At Eurosatory 2014, RUAG and GAVAP will be displaying products and services together for the first time since the Swiss acquired GAVAP late in 2013. Now together the two companies benefit from a wider range of technology and new R&D opportunities.
Prior to the merger both companies were strong forces in the world of simulation and training, and have been involved in joint projects spanning both live and virtual for 10 years. Since joining forces both companies have been able to benefit from technology pooling, and the extended product portfolio.
During Eurosatory both companies' products will be displayed together on the GAVAP branded booth. Centre stage will be taken by the SITTAL NG, an indoor simulator for training shooters of individual or crew-served light weapons. The simulator is highly accurate and sophisticated enough to allow 10 identical or different weapons to train simultaneously. Also on display will be the SOTA2G for the intense training of acquiring, maintaining and improving procedures for the control and application of artillery fire by all-arms artillery observation crews and forward observers.
RUAG's Gladiator Man Worn Unit and its interoperability with multiple laser codes will also feature heavily on the stand. This system is one of the most advanced examples of a fire and movement trainer for individual soldiers in the world.
Eurosatory will be the best opportunity to see the true breadth of the internationally proven and world class simulation and training equipment that is now under the RUAG banner.
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Aeronautics group, an Israel based world leading developer and manufacturer of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) focusing in the Mini, Tactical and MALE UAS categories, together with its subsidiaries: Orion, Commtact, RT, and Controp, is participating at Eurosatory 2014.
At the exhibition, Aeronautics presents the ORBITER Mini UAS , which is an electrical powered field deployed Mini UAS offering long range and endurance, as well as other real tactical UAS capabilities in a mini aerial platform body. The ORBITER, operating in service of over 20 users in 15 countries on five continents, has accumulated thousands of operational hours.
Aeronautics subsidiary, RT is displaying her SKYSTAR system in the exhibition. RT is a world-class designer, developer and manufacturer of the SKYSTAR family of aerostats for use in intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR) and communications applications. SKYSTAR systems are customised for a range of operating conditions worldwide in various military and civilian missions, and are currently deployed in countries such as Israel, Afghanistan, Mexico, Thailand, Canada, Africa, and Russia.
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Hispano Vema, manufacturer of decontamination NRBQ systems, as well as logistic equipment, presents her latest most innovative products. In the corresponding Stand, located in the outdoor area (Pe6b, Stand E200), Hispano Vema exhibits the expandable container CELDUR in its more compact version allowing an habitability with the maximum comfort inside, at the same time that it reduces a great deal the transport costs that all maintenance peace operations suppose nowadays for land forces.
Together with a training course, Hispano Vema recently provided the land forces in Chile with 60 tank containers of own manufacturing and certified by Bureau Veritas as per ADR and CSC rules: 22 water tanks, 36 fuel tanks and 2 fuel tanks for JET A1, in different quartering throughout its territory.
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Renault Trucks Defense, ACMAT Defense, Panhard Defense, Volvo Defense, and Mack Defense present their defence and homeland security ranges, as well as our numerous technological innovations. The main foci are put on:
- The VAB, including an innovative presentation of the hybrid technology being developed on this range;
- The BMX, the demonstrator of the future VBMR (SCORPION programme), which is presented for the first time at Eurosatory; and
- The BASTION range, with its HM APC, PATSAS HM and APC versions.
Missions highlighted are:
- A Combat zone with the SHERPA Scout, the VBL Mk2 and the VBR ;
- A Special Forces zone with the SHERPA and the ALTV dedicated to the Special Forces;
- A Support zone with the SHERPA Carrier, the VLRA and the PVP;
- A Liaison zone with the SHERPA Scout and the DUSTER;
- A Security zone with the ALTV Police, the MIDS PC, the PVP APC, the SHERPA APC XL, the HIGUARD Police and the MIDLUM FPT; and
- A Logistics zone with the KERAX 8x8 armoured cab, the VLRA and the MIDLUM 4x4.
Other innovations presented are the innovative vetronic solution battlenet inside with simulations for defence and security applications, and an anti-blast seat.
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Fairview Microwave’s tuneable RF filters are commonly used in lab environments for testing many frequency bands including PCS, UHF, PMR, Tetra, LTE, and WiFi. The tuneable band pass filters and band reject filters, also known as band-stop filters or band-rejection filters, are effective in band selection or frequency discrimination with high attenuation greater than 50 dB possible, allowing for excellent noise, harmonic and adjacent-band reduction. Fairview’s tuneable filters are designed with ruggedized aluminium casings with critical surfaces being silver plated, making them highly durable in a demanding environment.
Fairview’s latest release includes six bandpass filters capable of octave-band tuning from 125MHz to 3GHz depending on configuration, and a 5% pass band. They employ a 5-section tuneable design and have a mechanical dial accurate within 1%. Also offered by Fairview, are 5 new band-reject models with octave-band tuning ranges from 100 MHz to 2 GHz depending on configuration, and a 1% reject band. These band reject filters use a 3-section design and have a mechanical dial tuner accurate to 0.5%. Each of the new bandpass filters and band reject filters from Fairview are rated to 50W CW power handling and are designed with N female connectors.
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Patria is a trusted systems integrator and provider in the field of military systems, solutions and services with its top notch products like Patria AMV vehicles and Patria NEMO mortar systems. Patria showcases a new training simulator for Patria NEMO at E353 Hall 6.
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360in1 introduced a new technology for real-time 360° spherical vision and situational awareness. It uses advanced software algorithms to optimise imagery. In order to achieve full situational awareness, the system's image sensor is rotated at high speed, continuously capturing still images in each rotation from different angles.
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OSG are launching the ScreeneX, an evolution of the DVW only bigger, improved and this time with touch screen. Still bulletproof and Stanag 3-4, OSG are also showcasing their other lightweight solutions, this time they have managed to reduce weight by more than 30%.
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FFG is exhibiting in Hall 6, Stand K690, having extended their activities in the field of protected vehicles and protection systems against current threats. Vehicles exhibited are:
- The WISENT 2 – one of the world's most advanced LEOPARD 2 based multifunctional vehicle platforms - in an AEV configuration, and
- The G5, a multirole vehicle which FFG developed with the aim to give maximum protection to a maximum load and a maximum interior.
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| FFG G5 Multirole Vehicle (Photo: FFG) |
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At the BAE Systems stand in the main Eurosatory exhibit hall the company is showing Archer, RG35, and Terrier outside. BAE Systems Land Systems South Africa has developed a new variant of its RG35 mine protected multirole vehicle, the RG35 Motorised Infantry Vehicle (MIV) with seating for up to ten troops. The vehicle, which is display at Eurosatory, features seating for the driver and co-driver and between six and eight infantry in the back. According to BAE Systems, the RG35MIV has various weapons options, including a two-man turret or remotely operated weapon system featuring a 40 mm automatic grenade launcher and 7.62mm machinegun. Since the vehicle has been designed for motorised infantry, it features shooting ports, a tapered windscreen for good all-round observation and rapid egress points: an escape hatch above the driver, a rear door or ramp and a roof hatch, while a side door is optional. Power is provided by a 450hp engine, giving the vehicle a power to weight ratio of 33hp/t at its 13 700kg base vehicle curb mass. Maximum payload for the 5.9m long vehicle is around 6,500 kilogrammes. The side mounted modular power pack can be replaced within two hours. The RG35 was launched in 2009 and since then has evolved into the 4x4 RPU (Recce Patrol Utility), IFV (6x6 Infantry Fighting Vehicle) and now the 4x4 MIV. The 6x6 version was launched at the 2012 Africa Aerospace and Defence exhibition and features an 8.5t payload with seating for up to 14 crewmembers.
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Fourteen Japanese firms, including Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, NEC Corp, Hitachi, and Toshiba, are attending Eurosatory, many of them participating in the first Japanese pavilion.
Tapping foreign markets and joining international development programmes would allow Japanese defence companies to build bigger lots at a lower unit cost and help the government cut procurement costs as Abe reverses a decade of military budget cuts.
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Lincad, a privately owned UK company exhibiting in Hall 5 KJ 513, has over 25 years’ experience in the design and manufacture of standard and specialist batteries, chargers and intelligent power management systems. The core business of Lincad is the supply of batteries, chargers and intelligent power management systems for military applications. Its main customers are the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), UK Defence Primes, and Strategic Military and Defence Partners. More recently, Lincad has been involved in developing new battery, charger and power management technologies for specialist applications across a range of different sectors. The company’s reputation as a leader in its field has been established by working closely with customers to ensure they receive the optimum power solutions to meet their operational requirements.
First registered in 1986, Lincad is an ISO 9001 accredited company with expertise in battery chemistry and systems engineering and operates out of two sites in Surrey in the South East of England. Design and manufacture of all Lincad products takes place on site. As a result of its commitment to research into established, new and emerging technologies, Lincad continually aims to develop more powerful and lightweight battery systems that can be charged faster and more efficiently, providing the end user with increased mobility and flexibility. The company also has extensive experience in developing products where electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) may be critical. In addition to its specialist engineering services, Lincad offers a wide range of off-the-shelf products and is able to supply large quantities of primary batteries. Since 2010, Lincad has been supplying the MOD with a major proportion of its primary battery requirements.
Lincad produces a range of LIPS (Lithium Ion Power Source) batteries that have been designed in conjunction with the MOD to reduce the physical burden on the soldier. The LIPS 5 battery was one of the company’s most successful intelligent battery packs with over 17,500 supplied to the UK MoD, as well as other customers worldwide. The core LIPS products are now the LIPS 9, 10, 11, 12 and 14. The LIPS 9, 10, 11 and 12 are 24V batteries, offering a range of size and capacity options as well as IrDA optical communication, whilst the smaller 12V LIPS 14 has a reduced capacity with SMBus communication.
Lincad also produces high power batteries such as the battery designed for Northrop Grumman to power the CUTLASS remote operating vehicle used for explosive ordnance disposal (EOD), and a battery for a submersible remote operating vehicle. Lincad’s high power batteries are all capable of high discharge rates and fast charge times and have the ability to communicate accurate battery information to the host system.
Lincad produces a range of chargers to charge its LIPS range of batteries with various charge state display and PC connectivity options.
The single channel Caravel Charger is our longest in-service LIPS charger. It charges one battery at a time and, like all Lincad’s chargers, is software upgradable for new LIPS products. The Four Channel LIPS Charger allows simultaneous charging of up to four LIPS batteries. The LIPS Fast Charger also allows simultaneous charging of up to four LIPS batteries but offers reduced charge times on high capacity products and full battery recalibration and fault diagnostic features.
The LIPS Vehicle Charger is a three channel charger and uses a DC input from a vehicle to recharge LIPS batteries, whereas the Solar Charger connects to solar panels to enable LIPS batteries to be recharged when a mains or vehicle supply may not be available.
Power Management systems
Lincad’s intelligent power management systems generate a managed DC output to host systems with battery back-up in the event of primary power failure.
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Tacprogear and Tacprogear BLACK branded products are shown in Hall 6 BA 621. Tacprogear is a leading manufacturer of tactical equipment used by professionals around the globe and is exhibiting their newest body armour, carriers and vests, helmets and gear from the Tacprogear brand and the Tacprogear BLACK brand.
“Eurosatory is a very important exhibition for Tacprogear,” commented Dan Lounsbury, CEO of Tacprogear and Tacprogear BLACK. “It provides us with a global platform to demonstrate Tacprogear's capabilities of designing and manufacturing mission-specific gear for our international customers, as well as providing us with top-level government and military networking opportunities.”
Tacprogear and Tacprogear BLACK are exhibiting a variety of products designed specifically for military and special operations personnel including their new line of ballistic helmets and plates, carriers and vests, bags and packs, apparel, boots and accessories.
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DSM Dyneema, the manufacturer of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMwPE) fibre, branded as DYNEEMA, and a world leader in life protection materials and high performance fibres, at MILIPOL 2013 introduced DYNEEMA Force Multiplier Technology, built on its Radical Innovation platform, the company's newest product development programme. It will also be featured at Eurosatory. DYNEEMA Force Multiplier Technology combines breakthroughs in polymer science, next-generation fibre technology and uni-directional engineering to deliver up to 25% higher ballistic protection, while reducing weight by up to 20 percent.
“We have eliminated the traditional compromise between higher protection and lower weight, enabling armor manufacturers to meet tomorrow’s threats and design challenges,” said Shitij Chabba, Global Segment Director, Life Protection, DSM Dyneema to MT. “With off-the-chart ballistic performance combined with the lightest weight and lowest profile ever demonstrated, Dyneema Force Multiplier Technology will define future standards in life protection, including soldier modernization. This dramatically different technology is not just the first deliverable from our Radical Innovation initiative, it’s also a clear demonstration of our ongoing commitment to saving lives.”
DSM Dyneema views adoption of next-generation material technologies as critical in addressing major law enforcement and military trends that are intensifying the need to reduce the weight of protective gear. DYNEEMA Force Multiplier Technology delivers benefits of significantly lighter weight – enhanced comfort and flexibility for people and greater range, agility and capacity for vehicles – while providing extreme ballistic performance.
The new products based on DYNEEMA Force Multiplier Technology can be used to design personal protection (vests, inserts, helmets, soft armour applications and extremity protection) and vehicle armour.
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D3O is presenting its prototype high performance shock absorbing helmet system in Hall 5 Stand J831. The helmet system has been developed in response to the significant rates of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) suffered by allied soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan – 35% of US and UK military deaths, and 31,000 British soldiers on combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan suffered mild TBI (mTBI), resulting in high rehabilitation, compensation and re-training costs. It was the understanding that innovative materials can increase protection, reduce costs and crucially reduce avoidable injuries and deaths each year, which led to the development of the Shock Absorbing Helmet System prototype.
The D3O helmet system offers personal protection to soldiers which is considerably beyond any existing product on the market, given the fact that current helmets used by allied forces focus on ballistic protection, but modern warfare and Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) generate blunt trauma head injuries. The helmet system has been designed to combine both superior impact protection through the D3O patented technology, with wearer comfort, and the product includes innovative features such as an inflatable air bladder to enable customisation depending on head sizes; a moisture cap to enable sweat management, and a wipe-clean, durable protective skin to facilitate good hygiene – all developed with insight and intelligence from former or current serving soldiers.
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Winner of the 2014 MIT Technology Review Innovation Award, the young French SME Sysnav unveiled its SYSNAV MILITARY technology , a navigation solution robust to GPS flaws, dedicated to heavy and light vehicles. Revealed at booth GF 423 (Hall 6), Sysnav MILITARY, a revolutionary French navigation system, GPS-free, is designed for critical environments. Ensuring precise localisation and orientation in any circumstance: The Holy Grail of navigation and geopositioning that remained a fantasy until now, reserved to some high-end applications related to deterrence. Gradually opened to the general public in the 2000’, GPS had its glory days, but has now reached its limitations. The military are well aware of it, and they are not the only ones. The loss of GPS signals due to critical environments-in particular jamming- or simply when entering covered areas (tunnels, forests, urban canyons etc.) remains a difficult issue to address despite advanced GPS solutions.
David Vissière, Founding President of Sysnav commented: “The defense sector is our priority. We know it well, and above all, it is truly an innovative sector. Take the GPS or the internet for example: both innovations has been developed by the military. The information of localization is becoming more and more strategic in wider society. Robotics, logistics, port and rail sectors: they all have real needs in the matter, but not all them will provide innovation with the same time to market...We play a role in the progressive change of usages. For example, in the medical world, we developed with clinicians from the French Institute of Myology Association (AIM) a cutting-edge solution for medical actimetrics (activity measurement), designed to monitor the evolution of neuro-degenerative diseases, such as myopathy.”
Founded by military engineers, SYSNAV is a French SME that designs, develops and commercializes high-precision geopositioning, navigation and motion capture systems. SYSNAV rugged solutions are designed to work in GPS-denied environments, based on its ground-breaking magneto-inertial navigation technology, awarded by the 2014 MIT Technology Prize. These solutions target the defence, security, medical, robotics markets amongst others.
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MineWolf Systems is exhibiting their new remote EOD/IED clearance capability and runway clearance solution. The Micro MineWolf (MW50) and its robotic arm attachment for EOD operations are exhibited for the first time on the MineWolf Systems stand (J571) in the German Pavilion at Eurosatory from 16th to 20th June 2014.
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OIS-AT, a leader in dual use technologies in India, exhibits at Hall No. 5A- Stand No G850, with the company’s latest industrial/technological developments:
Dual-use radar solutions with the launch of a 3D Bird Detection Radar System
Homeland Security Systems Integrator (border control, safe city solutions, sensor integrator, electronic surveillance)
A strong Indian R&D and manufacturing footprint in one of the fastest-growing defence markets in Asia
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ITT Cannon is displaying the future soldier at 2014 Eurosatory. Cannon's interconnect systems are equipping modern defence forces with integrated state of the art technologies that are lighter, smaller, sealed and wearable. Their comprehensive portfolio of custom connector solutions reduces a soldier's cognitive burden and connects the future soldier to the latest technological and weapon devices head to toe. Modern soldiers can focus on the battlefield and Cannon's technologies contribute to improved situational awareness and survivability.
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The US Army Tank-Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) and Lockheed Martin successfully completed new tests validating the ability of driverless military-truck convoys to operate successfully and safely in a variety of environments. The second series of demonstrations of the Autonomous Mobility Appliqué System (AMAS) Capabilities Advancement Demonstration (CAD-2) tests were conducted at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina. In the CAD-2 demonstration, AMAS completed a series of fully autonomous convoy tests involving a completely unmanned leader vehicle followed by a convoy of up to six additional follower vehicles (also fully autonomous) operating at speeds as high as 40mph. The tests doubled the length and speed of convoys previously demonstrated under the program.
Vehicles used in the CAD-2 demonstration included one Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) truck, one Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) vehicle, two Palletized Load System trucks, two M915 Line-Haul Tractors and one Heavy Equipment Transport.
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Water-Gen - a leading provider of tactical water supply solutions to military, police, and NGO forces - announces the selection of two of its water generating systems for integration into the French Army's new VBCI vehicles, which will be supplied by the main contractor for this tender - the French company Cofely-INEO. The Water-Gen systems chosen for the new vehicles are the GEN-40V atmospheric water generator system and the WTU water treatment units. Each vehicle will receive either the GEN-40V or the WTU, according to the French Army's requirements. The systems differ in the source used to generate water- either the air or the vehicle’s air conditioning system. Water-Gen will concurrently supply the IDF and Israel's Home Front Command with a third system – its mobile purification solution - SPRING. All three systems are presented at Eurosatory.
“The systems selected for the French Army tender - the GEN40V and the WTU - are our most recent innovations,” said Arye Kohavi, Chairman and Co-CEO for Water-Gen. “These unique technologies are what allowed Water-Gen to be selected by the French Army as the sole provider of its tactical water-supply solutions - an achievement in which we take great pride.”
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Emerging global trends are impacting the operating environment of light tactical interdiction vehicles for military, law enforcement and homeland security operations, particularly helicopters and patrol boats. As they engage in higher-risk scenarios, such as supporting clandestine operations and penetrating inner harbours and coastlines, these vehicles require enhanced armour protection that won't compromise their speed, agility, range and payload capacity. Simply adding armour made from traditional materials such as ceramics, glass, aramid and even polyethylene is no longer enough, whereas innovative, lightweight materials that can deliver top protection can optimise vehicle performance, fuel efficiency, capacity and maneuverability. DSM Dyneema, the manufacturer of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMwPE) fibre, branded as DYNEEMA, and a world leader in life protection materials and high-performance fibers, sees next-generation materials technologies as an important part of the solution. This view is supported by industry experts who predict the use of UHMwPE materials in armor applications will show double-digit growth in the next five years.
"DSM Dyneema has strategically focused our development of innovative materials for vehicle armor to stay ahead of evolving industry trends," said Shitij Chabba, Global Business Segment Director, DSM Dyneema. "As helicopters, patrol boats and other light tactical vehicles increasingly take on higher-risk roles domestically and internationally, they will require advanced armour that is optimized for new missions and environments. A common challenge affecting all these vehicles is weight, which has a profound impact on performance, efficiency and agility. Dyneema Force Multiplier Technology, built on our Radical Innovation platform, is a disruptive breakthrough that cuts vehicle armor weight dramatically compared to traditional materials while providing higher ballistic protection."
The new DYNEEMA Force Multiplier Technology, which combines breakthroughs in polymer science, next-generation UHMwPE fiber technology and unique uni-directional engineering, addresses all three market trends by reducing the weight of hard ballistics armor by up to 25 percent. The benefits of significantly lighter armor include greater vehicle agility, speed, fuel efficiency and capacity. Dyneema(r) Force Multiplier Technology is built on DSM Dyneema's Radical Innovation platform, the company's newest product development program me.
DSM Dyneema showcases the new products for vehicle armoring from the company's Radical Innovation platform at booth 6 J #373.
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