrawaschosenas thesolesuccessfulbidderfortwoofthese(lots1and2),whileitwasselectedforthethirdinajointventurewithTelefonica.InrecentyearsIndrahasdesignedandde-velopedsatelliteequipmentandterminalstocatertoallkindsofrequirements,simul-taneouslybuildingupahighlytechnicaland
extensive industrial structure with ships,submarines, vehicles and ground forcesoperatedbycountriesincludingSpain,Por-tugal,France,Germany,IndiaandBrazil.www.indracompany.com
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irbusDS)New contract on Germany’s
SATCOMBw
(df) Airbus Defence and Space has beenawarded a €145 million contract by theprocurementagencyoftheGermanArmedForces(BAAINBw)forlongtermoperationof the SATCOMBw secure satellite com-munications system. Airbus Defence andSpacehasbeenoperatingSATCOMBwsin-ce2006.Thiscontractwhichhasbeenrenewedforthe next seven-and-a-half years includes
thein-orbitoperationofthemilitaryCOM-SATBw1andCOMSATBw2satellitesaswellas theoperationof their teleportandas-sociatednetworks inWeilheim,Germany,until2022.
ThetwomilitarycommunicationsatellitesCOMSATBw-1 and COMSATBw-2 provideGerman armed forces (Bundeswehr) inoperation with military UHF and X-bandplusadditional capacity inCandKu-bandoveracoveragestretchingfromtheAmeri-castoEasternAsia.In addition to the two satellites, the SAT-COMBw programme provides a securegroundcommunicationsnetworkandcon-trolsystem.www.airbus.com
Framework contract on rugged notebooks
(df) For the fourthtime in seriesGermanBundeswehr has awarded the frameworkcontract “rugged notebooks” to rodacomputer GmbH as the contractual part-ner.Thecontracthasanexpectedvolumeofmore than 11.000 rugged IT products.In addition to roda’s fully rugged laptopcomputers product lines Rocky, PantherandLizardthisframeworkcontractalsoin-cludessemiruggedproductsfromPanaso-
nic(Toughbook,Toughpad).Differingfromprevious framework contracts additionalaccessoriessuchashybridtelephonePDAs,NAS(NetworkAttachedStorage)andswit-chesarealsopartofthenewproductlist.Thecrucialfactorforrodatobethewinnerof thisEurope-widetenderwere thecorecapabilitiesinruggedmilitaryIT,especiallytheexcellentserviceofferinganindividual,technical,andlogisticsupport,atightpro-jectorganisationaswellaslong-termservi-cesforhard-andsoftware.Alsoroda’snew
productionfacilityallowsthehandlingandexecution of large production batches upto3,000unitsinparallel.http://roda-computer.com
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MUOS satellite to be launched
TheU.S.NavyandLockheedMartindeliver-edthefifthMobileUserObjectiveSystem(MUOS) satellite to Cape Canaveral priortoitsexpectedMaylaunch.Thespacecraftwill be the thirdMUOS satellite launched
ina16monthspan.MUOS-5 is the latestaddition to a network of orbiting satelli-tes and relay ground stations. Userswithoperational MUOS terminals will be abletoseamlesslyconnectbeyondline-of-sightaround theworld and into theGlobal In-
formationGrid.MUOS-5willcompletetheNavy’sbaselineconstellationandserveasanon-orbitspareforthesystem,ensuringthenetworkisalwaysavailabletosupportU.S.andalliedmobileforces.www.lockheedmartin.com
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New Cyber Security Operations Centre in France
(df)ThalesannouncestheopeningofanewCyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC)in Elancourt (near Paris) in France. TheCSOC isdesignedtopreventrisksandan-ticipate threats to enterprise informationsystems.ThenewCyberSecurityOperationsCentreis also responsible for the services provi-dedbyThales’sCERT-IST,whichhasmain-tainedpermanent security surveillanceof
customers’ systemssince1999and issuesalerts about any new vulnerabilities thatcouldcompromisesecurity.Another key function of the CSOC is todetectsecurityincidentsandreactinreal-time,quicklyanalysingandresolvingissuesand,whenappropriate,mobilisingtheRa-pidReactionTeamsetupbyThalesin2013.The CSOC also monitors compliance toensurethatuserpracticesare in linewiththecustomer’ssecuritypolicyatalltimes.According to informationprovidedby the
companytheElancourtCSOChasthreebilli-oneventsadayforfouremergencyrespon-ses,more than20,000devicesmonitoredandmorethan120expertsoncallforcrisissituations.www.thalesgroup.com
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Next gen navigation-grade IMU
(df) TheDefenseAdvancedResearchPro-jectsAgency (DARPA)hasawardedacon-tract to develop a next-generation navi-gation-grade inertial measurement unit(IMU)basedonadvancedmicroelectrome-chanical systems (MEMS) technology.TheIMU is expected to enable navigation bysensing acceleration and angular motion,providing data outputs used by vehiclecontrolsystemsforguidance.
DARPA’s Precise Robust Inertial Guidancefor Munitions Navigation-Grade InertialMeasurement Unit programme aims todevelop a miniaturized navigation-gradeIMUby integratingstate-of-the-artMEMSinertial sensorswithminimized cost, size,weight and power consumption. Underthis €5.7 million cost-plus-fixed-fee basecontract, Northrop Grumman is expectedto demonstrate that its MEMS-based gy-roscopes and accelerometersmeet speci-
fied performance and environmental re-quirements.www.darpa.milwww.northropgrumman.com
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Rescue helicopters recieve missile warning and IFoF systems
(df) TheU.S. Air Force’s HH-60WCombatRescue Helicopter will be the first plat-formstobeprotectedbythenewMissileWarning and Friend or Foe Systems. BAESystemswillsupplyitsIdentificationFriendorFoe technologyknownas theAN/DPX-7Reduced Size Transponder (RST) and itsCommonMissileWarningSystem(CMWS)to the named helicopters of the U.S. AirForce.Thesecontractsmarkthefirsttimethat aU.S.Air Forceplatformwill benefitfrom the RST system and from CMWS, a
highlyautomatedandtightlyintegratedin-fraredcountermeasuressuite.TheAirForcewilldeploytheCMWSGen3system that includes both hostile fire in-dication and data recording capabilitiesto detect and evade small arms fire androcket-propelledgrenades.The system also performs detailed post-mission analysis. CMWS missile warningtechnology has served more than 24U.S. Army platform types and has amas-sed more than two million in-theaterhours.TheseawardstoBAESystemsfollowtheAirForce’s2014decisiontoselectthe
teamof Sikorsky and LockheedMartin toreplace the HH-60G Pave Hawk helicop-terswithaderivativeoftheSikorskyBlackHawk. Preliminary design review of thisnewaircraftisexpectedtotakeplacethisyear.www.baesystems.com
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Malware as a service
KasperskyLab’sGlobalResearchandAnaly-sisTeamhaspublishedextensiveresearchontheAdwindRemoteAccessTool(RAT),a cross-platform,multifunctionalmalwareprogram also known as AlienSpy, Frutas,Unrecom, Sockrat, JSocket and jRat, and
which isdistributedthroughasinglemal-ware-as-a-serviceplatform.According to the results of the investiga-tion, conductedbetween2013 and2016,differentversionsof theAdwindmalwarehavebeenused inattacksagainstat least443,000usersaroundtheworld.Thegeo-
graphical distribution shows that almosthalfofthem(49%)werelivinginthefollo-wingtencountries:UnitedArabEmirates,Germany, India, theUSA, Italy,Russia,Vi-etnam,HongKong,TurkeyandTaiwan.Theplatformandthemalwarearestillactive.www.kaspersky.com
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Industry & Trade
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s)Martin Fausset new CEO of Elbit Systems UK Limited
(df) Elbit Systems UK Limited (ESUK) an-nounced that Martin Fausset has beenappointedasChiefExecutiveOfficer(CEO)witheffectofMarch1,2016.Faussetwillreport directly to Bezhalel Machlis, ElbitSystems’PresidentandChiefExecutiveOf-ficer.Prior to his joining ESUK, Fausset held anumber of senior positions in the Aero-space, Defence and Automotive sectors,
including at AgustaWestland, Rolls-Royceand Ricardo PLC. He brings extensive in-ternationalbusinessandboardexperiencefromacrossanumberofsectorsandmar-kets.ESUKhasanumberofwholly-ownedsub-sidiaries in theUK thatprovide advancedtechnologysolutionsformilitaryandcom-mercial applications across Air, Land andMarine markets. An ESUK-KBR joint-ven-ture was recently awarded a contract todeliver thefixed-wingMilitary FlyingTrai-
ning System fortheBritisharmedforces. In additi-on,ElbitSystems’joint companywith Thales UKistheproviderofthe “Watchkee-per”programme,the new UAS oftheUKarmedforces.www.elbitsystems.com
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les)Jens Nielsen new COO of Thales
Deutschland
(df) JensNielsen is the newChiefOpera-tingOfficer(COO)andVicePresidentOpe-rations Germany of Thales Deutschland.NielsensucceedsDr.YvesJoannic,whoasVice President assumed overall corporateresponsibility for the business line MainLine Signalling of Thales and the nationalBusiness Domain in Germany. Nielsen re-portstoDr.ChristophHoppe,thechairmanofthemanagingboardofThalesDeutsch-land.
Nielsen graduated from the PolytechnicMunich, later he worked for Airbus De-fenceandSpacewherehewaslastrespon-sible as Senior Vice President UnmannedAerialSystems(UAS)forbusinessactivitieswithunmannedaerialvehiclesinGermany,FranceandSpain.Since 2005Nielsen held various leaders-hip positions within Airbus Defence andSpaceor its corporatepredecessors, e.g.asHeadofAvionicsSystemsandChiefEn-gineer Military Systems A400M at EADSDeutschland or as Senior Vice President
ofBusinessLinesMission Avionicsand IntegratedSystemsatCassi-dian Electronics.His professionalcareer furtherincluded Dor-nier Luftfahrt,BMW, Rolls-Roy-ce, Fairchild Dornier and Diehl-AvionikSysteme.www.thalesgroup.com
KMW opens new building in Brazil
(wb) In thepresenceofhigh-rankingpoli-ticalandmilitaryguests,FrankHaun,CEOofKrauss-MaffeiWegmann,hasperformedtheopeningof thenewbuilding complexatKMWdoBrasilSistemasdeDefesaLtda.inSantaMariamid-March.Fromhere,KM-W‘sSouthAmericanCenterintheBrazilian
State of Rio Grande do Sul performs theservicing and repair of military vehiclesandothersystemsoftheBrazilianArmy.ItsprimaryfocusisthemainbattletankLeo-pard, the anti-aircraft gun systemGepardandtheKMWsimulators.KMWdoBrasilisledbyJanChristianBöge.www.kmweg.de
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Good results for BAE Systems
(df)“Wehavedeliveredanotheryearofso-lid performance. BAE Systemshas a largeorderbackloggeneratedbyawell-balancedportfolioofbusinessesservingtheneedsofcustomersinmanyoftheworld’slargerac-cessiblemarkets.TheGroupiswellplacedto continue to generateattractive returns
for shareholders as defence budgets rec-over and our commercial adjacencies ofcyberandcommercialelectronicscontinuetogrow,” said IanKing,ChiefExecutiveofBAESystems,atthepresentationoffinan-cialresultsfor2015.Thesalesofthecompanyhadincreasedby£1.3billionto£17.9billion,includinga£0.8
billion benefit toUK sales from increasedaircraft deliveries to Saudi Arabia and sa-les fromthe tradingofequipmenton theEuropeanTyphoonprogrammeandthein-creasedactivityacrossthenavalbusiness.Exchange translation added £0.2 billioncomparedtoprioryear.www.baesystems.com
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)PLATH’s Intelligence Workshopin May
(df)The7thIntelligenceWorkshopbyPLATHwillbeheldonMay10,2016,priortotheEWEurope2016conference.To fulfill thecontinuously growing expectations of theinternational audience PLATH evaluatedthe recent intelligence requirements aswell as the newest trends and technolo-gies.Resultingfromthecomprehensivemarketanalysis, border securitywill be themainfocusofthe7thIntelligenceWorkshop.Intimesoftherefugeecrisisandterrorismitis essential to detect, locate and identify
individualsandtheirnetworks.Toidentifythreatsbeforetheyoccur,COMINTtechno-logy supporting (existing) border securitysolutionswillbehighlighted.Usecasesandchallengeswillbediscussedduringaspeci-alsessiononborderprotection.Anadditionalsession“Combiningsensitivedata”willprovidenewsolutionsandideasofprocessingandanalyzingIPandmetada-ta.The7thIntelligenceWorkshopwillclosewiththesession“BringingdownCOMMS”,highlightingnewandsmartjammingcapa-bilities.The Intelligence Workshop is a full-dayevent,whichisfreetoattend.Itallowsthe
participantstovisittheexhibition,whichistraditionally opened following the Intelli-genceWorkshop.Theregistrationsforthe7th IntelligenceWorkshopcanbedoneonthehomepage:www.eweurope.com
ESD has started a new LinkedIn group
(df)LinkedInhasbecomeamoreandmoreimportantsourceforinformation,especial-lywiththeglobalizationgoingonandmar-kets getting closerworldwide. Themaga-zine “European Security & Defence” hasthereforestartedaLinkedIngrouptoshareinformationbetweenindustryandexperts,tostartdiscussionsonsecuritytopicsandtogetintouchwithusersinthemilitary.Membersofthisgroupwillalsogetthela-testmessagesonthemagazine‘sactivities,
upcoming events of special interest forthemilitarycommunityandalsoanactualglobalexhibitionschedule.The informationexchangebetweengroupmembers isofhighest interest,ofcourse.Latest discussions included news on therisk of laser attacks on pilots, an analysison syria-turkey intervention and news onthe UK’s longs-awaited multi-role vehicleprotected(MRV-P).LikeallsocialmediathisLinkedIngroup isnot aoneway informa-tionsharingportal,butaplacetodiscuss,toaskquestions,shareinformation,getin
touchwith theeditorial teamof ESDandESDSpotlightormeetpartnersindefenceindustrieandmilitary throughoutEurope.This community is still growing and theeditorial teamof ESD hopes tomeet youthere. Simply look for “EuropeanSecurity&Defence”inLinkedIngroups.
Lockheed Martin and ORBCOMM join forces for IoT footprint
(df)LockheedMartinandORBCOMMhavesigned aMemorandum of UnderstandingtoenhancetheirfootprintintheareaofIn-ternetofThings(IoT)technologies.Astheworldbecomesincreasinglyconnectedandautomated, LockheedMartin plans to le-verage ORBCOMM’s Machine-to-Machine(M2M) portfolio and expertise to exploreopportunities for customers and acrossthe corporation. Space-enabled solutionsin particular provide satellite connectivi-
ty and services for IoT applications thatrequire wide-area coverage and integra-tion with multiple tiers of informationtechnology.“ThevisionoftheInternetofThingspromi-ses to change how society benefits frommachines embedded with greater intel-ligence, improving the decisions organiz-ationsmake andultimately thequality ofservicedelivered to theirendusers,” saidDave Markham, Vice President StrategyandAdvancedProgramsatLockheedMar-tin Space Systems. “To that end,we look
forward to exploring future opportunitieswith a satellite M2M market leader likeORBCOMM.”The two companies will jointly explorefuture satellite and hybrid satellite/cel-lular M2M opportunities primarily in thegovernmentsector,intheUnitedStatesaswellasselectinternationalmarkets.Colla-borationmayspanarangeofactivities,in-cluding joint business development, port-folioevolutionandalliedpartnerships.www.lockheedmartin.comwww.orbcomm.com
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