December 2008 ISSN 1416-300X Volume 11, Issue 3

SYSTEMATIC - REAPING THE REWARDS OF BOLDNESS

Julian Nettlefold travelled to Aarhus in Denmark to visit Michael Holm, President & CEO of Systematic our 2008 Businessman of the Year to find out the secret of his success in the challenging world of defence software.

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When Michael Holm, President and CEO of Systematic, thinks about his company’s Battle Management Product, he can’t help but think of the song “Born to be wild”.

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22 Oct 08. Finmeccanica, S.p.A. (Milan: FNC), a world leader in the aerospace, defense and security industry, announced today to have successfully completed its acquisition of DRS Technologies, Inc., a leading supplier of integrated defense electronics products, services and support. The acquisition received all the required regulatory approvals as well as the approval of DRS shareholders.  

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27 Oct 08. India's controversial homegrown Light Combat Aircraft(LCA), which is behind scheduled by over a decade, has been given new impetus with the installation of an Israeli radar which will take LCA into the weaponisation stage. Sources say the ELTA-made Multimode Radar (MMR) arrived last week.

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03 Oct 08. Senior Appointment: Change of Defence Secretary
As part of a Ministerial 'reshuffle' (3 Oct 08), the Prime Minister nominated the Rt Hon J M P Hutton MP to succeed the Rt Hon D H Browne MP as Secretary of State for Defence. Mr Browne has resigned from the Cabinet and from the Government.
Comment: Mr Hutton has reportedly wanted the Defence portfolio for some time, given that his constituency is Barrow and Furness (Barrow being the centre of the UK's submarine construction industry) .

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MILITARY VEHICLE NEWS SPONSORED BY MILLBROOK
www.millbrook.co.uk

Millbrook, based in Bedfordshire, UK, makes a significant contribution to the quality and performance of military vehicles worldwide. Its specialist expertise is focussed in two distinct areas: test programmes to help armed services and their suppliers ensure that their vehicles and systems work as the specification requires; and design and build work to upgrade new or existing vehicles, evaluate vehicle capability and investigate in-service failures. Complementing these is driver and service training and a hospitality business that allows customers to use selected areas of Millbrook’s remarkable facilities for demonstrations and exhibitions.

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GREEN ISSUES SPONSORED BY HOBSON INDUSTRIES
www.hobsonindustries.co.uk

30 Oct 08. Northrop Grumman Corporation has completed manufacturing and integrating a spacecraft engine that runs on the "green" or non-toxic propellants of liquid oxygen and liquid methane for possible use on NASA human exploration missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond.

HOMELAND SECURITY SPONSORED BY GLOBAL SECURITY ASIA
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The Global Security Asia Series addresses the fundamental issues of global terrorism. It is an international platform for Governments and Commercial Organisations to meet and share experiences and to also discuss the use of state-of the art technologies and equipment to combat terrorism.

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