June 9, 2023 | International, C4ISR
Under the contract, Leonardo DRS will produce the advanced system known as the Family of Weapon Sights – Sniper, Improved Night / Day Observation Device Block III
May 7, 2021 | International, Land
The Army has a history of not planning for or thinking much about sustainment during the development phase of programs, instead attempting to solve how to manage systems after they are fielded.
February 19, 2021 | International, C4ISR
DÉFENSE Thales va renforcer le système de télécommunications satellitaires de l'Armée française Thales a annoncé, jeudi 18 février, avoir remporté auprès de la Direction générale de l'armement (DGA) un contrat dans le cadre du programme français de satellite de télécommunications protégées Syracuse (SYstème de RAdioCommunication Utilisant un SatellitE). Après avoir été sélectionné pour les satellites en 2015 et pour la première partie du segment sol en 2019, Thales assurera la maîtrise d'oeuvre pour le développement et le déploiement du segment sol du système Syracuse IV. Le groupe livrera près de 200 nouvelles stations sol ainsi que le système de gestion de bout en bout, assurant une interopérabilité interarmées complète. « Les armées françaises des trois milieux (terre, air et mer) bénéficieront de capacités de communication interopérables fortement accrues en termes de débit, de disponibilité, de résistance aux menaces et de connectivité de bout-en-bout », précise Thales ; « gr'ce à la technologie unique d'antibrouillage modem 21 de Thales, les Forces disposeront de débits et d'optimisation à même de garantir la souveraineté et la supériorité informationnelle indispensable aux opérations, quelle que soit leur position sur le globe ». Les Echos du 19 février
November 5, 2019 | International, Aerospace
The U.S. Air Force is to install sensors on the military service's fleet of aircraft to manage millions of pieces of information and streamline maintenance under a predictive maintenance enterprise agreement signed with the U.K.-based SDL this month. SDL said that the agreement will support maintenance and operations personnel with diagnostic checklists and repair procedures and that the predictive maintenance system will interact with other Air Force systems, such as health monitoring, materials management and maintenance management systems. Other high-profile clients using SDL in non-aviation applications include Amazon [AMZN], Nike [NKE], and Ikea. Under the enterprise agreement with the Air Force, SDL is to provide the SDLContenta Publishing Suite for Technical Order (TO) creation, management and delivery, which includes supporting the translation of technical information into predictive maintenance and analysis data across all Air Force assets. Thomas Labarthe, SDL's chief revenue officer, said that the Air Force “is a diligent organization, looking to streamline processes and gain maximum efficiencies across its global operations.” As the Air Force's enterprise technical data solution, SDL is to work closely with the Air Force “to deliver efficiencies across its operations,” Labarthe said. SDL said that the Air Force identified the SDL solution as “the only system” that could meet the service's enterprise requirements, as the Air Force's inventory of technical orders is produced from a variety of source formats, including FrameMaker, Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML), Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), eXtensible Markup Language (XML) and S1000D. The Air Force Technical Order Authoring and Publishing (TOAP) system is to help manage technical maintenance content in support of all Air Force programs, including the new T-X trainer aircraft program, and various programs aligned under the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center. https://www.defensedaily.com/u-s-air-force-signs-predictive-maintenance-enterprise-agreement-u-k-based-sdl/air-force/