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Avon Protection

NIOSH Approval for Avon Powered Respirator Offers Global Industrial Market Opportunities

Avon Protection’s premier powered air purifying respirator (ST PAPR), designed to enhance the capability of its new generation FM53 mask, has achieved  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) certification for industrial protection purpose. This will significantly open up global industrial market opportunities and underlines Avon’s determined move into integrated respiratory…

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Data Device Corporation

“New Development Kit Accelerates Design-In of the World’s Smallest Complete MIL-STD-1553 Solution…Total-AceXtreme™!”

Bohemia, New York (November - 2011) – Data Device Corporation (DDC) now offers a hardware/software development kit that provides engineers with time and cost saving design tools to quickly implement a 1553 board solution utilizing the world’s smallest and highest performance complete MIL-STD-1553 single package …Total-AceXtreme™. The kit provides comprehensive support to accelerate development…

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HESCO Bastion Ltd

HESCO barriers used to protect key infrastructure in Bangkok flooding.

HESCO, the leader in the design and manufacture of rapidly deployable force protection barriers, is assisting the Thai Government to protect some of its key infrastructure from the devastating floods, the company announced today. Applying the same technology that allows troops in war zones to quickly install life-protecting fortifications against enemy attacks, HESCO has been working around the…

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Data Device Corporation

Data Device Corporation (DDC) Recognized for Excellence by Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems!

Bohemia, New York (November 2011) Raytheon Company presented supplier excellence awards to 39 companies for their exceptional performance in supporting the company’s Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) business during 2011 at its annual Supplier Excellence Awards Dinner held on Sept. 26 in Los Angeles, Calif.The winning suppliers represent less than one percent of SAS’ supply base. They were chosen…

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Enterprise Control Systems Ltd

Evenlode Guarantees the Smooth Flow of Information

Reflecting its namesake - the Cotswolds river that provides a smooth and steady link to the Thames, Britain's most dynamic waterway - EVENLODE is a reliable and seamless data connection terminal.Launched recently by Enterprise Control Systems Ltd (ECS), the EVENLODE data terminal is the company's most technologically advanced product to date.  ECS has dominated the UK Security Sector for over ten…

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Eurotech

Eurotech and IBM Contribute Software to Connect Next Generation of Wireless and Mobile Devices

Ludwigsburg, Germany, 03 Nov 2011 - EIBM (NYSE: IBM) and Eurotech (ETH.MI) today announced that they are contributing software to accelerate and support the development of a new generation of smarter wireless and mobile devices. The technology, which could become the basis for a new standard of mobile connectivity and interoperability, will be contributed to the Eclipse Foundation open source…

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Systems Interface Ltd

SOLAR RUNWAY GUARD LIGHTS FOR BELFAST CITY AIRPORT

George Best Belfast City Airport has become the third UK airport to install solar powered LED runway safety lighting. The Aviation Renewables Solar Series Runway Guard Lights, supplied by Systems Interface Ltd in Surrey, are nick-named ‘Wig Wags’, and are used at intersections between the runway and taxiways to safely guide aircraft and vehicles during night and day operations. The batteries are…

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MARSHALL LAND SYSTEMS PARTICIPATES IN GENERIC BASE ARCHITECTURE EXERCISE (GBA2)

Cambridge, 9th November 2011;  A team from Marshall Land Systems has recently deployed as part of Team Castrum on GBA2, a demonstration of network concepts and standardisation for Forward Operating Bases, held at Caerwent, South Wales.  During the demonstration to the MOD and other interested observers the team showed a generic base architecture (GBA) which enables information to be freely moved…

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Avon Protection

Avon C50 Configurable CBRN Mask Wins CE Approval

24 October 2011:  Designed to give optimum CBRN respiratory protection and weapon manoeuvrability to both military and law enforcement teams, Avon Protection has announced that its C50 configurable mask has won C E approval – an essential product quality mark for meeting European marketing standards.The C50 is suitable for either right or left handed responders by using a recessed blanking plug…

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BCB INTERNATIONAL LTD

Minister visits Defence Company

Wales Office Minister David Jones visited Cardiff-based, BCB International Limited, which is making waves as a global supplier and manufacturer of live-saving specialist defence equipment.BCB International is an established leader in the field of protective and survival equipment and has become a trusted supplier for troops serving in operations overseas. The company has evolved from its early…

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Data Device Corporation

World’s 1st and Only 2-Channel Mini-PCIe® MIL-STD-1553/1760 Card!”

Bohemia, New York (October 2011) Data Device Corporation (DDC) introduces a lightweight, low-power, small form factor MIL-STD-1553/1760 Mini-PCIe card (30 x 50.95mm), available with one or two 1553/1760 channels.  Designed for portable laptops, tablets, and rugged small embedded systems, this new Mini-PCIe card is engineered with DDC’s new Total-AceXtreme™ component.  Total-AceXtreme is the most…

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Data Device Corporation

Introducing Total-AceXtreme™: The World’s Smallest, Ultra Low Power, Fully Integrated MIL-STD-1553 Terminal Complete with Transformers in a Single BGA Package!

Bohemia, New York (September 2011) Data Device Corporation (DDC) introduces Total-AceXtreme™, a complete, compact MIL-STD-1553 interface solution with transformers inside a single 16mm X 16mm package to save board space, and simplify 1553 design and layout. Benefits include:• Ultra Small Size Saves Space• Ultra Low Power Consumption Creates Less Heat• Real-Time Ultra High Performance• Replaces 2…

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BCB INTERNATIONAL LTD

Anti-piracy device nets interest

A British Company which makes compressed air cannons has reported a surge in the interest for its new floating entanglement device which can stop pirate skiffs in their tracks. Cardiff based maritime security and survival experts, BCB International Ltd, have unveiled a new floating entanglement projectile which can be deployed from its British made compressed air launcher called the ‘Sea Stinger…

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SILENT DIESEL GENERATOR FITTED TO MARSHALL UGV ON DISPLAY AT DSEI

Cambridge, 13th September 2011;  To meet the growing requirements for power Marshall Land Systems in partnership with Nordic Power is showing a prototype silent diesel fuel cell generator fitted to its Trakkar® Unmanned Ground Vehicle.  The UGV and generator will be on stand SD-7 in the UV area at DSEi being held at ExCeL from 13 to 16 September.The fuel cell generator is targeted at users…

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L-3 Link Simulation & Training Awarded Contract Option to Build Fifth F-16 Mission Training Center

ARLINGTON, Texas, September 19, 2011 – L-3 Link Simulation & Training (L-3 Link) announced today that it has received a contract option from the U.S. Air Force to build a fifth F-16 Mission Training Center (MTC). “The new F-16 Mission Training Centers we are building and fielding for the U.S. Air Force represent a major leap forward in military flight simulation realism that will maximize…

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MARSHALL LAND SYSTEMS VEHICLE ENGINEERING CAPABILITY ON DISPLAY ACROSS DSEi

Vehicle completion is one of Marshall Land Systems core skills. Marshall LS is demonstrating this skill in several areas of DSEi, at ExCeL from 13 to 16 September 2011. In the Vehicle Park on stand VS 5 Marshall Land Systems, Iveco Defence and WEW have come together to show an integrated fuel tanker solution designed to deliver fuels to where they are needed in a conflict area. A Marshall load…

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L-3 Link Simulation & Training Begins Operation of C-17 Training System at Royal Australian Air Force Base Amberley

ARLINGTON, Texas, September 14, 2011 – L-3 Link Simulation & Training (L-3 Link) announced today that it has assumed responsibility of the C-17 Training System (TS) at Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Amberley. Earlier this year, L-3 Link received a contract to serve as prime contractor for the U.S. Air Force’s C-17 TS and has been operating 10 installations in the United States since…

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Eurotech

Eurotech Updates Everyware Software Framework to Further Simplify Embedded Development

 SAN FRANCISCO (Intel Developer Forum) - September 13, 2011 - Eurotech, a leading supplier of embedded technologies, products and systems, announces today they have launched Release 1.4 of the EverywareT Software Framework to offer developers more options to get their products to market faster with an integrated hardware and software infrastructure. ESF 1.4 provides a new WEB GUI configuration…

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Eurotech

Eurotech: 1.5M USD order for Catalyst TC Embedded Module for Homeland Security and Defense Application

 Amaro (Italy) September 15th , 2011 - Eurotech, a leading supplier of embedded technologies, products and systems, today announces Cross Match has issued a $1.5 Million purchase order for the Catalyst TC module for a homeland security and defense application. Cross Match is ramping up production of the handheld device due to increased customer demand and the Catalyst TC modules will be delivered…

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MARSHALL UGVs AT HEART OF UV DEMONSTRATION AT DSEI

London 6th September 2011;  Marshall Land Systems range of surveillance and situational awareness unmanned ground vehicles are at the centre of the Unmanned Vehicle demonstration at DSEi 2011 being held at ExCeL from 13 to 16 September.  The vehicles will also be on display on stand SD-7 in the UV area in the North Hall. During the early stages of the demonstration, which simulates a patrol…

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