Strategic Defence Intelligence, the subscription only platform for the defence industry, has announced the release of a new White Paper.

The White Paper, which is available to download from this site, focuses on the defence systems market and the demand for missiles across the world.

It offers detailed analysis of the global missiles and missile defence systems market over the next ten years, providing market size forecasts.

The White Paper covers the key technological and market trends and provides analysis of the factors [...]

Idaho Technology, Inc. (ITI) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a 510(k) clearance for the FilmArray instrument and the FilmArray Respiratory Panel. The FilmArray Respiratory Panel (RP) is a multiplexed nucleic acid test designed for the simultaneous detection of 15 respiratory viruses in 1 hour.

The FilmArray RP detects viral nucleic acids in nasopharyngeal swabs obtained from individuals suspected of respiratory tract infections. The FilmArray system represents a significant advancement in user friendliness and multiplex infectious [...]

HESCO is assisting the Thai government to protect some of its key infrastructure from the devastating floods, the company has announced.

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 clock erecting flood-containing barriers around Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport, under the supervision of the Ministry of Transport and working with the Royal Thai Army.

In the face of what is being called the worst flooding in Thailand [...]

Known as one of the largest military trade shows of the year, the annual Association of the United States Army (AUSA) annual meeting and exposition was held in Washington, DC this year. The trade show was the ideal place for companies to highlight their newest product innovations and services to the Army and other government officials.

This year, DHS Technologies sought to provide total solutions for the military by not only displaying its proven shelter systems, but also including related products [...]

On Saturday 27 August 2011 members of the US Department of the Interior’s National Park Service regional incident command team set out for a pre-deployment mobilisation in response to Hurricane Irene, which they anticipated would make landfall on Sunday 28 August. The specialised park service unit was deployed to Cape Hatteras, NC, as part of ‘Operation Hurricane Irene’.

As part of their mission, the National Park Service arrived with a DRASH TMSS medium and helped the overwhelmed state and local authorities [...]

Sometimes, all it takes is one drop to ruin your tablet or laptop computer (along with your music, photos and files). With that in mind, Pelican Products has introduced a range of HardBack protector cases as travel armour for portable electronics from 7in and 10in tablets to 14in and 15in laptops.

Produced from a design partnership with BMW DesignWorks, the HardBack series cases are built with all the legendary features of a Pelican case. They are crush resistant, watertight and have [...]

The FSL or Frangible Surrogate Limb’ is designed to mimic the behaviour of a human leg under the rapid loading experienced when you step on an anti-personnel landmine or are in a vehicle hit by an IED.

By having bones that break at the same levels and in the same way as human bones and by taking measurements of the forces experienced, it provides invaluable information to both clinicians and engineers. This data will help in the development of systems to [...]

Hailed by the US Army for “demonstrating significant impact to army capabilities, potential benefits outside the army and inventiveness”, the South African made Husky 2G VMMD (vehicle mounted mine detector) has received one of the highest accolades in the military world and has been crowned as the US Army’s Greatest Invention for 2011.

The award, bestowed in Washington DC in mid-October, is particularly prestigious, considering that nominations were submitted from within a broad research and development community. These included the US [...]

An extended acquisition verification process that began in 2007 has successfully culminated in the Husky Vehicle Mounted Mine Detector (VMMD), achieving ‘full material release’ from the US Army. This is the first time a South African manufactured military vehicle has successfully completed this process.

This is a major milestone because, in practical terms, it means the Husky VMMD has become an approved product system within the US Army’s inventory. The credibility of the materials used, the manufacturing process employed as well [...]

Washington, D.C. | SELEX Galileo and Systematic have today announced a strategic partnership to provide world-class Electronic Warfare Training. The partnership follows the successful contract win earlier this year where the two companies beat off fierce competition to provide the UK Air Warfare Centre (AWC) with a comprehensive Electronic Warfare (EW) training programme.Systematic has already successfully delivered a full range of EW training courses for the AWC while SELEX Galileo has separately provided training on the EW equipment used by [...]