Aerospace & Defence

The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory’s (Dstl) new Maritime Autonomy Surface Testbed (MAST) system is participating in a number of exercises at Unmanned Warrior. The vessel is one of over 40 autonomous systems taking part in the Royal Navy’s event this month.

London City Airport (LCY) has successfully introduced a state-of-the-art millimetre-wave full-body scanner which will help further increase the speed of security screening and detection at the airport. The Quick Personnel Security scanner R&S QPS200 from Rohde & Schwarz completes a scan in just a few seconds and automatically detects potentially dangerous items.

Man on the moon has already been a great achievement in our lifetimes; however for the first time in the history of space travel, a private enterprise will leave this world to explore another. The federal government will permit a US start up to send a robotic spacecraft to the moon next year, paving the way for the company to be the first non-government organisation to land on the moon.

Increasing their defence spend for the first time in a decade will be seen this year by European NATO states. Concerns about Russia, the migrant crisis and the terrorist threat have led to many European governments focusing on their military budget. Director of International Business Development at Ultralife, David Reeves, explains why the company has chosen to expand its services in Europe.

After collecting drilled rock powder in arguably the most scenic landscape yet visited by a Mars rover, NASA’s Curiosity mobile laboratory is driving toward uphill destinations as part of its two-year mission extension that commenced October 1st. 

A range of high-performance, harsh-environment interconnect solutions for the defence industry will be showcased by ITT Inc.’s Cannon’s brand at the 2016 Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting & Exposition on 3rd to 5th October 2016, booth number 3338 at the Walter E Washington Convention Centre in Washington, DC.

Artemis Optical, the designer and manufacturer of optical filters including laser protection filters used by the American military and others, has entered into a ten year agreement with BAE Systems to supply Head-Up Display (HUD) assemblies.

The proprietary case management software, iipax, has been delivered to a major authority within the defence and security sector as part of an agreement with Ida Infront, a subsidiary to Addnode Group.

The Ministry of Defence has signed a licence agreement with ASV Global allowing for the use of its Advanced Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) Capability technology.

A master supply agreement between e2v and GaN Systems establishes e2v as the global supplier of GaN Systems’ 100V and 650V hi-rel GaN transistor products and customer care for the A&D market.