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Centered around Leonardo DRS and beyond, Leonardo's presence at SeaAirSpace 2022 showcases high technologies responding to a wide range of operational needs in the maritime domain and reaffirms its key core competencies and its competitive positioning toward US Defense requirements. Founded in 1965, the Navy League’s SeaAirSpace Exposition, held from 4th to 6th April along the Potomac River just 20 minutes from Washington, D.C., is the largest maritime exposition in the U.S...

Kingdom Group has just launched an integrated and dual solutions offering, in order to help companies streamline their facilities management and recruitment processes. By taking control of people services, quality and efficiencies are enhanced, and procurement costs reduced. Kingdom Integrated Solutions (KIS) Kingdom Integrated Solutions (KIS) brings together all of the people services offered by Kingdom Group’s ten companies, under one provider. These include hybrid security solutions -...

There is time until 25 May to apply for Takeoff, the acceleration program dedicated to start-ups developing solutions and services in the aerospace and advanced hardware sectors. Leonardo acts as a corporate partner. The initiative aims to increase the competitiveness of the national aeronautics and aerospace system and will be a further step in the growth of Leonardo Aircraft's innovation capability and wider appetite for innovation. Innovation management function Leonardo's participati...

Widely recognized as the most effective tactical transport aircraft in its size, Leonardo’s C-27J Spartan Next Generation reaffirms its versatility for multi-mission capabilities with a new Fire Fighter configuration, equipped with a second-generation, roll-on/roll-off Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS II). Dealing with environmental emergencies is an increasingly complex challenge that requires integrated problem-solving management and the implementation of multiple, late...

The International Flight Training School (IFTS), a strategic partnership between the Italian Air Force and Leonardo conceived to create an advanced flight training center for pilots from the world's air forces, awarded the first international graduations. International Flight Training School The International Flight Training School (IFTS), a partnership between the Italian Air Force and Leonardo, in collaboration with CAE, awarded the first Phase IV (Advanced/Lead-In to Fighter Training) diplo...

Leonardo is again attending BSDA, the biennial international Defense, Aerospace and Security exhibition in Bucharest, Romania. This year, the company presents advanced multi-domain technologies and solutions for Romanian and other Balkan region defense requirements. Throughout the event, Leonardo demonstrates its readiness to respond to a geopolitical environment that demands reliable and effective defense solutions. Multi-domain integrated technology Leonardo, a global pioneer in the Aerospa...

Building on their highly successful previous event, the CNI Security Group will be hosting their 2nd ‘CNI Security Technology’ Day, aboard the former WW2 Royal Navy escort ship - HQS Wellington, located on the river Thames at Victoria Embankment, London. The free-to-attend CNI Security Group event, which will be held on Wednesday, 29th June 2022, from 9.30 am – 4.00 pm, will focus on fully integrated, secure and future-proofed best-of-breed, end-to-end solutions for high-secur...

Dallmeier, a German manufacturer of video information technology, will present video-based solutions for safe, informed airport operations at the 2nd World Airport Operations Summit on 2 and 3 June 2022 in Prague (Czech Republic). The company presence will also include a presentation by Dallmeier's airports expert Karlheinz Biersack. Two cameras for total control of the runway From systems for terminal surveillance, apron, and runway protection to "Virtual Tower" solutions&...

A decade ago the prototype of the AW169 light intermediate twin-engine helicopter took to the skies for the first time at the company’s site in Cascina Costa di Samarate (Varese, Italy) piloted by Giuseppe Lo Coco and Giuseppe Afruni with the Flight Test Engineers Massimo Longo and Stefano Rognoni on board. AW169 10 May 2012 marked the start of a new era for the Company. The aircraft enabled the expansion of the company’s modern product range by entering a new market segment. The...

Numerica Corporation announced that the company has received the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2015 certification for the robust quality management system implemented to bring its Spyglass short-range surveillance radar to the market. ISO 9001:2015 certification The certification was issued through Platinum Registration, a Denver-based ANAB-accredited management system certification body, and awarded on March 10, 2022. The strict requirements of the certification e...

The first of the four force replenishment vessels (BRF - Bâtiments Ravitailleurs de Force in French) of the FLOTLOG program was launched in Saint-Nazaire. The Bâtiment Ravitailleur de Forces (BRF) Jacques Chevallier is the first of a series of four ships intended for the French Navy. The contract was awarded in January 2019 to Chantiers de l'Atlantique and Naval Group. The four vessels will be delivered successively until 2029. FlotLog program The FlotLog program is pa...

Teledyne FLIR, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated announced the release of its high-performance Hadron 640R combined radiometric thermal and visible dual-camera module. The Hadron 640R design is optimized for integration into unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), unmanned ground vehicles (UGV), robotic platforms, and emerging AI-ready applications where battery life and run-time are mission-critical. HD visibility The 640 x 512 resolution Boson longwave infrared (LWIR) thermal camera insid...

Ava Security, home of the open platform for cloud-native video security, has expanded its presence in the ANZ region through new strategic channel partnerships in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. In January, the company appointed Clint Palm as Sales Director in ANZ to continue to grow Ava Security’s market presence, as it experiences increasing customer and partner demand in the region. In 2021 Ava Security experienced great success by working closely with partners such as Sektor, wh...

On 25 to 28 April 2022, Dallmeier electronic, German manufacturer of video systems for airports, will present innovative video information technologies for TSA, gateway operations, customer service, and co. at the ACI-NA Airports@Work Conference in Kansas City, MO. From systems for apron and runway surveillance through the acquisition and integration of flight data into video systems to complete ‘virtual tower’ solutions - Dallmeier offers a wide range of video-based solutions for t...

From Wall Street to Main Street, business owners are starting to prepare and look toward the future as the pandemic turns endemic. Businesses across the United States are welcoming employees and visitors back into their restaurants, storefronts, and offices. But, a new challenge persists, staffing shortages. As many businesses struggle to hire, they also need to focus on how to retain and keep their current staff safe and healthy. So, what can be done? It’s more important than ever th...

Employees used to come to the office every day and work from company-managed assets. They may be working at home, in the office, on the road, and anywhere in between using unsecured personal devices and networks. It’s opened a whole new set of challenges that IT must manage. And to help them do it, Citrix Systems, Inc. announces general availability of Citrix Secure Private Access™, a cloud-delivered, Zero-Trust Network Access (ZTNA) offering that protects access to apps and data fr...

Vivotek, the IP surveillance solution provider, is proud to announce it will feature the FE9391-EHV-v2 outdoor fisheye network camera with Trend Micro IoT Security during ISC West 2022, held in Las Vegas, Nevada from March 23-25 at the Venetian Expo and Convention Center, booth #22015. High image quality, less storage consumption “The FE9391-EHV-v2 features a detailed 12-Megapixel sensor for superb image quality,” explained David Liu, President of Vivotek USA, Inc. “It has W...

Last week, a virtual open day was held to present the results of research into enabling the safe integration of remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) in controlled airspace (PJ.13, Solution #117). The research is part of the activities of the SESAR/Horizon 2020 project, ERICA. ‘Remotely Piloted Aircraft’ (RPA) ‘Remotely Piloted Aircraft’ (RPA) is a specific set of unmanned aircraft, which is remotely operated by a pilot in a control station, hence the term - ‘R...

Redline Assured Security, a globally trusted security solutions provider and part of the Air Partner Services division, is adding Computed Tomography (CT) support to their highly popular cloud-based Threat Image Recognition Training system (TIRT). The combination of Redline’s successful TIRT program with full X-ray 3D volumetric CT functionality provides the most technically sophisticated and intuitive solution available. The training is specifically designed for the new generation o...

The Security Industry Association (SIA) has announced the 2022 winners of the SIA New Products and Solutions (NPS) Awards, the flagship awards program presented in partnership with ISC West recognizing innovative security products, services, and solutions. Top among the winners, who were recognized on March 23 during an award ceremony on the ISC West show floor, was Allegion – LCN, receiving the 2022 Best New Product Award. SIA NPS Awards Since its inception in 1979, the SIA NPS Awards...

The Security Industry Association (SIA) welcomed a new chair, presented five new and four returning members to the SIA Board of Directors, and announced several new committee leaders at The Advance, SIA’s annual membership gathering, held March 22 during ISC West. James Rothstein James Rothstein, the operating partner at Lee Equity, assumes the position as SIA’s chair of the board. Rothstein who has nearly 35 years of experience in the security industry joined Lee Equity, a Ne...

AxxonSoft took part in ISC West, the largest converged security industry trade show in the US. At the booth, they displayed their VMS, with its impressive integration capacity that helps build intelligent video surveillance systems at scale. One of its key advantages — seamlessly integrated AI video analytics — was presented by time-tested solutions, such as specific object detection and behavior analytics, along with new tools: object tracking across multiple cameras, similarity-ba...

IMCO Industries Group, a globally renowned provider of comprehensive defense and HLS solutions for air, ground, and maritime applications, will present its scalable Tactical Terrain Dominance Solutions at the FIDAE 2022 exhibition, taking place in Santiago, Chile. IMCO Group and partners’ field-proven scalable Tactical Terrain Dominance solutions combine multiple sensors, diverse manned and unmanned platforms, advanced video and communications systems and unique electro-optics, all manage...

Xandar Kardian, a Toronto-based startup that develops UWB radar technology for presence detection and motion monitoring, is debuting two new program partnerships at ISC West 2022 this month. Orion ECI, an entrance control technology company based in New Hampshire, and GRASP Innovations, an aviation security startup from the Netherlands, have both partnered with Xandar Kardian to utilize radar technology devices for a complete security solution at an institutional level. All three companies will...

Eagle Eye Networks, the global pioneer in cloud video surveillance and artificial intelligence, will demo its newly launched Eagle Eye LPR (license plate recognition) and preview its upcoming Eagle Eye Smart Video Search at ISC West taking place at the Venetian Expo March 23-25. Eagle Eye Smart Video Search is the first-of-its-kind deployment of smart search across a global enterprise without the need for local hardware changes or local labor. Cloud video surveillance platform Current and pro...

Videoloft, the cloud video surveillance platform, has partnered with Navtech Radar, the commercial radar solutions manufacturer, to add video verification to radar intrusion detection systems. Video verification adds a crucial step to Navtech Radar’s AdvanceGuard radar-based solutions, which can detect and track intruders within a 3km radius. AdvanceGuard radar-based solutions By integrating with Videoloft’s API, AdvanceGuard radar-based solutions can trigger cameras to...

360 Vision Technology, the UK manufacturer of rugged HD, radar, and thermal PTZ imaging cameras, has partnered with barox, the global manufacturer of professional standard switches, PoE media converters, and IP extenders, to support installers and specifiers by confirming its range of PoE Ethernet switch products are suitable to power 360 Vision’s range of PTZ cameras and peripherals. To support CCTV surveillance integrators with the specification and set-up of reliable PoE and video tran...

IDEMIA, the world pioneer in Augmented Identity announced that it will present its FY 2021 financial results and 2022 budget to investors on February 28th, 2022. Pierre Barrial (President & CEO) and Didier Fontaine (COO) will be presenting the financial results and taking questions the same day at 4:00 pm CET (3:00 pm London Time / 10:00 am New York Time).

Public-private cooperation is a key tool in the fight against economic crime. This is what emerged at the meeting of Leonardo’s Coordination and Consultation Body for the Prevention of Corruption, chaired by Chairman Luciano Carta and attended by the President of ANAC, Giuseppe Busia, and the President of Transparency International Italia, Iole Anna Savini. Joining forces with funds from Italy’s PNRR “The over 200 billion euro provided by the PNRR and...

Hikvision has launched its new TandemVu PTZ camera range, which integrates PTZ and bullet camera capabilities into a single unit. This means that TandemVu PTZ cameras can monitor large areas and zoom in on specific security incidents while maintaining focus on both ‘viewpoints’ simultaneously. These cameras eliminate the need to deploy separate PTZ and bullet cameras in pairs. Features and benefits The TandemVu technology features Hikvision’s next-generation camera design, i...