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Airport, Border and Port Safety and Security Civil Aircraft Civil Airlines, Airports and Services Communications and Navigation Education, Training and Professional Services Manufacturing and Materials Military and Defence Facilities Military Aviation Military Vehicles Naval Systems Personal Equipment Software and IT Services Space and Satellite Weapons, Ammunition and Explosives     Latest from the Editor's Blog More Blogs > BACKING UP THE TROOPS - ARE WE DOING ENOUGH? 10 November 2009 The issue of defence funding just won't go away. For years we have heard an increasing number of service personnel, at all levels, asking questions of the government's commitment to providing the needs of the British armed forces. And increasingly, they are voicing concerns that shortfalls are not just leaving individuals exposed but apparently, in some cases, denying personnel of even the most basic requirements of peacekeeping activity.     Latest Headlines More News > CBRNE VENDORS TO ATTEND COUNTER TERROR EXPO EVENT Counter Terror Expo: 11 March 2010 The means to detect CBRNE threats and protect against them gains increased focus at this year’s Counter Terror Expo taking place in the UK LASER SAFETY CURTAIN DESIGNED FOR SMARTTABLE OTS Newport Corporation: 10 March 2010 Newport Optical Table Systems can be fitted with a laser safety curtain attached directly to the overhead shelf for easy fitting BURBANK FIRE BRIGADE TAKES BIO-TERRORISM DETECTION EQUIPMENT Universal Detection Technology: 10 March 2010 Emergency Services in the American city of Burbank is combating the threat of bio terrorism with the use of 5-agent detection kits from Universal Detection Technology LEGAL EXPERT JOINS ALION Alion Science and Technology: 10 March 2010 Law Department at Alion gains new head to focus on protection of intellectual property at the company BOEING AWARDS COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY CONTRACT TO KAZAK KaZaK Composites: 10 March 2010 Development program to focus on composite materials for use in UAV housings for miniature weapons technology CONSOLIDATED ERP FOR SABRELINER IFS: 10 March 2010 Aviation Service company joins growing list of defence and aerospace companies to choose IFS to provide consolidated Enterprise Resource Planning capability ONBOARD VEHICLE POWER MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT WITH US MARINES BAE Systems (Land and Armaments): 10 March 2010 BAE Systems will develop a system for improving the available power output for ground forces vehicles in the Marina corps A320 MAINTENANCE AND UPGRADE CONTRACT WITH JETBLUE AIRWAYS Pemco: 10 March 2010 Airline operator continues MRO relationship with Pemco with seat upgrade on A320 Airbus fleet plus airframe heavy maintenance tasks JOINT PROJECT ON MILITARY AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT NATS Service: 10 March 2010 NATS Services has joined Thales and VT Group to bid for the joint military air traffic services program for the MoD MAGNETOMETERS SUITABLE FOR ONBOARD NAVIGATION SYSTEMS Inertial Aerosystems UK: 10 March 2010 Three axis digital and strapdown magnetometers from Inertial Aerosystems ideal for space constrained applications such as on-board flight systems EPC POWER MANAGEMENT DEVICES NOW AVAILABLE FROM DIGI-KEY Digi-Key: 10 March 2010 Electronics distributor adds the EPC range of Gallium Nitride power management devices to its stock range MULTI-GAS DETECTION SYSTEM KEEPS NBA ATTENDEES SAFE RAE Systems: 10 March 2010 Major sporting events are being kept safe from terrorism threats with the AreaRAE wireless enabled systems for the detection of radiation and gaseous threats BLACKHAWK HELICOPTER SIMULATOR FOR BAHRAIN Rockwell Collins: 10 March 2010 The Government of Bahrain has ordered a transportable Blackhawk Operations Simulator from Rockwell Collins for training the country’s helicopter pilots CALL FOR PAPERS FOR EUROPEAN LIDAR MAPPING FORUM Intelligent Exhibitions: 10 March 2010 The LiDAR Mapping Forum to be held in The Hague at the end of November includes a conference and exhibition themed on the global LiDAR mapping market SUBMARINE NAVIGATION SYSTEM UPGRADE FOR SWEDISH NAVY Northrop Grumman: 10 March 2010 Northrop Grumman is to supply inertial navigation systems to Sweden’s Navy for upgrading Gotland and Sodermanland class submarines DC/DC STEP DOWN CONTROLLER WITH MINIMAL CURRENT DRAW Linear Technology: 09 March 2010 High Voltage step-down DC/DC Controller from Linear Technology draws 14 micro-amps when idle and 60 micro-amps at full output CUTTING SYSTEM SUPPLIER NOW STOCKS PLASMA CONSUMABLES ESAB Cutting Systems: 09 March 2010 OEM quality consumables for plasma cutting now available from ESAB Cutting Systems to run alongside the company’s existing range of consumable items JOB LOSSES AT SAAB BOFORS DYNAMICS Saab: 09 March 2010 The KarlsKoga plant of Saab Bofors Dynamics is shedding 70 jobs due to a fall in orders AUTOMATIC FLYING CONTROL SYSTEM UPGRADE FOR MOD LYNX HELICOPTERS EADS: 09 March 2010 EADS Test and Services to supply miniFLITS test sets to the UK Ministry of Defence for use on Lynx helicopter AFCS HERCULES CARGO AIRCRAFT FOR CANADA TAKES FIRST FLIGHT Lockheed Martin Aeronautics: 09 March 2010 The first of 17 CC-130J Hercules heavy lifter aircraft ordered by Canada has taken its first flight

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