Finland Selects Nowregian/U.S. NASAMS for SA-11 Replacement

Finland Selects Nowregian/U.S. NASAMS for SA-11 Replacement

Finland is investing about $460 million (3 billion NOK/€345) replacing its Russian medium-range air defense systems, introducing western air defense missiles to replace relatively modern Russian made systems, in an effort to streamline its arsenal with NATO standards. Finlands’ Ministry of Defence selected a team of Norwegian Kongsberg Defense (Ticker: [...]

April 30, 2009 12:40

Future Nano-Satellite Constellation to Extend Tactical Communications Beyond the-Horizon

Future Nano-Satellite Constellation to Extend Tactical Communications Beyond the-Horizon

The first batch of eight SMDC-ONE nano-satellites developed and built by Miltec Corp. for the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) was delivered this week to the Army customer at Huntsville, Alabama. The program’s goal is to demonstrate how a constellation of miniature, low-cost nano-satellites spacecraft, each costs [...]

April 30, 2009 09:33