BATTLESPACE EUROSATORY EXHIBITION NEWS PREVIEW ISSUE

BATTLESPACE EUROSATORY EXHIBITION NEWS PREVIEW ISSUE

 

08 June 2018

 

NEWS IN BRIEF

 

Saab at Eurosatory 2018

Israeli National Pavilion

Rheinmetall at Eurosatory

 

MILITARY VEHICLE NEWS

 

Bulgarian 8×8 competition

Nexter’s VBMR-L details

Italy orders tank destroyers

French Army vehicle increase

Carmor unveils Mantis Family

Military vehicles Live Demos

DVD2018 to Focus on Innovation

Musthane presents Mustmove®

WFEL showcasing DSB and MGB

SandCat equipped with MSIS

Gaia present THUNDER and AMIR

 

LOGISTICS AND THROUGH LIFE UPDATE

 

Oshkosh New sponsor!

TEST-FUCHS selects IFS

Charcroft launches website

Self-Maintaining Machines

 

NEW TECHNOLOGIES

 

BLER Systems demonstrates OSINT

Video Informa shows Video Profiler

CNIM’s Latest Innovations

Spectra Precision GNSS receiver

HUBER+SUHNER’s new solutions

MTC Industries UAV landing system

American Panel Turkish contract

Marlow’s superior range

New Magam-Safety fuel tank

 

SATELLITE SYSTEMS, SATCOM AND SPACE SYSTEMS UPDATE

 

MUOS on the battlefield

ESA governance overhaul

Viasat’s SATCOM Just Got Better

Harris Delivers Navigation Payload

 

RADAR, EO/IR, NIGHT VISION AND SURVEILLANCE UPDATE

 

Computech launches OCTOPUS 360

Elbit introduces MAY

Seraphim Optronics shows GABRIEL

Shilat Optronics launches products

IEE Showcases Display

Logos Technologies Imagery Sensor

ThirdEye Systems Meduza

New Thermal Beacon MS OMR II c

RADA Electronic eCHR and xrMHR

DSIT installation of Lightline

FLIR adopts growth strategy

RT LTA Systems SkyStar family

Senso-Optics X-SEE FusIR

BIRD Aerosystems presents SPREOS

SDC reveals Mini Blackbird SXGA

BIRD’s SPREOS launched

GEIM non-lethal laser LDI

American Panel At Eurosatory

TiCAM 1000C Target Location System

SafeShoot introduces Green Shield

NVISOL presents K-Night

Ophir® LightIR family

CONTROP reveals SIGHT-HD

General showcases Pitbull

Magna BSP present solutions

 

MISSILE, BALLISTICS AND SODIER SYSTEMS UPDATE

 

Fibrotex introduces Sophia Kit

Rafael at EUROSATORY

French CT40 firing trials begin

UVision Air Shows Hero-30

Gilboa DBR-SNAKE 5.56x45mm rifle

Silver Shadow manufacturing in US

New Ortech Protected Container

Marom Dolphin unveils FUSION

IWI presents MASADA line

 

UNMANNED SYSTEMS UPDATE

 

Black Eagle 50 Compact RUAV

FLIR Launches Black Hornet 3

BlueBird ThunderB UAV

Drones present at Eurosatory

Steadicopter Black Eagle 50

 

C2, TACTICAL COMMUNICATIONS, AI, CYBER, EW, CLOUD COMPUTING AND HOMELAND SECURITY UPDATE

 

Supergum Sampling Kit

Eurosatory Homeland Security

Netline launches OutReach

Patria’s passive sensors evolve

Rohde & Schwarz SDxR family

Emberion presents VIS SWIR

 

FEATURES

 

ARTEC sets out its stall for UK Boxer Programme

By Julian Nettlefold

 

Exensor – Securing Borders

By Julian Nettlefold

 

International Satcom Strategy – Capacity Vs Coverage

By Julian Nettlefold

 

Viasat – Offering Cutting Edge Solutions and Innovative Business Models

By Julian Nettlefold

 

The Future of Land Electronic Warfare

By Gavin O’Connell, Business Development and Sales Director at Chemring Technology Solutions

 

CONTACT DETAILS

 

Julian Nettlefold

BATTLESPACE Publications

8 Sinclair Gardens

London W14 0AT

Tel/Fax: +44 (0)207 6105520

Mobile:  +44 077689 54766

e-mail

————————————————————————-

NEWS IN BRIEF

 

Web Page sponsored by Harris Corporation

 

http://www.harrisforcemodernization.com

 

————————————————————————-

06 Jun 18. Saab at Eurosatory 2018. Saab will be exhibiting at stand K 371, Hall 6 from the 11-15 June at the Eurosatory defence exhibition, Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre, Paris. Visitors are welcome at our stand to discover how our combination of innovative thinking, in-depth knowledge and design provide smarter solutions that enhance our customer’s capabilities.

Saab’s formidable range of solutions are recognised as market leaders in their sectors. The class-leading Barracuda multispectral camoflague is renowned in the field of signature management. Two new additions to the Barracuda portfolio will be presented at Eurosatory, with an associated media briefing.

Some of the highlights at the Saab stand include:

GROUND COMBAT – the interest for light, man portable support weapons is bigger than ever. Saab will present the multi-role weapon system Carl-Gustaf® M4 with a Virtual Reality headset allowing visitors to experience operating this renowned infantry weapon. Also on show will be the AT4 family of lightweight fully disposable weapons and our shoulder launched anti-tank killer, NLAW (Next generation Light Anti-tank Weapon). All are easy to handle weapons systems geared to meet the operational challenges of the 21st century.

MSHORAD – our Mobile Short Range Air Defence solution that effectively enables moving units to quickly identify and counter air threats. MSHORAD is comprised of the Giraffe 1X, C2 and RBS 70 NG Remote Weapon System (RWS).

GROUND BASED RADAR – with 60 years of experience at the forefront of sensor technology Saab offers a full range of high-performance radar systems for a multitude of applications and mission types within the naval domain and for weapon locating, air surveillance, and ground-based air defence. We will present Giraffe 4A, Giraffe AMB, Arthur and Giraffe 1X as a part of our MSHORAD solution.

 

04 Jun 18. Fifty-two (52) companies will present their technologies at the Israeli National Pavilion, organized by SIBAT – the International Defense Cooperation Directorate within Israel’s Ministry of Defense.

The companies will present advanced solutions for defense and security that address the security challenges faced today by many countries around the world. Among the exciting technologies are solutions for robotics, air defense, border security, armored vehicles, personal protection, small arms, equipment for Special Forces, electro-optics, intelligence, and more. A special display will include 11 companies providing unique HLS solutions.

According to the Director of SIBAT, Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Mishel Ben Baruch, “The increase in global security needs as a result of current threats, such as the those faced by Europe in recent years, of terrorism, border protection and immigration, have led to an increase in defense budgets. The Israeli defense industry provides a broad spectrum of advanced technological solutions, from sophisticated components to systems of systems, to deal with these threats.

“At the same time, we see ongoing intensification of competition in the international market, which increases the need to expand industrial cooperation between Israeli and foreign companies. We, at SIBAT, initiate and develop international agreements and cooperation between the industries and with governments, leveraging the security ties and relationships with governments and security organizations around the world.

“In addition, in response to the global trend towards knowledge transfer and local production, the Israeli defense industries are implementing cooperation agreements with local industries worldwide.”

About SIBAT

SIBAT, the International Defense Cooperation Directorate at Israel’s Ministry of Defense (IMOD) is uniquely positioned within the ministry, while also having a close, ongoing relationship with the defense industry. This ensures SIBAT’s ability to maintain in-depth, up-to-date knowledge of relevant concepts, as well as a clear understanding of the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) operational needs. SIBAT’s extensive global presence – backed by knowledgeable, well-trained representatives – enables effective cooperation and coordination between Israeli and foreign companies, and between Israel and governments around the world.

Among its most valued services is the initiation of collaborative ventures and long-term partnerships, the matching of needs with technologies, and the creation and support of Government-to-Government agreements. The Directorate identifies, initiates, develops, and supports business opportunities for Israel’s hundreds of defense sector companies. SIBAT’s capabilities and experience ensure the effective implementation of Government-to-Government, Business-to-Government and Business-to-Business models. SIBAT, a key intermediary between Israel’s defense establishment, foreign security agencies, military forces, and global industries, is central to developing and maintaining these relationships.

 

04 Jun 18. Move – Sense – Strike: Rheinmetall presents a comprehensive array of products for operational superiority

Move – sense – strike: under this motto, Rheinmetall will be showcasing its comprehensive array of products at Eurosatory from 11 to 15 June 2018. Innovative, agile, flexible and adaptable, new Rheinmetall technologies and systems give armed forces and security services the edge they need to assure successful outcomes in multidimensional, current and future operating environments.

Once again, numerous new products will be making their debut at Europe’s largest defence show at the Rheinmetall pavilion (C240-C201), underscoring our status as one of the world’s leading makers of military systems and equipment:

*Oerlikon Skyranger Boxer mobile air defence system: A highly effective wheeled armoured air defence system based on the battle-tested 8×8 Boxer, it is equipped with a 35mm revolver cannon as well as its own suite of search and target-tracking sensors.

*HX77 Automated Load Handling System (ALHS): Rheinmetall will launch the innovative and versatile automated load handling system developed with the Australian company Supashock on Monday, 11 June 2018 at 14:30 hrs. The ALHS is integrated into the high-mobility HX77 truck with a protected cabin.

*Lynx KF41: The versatile new combat vehicle. The prototype of this medium-weight tracked vehicle will be debuting twice at Eurosatory. First configured as an infantry fighting vehicle with the new LANCE 2.0 turret on Tuesday, 12 June 2018 at 10:00 hrs. On Wednesday, 13 June 2018, the vehicle is configured as command variant, likewise at 10:00 hrs. Refitting will take place on-site. The process will be filmed.

*120mm Ragnarok mortar combat system: A highly flexible, highly adaptable automated 120mm mortar combat system for integration into combat vehicles.

*G-LMT mobile crane: Made by global market leader Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH and equipped with protected cabs from Rheinmetall, this system forms part of the Bundeswehr’s new generation of state-of-the-art mobile cranes.

*Mission Master Cargo Unmanned Ground Vehicle: A live mobile demonstration of the transport version of Rheinmetall’s off-road-capable robotic wheeled vehicle will take place at the Group’s pavilion.

*Detect. Connect. React. Solutions for the digital battlefield: with the debut of Argus New Generation, Rheinmetall continues to expand its lead in the soldier systems domain. Also on show at Eurosatory are Germany’s Future Soldier – Expanded System and the systematically enhanced Gladius 2.0. The Group’s TacNet tactical management system will also be presented, paired with cutting-edge mission equipment for combat vehicles.

*Variable Tactical Aiming Laser (VTAL): An extremely compact, hardened laser aiming module for modern assault rifles.

In addition to this, Rheinmetall will be highlighting its comprehensive expertise in practically all military capability categories. Among other things, these include weapon and ammunition systems for threat-commensurate, scalable engagement of targets; advanced force protection solutions ranging from camouflage devices to high-performance armour and active hard-kill protection systems; and innovative, network-capable sensors for land, sea and air applications. Rheinmetall is also one of the world’s foremost suppliers of simulation and training systems, thus contributing to the operational readiness and effectiveness of modern armed forces and security services.

————————————————————————-

About Harris Corporation

 

Harris Corporation is a leading technology innovator, solving customers’ toughest mission-critical challenges by providing solutions that connect, inform and protect. Harris supports government and commercial customers in more than 100 countries and has approximately $6 billion in annual revenue. The company is organized into three business segments: Communication Systems, Space and Intelligence Systems and Electronic Systems. Learn more at harris.com.

————————————————————————

MILITARY VEHICLE NEWS

 

Web Page sponsored by MILLBROOK

 

Tel: +44 (0) 1525 408408

 

www.millbrook.co.uk/military

————————————————————————

04 Jun 18. Bulgarian 8×8 competition to be launched soon. With the Bulgarian government busily preparing to launch a competitive procurement for new armoured vehicles, aspiring manufacturers showcased their products at the recent HEMUS defence and security exhibition held in Plovdiv.

Plans to purchase 150 armoured vehicles – including 90 wheeled IFVs and 60 support vehicles – was approved by the Sofia government on 16 May, which allocated a budget of Bulgarian Lev 1.020bn ($609m). The new armoured vehicles are to be used for equipping three battalion battle groups, which are component units of a mechanised brigade.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of HEMUS, Bulgaria’s minister of defence Krasimir Karakachanov emphasised the political commitment of the ruling coalition to make it happen and expressed his hope to have a contract in place by year-end.

A new Piranha V variant was shown by General Dynamics European Land Systems, sporting the Elbit UT30MK2 unmanned turret.

In turn, Finland’s Patria showcased its AMV equipped with a Rafael Samson Mk II turret with a 30mm gun. It was the only armoured vehicle at the exhibition to take part in live-fire demonstration at Zmeevo shooting range northeast of Plovdiv.

Nexter displayed its VBCI armoured vehicle, equipped with the T40 turret boasting the 40mm CTA gun. In addition, the company showed its Titus IMV.

Turkey’s Otokar also joined the list of contenders showing their hardware with its Arma 8×8 equipped with the Mizrak S turret.

Textron Systems was also present in Plovdiv, showcasing its 4×4 Commando family already in service with the Bulgarian Land Forces, which have an inventory of 17 such vehicles.

The only contender not present at HEMUS was German manufacturer ARTEC with its Boxer model, but it has made two presentations in front of the Bulgarian MoD since the beginning of the year, including a live presentation of the vehicle at the end of April and also agreeing to an in-country demonstration tour in the future.

The next step in the process will be to receive approval from the country’s parliament, which Bulgarian legislation requires for large military procurement projects.

According to Konstantin Popov, chairman of the parliament’s defence committee, a green light for procurement is expected by the end of June, allowing the MoD to begin sending RFPs to interested bidders.

The Bulgarian Land Forces’ requirements for a new wheeled IFV includes an 8×8 configuration, transport of a minimum of seven troops and an armament consisting of at least one 30mm gun and ATGMs.

For the support vehicles, requirements are still under consideration and could be less-expensive 6×6 or 4×6 vehicles.

It is now expected the winning offer will include not only the best pricing conditions but also a large share of production and know-how transfer to Bulgarian industry, as well as in-country final assembly.

General Dynamics European Land Systems and Patria are seen as the front-runners, with Turkey’s proposal seen as politically unacceptable. Both Boxer and VBCI proposals could be prohibitively expensive considering Sofia’s limited procurement budget allocated for this otherwise ambitious programme. (Source: Shephard)

 

04 Jun 18. More details emerge on Nexter’s VBMR-L. The industry team responsible for delivering the French Army’s new VBMR Light 4×4 have revealed more details about the clean-sheet platform, which is being procured under France’s ambitious Scorpion modernisation programme.

The VBMR-L is being purchased alongside two other vehicles; the 6×6 VBMR Griffon and 6×6 EBRC Jaguar. Company sources noted that a name for the VBMR-L could be revealed at Eurosatory this year.

Nexter and Texelis were down selected as the preferred bidder for the VBMR-L at the end of 2017, with an official announcement of a contract made a few months later on 12 February. Nexter Systems will be responsible for integration and assembly of the complete vehicle in Roanne, with a production capacity of around 300 vehicles a year expected.

The VBMR-L will replace some variants of army’s 4×4 VAB, VLRA and P4 light trucks, and complement the 4×4 PVP.

Nexter is also responsible for the protection elements, including the armoured hull – although officials could not disclose details on the design, including STANAG protection levels due to operational sensitivities.

Texelis – a France-based specialist in heavy vehicle power trains – will be responsible for manufacturing and integrating the mobility components.

The first stage of the contract is development and qualification, the latter being undertaken by industry and the DGA procurement agency. As part of an ambitious development timeline, the first prototype is expected to be completed by the beginning of 2020, with industrial and DGA qualification achieved around a year later.

One Nexter official told Shephard that the re-use of existing equipment from the Griffon and Jaguar would speed up development times. ‘It’s important for the French Army that this vehicle operates correctly from the beginning of delivery, so we won’t try to invent new equipment,’ he said.

The VBMR-L will have four variants including: armoured patrol vehicle (VPB); mobile armoured tactical communications hub; light reconnaissance vehicle (LRV) and an electronic warfare platform. The VPB is expected to achieve qualification first in 2021, while the LRV and communications hub will follow soon after in 2022 and 2023 respectively.

The VPB will come in ten sub-variants and be rapidly deployable, transporting personnel and equipment to a combat zone for operations over a 24-hour period. The vehicle in its infantry variant (VPB-Inf) can carry two crew and eight soldiers in the rear.

According to officials, other VPB variants will include engineer, medical, command post, a Mistral anti-air missile platform, 81mm mortar carrier and cargo carrier.

The mobile communications hub variant will have four sub-variants and enable rapid communications between dispersed, mobile units. The LRV, which has two sub-variants, will be an ISR platform for the headquarters of a task force.

The base platform is 6.5m long, 2.53m wide and 2.46 in height, with a combat weight ranging from 15t-17t depending on the variant and protection levels. The vehicle will have growth potential up to 18t.

One VBMR-L can be transported in a C-130 (although it would require some disassembly), while two can be carried ‘battle ready’ on an A400M.

The platform will be powered by a Cummins 8.9l 375hp diesel engine coupled to an automatic SP3000 Allison transmission. The maximum speed will be 100km/h on the road with a fuel economy of 600km.

The vehicle will be fully interoperable with the rest of the Scorpion vehicles through the use of the Scorpion Combat Information System, a Thales electronic architecture and software-defined Contact radios. Renderings of the vehicle show the vehicle with other common Scorpion sub-systems including the Metrovib Pilar V acoustic detection system, a 7.62mm/12.7mm remote weapon station from Panhard Defense, Antares 360 degree sensors and Galix grenade dispensers.

After qualification, industry is expected to receive three optional orders for the mass production of over 400 vehicles, and additional purchase orders will follow to potentially bring the total fleet number to nearly 2,000 vehicles.

The new 2019-2025 Military Planning Law, expected to be passed in a few weeks, calls for an additional 420 VBMR-L vehicles to be purchased. That means nearly 1,000 will be operational as part of the Scorpion programme by 2030. (Source: Shephard)

 

04 Jun 18. Italy to finally order new tank destroyers. After years of delay caused by budgetary uncertainty, the Italian Army is expected to sign a contract that will finally kick start low-rate production of the long-awaited Centauro II mobile gun system.

The new tank destroyer – developed by the Iveco-Oto Melara consortium, CIO – was first shown off two years ago at Eurosatory 2016 and a production contract was expected soon after once government approval was received.

But fast forward to June 2018 and a production contract has still not materialised, with Italian lawmakers holding off funding a programme that will cost nearly half a billion euros for the first tranche of vehicles.

An official from the CIO consortium speaking in the lead up to Eurosatory said that despite these delays, the negotiations for low-rate production were now in their advanced stages and a contract for the first 11 vehicles was imminent.

The Italian Army has previously stated a need for 136 vehicles as it sought to begin replacing the legacy Centauro I MGS, although it appears this has since been increased to 148 vehicles across two tranches (74+74).

The industry official said that all acceptance tests for the Centauro II had now been completed. The additional 11 vehicles will be used to fully optimise the vehicle’s capabilities before it goes into full production.

The 8×8 Centauro was developed over 30 years ago for the Italian Army, with its main weapon system being a low-recoil 105mm Hitfact gun turret from Oto Melara (now Leonardo) giving it the same lethality as an MBT.

The new Centauro II features an improved Hitfact Mk 2 turret with a 120/45mm smoothbore gun and integrated muzzle brake. The turret has an ammunition rack for 12 NATO standard 120mm rounds, or if an autoloading system is installed, six in a drum and six in the ammunition rack, which sits in a space that is separated from the crew by ballistic steel.

For additional crew safety, the vehicle can support add-on armour and spall liners for ballistics protection as well as energy absorbing systems on each crew seat for mine protection.

The vehicle can be operated by just a drive and gunner, although space is provided for a gun loader that can assist during missions as the Italian Army operates the vehicle.

As part of its sensor suite, the turret features stabilised sights for the gunner and driver that both have third generation IR channels and daylight TV sensor.

According to information seen by Shephard, the Italian Army configuration will also utilise an extensive C4I suite that will include the SDR VM3 soldier radio (UHF), a HCDR radio (UHF), a SRT-635 SINCGARS radio (VHF) and CNR2000 radio (HF). In addition, it will have a Harris AN/PRC-152 for SATCOM communications and a Guardian H3 IED jammer from Leonardo.

Around 400 Centauro I vehicles were delivered to the Italian Army, with the service deploying it during peacekeeping operations in Somalia, Lebanon and the former Yugoslavia. It was also deployed during campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Spain, Oman and Jordan have also bought the system, with the latter choosing the higher-powered 120mm cannon for the Mk 1 turret, while Brazil and Portugal have also selected the system but have yet to sign contracts. (Source: Shephard)

 

04 Jun 18. French Army vehicle increase to get green light. French lawmakers are expected to give final approval in the coming weeks to increase the country’s defence budget and pump even more money into the army’s Scorpion modernisation, including boosting the number of vehicles to be procured.

Officials from the French DGA procurement agency told Shephard that the new Military Planning Law (LPM) – covering 2019 to 2025 – will be passed ‘in June or early July’.

The LPM has already been approved through both the National Assembly and Senate and will return to the lower house in a few weeks for the final green light that will see it enshrined into law.

Revealed in February, the LPM noted that ‘the return of power politics and the weakening of the international order’ was creating an unstable and uncertain strategic environment that required a boost in defence spending and modernisation.

It called for an injection of almost €200bn ($234bn) into defence over the next five years, covering a period up to 2023. Up until 2022 the budget will rise by €1.7bn every year, with the intention of increasing by €3bn from 2023 onwards.

The LPM also stated the need to speed up acquisition of new army vehicles under the Scorpion modernisation programme, with half of all vehicles now required by 2025. It also revealed that along with vehicle delivery acceleration, the French Army would also seek to boost the total number of vehicles it would buy.

The two medium-weight vehicles at the heart of Scorpion, the 6×6 VBMR Griffon and 6×6 EBRC Jaguar, will both see an increase. A total of 1,872 Griffons and 300 Jaguars will now be purchased, an increase of 150 vehicles and 48 vehicles respectively.

The third vehicle in the Scorpion programme, the 14t VBMR Light, will also get a significant boost with numbers almost doubled. An additional 420 vehicles will be procured, bringing the requirement up to 978 vehicles.

In addition, 200 Leclerc MBTs will be modernised (122 completed by 2025) and an additional 32 CAESAR self-propelled guns will be purchased to bring the total number of howitzers to 109.

Griffon is expected to be qualified and delivered to the army for initial evaluation later this year, carried out in two phases throughout 2019 with Scorpion experts at the Section Technique de l’Armée de Terre (STAT). This will likely include a deployment to Dijbouti, according to one French Army source.

The initial training cadre is expected to kick off in September next year, with deliveries to the first regiment at the end of 2019. Although officials would not comment on the first regiment, it is expected to be the 3rd Marine Infantry Regiment in Vannes.

The army source told Shephard that 22 vehicles will be assigned per regiment, potentially increasing to 40 in the future.

Meanwhile, the first two Jaguar prototype vehicles have been completed by French industry and are expected to go through a two-year qualification period, with initial deliveries expected in 2020. The vehicle, like the Griffon, will then go through an extensive evaluation period and then training for operators, with the first regiment likely to be equipped around 2021-22.

Scorpion will also see a significant digitisation of the French Army with new software-defined radios from Thales, known as Contact, and a Scorpion Combat Information System (SICS) from French IT specialists Atos for each vehicle as well as command posts.

The first combined arms tactical group – or Groupement tactique interarmes (GTIA) – equipped with Scorpion equipment, including Griffon, new Contact radios and the SICS, is planned to be operational by around 2021.

According to one DGA source, there has been ‘no controversy’ amongst lawmakers about the new vehicle numbers and increasing defence spending.

The ultimate goal for the Paris government will be to reach the NATO defence spending target of 2% of GDP by 2025, compared with 1.78% of GDP in 2017. (Source: Shephard)

 

04 Jun 18. Carmor Integrated Vehicle Solutions Ltd.- a leader in the development, design and manufacture of special-purpose vehicles, including all-terrain protective military vehicles for all types of applications – unveils the Mantis Family of tactical armored vehicles. These vehicles provide an exceptionally high level of survivability and super-maneuverability despite their light weight.

According to Mr. Eitan Zait, Carmor’s CEO, “The development of the Mantis Family answers the global demand for lightweight vehicles with improved capabilities in the field. These new vehicles provide a range of solutions and capabilities together with a unique ergonomic design that do not exist in any other lightweight armored vehicle.”

The Mantis family of vehicles is equipped with multi-layered protection including kinetic, blast, NBC and TIC, in addition to dynamic thermal and visible camouflage options. Carmor’s vehicles undergo rigorous ballistic testing against mines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and meet international standards.

The new family of vehicles also includes provision for integrated night vision and surveillance systems and can be fitted with foldable weapon station systems, missile launchers, mortar and turrets etc. Due to their lightweight design and superb ergonomics, the vehicles deliver a combination of survivability, agility and lethality, presenting optimum automotive performance and multi-mission readiness for any field requirements.

Small on the outside, large on the inside, the Mantis Family has four (4) customizable versions for 3, 5, or 8 Passengers, with an option of a scalable flatbed in the rear. Each version can be customized according to requirements.

The driver of the vehicle is seated in a cockpit-like position, enabling enhanced field of vision and optimal control of the various digitally displayed systems in the cabin. The Mantis vehicle concept differs from any other known vehicle on the market.

Mr. Zait added, “The combination of utilization of the internal space of the vehicle, the cockpit configuration for the driver, and the rear compartment, deliver a variety of solutions to meet a full range of mission needs in the field.”

For more information on Carmor, please visit the company’s website: www.carmor.com

 

04 Jun 18. Eurosatory, the international leading exhibition of land and airland Defence and Security, will be held from 11 to 15 June 2018 in Paris. This year it will host more than 1,750 exhibitors from 63 countries and more than 57,000 professional visitors are expected.

The entire production chain of vehicles is a full component of Eurosatory 2018: • More than 250 vehicles (civil and military) are exhibited

• The whole vehicles industry is presented
• Military and civil vehicles participate in Live Demonstrations In 2018, among the exhibiting companies:
• Daimler • Farmington’s Automotive
• Isuzu • Iveco Defence Vehicles
• Otokar Otomotiv • Renault Trucks Defense
• SIDES
• Volkswagen France

In the exhibition nomenclature we can find different types of vehicles as armoured vehicles, light armoured and unarmoured vehicles, logistic vehicles, trucks, firefighting vehicles, ambulances and sanitary vehicles, crowd control and anti-riot vehicles, cash in transit vehicles, Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) and Systems, motorcycles, quads…and all the specialized subcontracting.

 

04 Jun 18. DVD2018 to Focus on Innovation and Army Transformation. DVD2018 will bring together industry and defence in the land equipment sector on 19 and 20 September at Millbrook. It will showcase the equipment and technology that can support a British Army that is fit to meet future challenges and embrace the need for continuous evolution.

The event, jointly sponsored by Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) and the Army Headquarters, will focus on 21st Century Manoeuvre and the importance of Army innovation to its future delivery and transformation.

The theme for DVD2018 is Innovation today and tomorrow: exploiting current capabilities more creatively and identifying novel solutions to enable Conceptual Force Land 2035.

Innovation can be achieved through technological innovation of equipment and systems – which will be exhibited at DVD2018. However, change could also be realised through innovating how equipment is procured, stored, held at readiness, deployed, operated and supported on operations, and could include a holistic review of the workforce required to conduct these activities – be they military or contractor solutions – as part of the Whole Force Approach.

Colin McClean, Director Land Equipment, explains: “DVD2018 is an opportunity to demonstrate the vital contribution capability innovation and industry collaboration can make to enable an affordable and sustainable Army ready for the challenges of the future.

“Those attending will be able to see a wide range of equipment on display from industry and the military, with more than 250 companies expected to exhibit at DVD2018. Displays will include mobile vehicle demonstrations, equipment suppliers, spares provisioners and service providers.”

Visitors will experience a full agenda over the two days. They will have the opportunity to interact with Defence industry exhibitors, showcasing the equipment, innovative technology and support solutions that might meet the future Land equipment requirements.

For those involved in Land Equipment for Army Headquarters, DE&S and Front Line Commands DVD2018 provides an ideal opportunity to identify innovation, develop ideas and generate a greater understanding of technologies, capabilities and requirements. To register as a visitor please visit www.theevent.co.uk/Visitor/Register.

Providers of equipment and support for the UK’s Land Forces who would like to exhibit at DVD2018, are encouraged to register their interest at www.theevent.co.uk/Exhibitor.

 

03 Jun 18. At Eurosatory from June 11 – 15, 2018 Musthane presents its new generation of Mustmove® Temporary Roads & Beach Access, roll-up

connectable mats to prevent vehicles to be bugged in sand or in mud during military operations. The range, designed and

manufactured in France, after several years of research and development and a number of international patents, works effectively with

all wheeled vehicles in service in the French army and has successfully come through a French Army Staff Armament Programs

Directorate assessment. It is part of the Mustmove® range, offering mobility solutions developed by Musthane for the field of

operations.

The French Amphibious Team has decided to upgrade all their equipment exclusively with this very new and unique technology.

Mustmove® Beach Access mats prevent the vehicles from being stuck on the shore during beaching operations. They are flexible, rollup

mats designed with high-resistance textiles coated with a special polymer. The beach access mats are modular and composed of

straight sections which can be connected together with a rapid and efficient connect system. As a result the users can prepare their

operation by transporting only the necessary length. Mustmove® Beach Access mats are enhanced with a specific “turning section”

which allows to create deviations around obstacles. While deployed with automatic deployment reels; the roadway formed with our

mats includes turns without the necessity to stop the deployment system and user the operators’ intervention. This feature is one of

the very unique and exclusive value added by the matting system developed by Musthane.

Mustmove® Beach Access mats can be adapted to any existing deployment system for plastic or metallic mats.

 

02 Jun 18. WFEL is showcasing its DSB Dry Support Bridge and MGB Medium Girder Bridge in the UK Pavilion (booth DC 821, Hall 5). WFEL’s DSB – a new-generation tactical military bridging system – can get traffic and supplies moving over a 46 metre gap in less than 90 minutes using just eight soldiers and a single launch vehicle: crucial in rapidly-escalating combat, homeland defence or disaster relief scenarios – when every second counts.

The DSB is now available on the latest variant of launch vehicle – a fully-armoured Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicle (RMMV) 45m 10 x 10 chassis.

Already held in inventory by the US, Australian, Turkish and Swiss armed forces, the DSB is the longest non-reinforced bridge of its class anywhere in the world and is rated to MLC 120. Using an innovative launching mechanism, the system is versatile and can be adapted to fit to a variety of host vehicles commonly used by armed forces.

The MGB – a classic example of high quality precision engineering that has stood the test of time – first entered service more than 30 years ago, and has played a major role in both military and disaster relief operations, being used by over 40 armed forces worldwide.

WFEL is currently supplying the Australian Defence Force with a number of  double-storey, link-reinforced MGB bridge sets which can span up to 49 metres; these bridges will be supplemented by additional equipment which will allow bridges of up to 76m to be constructed, using WFEL’s portable pier sets.

WFEL’s bridges provide temporary infrastructure and have the potential to be used both in combat situations and in the event of natural disasters WFEL, which traces its roots as a defence engineering business way back to 1915, has supplied over 600 tactical military bridge systems to 42 armed forces across the world for over four decades, including North and Latin America, Africa, Australasia, Europe and the Far East.

Our bridges can be built in less than one hour, either by hand for the Medium Girder Bridge or via a semi-automatic process for the Dry Support Bridge.  We have a century of engineering excellence and innovation — ranging from concept design to full scale production of rapidly-deployable, modern bridging systems for use in military and disaster relief scenarios.

WFEL also provides value-added inspection, repair and maintenance, spares and training services, wherever it’s needed around the world.

 

30 May 18. Plasan Sasa and BIRD Aerosystems reveal a SandCat armored vehicle equipped with BIRD’s advanced mission management system (MSIS).

Equipped with BIRD’s MSIS, the SandCat armored vehicle can participate and lead Task Force Ground Missions while communicating in real time with the other Task Force segments, whether aircraft, helicopters, or ground sensors, allowing all operating teams to share a unified, real-time situational awareness overview and enhance the mission effectiveness.

Eurosatory 2018, Ext Pe6b, Stand B191.

Plasan Sasa and BIRD Aerosystems have teamed up to offer a SandCat armored vehicle equipped with BIRD’s advanced mission management system (MSIS). The two companies will display the special intervention vehicle for the first time at Eurosatory.

SandCat, Plasan’s family of 4X4 armored vehicles, offers the flexibility and robustness needed for every defense and security mission. While providing high-end protection, SandCat maintains its maneuverability and agility, even when equipped with surveillance and communications systems. The SandCat family has been designed to support a wide range of challenges and missions including: law enforcement, Special Forces, homeland security, border patrol and armed conflicts. SandCats are also used to transport troops, as a command and control centers, and to transport VIPs though conflict zones. More than 600 SandCat’s are used on every type of mission, on all types of terrain around the globe.

BIRD’s advanced Multi-Sensor Integration System (MSIS) manages the complete mission profile and ensures that all operating teams share a unified, real-time situational awareness. The MSIS is an integral part of BIRD Aerosystems’ Airborne Surveillance, Intelligence and Observation (ASIO) solution. The system provides a complete Task Force solution which enables to collect and process large amounts of information gathered from the airborne platforms and that is automatically classified and efficiently displayed. The information is then shared in real–time with the ground segments of the Task-Force such as the C&C center and ground intervention vehicles and enables all operating teams to share a unified situational awareness picture.

Equipped with BIRD’s MSIS, the SandCat armored vehicle can receive real-time information and data from the airborne sensors, allowing commanders to more effectively oversee and manage the ground missions.

Dani Ziv, Plasan Sasa CEO: Plasan is proud to cooperate with the leading C4i companies for borders and strategic infrastructure security integrated solutions.

Ronen Factor, BIRD Aerosystems Co-Chief Executive Officer and Founder: “We are honored to cooperate with Plasan and are excited to install BIRD Aerosystems’ mission management system on the SandCat armored vehicle. The installation of the MSIS on the vehicle will extend its operational capabilities, enable it to participate in Task Force Ground Missions requiring close coordination with airborne surveillance platforms, and allow it to exchange real-time mission-critical information.  We are pleased to present this concept for the first time at Eurosatory”.

 

30 May 18. Gaia Automotive Industries – developer of state-of-the-art automotive defense products for complex applications – will present its ‘THUNDER’ and ‘AMIR’ armored vehicles at EUROSATORY 2018.

THUNDER is a multi-purpose 4×4 armored vehicle that can carry up to 12 people and a payload of up to 1.8 tons. It is built on commercial Chassis such as F-550 Ford and its crew compartment offers Level II/III, stanag 4569 protection. Optional add-ons include: fire-fighting systems in the engine and crew compartment; a night vision system; NBC filtration system, Remote Control Weapon Station (RCWS), gunner turret etc. As a personnel carrier, the various applications for THUNDER vehicles include police; logistics; peacekeeping; ambulances and more.

AMIR is a multi-purpose 4×4 or 6×6 mine-protected vehicle, that can carry up to 12 people and a payload of up to 3 tons. It has independent suspension for tactical mobility. Optional add-ons include: manual one-man turret 12.7/20/25/40mmcaliber remote control weapon station; 81/120mm mortar carrier; missile launcher/ anti-tank missile launcher/anti-aircraft turret and more. Applications for AMIR include: reconnaissance; rapid intervention; personnel carrier for peacekeeping, ambulances, logistics and more. The AMIR can be bullet protected up to Stanag 4569 level 4 and up to 10 Kg TNT mine.

“Each of the THUNDER and AMIR vehicles offers a cost-effective solution with superior performance and protection relative to its price,” says Shlomi Shraga, Gaia Automotive’s CEO. “But more than that, what distinguishes our solutions is our ability to work with the customer to produce a vehicle that is tailored to their requirements. We are currently engaged in a number of vehicle assembly knowledge-transfer projects to customers in their own countries. Together with the client, we are working to establish assembly plants, creating jobs for locals and work for local subcontractors, allowing the client independence in managing the project, and reducing project costs by up to 25%. We are actively pursuing further such knowledge-transfer opportunities.” Stand 712 (Hall 6, Aisle C, Israel Pavilion)

———————————————————————

Millbrook, based in Bedfordshire, UK, makes a significant contribution to the quality and performance of military vehicles worldwide. Its specialist expertise is focussed in two distinct areas: test programmes to help armed services and their suppliers ensure that their vehicles and systems work as the specification requires; and design and build work to upgrade new or existing vehicles, evaluate vehicle capability and investigate in-service failures. Complementing these is driver and service training and a hospitality business that allows customers to use selected areas of Millbrook’s remarkable facilities for demonstrations and exhibitions.

————————————————————————-

LOGISTICS AND THROUGH LIFE UPDATE

 

Sponsored by Oshkosh

 

www.oshkoshdefense.com

————————————————————————

01 Jun 18. New sponsor! We are delighted to welcome Oshkosh as the sponsor for our new Logistics And Through Life Update. Oshkosh Defense is a leading provider of tactical wheeled vehicles and life cycle sustainment services. For decades Oshkosh has been mobilizing military and security forces around the globe by offering a full portfolio of heavy, medium, light and highly protected military vehicles to support our customers’ missions. In addition, Oshkosh offers advanced technologies and vehicle components such as TAK-4® independent suspension systems, TerraMax™ unmanned ground vehicle solutions, Command Zone™ integrated control and diagnostics system, and ProPulse® diesel electric and on-board vehicle power solutions, to provide our customers with a technical edge as they fulfill their missions. Every Oshkosh vehicle is backed by a team of defense industry experts and complete range of sustainment and training services to optimize fleet readiness and performance. Oshkosh Defense, LLC is an Oshkosh Corporation company [NYSE: OSK].

 

29 May 18. IFS, the global enterprise applications company, today announced that the TEST-FUCHS Group, a leading manufacturer of test systems and components for the aerospace and defence (A&D) industry, is one of the first A&D customers to select the recently launched IFS Applications™ 10 as its global Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Maintenance Repair & Overhaul (MRO) solution.

Headquartered in Austria, TEST-FUCHS selected IFS because of its industry-specific capabilities, completeness of the solution, and its long-term aerospace and defence industry experience. TEST-FUCHS will roll out IFS Applications 10 across Austria, Germany, Italy, France, UK, USA, Singapore, and China to support its global mechanical engineering and maintenance operations, which serve some of the world’s major aircraft manufacturers, airlines, OEMs and MROs, including Airbus, Boeing, Air France, British Airways, Emirates, Singapore Airlines, Sikorsky, and Embraer.

IFS Applications 10 has been designed to help companies connect their business to a digital backbone and capitalise on disruptive technologies, processes, and business models such as automation, connected devices, and servitization. The implementation at TEST-FUCHS will cover preventive maintenance, fleet & asset management, component MRO, manufacturing, human resources, financials, supply chain, CRM, service management, document management, quality management, and quality assurance.

In addition to the new deployment, TEST-FUCHS will enter into a long-term strategic partnership with IFS to help organisations in the aerospace and defence sector react to industry changes by implementing IFS Applications.

“As a fast-growing international technology and engineering company, it is essential that our operations are supported by enterprise software that can adapt and scale at the same rate as the business,” said Armin Havlik, CFO, TEST-FUCHS Group. “The flexibility of IFS Applications and the numerous optimisation possibilities to further refine our business processes was a key factor in our decision, as was its built-in internationality, which enables TEST-FUCHS to easily adapt to country-specific requirements.”

Peter Höhne, VP Sales & Marketing for IFS in Central Europe, added, “For over 70 years, TEST-FUCHS has focused on technology and innovation to help its customers stay ahead in the fast-paced aerospace sector. This is why the company sought an integrated solution to manage and optimise all key business areas and enable it to continue providing a world-class service to its global customer base. The agreement with TEST-FUCHS is yet another example of a leading A&D organisation that selects IFS’s solution to get ahead of the disruptive technology challenges facing the industry. We are very pleased to win TEST-FUCHS as a strategic new customer as we expand our footprint in the A&D industry in the region.”

 

01 Jun 18. Charcroft launches new website for harsh and high-end applications

• Website simplifies the selection of high-reliability parts for specific applications
• Includes parts from franchised distribution linecard and manufacturing division
• Online purchasing of parts from UK-based VPG-approved manufacturing facility
• Virtual assistant offers online technical and procurement support
• New website is mobile and tablet compatible

Charcroft Electronics Ltd., – a specialist distributor and manufacturer of electronic components for harsh and high-end applications – has launched a new website at www.charcroft.com which enables buyers and engineers to simplify the selection of rugged and high-reliability components for use in specific applications: military & defence, Space, oil & gas, rail & transportation, industrial, specialist automotive, audio and instrumentation.

“The new website makes it easier for buyers and engineers to identify specialist parts which are designed to meet the reliability levels demanded by specific systems and applications,” explains Debbie Rowland, Director, Charcroft Electronics. “Rather than trying to find high-reliability versions among thousands of consumer-grade devices, engineers can quickly find parts across a range of reliability levels. These include Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS), AEC-Q, CECC and Space-approved devices with the option of additional high-level testing to support fail-free operation.”

The site offers easy access via PC, mobile and tablet. Online procurement tools include current leadtimes, an inventory list and stock search in addition to Parts Change Notices (PCNs), online quotations, subscriptions to Charcroft Intelligence emails and account applications. A Live Chat service provides online support for commercial or technical questions. Online purchasing of passive components manufactured in Charcroft’s UK-based CECC-approved manufacturing facility and Vishay Precision Group (VPG) Approved Precision Centre is offered via eBuy.

In addition to the UK-manufactured components, the site includes products from Charcroft’s franchised distribution linecard which covers passive, optoelectronic, electromechanical and magnetic components, in addition to power supplies, solid-state fuses, sensors and high-reliability semiconductors. All of these product ranges offer products which withstand extreme operating conditions such as high levels of temperatures, shock, vibration and contaminants as well as high ratings for voltage, power, current or precision. www.charcroft.com

 

30 May 18. Self-Maintaining Machines. Indra is envisioning a new way for the logistical management of system and platform life cycles. A new way that Indra’s Director of Defense and Air Vehicles Logistics, José Manuel Sánchez Serrano, said to become a revolution. “The revolution in logistical processes is rapidly and inexorably leading to Support 4.0 through the application of the Industry 4.0 concept, or the fourth industrial revolution in the field of de-fence.”

This will not only enable aircraft to monitor their own state of health, they will also be able to gather information about the mission environment in which they are going to operate and take it into account, so they are ready to take off at the scheduled time. According to Sánchez Serrano maintenance will become more predictive due to artificial intelligence systems processing huge volumes of information to determine the remaining life of each of their components. This will enable armies to avoid excessive maintenance and the high costs which that entails, to launch maintenance actions before failures occur, and to prevent the malfunctions that reduce their availability and operability.

Supply processes will also be smart, using proactive organisation to anticipate needs. All the actors involved will be integrated and the system will offer end-to-end traceability and logistics intelligence throughout the whole supply chain. Achieving all of these capabilities will demand enormous research and coordination efforts as well as the use of the most innovative technologies such as big data and data analytics, machine learning, cyber-physical systems, smart logistics, integration and new communications, Sánchez Serrano pointed out.

Indra is also implementing a new operating concept in which systems behave practically like humans, capable of feeling, understanding, acting and learning. (Source: ESD Spotlight)

————————————————————————-

About Oshkosh Defense

 

Oshkosh Defense is a leading provider of tactical wheeled vehicles and life cycle sustainment services. For decades Oshkosh has been mobilizing military and security forces around the globe by offering a full portfolio of heavy, medium, light and highly protected military vehicles to support our customers’ missions. In addition, Oshkosh offers advanced technologies and vehicle components such as TAK-4® independent suspension systems, TerraMax™ unmanned ground vehicle solutions, Command Zone™ integrated control and diagnostics system, and ProPulse® diesel electric and on-board vehicle power solutions, to provide our customers with a technical edge as they fulfill their missions. Every Oshkosh vehicle is backed by a team of defense industry experts and complete range of sustainment and training services to optimize fleet readiness and performance. Oshkosh Defense, LLC is an Oshkosh Corporation company [NYSE: OSK].

 

To learn more about Oshkosh Defense, please visit us

at www.oshkoshdefense.com.

————————————————————————

NEW TECHNOLOGIES

 

Sponsor Oxley Developments

 

www.oxleygroup.com

 

Oxley Group Ltd

————————————————————————-

06 Jun 18. BLER Systems – a developer of innovative security and cyber intelligence solutions – will demonstrate its Target Profiler- OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) System at the Intelligence Technology Cluster in the Israel Pavilion of EUROSATORY 2018.

“Today, one of the biggest challenges that intelligence officers around the world face every day is the information overload in open channels, how to monitor it and distil from it real intelligence to identify illegal activity,” says Efim Lerner, BLER System’s CTO. “The solution we have developed, which is already being used by intelligence organizations and other customers around the world, is able to automatically and quickly examine huge amounts of information from the Internet, social networks and web applications, and Dark Web channels and to extract from it actionable intelligence. The system is modular, open architecture and scalable and can be very simply adapted by clients to deal with the tasks they require.”

BLER’s Target Profiler System is an integrated, enterprise-grade intelligence and investigation-support solution, used to conduct business intelligence, and criminal and terror investigations for enterprise organizations, financial institutions and government agencies.

The system has various configurable capabilities:

* Link analysis – identifying social connections, similar preferences and common groups between suspects at multiple levels.

* Sentiment analysis capabilities – analyzing the target’s posts and identifying feelings and word anomalies.

* Face analytics – identifying the target in multiple pictures captured by a profiling process, including characteristics such as age, race, emotion, whether the suspect is wearing lenses or glasses, and many other unique features.

* Identifying whether the suspect is already in the system, based on their picture, and indicating a confidence level.

* Identifying potential activity in Dark Web marketplaces.

* Indicating on a map the last location of a target, using data collected from social networks and websites.

* TimeLine – viewing and analyzing all target posts and social network activities, easily finding the most-liked post and all relations between targets according to likes, tagging and comments activity.

Israel Pavilion, Hall 6, stand C-712

 

06 Jun 18. Video Inform Ltd. – a leading developer of cutting-edge cognitive vision and deep learning AI technologies and solutions – will demonstrate the Video Profiler, breakthrough intelligence software providing unmatched detection and profiling of targets in video streams and files. The Video Profiler is a new addition to the successful Visual Profiler IMINT solution.

According to Yoram Sagher, Video Informs’ CEO, “We are pleased to demonstrate our unique system for the analysis of recorded and live video. In recent years, video cameras have become an integral part of modern life, with everything being filmed, broadcast, and analyzed.”

Yoram continued, “The exponential increase in sensors has caused a bottleneck of information requiring analysis by professional analysts who are unable to keep up with the overload. The software that we developed can analyze many hours of video in minutes and provide vital information in real time through live analysis of the footage. The Video Profiler solution is a complementary solution to the successful Visual Profiler software that automatically detects and classifies target objects in aerial and satellite imagery. Together, these two products are an ideal solution for visual Big Data challenges.”

The Video Profiler represents a quantum leap in video scanning capabilities – enabling a very fast interpretation of hundreds to thousands of hours of video streams in minutes. The system increases efficiency by over 95% in time and resources, compared with human analysis, without compromising on quality. The software can also create a new target profile automatically, as well as enable prediction and evaluation of performance.

Allowing the rapid delivery of intelligence to forces in the field, a unique machine learning and deep learning AI capability continuously improves the level of precision and enables adaptability to new user needs. The user-friendly software can be used as a stand-alone solution or as an add-on to existing video management systems.

Yoram added, “The system was sold to the first customer, has been installed, and is operating successfully.”

Israel Pavilion, Hall 6, Stand C-712

 

05 Jun 18. From Upgraded Bridging Systems to an Extended Range of Surveillance and Cybersecurity Solutions: CNIM’s Latest Innovations for the Armed Forces. As a leading player in Defense & Security in France and internationally, the CNIM Group presents on its booth H 267, Hall 5A its innovative systems and equipment for the Projection and Protection of the Armed Forces.

In the face of changing threats and capacity needs, CNIM is offering tailored crossing solutions, while its subsidiary Bertin Technologies continues to expand its range of products in the field of optronics and CBRN threat detection.

Bertin now offers a broader range of Surveillance solutions following the acquisition in 2017 of Exensor, world leader in the supply of sensors and networks for sensitive sites protection.

Bertin IT complements this offer of Protection of Armed Forces and Governments with reliable and efficient cyber intelligence and cybersecurity solutions.

Eurosatory 2018 will be the occasion for Bertin to launch several solutions for the protection of the Armed Forces on land and cybersecurity:

* SaphyRAD MS: an innovative multiprobe military radiation meter for harsh environment and emergency situations

* The expansion of Bertin’s optronic range:

o CamSight: a family of compact and lightweight camera modules for night & day improved vision

o PeriSight Zoom: a new optronic camera system dedicated to military vehicles, for reliable long-range day and night vision

* Crypto Crossing: a highly secure email gateway solution designed by Bertin IT

Exensor and CNIM solutions will also be showcased on the stand:

* Proven Flexnet solution for unattended ground sensor networks from Exensor, world leader in the surveillance field

* A modernized version of the Motorized Floating Bridges (PFM) for the French Army

* The land force projection systems Modular assault Bridge (PTA) with improved performances (Source: BUSINESS WIRE)

 

03 Jun 18. Spectra Precision introduced its SP90m multi-frequency and multi-application GNSS receiver. The Spectra Precision® SP90m is a

powerful, highly versatile, ultra-rugged and reliable Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) positioning solution for a wide variety of

realtime and post-processing applications. It features integrated communications options such as Bluetooth, WiFi, UHF radio, cellular

modem as well as two MSS L band channels to receive Trimble® RTX™ correction services. With a modular form factor, the SP90m is

flexible and can be used as a base station, campaign receiver, continuously operating reference station (CORS), RTK or Trimble RTX

rover, or integrated on-board a machine. The state-of-the-art and patented Z Blade™ GNSS-centric technology uses all available GNSS

signals to deliver fast and reliable positions in realtime. The SP90m GNSS receiver also allows the connection of two GNSS antennas for

precise heading or relative positioning determination without a secondary GNSS receiver. The SP90m’s unique design enables a broad

range of mounting capabilities. In addition to the wide range of builtin communication options, the SP90m features an internal

removable battery, internal memory, optional accessory kits for specific applications. The receiver is also compatible with a variety of

software solutions such as Spectra Precision Survey Pro. The weatherproof, high impactresistant molded aluminum housing ensures

the user’s investment is safe in extreme field conditions, which is important for campaign or base station applications. SPECTRA PRECISION(Hall 5A Booth B 368)

 

04 Jun 18. Leading manufacturer of components and systems for optical and electrical connectivity, HUBER+SUHNER, is set to highlight its powerful new solutions designed for the rigors of Defense applications at Eurosatory 2018, in Paris, June 11-15.Spuma RS (Figure 1) is the latest addition to the HUBER+SUHNER family of low-loss RF cabling.  Designed for military vehicular and naval applications, this unique and modern solution is encased in a TPU jacket material making it flame-resistant, yet its flexibility is not compromised, meaning it can cope with the physical stress associated with mobile defense applications. At the same time, the patented rotary swaging technology allows the combination of increased flexibility with low signal loss.

“Designing for lower insertion losses typically provides cable improvements that come at the expense of cable flexibility,” said BJ Lyman, Market Unit Manager, Aerospace and Defense. “Spuma RS has been designed specifically to offer industry leading insertion loss and flexibility in one cabling solution. This is due to the combination of both material selection and patented manufacturing technique known as Rotary Swaging, where the individual stranded center contacts are compressed during production to remove air gaps; providing the unique combination of lower-loss and flexibility.”

HUBER+SUHNER is a leading manufacturer in the field of Lightning, EMP and Resistive Components. Another new and innovative technology are the High Power limiters, offering proven protection for sensitive electronics. With a unique integration of protective capability against lightning, ESD and high-power microwave (HPM) in one compact device, the limiters support a variety of applications such as Electronic Intelligence, Signals Intelligence, Command, Control, Communication Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance or Ship’s Signal Exploitation.

The breadth of HUBER+SUHNER capabilities offer unique “Connectivity Convergence” solutions for the modern battlefield. Command & Control Shelter connectivity illustrates perfectly the benefits of an RF-over-Fiber solution by incorporating the latest in Optically Switched RF-over-Fiber solutions, Optical Multiplexers, along with traditional RF and Copper-based products. This convergence of these technologies assures fast, reliable, and seamless connectivity in mission-critical environments. On display are RF-over-Fiber Solutions including an array of RF-over-Fiber Transceivers, GPS-over-Fiber and LAN-over Fiber products.

Lyman added: “As a global interconnect leader with years of experience in the fields of Radio Frequency, Fiber Optic and Low Frequency, HUBER+SUHNER has a unique capability to develop cost-effective and technically superior products serving Defense and Aerospace applications. This is based upon our ability to converge these technologies to ultimately offer higher-value RF Solutions to address the evolving technical requirements of the modern battlefield.”

All the products noted above will be presented at the HUBER+SUHNER booth located in the Hall 6, Swiss Pavilion, No. J-197, at Eurosatory 2018 from 11-15 June.

 

31 May 18. MTC Industries and Research Carmiel Ltd. – a leader in the design, development and manufacture of a wide range of systems for the Aerospace and Defense markets – unveils a reliable and lightweight autonomous electro-mechanical landing system for MALE UAVs. The system simplifies landings and enables minimal maintenance and repair costs.

According to Yair Avni, VP Operations, “We are proud to display, for the first time, a unique landing system based on the Company’s decades of expertise in the development of advanced electro-mechanical products for the Defense and Aerospace industries. The system is an easy-to-use, economical alternative to hydraulic landing systems. A variety of dual modules in the system guarantee the highest level of reliability.”

The system consists of three (3) redundant critical mechanisms that contribute significantly to the system’s reliability: dual coil electrical motors, dual coil electro-mechanical tooth-brakes, and dual control units – as an integral part of the system. Stroke lengths and power ranges are customizable according to requirements. MTC control system, enabling optimal performance, is also available with the landing system. The system complies with various DoD, military, and NATO MIL-STD and has NGS certification for integration of complex aircraft systems.

Yair continued, “The system can be installed on various UAVs, including current models. Adjustable and customizable according to requirements, it can withstand harsh environmental conditions. The system is currently in the final stages of development prior to delivery to the first customer.”

Israel Pavilion, Hall 6, Stand #E-750

 

08 May 2018. American Panel Corporation (APC), the world’s leader in custom AMLCD products for both avionics and vetronics applications, is pleased to announce that they have been placed under contract for the first production lot of Turkish T-70 helicopter cockpit displays. The customer, ASELSAN of Ankara, Turkey is the manufacturer of the avionics suite for the Turkish T-70 helicopter, – based on the Sikorsky S-70i™ Black Hawk – which is anticipated to go into service in 2021. First deliveries of APC hardware to ASELSAN will be made in 2018 and extend through 2025.

APC supplies four 8-in by 10-in (M1210) and two 4-in by 5-in (M640P) display head assemblies for each T-70 cockpit utilized as Primary/Multi-Function Displays and Keyboard Display Units, respectively. The M1210 Display Head Assembly (DHA), provides a direct backlight and color matched LED to AMLCD high saturation color filters.

Jamie Boulet, Manager of Business Development said, “The APC M1210 is the first DHA of its kind to employ the latest of APC’s value-added feature sets in an aircraft providing exceptional performance to the pilot. The vibrant DHA colors, and system design for extreme conditions, sets APC apart from other display component manufacturers, using COTS AMLCDs and LEDs for their products.”

About ASELSAN

ASELSAN is Turkey’s leading defense company holding a well established reputation focusing on in-house critical capabilities, state-of-the-art technologies and sustainable research & development. ASELSAN serves as a technology center in design, development, production, system integration, modernization and after sales services in the fields of Military Communication Systems, Professional Communication Systems, Radar and Electronic Warfare Systems, Electro-Optical Systems, Navigation and Avionic Systems, Defense and Weapon Systems, C4ISR Systems, Naval Combat Systems, Transportation Systems, Security Systems, Energy and Power Management Systems, Toll Collection and Traffic Management Systems. Powered by a fast increasing rate of global exports and an annual turnover continually exceeding the billion dollar benchmark, ASELSAN is consistently ranked among the hundred largest defense companies in the world. More information about ASELSAN is available at www.aselsan.com.

About American Panel Corporation (APC)

American Panel Corporation specializes in display products that are installed in defence tracked and wheeled vehicles as well as military and commercial aircraft. In order to fully meet demanding defence environmental and optical requirements without making critical trade-offs in performance, APC designs, develops and manufactures highly specialized LCD display products. These displays are installed by vetronics and avionics integrators worldwide in both non-ITAR as well as ITAR configurations.

For further information about APC display products or technology, please feel free to contact Mr. Jamie Boulet () or Andrew Lopez () for further information.

American Panel Corporation (APC) is attending Eurosatory 2018, in conjunction with the Georgia Department of Economic Development, in Hall 5, Booth #DC500 within the US Pavilion.

 

30 May 18. Marlow’s superior range of British made technically better ropes provide engineering solutions for all towing, winching and recovery operations across the commercial support and combat vehicle sectors. This vehicle recovery range will be on display at this year’s Eurosatory Exhibition in June at Stand C100, Hall 5b.

Wire rope replacement is becoming increasingly important in many vehicle applications due to the significant benefits gained from modern synthetic ropes, offering significant strength, handling and safety improvements over traditional wire products.

Why Choose Synthetic Fibre (HMPE) over Wire Rope?

1. Synthetic fibre ropes are 8 times lighter than steel wire for a given strength
2. Synthetic fibre ropes are 35% stronger than wire for a given diameter
3. There are no hazardous wire splinters in synthetic fibre ropes
4. There is no yield point with synthetic fibre rope
5. Synthetic fibres float
6. There is no strength loss when synthetic fibre ropes overlap on winch drums
7. There is no kinking with synthetic fibre ropes
8. There is no recoil with synthetic fibre ropes.

Historically wire ropes have been used for many applications requiring strength members. However, there are many drawbacks to using wire rope, some of which are highlighted above. Replacing ropes made from steel wire with those made from high performance fibres holds many advantages and none more so than in safety and performance.

At approximately 60% of its breaking load, steel wire reaches its yield point, beyond this point steel wire becomes permanently and irrevocably deformed. Not only does any stretch not recover, but the wire becomes stiffer and brittle and must be retired immediately.

An important feature of synthetic fibre (HMPE) rope is that unlike steel wire, HMPE does not have a yield point.  Winch lines (taken to just before the point of break) will not be damaged and there will be no change in the strength to stretch characteristics of the rope.

 

30 May 18. Magam-Safety Ltd. – a leading manufacturer of protective, rescue, and survivability equipment – will showcase a self-sealing flexible fuel tank that prevents fuel leakage caused by ballistic damage following penetration of up to a 20mm bullet. The flexible tanks are suitable for a variety of applications including military tanks, helicopters, and UAVs.

According to Chairman, Amit Tesler, “We developed this technology to address the vulnerability of oil storage tanks and vehicle fuel tanks. Standard metal tanks, when penetrated, immediately begin to leak fuel. Our self-sealing technology, based on mechanical and chemical advances, prevents leakage by self-sealing the holes within 0.1 ms (milliseconds), reducing the ignition potential of fuel leaks, and thus saving lives and equipment. This is the only solution that prevents leakage following the impact of a 20mm bullet, while maintaining both sealing capability and low weight.”

Magam’s laminated, flexible rubber fuel tanks are made of several chemically sensitive layers of rubber, created according to a unique formula, and placed between two fuel resistible layers on a special fabric matrix. This process makes them much lighter than rigid, metal tanks, and easily and rapidly repaired. The typical weight is 12Kg ± 10 % per square meter, with a thickness of 10-12mm. In addition to supplying these tanks, the Company also treats existing fuel tanks, providing an on-site coating service. Any surface treated with Magam’s self-sealing technology also benefits from the thermal and corrosion protection provided by the coating.

Chairman Tesler continued, “Our solutions, based on Magam’s eighty (80) years of expertise in the development of tailor-made rubber solutions, deliver a unique combination of small size and weight together with flexibility and anti-crack stability. Our flexible fuel tanks are installed on all types of military aircraft, armored fighting vehicles, and maritime platforms around the world.” Israel Pavilion, Hall 6, Stand #C-688

———————————————————————–

Oxley specialises in the design and manufacture of advanced electronic and electro-optic components and systems for air, land and sea applications within the military sector. Established in 1942, Oxley has manufacturing facilities in the UK and USA and enjoys representation worldwide.  The company’s products include night vision and LED lighting, data capture systems and electronic components. Oxley has pioneered the development of night vision compatible lighting.  It offers a total package incorporating optical filters, equipment modification, cockpit and external lighting along with fleet wide upgrade services including engineering, installation, support, maintenance and training. The company’s long experience of manufacturing night vision lighting and LED indicators, coupled with advances in LED technology, has enabled it to develop LED solutions to replace incandescent and fluorescent lighting in existing applications as well as becoming the lighting option of choice in new applications such as portable military hospitals, UAV control stations and communication shelters.

————————————————————————

SATELLITE SYSTEMS, SATCOM AND SPACE SYSTEMS UPDATE

 

Sponsor Viasat

 

www.viasat.com/gov-uk

————————————————————————

05 Jun 18. Marine Corps Systems Command is improving the way Marines communicate with a reliable and convenient on-the-move system. The Mobile User Objective System, or MUOS, is a narrowband satellite communication system that uses commercial cell phone technology to increase access to voice and data communication while on the battlefield. The Marine Corps will be the first service to widely deploy the system as it has already fielded thousands of MUOS-capable AN/PRC-117G radios over the previous six years. Ultimately, the firmware within the radios will be updated to support the MUOS waveform and three new antenna kits will be added to support multiple operational configurations.

“MUOS provides several advantages over legacy SATCOM,” said Capt. Shawn Avery, MUOS project officer in Command Element Systems at MCSC. “The most obvious to the operating forces will be the increased accessibility. This will allow us to explore new operating concepts by pushing on-the-move voice and data connectivity to the squad level.”

MUOS is designed to support users who require mobility, higher data rates and improved operational availability. The updated technology in the system offers a more secure and reliable beyond line-of-sight communication capability. The MUOS waveform will be added to the AN/PRC-117G and future multi-channel radios within the Marine Corps inventory.

“Previously, infantry companies had limited access to SATCOM, but now company commanders can employ their Marines beyond line of sight with a higher degree of confidence in maintaining those critical [command and control] links,” said Avery.

The three antenna kits that will be fielded within MUOS include: a traditional directional antenna for better data performance at-the-halt; a dismounted on-the-move antenna which enables voice and data access when mobile; and a vehicular kit that modifies the AN/VRC-114’s to accept MUOS. MUOS is comprised of a space-based segment, a ground-based segment connected over fiber optic cables between multiple continents, and a software-defined radio terminal capable of running the MUOS waveform.

The new satellites are more robust and have more individual carriers, which allows the signal to be focused on a smaller geographic footprint, Avery said. This improvement enables on-the-move access while improving overall reliability in vegetation, urban environments and other extreme conditions where legacy SATCOM was challenged. Additional improvements include the ability to roam, similar to a cell phone. Marines can begin in the continental United States, and then deploy and have immediate access to another satellite on the ground providing unmatched operational flexibility.

“The system takes some stress off of the operators, allowing them to walk around on patrol without the range constraints of terrestrial networks,” said Avery. “And in the past, users didn’t have access to the Defense Information System Network over SATCOM. We either had to hold terrain to extend terrestrial links to provide DISN access, which incurs significant operational risk, or lease commercial capabilities which have proven costly. With MUOS, we’re meeting the data exchange requirements of today’s force with equipment that is organic to the Marine Air-Ground Task Force.”

Initial fielding for the MUOS is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2018, with initial operational capability planned for the first quarter of 2019.

 

05 Jun 18. European Space Agency proposes governance overhaul Move to prevent UK blocking EU projects and stop Brussels creating rival body Galileo satellites are prepared for launch. The UK has threatened to slow progress on the project. The European Space Agency is proposing a radical overhaul that would prevent the UK and non-EU member states from blocking progress on EU projects, as it fights to stop Brussels creating a rival body. Jan Wörner, the ESA’s director-general, last week proposed to the European Commission that the EU and the agency should, in the longer term, pool management and exploitation of space programmes to ensure greater coherence of Europe’s space investment. As a first step he suggests the use of the space council, a regular joint meeting of the ESA and EU at ministerial level, to co-ordinate ESA’s intergovernmental programmes, EU-funded projects and the downstream exploitation of these investments. ESA, with non-EU members such as Norway and Switzerland, is independent of the EU but acts as its procurement body for space projects such as the Galileo satellite navigation system. Under Mr Wörner’s plan, decisions on EU-funded programmes would be ringfenced and non-EU members would not be allowed to vote without a special agreement. Mr Wörner’s proposals are aimed at resolving a long-simmering debate over ESA’s independence from the EU. That debate has intensified amid a row between Brussels and the UK over the EU-funded €10bn Galileo programme. The UK has threatened to slow progress on Galileo by using its seat on the ESA’s council to delay procurement for the programme, after Brussels said it would ban British involvement in the programme’s highly encrypted military-grade signal as a security measure post-Brexit. Listen: Britain and EU fall out over Galileo The ESA chief’s proposals were put forward just days ahead of the announcement of the EU’s new space policy, which will beef up and rebadge its supervisory body for Galileo as the Agency of the Space Programs of the European Union. EU officials said the rebadging — to be set out this week in a space policy document — merely reflected the need to bring together oversight of the EU’s growing space activities into one body with a common set of regulations. It would not threaten ESA’s current responsibilities, they said. However, European and UK officials believe the rebadging could open the door to an eventual migration of EU space funding from ESA to the new body if discontent rises. “It will be seen as a creep in power of the commission,” said one. Another European official said that, while the “intention is not to create a rival space agency”, there had been “all sorts of indications from all sides that this was the original idea”. EU officials acknowledge concerns over ESA’s governance regarding EU-funded space projects. Recommended Space industry Industry pushes for UK space programme ahead of Brexit A draft of the space policy document seen by the FT notes that a new framework agreement with ESA needs to “take into account the decision-making procedures within the European Space Agency, which cannot lead to a call into question of the decisions of the Commission or the European Space Agency within the framework of the actions and space programmes of the Union.” Last month, the EU proposed a significant rise in space investment to €16bn for 2021 to 2027, compared with €12bn over the previous seven years. The EU is ESA’s largest contributor, accounting for €1.3bn of ESA’s 2018 budget of €5.6bn. Senior ESA officials have had several meetings in Brussels to present their case that a separate EU agency would create unnecessary cost and duplication, jeopardising the expertise built up in ESA over 50 years. Mr Wörner argued in his own ESA blog last week that a common agency for implementation and oversight of space activities would make the bloc more efficient at a time when international competition is intensifying. “There is no need to develop a new Space Agency in parallel in Europe, the ramp-up of which would take decades and cost billions and would therefore in itself be a major risk to the programmes it manages,” Mr Wörner wrote in his ESA blog. “We need to streamline, not double administrative layers.” (Source: FT.com)

 

31 May 18. Viasat’s SATCOM Just Got Better and Safer for Canada’s Armed Forces and Government with ViaSat-2. Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) is keeping Canada’s government and Canadian Armed Forces safer by providing improved satellite communications (SATCOM) service over ViaSat-2, an advanced communications satellite. The ViaSat-2 SATCOM system is the first in Viasat’s series of ultra-high-capacity global satellite networks, which will enable superior reach, readiness, and resiliency for military forces around the globe.

At CANSEC 2018, Viasat conducted its first international defense-focused ViaSat-2 system demonstration—attended by representatives from the Canadian Armed Forces—showing cloud-based applications and services delivered over Viasat’s secure, resilient, high-capacity SATCOM network in Canada.

ViaSat-2 system innovations available to Canadian Armed Forces and government users include:

• Transmit bandwidth-intensive, media-rich cloud applications: Fast data rates and more satellite capacity enable 4Kand HD video streaming to thousands of electronic devices simultaneously for greater operational capabilities.
• Information assurance: Security advancements available on ViaSat-2 will provide secure Internet Protocol (IP) networking and data storage for sensitive and top secret communications as well as accredited encryption systems including Viasat’s KG-250X, which is approved for use for Canadian Department of National Defense (DND).
• Defense against electromagnetic, terrestrial or cyber-attacks: The resilient nature of the Viasat network will enable mission-critical communication packets to be protected and distributed safely, even in highly contested environments.
• Assured communications: Viasat’s Hybrid Adaptive Network (HAN) concept will provide a global, redundant system for the Canadian government and military to access Viasat’s global Ku-band networks, its more advanced Ka-band networks, as well as the Mercury Global Project/Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) system. Viasat’s HAN will allow terminals to roam across multiple networks to maximize resilience and collaboration for ground fixed, transportable, mobile, maritime and airborne platforms.

Ken Peterman, president, Government Systems, Viasat said that they are proudly demonstrating emerging military and government concepts of operations requiring bandwidth-intensive, cloud-connected applications with their latest high-throughput commercial satellite, ViaSat-2. Viasat is committed to delivering the latest advancements in SATCOM technologies for U.S. and international coalition partners. The innovations in the new ViaSat-2 satellite and network further demonstrate that they can provide their allies and coalition partners with superior SATCOM and communications services that will enable access to a number of bandwidth-intensive applications required for missions of today and tomorrow.

The ViaSat-2 satellite system verifies the performance advantages and capabilities of Viasat’s commercial SATCOM system today with a glimpse into the Company’s ViaSat-3 SATCOM system capabilities. Viasat’s SATCOM network delivers bandwidth and resilience, redundancy and active cyber protection required to maximize operational performance in the contested environments military operations face during combat. (Source: Satnews)

 

05 Jun 18. Harris Corporation Delivers Fifth GPS III Satellite Navigation Payload. Highlights:

• Continues delivery momentum with fifth of ten advanced GPS III navigation payloads
• Boosts satellite’s power, accuracy, flexibility and lifespan
• Leverages 40-plus year legacy for a more powerful, fully digital MDU on future satellites

Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) has provided Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) with its fifth of ten advanced navigation payloads contracted for the U.S. Air Force GPS III satellite program.

The GPS III navigation payload features a Mission Data Unit (MDU) with a unique 70-percent digital design that links atomic clocks, radiation-hardened computers and powerful transmitters – enabling signals three times more accurate than those on current GPS satellites. The payload also boosts satellite signal power, increases jamming resistance by eight times and helps extend the satellite’s lifespan.

Lockheed Martin successfully integrated the navigation payload into the fifth GPS III space vehicle (GPS III SV05). Harris is committed to delivering three more payloads by the first quarter of calendar year 2019 for GPS III SVs 06-08.

Four navigation payloads have already been fully integrated on GPS III SV01-SV04. In September 2017, the Air Force declared the first GPS III satellite Available for Launch, or “AFL,” with launch expected later in 2018. In December 2017, GPS III SV02 completed rigorous thermal vacuum testing and is expected to be declared AFL this summer. GPS III SV03 and SV04 are expected to undergo environmental testing this year.

In November 2017, Harris announced that it completed development of an even more-powerful, fully digital MDU for the Air Force’s GPS III Follow On (GPS IIIF) program. The new GPS IIIF payload design will further enhance the satellite’s capabilities and performance for the Air Force.

Harris’ expertise in creating and sending GPS signals extends back to the mid-1970s – providing navigation technology for every U.S. GPS satellite ever launched. While the Air Force originally developed GPS for warfighters, millions of people around the world and billions of dollars of commerce now depend on the accurate, reliable signal created and sent by Harris navigation technology. (Source: BUSINESS WIRE)

————————————————————————-

At Viasat, we’re driven to connect every warfighter, platform, and node on the battlefield.  As a global communications company, we power millions of fast, resilient connections for military forces around the world – connections that have the capacity to revolutionize the mission – in the air, on the ground, and at sea.  Our customers depend on us for connectivity that brings greater operational capabilities, whether we’re securing the U.S. Government’s networks, delivering satellite and wireless communications to the remote edges of the battlefield, or providing senior leaders with the ability to perform mission-critical communications while in flight.  We’re a team of fearless innovators, driven to redefine what’s possible.  And we’re not done – we’re just beginning.

————————————————————————

RADAR, EO/IR, NIGHT VISION AND SURVEILLANCE UPDATE

 

Sponsored by Blighter Surveillance Systems

 

www.blighter.com

————————————————————————-

06 Jun 18. Computech International, CTI – a company specializing in advanced, unique military IT and communication solutions for the harshest conditions – will launch OCTOPUS 360, a situational awareness system designed for use by combat teams in closed-hatched vehicles in hostile environments, at EUROSATORY 2018.

In urban areas, where the force team faces hidden threats, there is a need to have a complete picture even with closed hatches. The OCTOPUS 360 software provides a complete, 360-degree, in-motion visual solution to the soldiers in the armored combat vehicle, performing real-time stitching of video generated by cameras and advanced sensors. The system supports multiple monitors to create a full-view, real-world picture, and has Picture-in-Picture capabilities which display real-time data from various sensors, telemetry streams, markers and graphics sources. It also supports different camera formats and sources, including HD-SDI, GigE Vision, HDMI, IP stream and more. The system offers real-time recording and off-line playback for debriefing and simulation. VR or AR glasses can be connected to improve user experience, and multiple display modes are available to support users with different operational requirements. Finally, OCTOPUS 360 comes with real-time object detection and marking with dynamic tracking, compression and image transmission which enable remote monitoring.

“We developed the OCTOPUS system in response to the defense needs of active combat units using closed-hatched armored vehicles,” says Udi Kauf, CEO of CTI. “The system, which saves lives, can be installed on any platform, from light to heavy vehicles, working in-sync with the vehicle’s existing electronic systems to provide combat squads with a complete, real-time situational awareness picture, even when they are on the move.”

In addition, at EUROSATORY CTI will also be presenting its rugged tactical computing solutions and ground control stations for UAVs/UGVs, based on Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) computers and tablets, enabling an exceptionally short ruggedizing process and the highest quality, using the most advanced computers on the market. Applications for the solution range from AFVs, including wheeled and tracked combat vehicles, tanks, artillery and APCs, to digital soldier solutions.

About CTI

Established as a privately held company in 1995, Computech International (CTI) provides government, industrial and commercial customers with advanced high-quality components and managed military IT and communication solutions, suited to the harshest conditions. Its products comply with military standards for environmental conditions and electromagnetic emissions/susceptibility, as required by the modern military.

CTI’s portfolio of solutions includes ruggedized computers, tablets and accessories for heavy armored combat vehicles and wheeled vehicles, as well as wearable computers, tablets and accessories for the digital dismounted soldier. CTI also offers 360-degree situational awareness solutions for combat vehicles and Ground Control Stations (GCS) for various unmanned platforms, such as UAVs and UGVs.

CTI is an authorized supplier to the Israel Ministry of Defense (IMOD), the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the IMOD Procurement Mission to the US for FMF-based purchases.  With design, development, manufacturing, integration and service facilities in both Israel and the US, the company is able to offer rapid support of customers’ needs and requirements. EUROSATORY Defense & Security International Exhibition 2018, June 11-15, Paris, Hall 6, ED 627

 

06 Jun 18. Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ:ESLT and TASE: ESLT) (“Elbit Systems”) introduces MAY, an innovative sensing and analysis system that provides real-time, autonomous, wide-area acoustic based intelligence that significantly enhances situational awareness and response time of security forces operating in urban and border areas.  Developed by Elbit Systems EW and SIGINT Elisra, MAY is based on high-end acoustic sensors which operate interactively within an area of interest. Compact and durable, these fixed-installation sensors sustain long-term, outdoor 24/7 operation using either wired or wireless communications. MAY continuously senses its surroundings, detects acoustic abnormalities and provides a real-time analysis of emanating sounds based on advanced algorithms and deep-learning. Once it detects an acoustic anomaly such as gun-fire, the system identifies the event, classifies the sound type, pinpoints the geo-location of the signals and automatically provides actionable information to operating forces. MAY can also detect and process a variety of other public safety related sound signals including screaming, alarms and vandalism sounds. Deploying MAY dramatically reduces response-time of first responders, increases efficiency by avoiding irrelevant event interactions and introduces a strong deterrence factor to urban environments. These make it an effective solution for Homeland security and law enforcement agencies tasked with maintaining order and providing public safety.

 

05 Jun 18. Seraphim Optronics – a long-standing provider of sophisticated electro-optic solutions for persistent surveillance – will highlight its GABRIEL surveillance system at EUROSATORY 2018.  Based on Seraphim’s RAPHAEL, GABRIEL is a man-portable, multi-sensor target observation and surveillance system, for maximum persistent terrain dominance by both vehicle-mounted and

dismounted personnel from a safe distance. Offering wide area coverage for effective defense and intelligence, GABRIEL enables forces to detect movement at a distance of up to 2 kilometers. Lightweight, yet robust, the system can be carried in a backpack, is quickly deployable, and easy to operate. Its human machine interface (HMI) uses known icons and symbology. The entire process of calibrating GABRIEL’s electro-optics and RADAR with its tablet-displayed map takes a matter of minutes, and no infrastructure is required.

“GABRIEL is an innovative tactical surveillance system that brings integrated electro-optics and RADAR capabilities to forces on the move,” says Tsuli Hershkoren, CEO of Seraphim. “RADAR detections and live video from GABRIEL are dispatched to a tablet via WiFi, cellular or cable communication, and the information is disseminated quickly for a rapid tactical response to emerging threat.”

At the exhibition, Seraphim will also be displaying ARIEL, a lightweight, modular, remote-controlled target observation and acquisition system, designed for combat multi-tasking. ARIEL provides superior portable day and night observation, by allowing quick deployment under variable field conditions. It utilizes either built-in video motion detection (VMD) or seismic sensors to detect human or vehicular movement, awaken the system and slave its camera to a detected target. The sensors’ sensitivity can easily be adjusted by the user, before or during the mission.

About Seraphim Optronics

Seraphim Optronics is a long-standing provider of sophisticated electro-optic solutions for persistent surveillance. Based on leading imaging, DSP and communication technologies, Seraphim capitalizes on over 20 years of close collaboration with military and para-military users to develop effective responses to covert intelligence, defense and security missions.

Seraphim’s persistent covert surveillance imaging and integrated systems are combat-proven solutions for:

* Force protection

* Border protection (optimal for gap filling and remote locations)

* Intelligence gathering

* Forward operating base protection

* Securing strategic infrastructure (ports, nuclear sites, power plants, oil & gas pipelines)

For more information on Seraphim Optronics, please visit the company’s website: www.Seraphim-opt.com

Hall 6 #C708

 

06 Jun 18. Shilat Optronics – an innovative electro-optics company that offers several proprietary technologies for defense and homeland security applications – will launch two innovative night vision products at EUROSATORY 2018.

The company’s night cooled thermal camera and day payload is an advanced observation system that can be mounted on a conventional drone. The system has been specifically designed for use in stand-off situations and where wide-coverage air observation is required. Based on unique, patented electro-optic technology, the payload provides quick access to security-related information, with very high quality aerial optic capabilities, making it an ideal solution in cases where a rapid response is required. A cooled thermal camera, it weighs 1.2 kg, provides human target recognition at a distance of ~ 5 kilometers, has a 30°-60° wide field of view, a 2° narrow field of view, 360° azimuth range and 110° elevation range, including continues optical zoom.

“We have developed a very small camera that can deliver excellent performance at long range,” says Miki Bouskila, VP Marketing of Shilat Optronics. “This enhanced capability makes it ideally suited to use in drones, for a wide range of scenarios and tasks. Since the payload can achieve a line of sight of up to 5 kilometers, without having to actually be above the event it is photographing, it can be in the air for less time – a huge advantage where the amount of air time is limited from the outset.”

Shilat’s Night Vision Goggles, Low-Light-Level (LLL) cameras are based on a unique CMOS image sensor, specially designed for night vision, homeland security and surveillance applications. They provide the user with night vision capabilities that are very similar to those of conventional IIT-based NVGs, at a much lower cost, with no export regulations, and without expensive consumable parts. The LLL cameras also have a built-in recording capability and optional integrated laser pointer.

The camera comes in different formats for various applications: helmet-mounted night vision goggles; weapon sight; and for drones. Specifications include: frame rate of 30 fps.; rechargeable Li-lon battery; up to 10 hours of operation time; and magnification 1×1 (higher magnification available on request).

“Our low light level camera system is unique in that, unlike others on the market which are based on very expensive technology, it is based on CMOS technology; a standard, modern technology that is readily available and relatively inexpensive,” adds Avishay Guetta, the company’s CEO.

EUROSATORY Defense & Security International Exhibition 2018, June 11-15, Paris, Israel Pavilion, Hall 6 stand #C712

 

05 Jun 18. IEE Showcasing New 10.1-Inch WUXGA Multi-Function Display at EUROSATORY 2018. IEE, manufacturer of enhanced displays for military applications, will be exhibiting at EUROSATORY, the international land and airland Defence and Security exhibition, June 11-15th. In addition to a wide variety of smart and flat panel displays, IEE will be featuring a new 10.1-inch Widescreen Ultra Extended Graphics Array (WUXGA) multi-function display (MFD), designed for fixed and rotary wing applications with state of the art digital video capabilities.

“IEE excels in developing optical display performance and this 10.1-inch WUXGA display highlights the very best of this expertise with a heavy-duty, full color, very high-bright WUXGA AMLCD. The 10.1” MFD high resolution screen allows the war fighters to take full advantage of modern high-definition sensors and infrared and day cameras, dramatically improving the mission effectiveness of our customer’s systems,” said Steve Motter, Vice President of Business Development for IEE. “We are proud of the recent Editor’s Choice Award this display received by Military Embedded Systems Magazine.”

IEE uses an index-matched optical bonding technique to create an optical stack with an integral heater for low-temperature operations, EMI shielding, and a cover glass featuring anti-reflective/anti-glare treatments.

In addition, the 10.1 inch display boasts a very wide viewing angle display, and features a selectable dual-mode LED backlight for sunlight readable daytime operation and NVIS-compatible operation for night. The fully-featured operator interface includes an 8-way joystick and encoder knobs, along with 13 programmable bezel pushbuttons, supporting the control of a wide range of applications.

Key Display Technical Features:

* 10.1 inch WUXGA, (1920×1200) color TFT LCD Display

o Brightness: 1,100 cd/m2 typical

o Contrast Ratio: 800:1

o Viewing Angle: ± 85º H / ± 85º V

* Extensive array of operator controls on the sealed, backlit bezel

o 13 programmable bezel pushbuttons, with tactile feedback and NVIS filtered backlight (MIL-STD-3009)

o 3-way rotary switch for OFF/NIGHT/DAY, one brightness encoder, two programmable dual-concentric encoders and one 8-way joystick

o On-screen display (OSD) functions controlled using Bezel Keys

* Video Interface: 2 x HD-SDI (with loop-through), 2 x DVI-D

* Serial Communication Interface: RS-422

* Power: 28VDC per MIL-STD-704

* Environmental: MIL-STD-810F

* EMI: MIL-STD-461F

IEE will also feature a 12.1-inch Control Display Unit (CDU) designed with networked infrastructure and time critical video processing for the next generation of ground vehicles and airborne architectures. (Source: BUSINESS WIRE)

 

05 Jun 18. Logos Technologies Wide-Area Motion Imagery Sensor for Insitu Integrator to Be Showcased at Eurosatory 2018. International operators of tactical UAS to get glimpse of new, powerful, lightweight system. Logos Technologies will be exhibiting its lightweight Redkite-I wide-area motion imagery (WAMI) system at Eurosatory, on June 11-15. This will mark the first time the airborne WAMI sensor will be seen at the international defense and security business meeting hosted in Paris, France.

“Operators are used to large WAMI systems mounted on traditional platforms,” said Alan Murdoch, Vice President of International Programs at Logos Technologies. “Redkite-I offers something new: a sensor that can actually be carried inside the payload bay of the Insitu Integrator™ tactical unmanned aircraft.”

Redkite-I weighs less than 25 pounds (12 kg). Despite its small size, it can image 12 square kilometers at once, all in real time—detecting and tracking all significant movers within its field of view. The WAMI system also records and archives up to eight hours of georeferenced data on board the aircraft for real-time forensic analysis.

Redkite-I images in medium resolution. Should a user need to positively identify a mover, Redkite-I can cue a narrow-field, high-resolution full motion video camera for a closer look.

“This WAMI sensor offers the local commander a powerful intelligence tool for force protection, border security, disaster response, and other missions,” Murdoch said. “He or she can track events happening across a city-sized area, while also ‘looking back in time’ to see what led up to those moments.”

Users can view up to 10 different real-time and recorded imagery feeds pulled from within the system’s expansive field of view and watch those “chip-outs” on their tablets and other mobile devices.

In addition to the version in the payload bay of the Insitu Integrator, Redkite can also be housed in a platform-independent pod that can be mounted to planes, helicopters, and other unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Logos Technologies will be exhibiting Redkite-I at Eurosatory 2018. For more information on Logos Technologies and its ISR solutions, please visit Stand C451 in Hall 5A, June 11-15. (Source: BUSINESS WIRE)

 

05 Jun 18. ThirdEye Systems Ltd – an innovator in the field of robotic security systems – will present its passive drone detection platform, Meduza, for the first time at EUROSATORY 2018.

Based on on-the-fly, real-time thermal computer vision algorithms, Meduza can be installed as a stand-alone unit or as a complementary system to long-range detection systems. Unlike radar, it can detect drones low on the horizon, even against a complex background. The man-portable platform is already integrated with hard-kill systems, so it can shoot down any drone it detects.

“Meduza offers high scanning abilities over vast areas and can detect objects over different types of terrain, including urban areas and more,” says Lior Segal, CEO of ThirdEye Systems. “Robust and portable, it is an efficient and cost-effective solution.”

At EUROSATORY, ThirdEye Systems will also be presenting aEye, a fully autonomous, on-the-fly, AI-based, neural-network thermal analytics and classification system, with day and night capabilities. aEye’s on-board analytics enable threat detection while the drone is in flight. The management software of this cost-effective system facilitates enhanced situational awareness, while reducing operators’ cognitive stress levels. aEye can be installed on any 3rd party drone, from DJI M200 to high-duration drone platforms and MIL-STD drones, and is already operational on an advanced long-range VTOL platform.

“aEye can identify people and objects while in motion, transmitting the information direct to the control room,” says Lior. “By avoiding the need to send in patrol shift forces, it saves lives.”

 

05 Jun 18. Thermal Beacon Ltd. – a leader in the field of high-end, innovative thermal IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) emitters – presents two (2) optical IFF thermal systems, the MS OMR II c and MK-IV, that distinguish between enemy and friendly forces. In a recent experiment, the MS OMR II c system identified targets from an altitude of 18 km.

Thermal Beacons are infrared emitters being used as an identification device in the thermal spectrum region (mid-IR and long-IR) for use with operatives, vehicles, yachts, pilots, police SWAT teams, search and rescue, emergency services and mountain rescue teams. Designed for outdoor operation, military demands and standards, features include a solid state optical IFF beacon, a compact beacon for thermal observation, and a long working range.

Thermal Beacons radiate in the thermal spectrum (8-12 µm and most efficiently at 3-5 µm) and do not emit radiation in the visible or the near-infrared region. They are used as an identification device in the thermal spectrum region, for persons or vehicles. The MS (Multi Spectrum) version allows the user to control the spectrum of radiation from only the thermal region, only the near-infrared region (for image intensifiers and SLS), or both thermal and near-infrared regions simultaneously.

The MS OMR II c is mounted on a fighter’s helmet, marking it, and thus distinguishing it from enemy forces. The MK-IV is installed on buildings, vehicles and sailing vessels, enabling accurate identification by friendly forces. Directional, omnidirectional, and half-sphere, the patented systems are available at 3-12 µm and invisible to GEN I+II+III image intensifiers, designed for MIL-STD-810G.

According to Daniel Daeshevitz, Thermal Beacon’s Marketing Manager, “Both systems are combat-proven, fully integrated and in use by  several NATO forces. The small and compact systems are inconspicuous (MS OMR II c), and don’t hamper the soldier’s activities. The MS OMR II c’s capability to detect from an 18-km altitude increases the fighters’ protection in combat conditions and avoids errors of identification, thus providing an additional layer of defense that saves lives in battle.” In addition to these two systems, the company will also present laser marking and illumination systems for various wavelengths, installed on weapons, observation systems and payloads with a marking capability of up to 30km. Israel Pavilion, Hall 6, Stand #C-712

 

05 Jun 18. RADA Electronic Industries Ltd. – a global leader in tactical radars for the maneuver force – will launch two new products, the eCHR and the xrMHR, at EUROSATORY 2018. The eCHR is evolved from RADA’s Compact Hemispheric Radar (CHR), currently in use in Active Protection Systems (APS) and Hostile Fire Detection (HFD) solutions for combat vehicles.  This enhanced radar, introduces dramatically increased detection and tracking ranges, advanced beam forming and additional technological enhancements which yield to widely-improved performance under highly demanding battlefield environments.  All these capabilities make the eCHR the ideal choice for APS, Vehicle Protection Systems (VPS), Counter-UAV and perimeter surveillance solutions.

The xrMHR is a non-rotating, multi-mission AESA tactical radar that provides Mid-range detection, classification and tracking of all types of aerial targets, including small and low-level targets such as drones and tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). It is an extension of RADA’s combat-proven Multi-Mission Hemispheric Radar (MHR) family of tactical radars. As well as point-of-origin and point-of-impact calculations, the extreme flexibility and adaptability of the xrMHR enables it to operate as fire control radar for the interception of various threats, as part of operational scenarios.

“We are addressing both current and emerging needs of protection of the maneuver force,” says Dov Sella, CEO of RADA.  “With very high mobility and On-the-Move operability, the xrMHR is an ideal solution for Short-Range Air Defense (SHORAD) and Counter Rockets, Artillery & Mortars (C-RAM) tactical missions at extended ranges.   By implementing lessons learned from RADA’s accumulated experience as a leader in tactical on-the-move radars for the maneuver force, both the xrMHR and the eCHR are directly addressing two of the six current modernization priorities of the US Army. We are very excited with the potential and forecast a bright future for our best-of-breed tactical radars in both US and global markets.”

 

05 Jun 18. DSIT Solutions Ltd. – a leader in advanced fiber-optic sensing and sonar technologies for defense, commercial, energy, and homeland security markets – announced completion of the underground installation of its Lightline fiber-optic-based border protection system along dozens of kilometers in two border areas in Europe.

According to Mr. Dan Ben-Dov, DSIT’s VP Sales and Marketing, “One of the burning issues in Europe today is border protection. The ability to monitor and control long borders with a network of cameras is extremely challenging, even if there is a sophisticated and advanced command and control system.

“The system that we developed provides significant advantages for border protection. It can precisely determine if and from where a potential threat is approaching, and rotates the closest camera in that direction. Our system requires almost no maintenance or infrastructure and has an extremely low false alarm rate.”

Developed in collaboration with Tel Aviv University, the Lightline is a fiber-optic-based sensor solution for border protection and diverse HLS applications. Placed below ground, every movement near the protected area is detected, with its precise location displayed on a map. The solution is capable of accurately locating multiple simultaneous intrusions along the fiber, in real time. It has an intrusion detection accuracy of 2 meters (software selectable), as well as a footstep detection and classification, and a vehicle detection and classification range of dozens of meters from the fiber-optic cable.

The Lightline differentiates between the movements of people and animals, and can determine the number of people and the types of vehicles that are approaching the border. Natural environment or non-relevant man-made noises are automatically filtered in real time by an advanced signal processing software, resulting in a very low false alarm rate.

Mr. Ben-Dov continued, “The system is already working and functioning exceptionally well in locating threats approaching the fence in its 2 locations in Europe.”

The company will demonstrate Lightline at its stand at Eurosatory 2018.

Israel Pavilion, Hall 6, Stand #C-658

 

04 Jun 18. Eurosatory 2018: FLIR adopts ambitious growth strategy. Soldier modernisation programmes pursued by militaries around the world offer lucrative opportunities for producers of advanced sensing solutions. Providing essential technology for both modern soldier systems and platforms, companies such as US-based FLIR are positioning themselves to offer sensors that are fully networked and utilise the latest tools in AI and machine learning. Announced on May 16, FLIR’s new corporate strategy is a blueprint for how the company intends to expand into new markets, including unmanned and radar systems and increase its global footprint, with its eye on opportunities in Europe and North America.

‘Our continued partnership in the European community is going to continue to give dividends,’ David Ray, FLIR’s president of government and defence, told Shephard.

‘With some of our key partners, large defence companies in places like Germany and London, we are leveraging those partnerships and helping the primes deliver game change capabilities as part of their total solutions’.

FLIR has put securing contracts for these long-term modernisation programmes at the centre of its new strategy to ensure continued expansion in an increasingly competitive industry.

‘There is a lot of focus on readiness and modernisation… the modernisation of current assets on the field today,’ Ray said.

‘The whole notion of readiness, not only from upgrading systems and platforms but also really driving this notion of digital interconnectivity, the whole notion of the soldier as a networked node or a platform as a networked node.’

According to Ray, FLIR is keen to stay at the cutting edge of technology advances, investing in its LiDAR capabilities, unmanned technologies, AI and machine learning tools.

‘I think you are going to see major investments from FLIR in the software arena,’ Ray said.

‘We have traditionally been a hardware company but our competencies are in things like analytics, machine learning, AI… counter-UAS and we are expanding our footprint in the unmanned space’.

FLIR recently received a $2.6m order from the US Army for the company’s Black Hornet personal reconnaissance system, already in use with UK, German and Danish Special Forces. The micro-UAS will support squad-level surveillance for the force’s Soldier Borne Sensor programme.

Meanwhile, the company is also hoping to grow its radar division, offering a range of surveillance radar, with ambitions to expand its LiDAR capabilities.

‘We are looking to expand that, to do more with our radar capability. When we think about LiDAR and sonar and other types of sensing capabilities they present opportunities for us to expand our market in the sensor realm,’ he explained.

However, offering networked solutions comes with new threats which FLIR intends to mitigate by continuing to invest in cyber technology, with the possibility of new mergers and acquisitions or minority investments in the coming years.

‘We are looking at other companies that are doing great things in the world of analytics or machine learning,’ Ray said.

‘And looking at really being able to take minority positions in those companies… as with what we are doing around cyber in partnering with companies and making conscious investments in how we are cyber hardening or protecting the systems we are delivering.’

In the domestic US market FLIR is focused on a number of specific areas, including aircraft modernisation deals over the next year that offer the chance to gain a foothold in what Ray describes as ‘franchise programmes’.

‘Franchise programmes are programmes that we believe that once captured will be 10-40 year programmes that allow us to really engage and drive value across platforms we believe customers need for the long term,’ Ray explained.

‘There’s a huge focus on modernising our rotary aircraft. I think when you think about what the marine corps and the army are doing in terms of modernisation plans for their rotary aircraft… I think that presents sweet spot opportunities for us.’ (Source: Shephard)

 

04 Jun 18. The Israeli-based aerostat company RT LTA Systems Ltd. will present its SkyStar family of aerostats, which includes the Skystar 110, SkyStar 180 and SkyStar 330, at Eurosatory. Towards the exhibition, the company exposes the new Multi-WAN channel bonder that will be integrated from now on in all SkyStar aerostat systems ground control units and will enable them to transmit live stream video from the aerostat to anywhere in the world.

Beeper’s IE-5000 provides mission-critical high-speed connectivity using cellular bonding software.  The IE-5000 provides a Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD WAN) for broadcast-quality mobile video, voice and data solutions that go live instantly, providing live streaming video in and out of the bonder on demand – anytime, anywhere and on any existing network. It combines multiple 3G/4G Internet access links into a single aggregated multi-WAN broadband connection. It interfaces with Ethernet and/or Wi-Fi, with ultimate reliability and load balancing for optimized operation. The IE-5000 router supports IP telephony and video encoding and decoding, as well as internal DVR, designed for network convergence.

The SkyStar aerostats are a self-contained, versatile, and easily transportable tactical systems, ideal for defense, border security, HLS and public safety missions. Offering availability of over 85% in any given area, the SkyStar systems already accumulated more than 1,500,000 million operational hours worldwide. Beeper’s IE-5000 will be an integral part of all the SkyStar aerostat systems that will be provided to clients.

Rami Shmueli, RT and AERO-T’s CEO: “We are happy to expose our cooperation with Beeper, and to announce that Beeper’s IE-5000 will be integrated in all the SkyStar aerostat systems from now on. The ability to transmit live video stream from the aerostat will be useful for many of our clients, as in case of an emergency, an ongoing security incident or a mass-casualty incident, commanders in the field as well as at the headquarters will be able to connect and watch the video transmitted from the aerostat on real-time. I believe that this is a real game changer that will allow better activation of the forces at real-time, and I am happy to expose this new capability at Eurosatory”.

RT LTA Systems Ltd. will present its SkyStar family of aerostats, which includes the Skystar 110, SkyStar 180 and SkyStar 330, at Eurosatory. Alongside the SkyStar aerostat systems, RT’s subsidiary, Aero-T, will present its SkyGuard1 large aerostat system. Hall 6, Allee E, Stand number 751

 

04 Jun 18. Senso-Optics Ltd. is a hi-tech company, specializing in the fields of advanced electro-optic, thermal imaging and target acquisition systems for all-weather conditions and 24/7 vision solutions primarily for defense, HLS, search & rescue and other commercial markets.

The company will present its X-SEE FusIR, a hand-held or helmet-mounted miniature monoscope with VIS-FIR Fusion, at EUROSATORY 2018.

“We are extremely proud to present the new X-SEE FusIR monoscope, which uses the most advanced technologies to offer outstanding image fusion performance in miniature monoscopes,” says Jacob Dagan, President & CEO of Senso-Optics. “The new X-SEE FusIR monoscope is based on our proprietary Camera-on-Chip (ASIC) image processor, which generates exceptional image quality with VGA resolution (640×480) within tiny dimensions, weight & power consumption (SWaP). It offers the advantages of both VIS & FIR spectrum channels, day and night and in all-weather and environmental conditions (fog, dust, smoke, haze etc.). With X-SEE FusIR’s blended fused image, users can now see through glass windows, lights, signs and even colors, which they cannot do with thermal imaging alone.”

The X-SEE monoscope weighs only 300g with X1 lens, 400g with X2 lens and 700g with X4 lens, to suit a range of user requirements. It features several fusion modalities, including FIR (thermal-imaging) only, VIS (visual) only, controllable FIR-VIS blending, light source marking, X2 & X4 digital zoom and other features, which can be provided according to the client’s preference. X-SEE FusIR is fully compliant with military standards, such as MIL-STD-810 and others. EUROSATORY 2018, June 11-15, Paris, Israel Pavilion, Hall 6, stand #C-712

 

04 Jun 18. BIRD Aerosystems, the leading developer of Special Mission Aircraft Solutions (ASIO) and Airborne Missile Protection Systems (AMPS), will present the SPREOS Compact Directional Infra-Red Counter Measure (DIRCM) solution in its production configuration for the first time at Eurosatory.

“Following an intensive period of development and testing, we are proud to reveal the production configuration of our compact SPREOS DIRCM system at Eurosatory” Says Ronen Factor, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Founder at Bird Aerosystems. “Utilizing a proprietary multi-band laser jamming, the SPREOS eliminates all of the false alarms and ensures that only actual threats are jammed. Combining multiple independent laser generators, including the latest QCL technology, the system is able to counter latest generation threats. ”

Ideal solution for a range of airborne platforms, including military helicopters and transport aircraft, BIRD’s SPREOS ensures optimal protection against different MANPADS threat types. The system can be easily integrated with all types of Missile Warning Systems (MWS) and upon receiving a pre-alarm from the MWS, SPREOS slews to the direction of the threat, activates its multi-band radar functionality, confirms and tracks the threat while analyzing its unique information (velocity, distance, position, RCS) to enable the most effective jamming response.

Following the confirmation, SPREOS deploys its multiband countermeasure laser to jam the threat while constantly performing kill assessment by monitoring of the threat and real-time assessment whether it has been defeated and how effective is the protection.

“Weight being a major issue for airborne platforms, we were able to reduce it to less than 13Kg, making the SPREOS the most compact and lightweight DIRCM available today.” Continues Factor, “we witness a growing interest from our customers, that appreciate the multiple benefits our system offers over competing systems, and expect first orders to come in in the next few months”

 

04 Jun 18. Semi Conductor Devices (SDC) – a global leader in the development and manufacture of a wide range of cooled and uncooled infrared detectors and high-power laser diodes – will reveal the Mini Blackbird SXGA at EUROSATORY 2018.

The Mini Blackbird SXGA is an HD MWIR (Mid Wave InfraRed) Video Core optimized for low SWaP applications, such as small and tactical payloads for mini UASs and drones; ground-based and handheld surveillance systems, surveillance aircraft, and more.

“We are proud to unveil our latest development for the first time,” says Kobi Zaushnizer, VP Business Development & Marketing at SDC.  “Dimensions and weight are critical when it comes to small applications like drones and handheld devices, and the Mini SXGA is the smallest in the world in its category of MWIR Detector with HD performance. The new module adds the necessary HD capabilities to these applications and actually results in higher system performance, enabling significant standoff operation for tactical platforms or long-range target engagement. Larger payloads carried by large platforms, such as search and rescue helicopters or intelligence aircraft, can also benefit from the low SWaP size of the product, because it takes up less volume in the payload and weighs much less than others on the market, enabling a combination of additional sensors and capabilities as needed.”

Integrated with SCD’s advanced pixel technology of XBn 10micron pixel size, the 1280×1024 SXGA format of the Mini Blackbird uses SCD’s HOT (High Operating Temperature) FPA technology at 150K, without compromising performance.

Features of the Mini Blackbird SXGA include: digital ROIC; compact and ruggedized Dewar; low SWaP Stirling cooler; integrated electronics with Non-Uniformity Correction (NUC); Bad-Pixel Replacement (BPR); digital zoom; graphic overlay support; spatial & temporal noise reduction.

“We have completed product development, and the Mini Blackbird SXGA has already been sold to a number of customers worldwide,” says Kobi.

About Semi Conductor Devices (SCD)

Semi Conductor Devices (SCD) develops and manufactures a full spectrum of cooled and uncooled infrared detectors and laser diodes. The company’s advanced concepts and cutting-edge technologies have positioned it as one of the world’s leading sources of IR detectors. The close relationship between SCD and well-established systems houses around the world ensures that SCD’s detectors are produced in accordance with the latest military requirements. SCD offers a complete range of off-the-shelf and custom-designed detectors and laser diodes in various configurations – which are typically applied in IR seekers, thermal imagers, smart munitions, night vision systems, machine vision systems, laser rangefinders and laser designators. SCD’s detectors are designed for the entire IR spectrum – NIR, SWIR, MWIR, and LWIR. For more information on SCD, please visit the company’s website: www.scd.co.il

 

03 Jun 18. BIRD Aerosystems to Unveil Final Configuration of its Compact SPREOS DIRCM solution. Protected by a sapphire dome, BIRD’s SPREOS combines a radar-based Confirmation sensor and an active laser (DIRCM) and provides enhanced protection against the immediate threat of MANPADS

BIRD Aerosystems, the leading developer of Special Mission Aircraft Solutions (ASIO) and Airborne Missile Protection Systems (AMPS),

will present the SPREOS Compact Directional InfraRed Counter Measure (DIRCM) solution in its final configuration for the first time at

Eurosatory.

“Following an intensive period of development and testing, we are proud to reveal the final configuration of our compact SPREOS

DIRCM system at Eurosatory” Says Ronen Factor, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Founder at Bird Aerosystems. “Utilizing a proprietary

Multi-band laser jamming, the SPREOS eliminates all of the false alarms and ensures that only actual threats are jammed. Combining

multiple independent laser generators, including the latest QCL technology, the system is able to counter latest generation threats. ”

Ideal solution for a range of airborne platforms, including military helicopters and transport aircraft, BIRD’s SPREOS ensures optimal

protection against different MANPADS threat types. The system can be easily integrated with all types of Missile Warning Systems

(MWS) and upon receiving a pre-alarm from the MWS, SPREOS slews to the direction of the threat, activates its multi-band radar

functionality, confirms and tracks the threat while analyzing its unique information (velocity, distance, position, RCS) to enable the

most effective jamming response.

Following the confirmation, SPREOS deploys its multiband countermeasure laser to jam the threat while constantly performing kill

assessment by monitoring of the threat and realtime assessment whether it has been defeated and how effective is the protection.

“Weight being a major issue for airborne platforms, we were able to reduce it to less than 13Kg, making the SPREOS the most compact

and lightweight DIRCM available today.” Continues Factor, “we witness a growing interest from our customers, that appreciate the

multiple benefits our system offers over competing systems, and expect first orders to come in in the next few months” BIRD AEROSYSTEMS

(Hall 6 Booth E 697)

 

03 Jun 18. GEIM is a French company established to cater for the growing demand for professional security advice, products and services. The company is a well known operator in the field of high-tech solutions and integrated security systems, providing the latest in products and services in these areas. Located in Ploemeur (Brittany area in FRANCE), GEIM had designed and manufactured the first non lethal laser in France for deterrence and interception in France. This completely innovative Laser was worth at GEIM to be awarded and be the prize winner of Trophies innovations. The LDI is a directed-energy device intended to temporarily dazzle and disorient its target with intense directed light radiation. LDI can target any human’s vision or electronic sensors. The goal of the using of the non-lethal laser LDI is to avoid the increasing the violence and to protect against critical risks for your sensitive installations and of course the associated risks for crews of commercial boats, Oil& gas infrastructures. Our lasers LDI allows warning and deter all potential threats who approach your sensitive installations without need to use lethal armament systematically. LDI emit a specific wavelength of visible light which is intended to cause temporary flash blindness, disorientation with non-permanent effects. The LDI is Eyesafe in accordance of European Norms (EN/IEC 6025/1).

The LDI is a directed energy device intended to temporarily blind or disorient its target with intense directed light radiation. LDI can

target any human’s vision or electronic sensors. LDI emit a specific wavelength of visible light which is intended to cause temporary

flash blindness, disorientation with non-permanent effects. The LDI by GEIM is strictly Eye-Safe, in accordance with European norms.

The LDI can temporally dazzle people, vehicles, vessels, UAV and Snipers at 500m by day time and more than 1000m by night.

 

01 Jun 18. American Panel Corporation is Attending the 2018 Eurosatory. American Panel Corporation (APC) is attending Eurosatory 2018, in conjunction with the Georgia Department of Economic Development, in Hall 5, Booth #DC500 within the US Pavilion.

APC will be exhibiting both bespoke NATO Generic Vehicle Architecture (NGVA) compliant Display Head Assemblies for Armoured Combat Vehicles (ACV), incorporating native 10 bit driver technologies (30 bit RGB now commonly found in 4K commercial televisions) offering optimum alignment to 3rd generation Infrared (IR) sensors.  APC will also demonstrate the Large Area Display (LAD), with dual displays and redundant video and power circuits, incorporated on a single Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display (AMLCD) substrate. The LAD offers redundant displays for the cockpit, allowing our customers to maximize the usable display area by utilizing a single large format AMLCD rather than multiple smaller displays in the cockpit. APC’s technology saves weight, power and cost while increasing the active image area available for presentation of critical mission information. The entire instrument panel surface can be available for display of information, rather than smaller individual discrete displays without giving up system redundancy. This technology has already been fielded in our 8 inch by 20 inch display currently flying on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.  APC’s next generation 10 inch by 19 inch product, the world’s largest single substrate cockpit display, will be used in future F-15 and F-18 cockpits. These technologies further enhance APC’s position in the arena of specialized displays for extreme environments.

APC offers its’ extreme performance displays, currently in use on M1A2 Abrams MBT, M1126 Stryker APC and M2/3 Bradley IFV. APC further continues its’ long-standing reputation as a leading edge technology display manufacturer, offering custom displays for the extreme operating conditions and performance requirements of both tactical military and commercial aviation. Among the APC displays in current use are those also found on the Eurofighter EFA 1000, JAS-39 Gripen, F22, F18, F16, V-22, C17, C130 and many commercial Boeing, and Airbus commercial aircraft.

For additional information on APC Products, please contact Jamie Boulet at or 470-336-0465.

 

01 Jun 18. New TiCAM 1000C Target Location System Integrated with PES C1 Dismounted Soldier Software Package. New TiCAM 1000C target location system from Thermoteknix is a versatile target acquisition and observation system for day and night time operation. It combines an uncooled thermal imager and daylight CCD channel with GPS, eye safe laser range finder, Digital Magnetic Compass, Target marker and video recording.

Lightweight and compact, TiCAM 1000C is suitable for forward target location and surveillance operations. TiCAM 1000C operates from AA batteries or external power. It can be connected to various C4I platforms systems, using USB connectivity.

Personal Eye System (PES) from MIL Sistemika is a Blue force tracking, navigation and data sharing application designed to communicate a Common Operational Picture (COP) . PES was designed by active soldiers as a substitute for a traditional GPS receiver, paper map and a mobile phone.

In house development by MIL Sistemika has enabled Personal Eye compatibility with TiCAM 1000C.

It works on an Android platform and uses GPS and other device sensors for acquiring its location position which is then displayed on

a raster map PES can use online public maps (Yahoo, Google, Open

Street Maps etc.), online WMS maps (usually provided by internal GIS departments), off-line maps stored on the device in TMS (tiled format), or off-line cached maps stored while browsing online maps.

The ability to use off-line or cached off-line maps is invaluable in areas with no 3G coverage or when cost of data transfer is a limiting factor. Snipers can now use TiCAM 1000C with PES or Sniper Calculator

(a PES software module), to transfer target data and images directly to the map of PES, or use measurements for ballistic calculations.

Uses include: Target data sharing among units, JTACs (Joint Tactical Attack Controllers), use of target images for target recognition, or damage assessment. Use of target grids for sniper, mortar or artillery control is also possible. TiCAM 1000C requires a non-magnetic carbon fibre tripod with custom goniometer which is supplied separately).

PES is now fully compatible with Android devices (V6 – Marshmallow)

which support USB OTG and will be demonstrated live at Eurosatory

2018 both on the Thermoteknix and MIL Sistemika stands.

Thermoteknix Systems Ltd: British company Thermoteknix Systems Ltd is one of the world’s leading innovators and manufacturers of night vision, thermal imaging and fused night vision systems.

 

31 May 18. SafeShoot – a company dedicated to finding a solution to friendly fire incidents in hunting, law enforcement, homeland security, and military scenarios – introduces Green Shield, a unique solution for the prevention of friendly fire incidents.

According to Gabi Davidson, VP Marketing of SafeShoot, “Modern warfare, much of which takes place in densely populated areas, has led to an increase in friendly fire incidents among many armies around the world. To meet this challenge, we have developed GreenShield, which allows an additional layer of safety, operational continuity and improved coordination among friendly forces. The solution also enables a short sensor-to-shooter cycle, an easier and faster decision-making process, closer support fire, and better situational awareness.”

SafeShoot offers two types of devices: the Shooter Device and the Defender Device.

The Shooter Device is applicable for the shooting elements within the forces including: heavy direct fire weapons (tanks or RWS), UAVs, attack helicopters, light infantry weapons, and relevant HLS weapons (pistols, etc.).

The Defender Device is designed for non-shooting elements such as support units, search dogs, instructors, medical aid and evacuation personnel.

The system detects the spatial position and barrel direction of all SafeShoot devices (Shooter and/or Defender). It immediately and automatically alerts the shooter when there is a high risk of executing friendly fire – even when there is no line-of-sight and under varying weather conditions, day or night. The system enables a dynamic wireless network and exchange of online data between the devices in the arena.

Mr. Davidson added, “We believe that, with the help of our products, which enable the identification of own forces in the field, we can significantly reduce the number of casualties caused by friendly fire.”

Israel Pavilion, Hall 6, Stand DC 707

 

31 May 18. NVISOL – a leading developer and provider of Operational Documentation systems and Computing Integration for the defense market – presents, for the first time, K-Night, a day/night video capturing kit for K-9 units. The cost-effective kit uses GoPro HERO5 camcorder and Knog Qudos flashlights.

According to Eran Gafni, CEO and Co-Founder of NVISOL, “One of the current trends in the military world is to document every action and occurrence for various purposes, including post-operations debriefing. Typically, the soldier will carry the camera on his helmet, or in his hands, and this becomes an additional accessory that joins the many others that the modern soldier carries, impeding his maneuverability.”

Mr. Gafni continued: “K-Night is a cost-effective, lightweight solution, readily available since it is based on GoPro commercial cameras. It can be carried on a K-9 or vehicle, making it one less item that the soldier needs to carry.”

K-Night houses a GoPro HERO5 camcorder and a set of two (2) Knog Qudos white flashlights, in an extremely rugged aluminum housing. Providing a lighting range of up to twenty-five (25) meters at night, the K-Night has an optional mount for rear and top cameras and flashlights, and can be mounted on other platforms, including vehicles. The K-Night can also run on an external energy source. Israel Pavilion, Hall 6, Stand #D-657

 

03 Jun 18. Ophir® LightIR thermal imaging zoom lenses are both lightweight and high-performance, designed specifically for use in unmanned aerial vehicles payloads, drones and handheld devices. The outstanding optomechanical design of the Light IR product family ensures

that these lenses are the smallest, lightest and most compact on the market today, while still achieving the highest levels of IR thermal

imaging performance.

Key features:

• High MTF performance
• Extremely compact configuration
• Optimized for stabilized payloads
• Suitable for a wide range of applications
• Maintains focus through the entire zoom range
• Cost effective design and structure

Specifications available at: http://www.ophiropt.com/infrared optics/zoom lenses/lightir

At EUROSATORY 2018, Ophir will be introducing two new products:

• A new LightIR lens, the industry’s first lightweight, continuous zoom lens optimized for use in drones, unmanned aerial systems

(UAS), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), aircraft vision systems, and handheld applications, such as thermal goggles.

• A new family of Ophir® SupIR lenses optimized for use in a wide range of air, marine, and land applications, such as perimeter

surveillance and drones. OPHIR OPTRONICS SOLUTIONS (Hall 6 Booth D 350)

 

31 May 18. CONTROP Precision Technologies Ltd. – a company specializing in the field of electro-optics and IR defense and homeland security solutions – will reveal the SIGHT-HD, a specialized targeting EO/IR payload for Remote Weapons Stations(RWSs) and Armored Fighting Vehicles(AFVs), at EUROSATORY 2018.

“As we celebrate CONTROP’s 30th anniversary, we are proud to launch the SIGHT-HD at EUROSATORY, following an intensive development process,” says Hagay Azani, CONTROP’s new CEO. “The SIGHT-HD was created especially for Remote Weapon Stations, to maintain bore-sight in conditions of shocks and vibrations. It incorporates digital and mechanical compensatory mechanisms that we have developed to significantly contribute to shooting precision.”

The SIGHT-HD is a gyro-stabilized payload that was especially developed to withstand extreme environmental conditions, facilitating mid-to-long range target acquisition, day and night, for mobile and stationary applications. When installed on AFVs, it is ideal for a wide range of applications, such as border surveillance, perimeter protection of sensitive installations, force protection, route clearance and more. At just 13kg, the low-weight payload is easily installed on any type of vehicle or weapon station.

The SIGHT-HD includes a high-performance Thermal Imaging (TI) camera using a 3-5µ Cooled IR detector with a continuous zoom lens; High Definition (HD) Color Day camera with a continuous zoom lens; and an Eyesafe Laser Range Finder (ELRF), all integrated into an all-in-one Line Replacement Unit (LRU). The advanced image processing features include local AGC on the TI and Day cameras; Video Enhancement; Automatic Video Tracker and Picture-in-Picture (PIP). A Laser Pointer, Control Unit (CU) and Digital Video Recorder (DVR) are also available as optional add-ons.

“The SIGHT-HD is the first in a family of dedicated SIGHT payloads that we are currently developing for mobile land applications, to meet our clients’ requirements.” says Azani. “The SIGHT-HD system is currently in the process of being evaluated by several important customers before an expected procurement.”  Hall 6, Booth #H548

 

30 May 18. General Robotics – a company specializing in developing, manufacturing and marketing advanced robotic systems for Defense and Homeland Security – showcases the Pitbull, an ultralight remote weapon station with Anti-Drone capabilities. The Pitbull provides an ideal solution for detecting and tracking all types of drones during flight, enabling their neutralization and downing.

According to Shahar Gal, CEO, “We are pleased to present Pitbull AD (Anti-Drone) Ultralight Remote Weapon Station at Eurosatory, in response to the growing global threat posed by drones. Pitbull can intercept drones, even while in flight, thereby assisting with border protection and HLS. Interest in these solutions has already been expressed by various organizations around the world.”

Pitbull AD, which weighs only 70 kg., is easily installed on all manned and unmanned ground, air, and maritime platforms including ultralight vehicles such as ATVs, as well as on fixed stations. The system, which can integrate with any existing sensors, detects and tracks all types of drones in flight, can neutralize them via RF, intercept them, and if needed, bring them down by either soft- or hard-kill.

In addition to Pitbull, the company will also present DOGO – Anti-Terror Robot at the exhibition. Weighing only 10 kilos, DOGO is being used by Special Forces, SWAT teams, and infantry around the world. Standard pistols can be quickly attached to DOGO and easily operated via Point & Shoot technology. DOGO can also integrate with non-lethal modules. The robot includes eight video cameras that provide 360° live video and boresight views and can communicate in hostage situations. The DOGO is being sent into Fatal Funnels to provide Situational Awareness and remote engagement capabilities to increase the survivability of the fighting forces.

 

30 May 18. Magna BSP Ltd. – a leader in turnkey solutions for perimeter protection of borders and sensitive sites – presents its smart surveillance solutions with unique image processing and Machine Learning, deep learning and other AI capabilities for border and strategic facility protection.

According to Levi Zruya, Magna’s CTO , “Traditional perimeter protection solutions, such as physical fencing, are often limited in their capacity to provide real-time detection and tracking of intruders, not to mention their lack of  early detection. Our surveillance systems deliver a high level of protection and provide an answer to false alarms, utilizing special machine learning and image processing algorithms that filter out non-relevant alerts and enable sophisticated and quick intelligence gathering.”

Magna’s surveillance systems utilize sophisticated electro-optic cameras to rapidly detect, locate, and send alerts regarding infiltrators and breaches. The systems can be located far from the border or facility, camouflaged and protected, distinguishing between true threats and potential false alarms caused by animals, weather, or other environmental factors. The systems learn changes in the environment and correct their performance accordingly.

The stereoscopic systems are similar to human vision which provides depth perception, notifying about the size and distance of an object. They enable 3D image processing in less than a second, delivering 100% reliable target detection, recognition, identification and tracking.

Mr. Levi  continued, “The systems have been sold to customers around the world and are being used to their full satisfaction.” Israel Pavilion, Hall 6, Stand #C- 712

————————————————————————

Blighter® Surveillance Systems (BSS) is a UK-based electronic-scanning radar and sensor solution provider delivering an integrated multi-sensor package to systems integrators comprising the Blighter electronic-scanning radars, cameras, thermal imagers, trackers and software solutions. Blighter radars combine patented solid-state Passive Electronic Scanning Array (PESA) technology with advanced Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) and Doppler processing to provide a robust and persistent surveillance capability. Blighter Surveillance Systems is a Plextek Group company, a leading British design house and technology innovator, and is based at Great Chesterford on the outskirts of Cambridge, England.

The Blighter electronic-scanning (e-scan) FMCW Doppler ground surveillance radar (GSR) is a unique patented product that provides robust intruder detection capabilities under the most difficult terrain and weather conditions. With no mechanical moving parts and 100% solid-state design, the Blighter radar family of products are extremely reliable and robust and require no routine maintenance for five years. The Blighter radar can operate over land and water rapidly searching for intruders as small a crawling person, kayaks and even low-flying objects. In its long-range modes the Blighter radar can rapidly scan an area in excess of 3,000 km² to ensure that intruders are detected, identified and intercepted before they reach critical areas.

————————————————————————

MISSILE, BALLISTICS AND SODIER SYSTEMS UPDATE

 

Sponsored by Control Solutions LLC.

 

http://www.controls.com/product-cat/systems/

 

————————————————————————-

05 Jun 18. Fibrotex – a leader in the Camouflage, Concealment and Deception arena – introduces the Sophia Kit, a unique, multispectral, multi-purpose kit enabling, for the first time, the operational flexibility and freedom to select any camouflage solution in the field, according to the mission. The compact, lightweight, 2D net is reversible and multispectral, giving forces powerful camouflage capabilities.  For forces in the field, the situation on the ground can rapidly change, affecting survival. For the first time, with the Sophia Kit, soldiers have the operational flexibility to choose camouflage solutions according to the need at any given moment – whether for vehicles, equipment, or the soldiers themselves.

The total weight of the Sophia container is 15kg, with a total size (full) of 50cm x 50cm x 50cm, and total size (empty) of 5cm x 50cm x 50cm. The kit is flame-resistant and water repellant, with cartridge-change capabilities, and packaging with built-in shrinking capabilities.

According to Eyal Malleron, Regional Director and CEO of Fibrotex USA, “Conflicts today around the world are intensifying the need for diverse multispectral camouflage capabilities for forces in the field. The Sophia Kit increases the survivability of the forces and saves lives.”

Mr. Malleron continued, “Provided with more than 30 running meters of Fibrotex’s new 2D reversible ultralight net, operators can decide for the first time in the field what size and shape camouflage system they need – whether for a small to medium platform or vehicle, for backpacks and equipment covers, or for themselves. Sophia Kit enables life-saving camouflage, whatever and whenever needed.”

 

05 Jun 18. Rafael Advanced Defense systems Ltd., developer and manufacturer of land, naval air, space and cyber systems, is participating at EUROSATORY 2018 in PARIS.

At EUROSATORY 2018, Rafael will be unveiling a number of new systems and capabilities in the areas of ground precision attack, land operations fire management, electro-optical loitering munition for light, tactical dismounted forces and active protection for 8*8 vehicles:

EPIK – Electro-Optical Precision Integration Kit, transforming unguided surface-to-surface rockets into accurate precision stand-off weapon systems. EPIK extends rocket range up to 50%, and enables pixel-level hit-point definition. EPIK implements and combines Rafael’s EO and Signal Processing capabilities of Scene- Matching technology to turn an un-guided surface to surface rocket into a precise weapon with a hit accuracy of less than 3 meters.

FIRE WEAVER – A Revolutionary Networked Attack System for Digitization of Land-Based Operations, enabling simultaneous, precision strikes on

multiple targets within seconds. Fire Weaver is designed to serve as a distributive tactical system that connects all the sensors and shooters in the battlefield on a single network, and to manage the attack process, including targeting and fire selection.

TROPHY APS for 8*8 vehicles – the world’s only combat-proven active protection system for armored vehicles, Rafael’s TROPHY for 8*8 vehicles is the only mature, available APS that has undergone successful operational integration on combat vehicles such as the LAVIII IFV and has been tested on the Stryker APC. This TROPHY variant can also be integrated with Rafael’s SAMSON Mk II Remote Weapon Station.

FIREFLY – a new variant of the SPIKE missile family, FIREFLY is a miniature electro-optical loitering munition for light, tactical dismounted forces such as Infantry, Marines or Special Forces. FIREFLY was designed for urban arena warfare, where situational awareness is limited, the enemy is behind cover, and precision is critical. The impact of FIREFLY on the Infantry is revolutionary, fundamentally changing small Infantry tactics.

In addition, Rafael will exhibit the following systems:

Air Defence:

* SKYCEPTOR (David’s Sling Interceptor) – Advanced multi-mission interceptor against a variety of asymmetric short-range tactical ballistic missiles, inexpensive large caliber rockets, cruise missiles and unmanned aerial systems.* C-DOME – a Naval Defense System designed to effectively protect combat vessels against a large set of modern threats, using the combat-proven Iron Dome interceptor.

* SPYDER SR/MR – Family of Short and Medium Range Air Defense systems using the i-Derby and Python-5 missiles.

* MIC4AD – Modular, Integrated C4I Air & Missile Defense.

Precise, tactical EO missiles:

* SPIKE FAMILY – Spike SR, LR/MR, LR2, ER, NLOS – Airborne, precise, multi-purpose tactical missiles, for ranges of 1.5 km-30 km, with 29 customers and 29,000 missiles delivered.

Armor Protection

* TROPHY – the world’s only Combat-proven Active Protection System for armored platforms (heavy, medium and light weight vehicles). Trophy is the only operational, combat-proven armor APS in the world, installed on Israeli Merkava tanks and NAMER APC’s.

Remote-Controlled Weapon Stations

* SAMSON RWS – Remote Weapon Station (RWS) Family, offered in six land configurations and two naval configurations (Typhoon and Mini-Typhoon Weapon Stations).

Drone Detection and Neutralization System:

DRONE DOME – The Drone Dome System is an innovative end-to-end system designed to provide effective airspace defense against hostile drones. Drone Dome has 360° circular coverage and is designed to detect, track, and neutralize drones either by jamming their communication or destroying them using a laser beam.

 

04 Jun 18. Eurosatory 2018: French CT40 firing trials to begin. The first manned firing trials of the 40mm Cased Telescoped Armament System (CTAS) for the French Army’s new Jaguar 6×6 vehicle are expected to take place this month, according to officials.

Unmanned firing trials have already been carried out on a Jaguar two-man turret fitted to a surrogate chassis, with testing advancing to manned trials after Eurosatory.

The first working prototype, unveiled in May, will begin firing trials later this year according to Christian Richard, the head of the Jaguar programme at Nexter.

During a recent press visit to its facility in Bourges, France, officials from CTA International – an Anglo-French joint venture between BAE Systems and Nexter – stated that 110 cannons had now been ordered by the French DGA procurement agency for the EBRC Jaguar.

That follows an order from the UK MoD for 515 cannons, which will be fitted to Lockheed Martin-developed turrets for both the Warrior Capability Sustainment Programme and the Ajax reconnaissance vehicle.

A total of 240 cannons have been produced so far at CTAI’s Bourges facility, the majority destined for the UK programmes. Serial production of the CT40 began in 2016 with total production for last year totalling over 100 units. The company is capable of an additional ramp up of more than 200 cannons a year if required. In around two to three years, BAE Systems in the UK is also expected to step up a cannon manufacturing capability. The French Army requirement for the CT40 weapon system differs from the British Army, with the latter taking delivery of only the cannon and ammunition. France, meanwhile, is taking delivery of a full cannon solution that includes ballistics calculator and software, ammunition handling system, gun mount and gun control equipment.

The majority of components have now received their DGA qualification, apart from the ballistics calculator which is expected to be approved by the end of the year.

Both Nexter and BAE Systems are responsible for manufacturing the specialist ammunition which includes the already-qualified Armour Piercing Fin Stabilised Discarding Sabot – Tracer round for anti-armour operations, as well as the Target Practice – Tracer round.

The General Purpose Round – Point Detonating – Tracer round has also now been qualified.

An airburst variant known as the GPR-AB-T has also began the process of qualification. Another airburst munition known as the Anti Aerial Airburst – Tracer for engaging UAVs or helicopters is also in the works.

Nexter Munitions opened a brand new assembly line for CT40 ammunition serial production in La Chapelle in May, with 2,000 rounds already manufactured when Shephard visited in mid-May. The line will be capable of manufacturing around 300,000 rounds per year depending on French and export orders. (Source: Shephard)

 

04 Jun 18. UVision Air Ltd. – a global pioneer of lethal aerial loitering systems of all sizes – has demonstrated its Hero-30 short-range loitering system to strategic clients. The two successful demonstrations took place in May 2018: the first was carried out with a live warhead and was performed by military operators of a strategic customer during a militaty exercise. The second demonstration was performed during the International Fire Support Symposium and was observed by representatives of the armed forces of several NATO countries. Both resulted in a perfect hit on the targets.

“These recent trials for strategic customers are just the latest in a long list of successful trials” says Noam Levitt, CEO of UVision. “The scenarios demonstrated with the Hero-30 included the silent pneumatic launch, loitering and ISR capabilities, locating and locking on to the target and finally the precise hit (less than one meter CEP). The demonstration also highlighted one of the Hero-30’s big operational advantages – its ability to respond to rapid, unpredicted changes in battlefield conditions, by conducting a full abort of an attack in mid-air, automatically returning to loitering mode and quickly reengaging the targets”.

Man-pack portable, the Hero-30 is the smallest system in the UVision family of smart loitering systems. Deployable within minutes, it is capable of speeds of up to 100 knots and is ideal for anti-personnel missions or against light vehicles. Weighing in at just 3kg, including a 0.5kg warhead, it has a range of up to 40km and an endurance flight time of 30 minutes.

 

About the HERO Family of Loitering Munitions Systems

The UVision HERO family of loitering munition systems includes eight systems: Hero-30, Hero-70, Hero-120, Hero-250, Hero-400, Hero-400EC, Hero-900 & Hero-1250 designed for assorted tasks at various ranges. HERO systems enable high-speed transit flight and low-speed loitering, depending on the tactical or operational needs of the mission: handling moving targets, moving light-duty vehicles, tanks, and other strategic objectives. All HERO systems can also be integrated on any platform: light-vehicles, APC’s and Naval & Aerial platforms using multi-canister launching systems.

The HERO systems may be provided in the ISR configuration, enabling the use of the platform as a means for gathering intelligence, or as a missile, enabling both ISR missions and precision attacks on targets, using warheads of various types and weights. The HERO family can carry out pinpoint strikes in urban areas or remote locations, with minimal collateral damage. In cases where an attack is aborted, HERO systems can be recalled and another target selected. With extremely low noise and thermal signature, these systems integrate highly advanced stabilized Electro-Optics day/night cameras and are ideal for deployment from air, land and sea. UVision will be showcasing the Hero systems at Eurosatory, June 11-15 2018 Booth # BC627, Hall 5A.

 

04 Jun 18. Silver Shadow – a licensed firearms manufacturer, trader and authorized supplier to the Israel Ministry of Defense and Israel Police – debuts its next-gen Gilboa DBR-SNAKE 5.56x45mm rifle at Eurosatory 2018. It is the newest member of the successful Gilboa family of rifles, and the only double-barreled AR rifle in the world, operated by gas. In addition to its powerful impact, the total weight of the weapon has been significantly reduced.

According to Micky Shoham, VP Marketing and Sales, “We are pleased to unveil the Gilboa DBR-SNAKE 5.56x45mm gas-operated rifle. We have developed a double-barreled weapon delivering double impact, with a weight close to a standard rifle. The lighter weight is due to the lack of a piston, as well as the fact that the weapon’s lower receiver and the integrated buttstock are made of composite materials instead of aluminum.”

The double-barreled SNAKE allows faster traversing between multiple targets by enabling two rounds on the target with each shot, side-by-side trigger pull, thereby minimizing time per target. It has wider upper and lower receivers to incorporate the two independent firing systems. The two parallel barrels are 3 cm apart from the bore center.

The 5.56×45 mm caliber weapon weighs 4.5kg without the magazine. Its overall length is 790mm, with a barrel length of 2x292mm (11.5″), and a weapon width of 92mm. The firing mode is double semi-automatic, with the method of operation direct impingement gas systems.

Among its many benefits are the redundancy of having two mechanisms working at all times – giving a soldier double fire power, higher penetration due to tight grouping, and higher accuracy during penetration through hardened glass with the first round weakening the barrier.

The flat top platform with standard size Picatinny rails enables the mounting of various optics, lasers, and other tactical accessories. The Gilboa firearms are compatible with US and NATO standard for mounts and equipment and are built to MIL-STD and MIL-SPEC.

About Silver Shadow

SILVER SHADOW® is an authorized exporter of the ISRAEL Ministry of Defense (IMOD). The company is a licensed firearms manufacturer, trader and an authorized supplier to the Israel Ministry of Defense and Israel Police. The company is a long-standing member of the Israel Export Institute (IEI) and the Federation of Israel Chambers of Commerce. All of our services and products fully comply with IMOD regulations regarding the export of defense, training, related know-how, equipment, systems and services. All of our services and products fully comply with requirements of the ISO-9001: 2008 quality assurance standard as well as with the OECD Anti-Bribery and Corruption Convention. Israel Pavilion, Hall 6, Stand #C712

 

03 Jun 18. Silver Shadow, manufacturer of the Gilboa rifle series and the parent company of Corner Shot, has started manufacturing some of its

range of rifles in the US for the local market use.

The first rifle manufactured in the US at the company’s plants is the Gilboa M43, a rifle based on the AR15 platform, which uses

Kalashnikov mags and ammo in 7.62X39mm caliber. The rifle has already been sold to several government units and is has been

marketed to the US civilian market for over a year, the rifle received acclaimed reviews in the prestigious magazine “Shooting

Illustrated” and a variety of wellknown YouTube channels who claimed it to be the best platform among those offered in the market.

This kind of Ammo is sold at a very cheap price in the US and many Americans like to use it.

Gilboa DBR Snake

The second rifle the company manufactures in the US is the Gilboa DBR Snake, also based on the AR platform and able to fire from two

completely separate systems at once or alternately.

The rifle is fed by two standard 5.56X45 mm mags.

The Israeli version has been produced for a long time and marketed by the company worldwide.

The American audience has waited patiently for the gun since it was introduced for the first time a few years ago at Shot Show.

The waiting list for the rifle in the US is currently very long, the first shipment was sold out before the rifle left the factory and the

company is currently working on continuing the marketing in the United States. The company plans to participate in the NRA show in Dallas and NASGW in Pittsburgh. SILVER SHADOW (Hall 6 Booth C 712)

 

31 May 18. Ortech Defence Systems Ltd. which specializes in the design, production and turn-key implementations of defense and protection solutions for private, public, governmental and military buildings, sites and structures – will present the Protected Container at EUROSATORY 2018.

A mobile protection structure, the Protected Container is equipped with all the necessary functions to provide complete shielding of personnel in hostile environments, including from ballistic shock-waves of up to 120mm, mortar shells and rockets. The structure is the size of a standard international container, and is made of lightweight materials, enabling it to be mobilized easily from place to place.  It requires no infrastructure, can be set up in any terrain and a number of Protected Containers can be connected together to create a shielded environment suitable for a large force in the field. All work-enabling functions, such as electricity, sewerage, communications and more, can be built in to the structure itself.

For containers and structures that are already in place, Ortech offers the same high-level protection through a kit of modular panels, delivered and easily installed in field. The Modular Container Protection provides defence to walls, openings and rooftops against blast, ballistic and shaped charge hits -Stanag 2280, category C4 – and more.  The two products provide essential protection for HQs, field clinics, communication centers, briefing rooms, sensitive equipment storage and barrack deployments in hostile environments.

“When planning a complex, rapid operational deployment in a hostile environment, functional and vital workspaces need to ensure the protection and safety of personnel and delicate equipment,” says Avida Stern, VP Business Development and General Counsel at Ortech. “The Protected Container is designed specifically for this purpose – a safe structure, equipped with all necessary functionality, for immediate deployment.”

As well as the Protected Container, Ortech will also be presenting two other unique shielding solutions at EUROSATORY. The first is the company’s Y-Fort Bunkers and Shielded Walls, a bunker-building solution including a unique lightweight protective roof, designed to protect soldiers assembled in briefing areas. The bunker can withstand ballistics and light gunfire, and can be assembled manually in a matter of a few hours, by as few three soldiers and a small tractor if needed.

The second is the Protector, a unique complete protection solution for hazardous materials containers at sensitive facilities that answers a need created by global terror threats. As opposed to using concrete castings, which can take up a lot of space – sometimes several meters – the Protector is made from an advanced armored steel frame and panels to create a solid envelope and complete shielding against blast, shock waves or shrapnel hits. It is extremely lightweight and requires little in the way of assembly and maintenance. Israel Pavilion, Hall 6, Stand # D618

 

31 May 18. Marom Dolphin Ltd. – a leader in the field of tactical textile solutions and personal military supplies for armed forces, police units, law enforcement agencies, security services, and civilian authorities – unveils FUSION, an integrated carbon skeleton system that connects a soldier’s vest and backpack, enabling quick removal of the backpack, as needed. This low-weight, durable system allows efficient weight distribution and flexibility.

According to Shlomo Baime, VP Marketing, “We developed FUSION to address the two main challenges of the modern soldier: the issue of carrying a great deal of weight – and his ability to maneuver efficiently and agilely despite the large amount of equipment carried on his back.”

FUSION’s patented structure connects any size backpack to the soldier’s vest without additional straps. Dynamic straps and duty belt allow maximum fit for any user. Essential equipment – such as ballistic plates, hydration system, communications, etc. – are integrated into the vest, available to the soldier when the backpack is removed. The company’s FORMISSION hinge enables easy, comfortable maneuvering, and the use of special materials eliminates friction with the body, minimizing injuries. The front panel is fully removable for different add-ons, under-fire equipment swaps, or medical equipment.

Shlomo continued, “In the development of the new system, we have used the most advanced materials and ergonomic engineering to provide optimal distribution of weight on the soldier’s back so that he or she feels less restricted. On the other hand, the system allows the soldier to quickly remove the backpack if necessary, and still carry essential equipment while maintaining his ability to maneuver.”

Israel Pavilion, Hall 6, Stand #D-657

 

30 May 18. Israel Weapon Industries (IWI), SK Group member – a leader in the production of combat-proven small arms for law enforcement agencies, governments, and armies around the world – will present the company’s latest additions, the MASADA line of Striker-based pistols, and the TAVOR 7, the newest member of the TAVOR Bullpup rifle family, at Eurosatory 2018. The MASADA Striker-based line of pistols has several advanced safety mechanisms including a firing pin block safety, a clean and crisp trigger reset with a built-in trigger safety, and a fast, easy and safe takedown – with no need to pull the trigger. The pistol can be provided with or without manual safety. It has an easy racked slide with improved front and rear cocking serrations, enhanced ergonomics with the IWI grip angle, and a low barrel axis for reduced recoil. The body has a glass-reinforced polymer frame as well as a polygonal cold hammer forged barrel with a 1:10RH twist rate.

The first model – the Full Size 9X19mm MASADA pistol – will be on display at Eurosatory. Additional features include fully ambidextrous operating controls and fixed 3-dot tritium illuminated Meprolight night sights. It offers 100% interchangeability with a compatible trigger mechanism housing, reducing maintenance and life cycle costs. The pistol has an overall length of 6.6″ (186.4mm) with a barrel length of 4.1″ (104mm), a trigger pull weighing 5.5-7.0 lbs. (2.5-3.175 kg), and a weight without the magazine of 22.9 ounces (650 g). The MASADA will be available in four colors: Sniper Gray, OD Green, Black, and Flat Dark Earth.

The TAVOR 7, a 7.62X51mm Caliber AR, is a fully ambidextrous platform on which the ejection side and the charging handle can be switched quickly and easily from side to side by the user. Additional ambidextrous features include: safety lever, magazine release, and bolt catch similar to the X95. The IWI TAVOR 7 also includes an M-LOK fore-end (2 M-LOK slots at 3 and 9 o’clock) as well as MIL-STD 1913 Picatinny rail at the 6 o’clock position, to allow the use of multiple devices and accessories. The rifle’s body is built from high-strength, impact-modified polymer, and has a hammer-forged, chrome-lined, free-floating barrel for enhanced accuracy and life cycle.

Additional features include a short stroke gas piston with a 4-position variable gas regulator, (including an OFF position – a unique feature designed for special operation needs), a rotating bolt system that ensures maximum safety for the user, and a pistol grip that can be changed or modified. The IWI TAVOR 7 enables 100% interchangeability, reducing maintenance costs. It is available in four colors: Sniper Gray, OD Green, Black, and Flat Dark Earth, with replaceable barrels available in two lengths – 17″ (432 mm) and 20″ (508 mm) – for various uses. The rifle has an overall length of 28.4″ (723 mm) and a weight without a magazine of 9lbs (4.1 Kg).

————————————————————————-

Control Solutions LLC is a turnkey design and manufacturing corporation with over 20 years experience solving tough military motion control problems.  We focus on improving the safety, survivability, and mission effectiveness for personnel in tactical vehicles.  We will be showcasing our CS5100 Lightweight Motorized Turret System as well as new JLTV-ready gun turrets.  We have fielded over 60,000 ITDS and BPMTU motorized turret systems for the HMMWV, MRAP, and other tactical vehicle programs.  We will present a family of accessories including weapon-mounted actuators, turret power and spotlight kits, and novel soldier power solutions.  Control Solutions is on a mission to help solve your toughest motion control challenges.

————————————————————————-

UNMANNED SYSTEMS UPDATE

 

Sponsored by The British Robotics Seed Fund

 

http: www.britbots.com/fund

————————————————————————

06 Jun 18. Black Eagle 50 Compact RUAV at Eurosatory. Steadicopter Ltd. – a provider of advanced Unmanned Robotics Helicopters for Defense, HLS and civilian applications – will unveil final configuration of its Black Eagle 50 Rotary Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (RUAV) system at EUROSATORY 2018.

“We are proud to announce we have completed development of the Black Eagle 50 RUAV and to present the final configuration at Eurosatory.” says Noam Lidor, Sales & Marketing Manager of Steadicopter. “We have developed the system to provide a real tactical response to ISTAR missions at sea and on land. Most similar platforms on the market are much larger and heavier, resulting in cumbersome maintenance, mobility and operation, and less flexibility and agility. The Black Eagle 50 is actually the smallest platform in its category, easy to maintain and operate, while preserving high performance, including extended air time and the ability to carry a variety of payloads.”

The Black Eagle 50 is a VTOL (Vertical Take-off and Landing) robotic observation system. It is an ideal solution for tactical maritime and land Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) missions.

The system has a steady hovering endurance of up to 3 hours and flight endurance of up to 4 hours. At only 30kg, the Black Eagle 50 is extremely lightweight and compact, with a maximum take-off weight of 35Kg, and payload capacity of 3Kg. It has a communication range of up to 100km, depending on the client’s requirements, and a service ceiling of up to 9,000ft. Its total length is just 2540mm, while its maximum air speed is 70knots (126Km/h) and cruising speed of 47 Knots (85 Km/h).

“Currently, the Black Eagle 50 is in demo mode with a number of customers around the world ahead of expected orders in the coming months,” says Noam. (Source: UAS VISION)

 

05 Jun 18. FLIR Launches Next-Generation Black Hornet 3 Nano-UAV

Latest Black Hornet Enables Operation in GPS-Denied Areas. FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) today announced the Black Hornet® 3 nano-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for use by global militaries, government agencies, and first responders. The Black Hornet Personal Reconnaissance System (PRS) is already the world’s smallest combat-proven nano-Unmanned Aerial System (UAS), and FLIR’s next generation Black Hornet 3 nano-UAV adds the ability to navigate in GPS-denied environments, enabling the warfighter to maintain situational awareness, threat detection, and surveillance no matter where the mission takes them.

The Black Hornet PRS has been fielded by over 30 nations over the past seven years and continues to represent the cutting-edge in the combat nano-UAS space, enabling small combat units, SWAT teams, and first responders with immediately available intelligence, target-acquisition, and reconnaissance capability. At 32 grams, the Black Hornet 3 offers the lowest size, weight, and performance for UAS available. Offering improved speed and distance compared to previous versions, the Black Hornet 3 flies 2 kilometers at speeds of over 21 kilometers an hour. The Black Hornet 3 also incorporates sharper imaging processing featuring the FLIR Lepton® thermal microcamera core and a visible sensor to allow greater image fidelity. The design also features an improved encrypted military-approved digital datalink, enabling seamless communications and imagery significantly beyond line-of-sight and in closed areas.

Additionally, the Black Hornet 3 seamlessly integrates into the Android Tactical Assault Kit (ATAK) utilized by the military to provide battlefield networks and distribution of information to anyone on the network.

“We are excited to bring this advanced Black Hornet 3 to our warfighters and first responders,” said James Cannon, President and CEO of FLIR. “With longer range and indoor flight capabilities, the latest generation Black Hornet provides full surveillance coverage continuity to the mission. The Black Hornet 3 is representative of FLIR’s new focus on providing full-solution technology, and we look forward to playing a role in helping modernize our military customers.”

Last week, FLIR announced it had been awarded a $2.6m order from the United States Army’s Soldier Borne Sensor (SBS) program to deliver the Black Hornet in a first batch order. Units delivered for the SBS program, in addition to units recently deployed by the Royal Australian Army and French Armed Forces, will be the Black Hornet 3.

The Black Hornet 3, which includes two UAV sensors, a controller, and display, is sold directly through FLIR and is available today to military, government agencies and law enforcement customers.  The latest Black Hornet will be demonstrated at EUROSATORY 2018 in Paris, France from June 11 to 15 in the FLIR booth #A227. For more information about the Black Hornet 3, visit www.flir.com/blackhornet (U.S.) or www.flir.eu/blackhornet (Europe and Asia).

 

04 Jun 18. BlueBird Aero Systems – a leader in the design, development and production of Micro, Mini and Small tactical UAS and peripheral equipment – will expose an exceptional Cargo Release Capability of ThunderB UAV at Eurosatory 2018. According to Ronen Nadir, CEO of BlueBird Aero systems, “We are proud to reveal the new, exciting cargo release capability of the ThunderB UAS at Eurosatory 2018. This remarkable addition is the result of lessons learnt from operational needs required by our operational customers and was designed to extend the capabilities delivered by our field-proven systems. This capability, on board the cost-effective, reliable, high performance ThunderB UAS, enables to perform new missions associated with the modern battlefield, the HLS requirements, as well as with the commercial market.”

ThunderB is a small, innovative, long endurance tactical UAS (~30Kg, 4m wing-span) that creates a new niche in the tactical UAS arena providing capabilities previously found only in much larger UAV’s usually with weight of above 150Kg.The ThunderB UAV has the ability to carry small cargo units under each wing, and release the cargo automatically or by a GCS command. The cargo is carried and released by an integrated, electro-mechanical release mechanism. The released cargo is housed in an aerodynamic enclosure (capsule) to reduce the drag to the minimum.

Upon automatic release of the capsule, it will reach the target with high accuracy following a ballistic trajectory. The cargo capsules can also be dropped with the aid of a small parachute to prevent damage to fragile items.

The ThunderB cargo release ability can be used in numerous missions and scenarios such as:

* Lifesaving search and rescue (S&R) missions where after finding the objective, it is important, as a first response, to provide rescue measures i.e communication device (phone, portable radio, etc), a bottle of water, floating device, etc.

* Dropping of essential material such as drugs in an epidemic situation

* Scattering small ground intelligence sensors to achieve wide ground coverage

The ThunderB supports a wide range of optional payloads including a triple sensor, three-gimbal gyro-stabilized payload, with a Cooled thermal imager, HD day color camera and Laser Pointer and BlueBird’s RGB, NIR and Radiometric photogrammetric payloads. The ThunderB can also be integrated with other payloads such as non-imaging payloads, small SAR and others.

With its long endurance capability (up to 24 hours), its extended control range (150Km), and its variety of optional payloads, the ThunderB is an ideal solution for long, covert, low signatures ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance) and/or tactical mapping on demand (TMOD) missions.

Additional Platforms to be displayed at Eurosatory;

SpyLite is a mature, advanced, combat-proven, extended performance electric Mini-UAS, optimized to provide covert, “over-the-hill” or extended range real-time visual intelligence. SpyLite is unique in its ability to fly even in strong winds and on cloudy or rainy days, assuring high operational availability for up to 4 hours and a communication range of up to 80 km. The SpyLite system can be configured to back-packed, vehicle-mounted or HQ stationary configurations.

Fully autonomous, from launch to recovery, the system delivers high reliability with ease of use, providing a very versatile and stable ISR platform. Combining a stabilized color (Full HD 1080i) and IR payloads with proprietary ground exploitation software – the SpyLite allows for GPS-marked imagery to be relayed in real time to the ground station. This capability delivers enhanced situational awareness, contributing substantially to the success of the mission.

The MicroB is an advanced Micro-UAS. Weighing approximately 2Kg, it creates a new niche in the UAS arena providing unprecedented Mini-UAV capabilities in a Micro-UAV form factor, while maintaining its very competitive and affordable price. The MicroB is designed for full autonomous operation, unmatched ease-of-use, and high maintainability. Equipped with a gimbaled and stabilized dual EO/IR payloads, the MicroB can be autonomously launched from its hand-held launcher within seconds – even in a crowded urban environment, providing high quality video and images, with GIS information and automatic target tracking.

 

04 Jun 18. Eurosatory, the international leading exhibition of land and airland Defence and Security, will be held from 11 to 15 June 2018 in Paris. This year it will host more than 1,750 exhibitors from 63 countries and more than 57,000 professional visitors are expected. The Drones sector is an integral part of Eurosatory 2018:

• A technology cluster since 2006
• More than 130 exhibitors with activities in UAVs & UGVs sector
• 30 % of Official Delegations are interested in the domain
• Drones are present at Eurosatory Live Demonstrations

In 2018, among the exhibiting companies:

• Airbus
• Drone Volt
• Eca Group
• Elbit
• Leonardo
• Lockheed Martin
• Safran
• Thales
• Aeraccess
• BlueBird Aero Systems
• Aeronautics Group and others. In 2018, there is a remarkable presence of companies in the field of anti-drones. At every edition of Eurosatory several conferences on drones are organised. In 2018, conferences will addresse following issues: ” Anti-UAV fight”, “Drones at the Ground Forces”, “Airmobile combat and contact drones”.

 

04 Jun 18. Steadicopter Ltd. – a leading provider of advanced Unmanned Robotics Helicopters for Defense, HLS and civilian applications – will unveil final configuration of its Black Eagle 50 Rotary Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (RUAV) system at EUROSATORY 2018.

“We are proud to announce we have completed development of the Black Eagle 50 RUAV and to present the final configuration at Eurosatory.” says Noam Lidor, Sales & Marketing Manager of Steadicopter. “We have developed the system to provide a real tactical response to ISTAR missions at sea and on land. Most similar platforms on the market are much larger and heavier, resulting in cumbersome maintenance, mobility and operation, and less flexibility and agility. The Black Eagle 50 is actually the smallest platform in its category, easy to maintain and operate, while preserving high performance, including extended air time and the ability to carry a variety of payloads.”

The Black Eagle 50 is a VTOL (Vertical Take-off and Landing) robotic observation system. It is an ideal solution for tactical maritime and land Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) missions. The system has a steady hovering endurance of up to 3 hours and flight endurance of up to 4 hours. At only 30kg, the Black Eagle 50 is extremely lightweight and compact, with a maximum take-off weight of 35Kg, and payload capacity of 3Kg. It has a communication range of up to 100km, depending on the client’s requirements, and a service ceiling of up to 9,000ft. Its total length is just 2540mm, while its maximum air speed is 70knots (126Km/h) and cruising speed of 47 Knots (85 Km/h).

“Currently, the Black Eagle 50 is in demo mode with a number of customers around the world ahead of expected orders in the coming months,” says Noam.

————————————————————————-

The British Robotics Seed Fund is the first SEIS-qualifying investment fund specialising in UK-based robotics businesses. The focus of the fund is to deliver superior returns to investors by making targeted investments in a mixed basket of the most innovative and disruptive businesses that are exploiting the new generation of robotics technologies in defence and other sector applications.

Automation and robotisation are beginning to drive significant productivity improvements in the global economy heralding a new industrial revolution. The fund allows investors to benefit from this exciting opportunity, whilst also delivering the extremely attractive tax reliefs offered by the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS). For many private investors, the amount of specialist knowledge required to assess investments in robotics is not practical and hence investing through a fund structure makes good sense.

The fund appoints expert mentors to work with each investee company to further maximise the chance of success for investors. Further details are available on request.

www.britbots.com/fund

————————————————————————

C2, TACTICAL COMMUNICATIONS, AI, CYBER, EW, CLOUD COMPUTING AND HOMELAND SECURITY UPDATE

 

Sponsored by Spectra Group

 

https://tacs.at/Spectra

——————————————————————–

06 Jun 18. Supergum Industries Ltd., a leading manufacturer of Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) protective solutions and systems for military, homeland security, and civilian applications, introduces its new solutions for detection of CBRN hazards. The company’s Sampling Kit allows collection of samples to identify substances and their concentration. The Active Air Sample enables sampling of the air to confirm full air decontamination.

The Sampling KIT, the most advanced CBRN sampling solution available in the market, provides complete coverage for all sampling needs and transfer for laboratory analysis. The user-friendly kit contains four (4) modules for swab (chemical & biological), liquid and soil collection. Designed for users wearing cumbersome protective gear, the kit meets laboratory requirements for quantity and quality of samples. Manufactured from high-quality materials for rigidity and durability, it is suitable for all field conditions.

According to Gilad Golan, Manager of the CBRN Unit at Supergum, “This product was developed in response to the need for a functional kit that enables optimal collection, marking, and storage of collected material, without fear of leakage. In the past, provisional stopgap measures were used which made documentation, packing, storage, and transport of material to the lab difficult.”

The Active Air Sample is a lightweight, compact device for the sampling of very low concentrations of a wide range of hazardous materials in the air. It is based on a Solid Phase Extraction (SPE) tube and an air mini-pump powered by a standard “C” battery. The SPE tube contains a polymeric sorbent capable of adsorbing target molecules in the air. The easy-to-use device provides two (2) modes of operation; in the short mode, it can be operated for one (1) hour and in the long mode, for up to six (6) hours, according to requirements in the field.

Mr. Golan added, “We developed this solution in order to provide a more accurate indication of the level and amount of material remaining in the area following air purification. Up to now, CBRN units have used devices that provide only superficial detection, delivering only a basic indication of whether or not there is a dangerous substance in the area. Our solution provides considerably more detailed information, on the basis of which it is possible to continue to decontaminate the area until complete purification is achieved.” Hall 6, Stand #CD-678

 

05 Jun 18. Eurosatory, the international leading exhibition of land and airland Defence and Security, will be held from 11 to 15 June 2018 in Paris. This year it will host more than 1,750 exhibitors from 63 countries and more than 57,000 professional visitors are expected.

The Homeland Security sector is an integral part of Eurosatory 2018:

• “Protection of infrastructure and critical facilities” technology cluster since 2014
• 39% of exhibitors offer security products
• More than 250 “security” authorities are invited to Eurosatory

In 2018, among the exhibiting companies:

• Airbus
• ATOS
• CEIA
• Centigon
• GK Professional
• Ministère de l’Intérieur (Police Nationale Gendarmerie Nationale – Brigade des Sapeurs-Pompiers de Paris)
• Lacroix
• Nobel Sport
• POLUS-ST
• SEMA World
• Verney Carron Security and others.

At every edition of Eurosatory different conferences on security are organised. In 2018, conferences will address following issues: “Private security: towards an enhanced public-private cooperation”, “Population resilience in civil security crisis management in France”, “Security organisation for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic games, opportunities for the security industry”

 

05 Jun 18. Netline Communications Technologies Ltd. – a leading producer of high-end electronic warfare and spectrum dominance systems for defense forces and homeland security agencies – will launch three innovative products at EUROSATORY 2018.

OutReach is a man-portable LTE system that creates a private data VoIP network, enabling teams in the field to connect between users and higher echelons. The system is carried in a back-pack and is easily adjusted to the specific conditions faced by the teams in the field. OutReach enables communication control, regardless of any other external network. It can be used with standard handset equipment (LTE phone or tablet), and is suitable for temporary operational deployments, such as first responders, search and rescue forces. The system is suitable for situation awareness command and control systems for the transmission of video, mapping and images between the users in the field, which can also be provided as a full solution. The system is applicable to vehicles as well.

Netline will also present Netlink at EUROSATORY. Netlink is a field-proven, plug-and-play digital In-Band interference cancellation solution. It comes in two configurations: Netlink for Base Stations and Netlink for Mobiles. Netlink for Base Stations enables the extraction of the full RF spectrum, without losses and without hardware filters which reduce the usable bandwidth. It can be used to utilize cellular coverage potential, digitally cancelling disruptors that block the base stations and protecting the base station from interference and obstructions. Netlink for Mobiles enables mobile phones to work when subject to interference or in a jammed environment. It is intended for vehicle installation and is particularly suitable for use in VIP motorcades.

“The new solutions that we are presenting at EUROSATORY are the result of developments we have devised to meet the changing needs of forces in the field, and the technological challenges of ad hoc communications in the 4th generation,” says Yallon Bahat, CEO of Netline. “These solutions enable better operational capabilities, are easier to operate by a single user, and can be integrated with Netlink to enable better control of the operational situation by isolating external threats to the base station, without the loss of usable bandwidth.”

A third product that Netline will present at EUROSATORY is the DroneNet ManPack. This portable system combines drone identification, detection and jamming capabilities and can be used in an urban environment or in the field. Having detected a drone, DroneNet identifies its specific type, its operating frequencies and more, enabling it to be blocked and its activity neutralized. The solution can be supplied in various configurations – as a carry on, vehicle mounted or as a fixed installation which is already in operational use. Israel Pavilion, Hall 6 stand D-588

 

04 Jun 18. Patria’s passive sensors evolve into a product family. Patria’s Systems Business Unit is known for its formidable expertise in electronic intelligence and radio frequency (RF) sensors. Two new passive RF sensor products will be launched at Eurosatory 2018: MUSCL (Multi-Static Coherent Location) for battle-proof air surveillance, and ARIS-E ESM (Electronic support measures) system for tactical situational awareness. Welcome to visit Patria’s stand Hall 6 – G260/300. Patria’s new products, MUSCL and ARIS-E, represent the same skills as the successful ARIS system, which is a remote-operable ELINT (Electronic

Intelligence) system, and designed to work in today’s increasingly challenging signal environments. It is capable of capturing and analysing the most modern radar signals, and its extremely high-performance pulse processing enables strategic information gathering from radars in challenging operating environments. ARIS has been in operational use since 2010 and is under continuous development.

The two new products, MUSCL and ARIS-E, provide comprehensive tools for spectrum-wide intelligence and surveillance. Passive sensor systems do not transmit signals themselves, but use radio signals transmitted or reflected by the targets. Because passive systems are extremely difficult to detect and small in size, they actually perform better than active radars in various surveillance tasks.

Passive systems are cost-effective to operate. MUSCL offers a modular and highly mobile passive air surveillance system. Its range extends to several hundreds of kilometres with a 360-degree directional coverage, and it can track more than 100 objects simultaneously. MUSCL’s operating principle allows it to detect small and low flying targets, and to pick up stealth targets even better than active radar systems. The MUSCL system is mainly designed for air surveillance by governmental authorities, but it can also be used to protect critical infrastructure, such as nuclear power plants, and major sporting events. Another new entry is the ARIS-E ESM system, which provides tactical, time-critical information of radar systems for real-time command and control of operations. It is highly mobile and modular, and is not tied to a particular platform. The system uses libraries assembled from strategic information collected by ARIS and equivalent systems. It can operate autonomously and identify objects automatically. All of Patria’s passive sensor systems can be used remotely. The sensor stations are capable of 24/7 unmanned operations and are designed for protection against climatic stress. The systems have protected, secure connections between remote sensor stations and operating sites. Patria offers life-cycle services and continuous development for ARIS, MUSCL and ARIS-E. New software and user interface updates are made each year.

 

04 Jun 18. The Rohde & Schwarz SDxR family has been implemented with strict separation between the device platform and the software, the waveforms, based on the internationally standardized Software Communications Architecture (SCA). This makes it possible to port SCA-based waveforms from other manufacturers as well as existing waveforms, providing both security for future investments and backward compatibility with existing radio systems. Customers can modify the waveforms as well as the integrated encryption, which enables them to establish interoperable secure communications channels between different branches of the armed forces and different countries. National data is protected, and information superiority in joint or combined deployment is assured.

Rohde & Schwarz has developed a family of network capable, high data rate waveforms for a variety of deployment requirements. For every communications scenario, users can select the waveform and encryption that best match their requirements for range, data rate and interference immunity.

The R&S HDR waveforms and the latest generation of SDR technology are already used in the R&S SDTR for vehicle-based tactical communications and in the R&S SDHR handheld tactical radio. The new R&S SDAR software defined airborne radio augments the land-based communications system with airborne components. Rohde & Schwarz developed SVFuA, the joint radio system of the German armed forces. Installed in command vehicles as a communications hub, this system is the first phase of digitalization of mobile tactical communications (MoTaKo) for the German armed forces. The Rohde & Schwarz system architecture also provides smart routing, end-to-end encryption and system management.

Rohde & Schwarz is presenting its product portfolio for secure communications and cybersecurity at the Eurosatory Defense & Security International Exhibition in Paris (Villepinte Exhibition Center, hall 6, booth K300) from June 11 to 15, 2018.

 

03 Jun 18. Emberion presents its full digital output VIS SWIR detector module with HW&SW implementation for calibration, signal pre-processing and analog-to-digital conversion complementing its analog detector and facilitating system integration. Emberion’s nanotechnology based room temperature operated single pixel VIS SWIR detectors provide superior responsivity with very low noise over a broad spectral range (400 – 1800nm wavelength) on a single detector chip. The detectors offer an attractive alternative VIS SWIR detector

technology for a number of application areas, including spectrometry, optical gas detection and optical power measurements. They are

offered both as discrete components with an analog output and as full sensor modules with a digital output. The single pixel detector

will be followed by linear array for spectrometry and a VGA array for night and machine vision. EMBERION (Hall 5A

Booth C796)

——————————————————————-

Spectra Group Plc

 

Spectra has a proven record of accomplishment – with over 15 years of experience in delivering secure communications and cybersecurity solutions for governments around the globe; elite militaries; and private enterprises of all sizes.

 

As a dynamic, agile, security accredited organisation, Spectra can leverage this experience to deliver Cyber Advisory and secure Hosted and Managed Solutions on time, to spec and on budget, ensuring compliance with industry standards and best practices.

 

Spectra’s SlingShot® is a unique low SWaP system that enables in-service U/VHF tactical radios to utilise Inmarsat’s commercial satellite network for BLOS COTM. Including omnidirectional antenna for the man, vehicle, maritime and aviation platforms, the tactical net can broadcast over 1000s miles between forward units and a rear HQ, no matter how or where the deployment. Unlike many BLOS options, SlingShot maintains full COTM (Communications On The Move) capability and low size and weight

 

On 23 November 2017, Spectra Group (UK) Ltd announced that it had recently been listed as a Top 100 Government SME Supplier for 2015-2016 by the UK Crown Commercial Services

 

Spectra’s CEO, Simon Davies, was awarded 2017 BATTLESPACE Businessman of the Year by BATTLESPACE magazine and is a finalist in the inaugural British Ex-Forces In Business Awards in the Innovator Of The Year category.

——————————————————————–

 

Founded in 2002, the Company is based in Hereford, UK and holds ISO 9001:2015, ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials Plus accreditation.

 

FEATURES

 

ARTEC sets out its stall for UK Boxer Programme

By Julian Nettlefold

 

Exensor – Securing Borders

By Julian Nettlefold

 

International Satcom Strategy – Capacity Vs Coverage

By Julian Nettlefold

 

Viasat – Offering Cutting Edge Solutions and Innovative Business Models

By Julian Nettlefold

 

The Future of Land Electronic Warfare

By Gavin O’Connell, Business Development and Sales Director at Chemring Technology Solutions

————————————————————————-

CONTACT DETAILS

 

Julian Nettlefold

BATTLESPACE Publications

8 Sinclair Gardens

London W14 0AT

Tel/Fax: +44 (0)207 6105520

Mobile:  +44 077689 54766

e-mail