Cyberprotection for Thales night vision systems
By Paolo Valpolini When Thales introduced its Sophie Ultima at Eurosatory 2018 its new product marked a quantum jump in
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SOFINS
Institut Saint-Louis: short-loop force-inducted innovations
By Paolo Valpolini Within our report on the Special Operations Forces Innovation Network Seminar (SOFINS) organised by the Cercle de
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SOFINS 2021: Saab, a new HE round for the Carl Gustaf
By Paolo Valpolini The Carl Gustaf 84 mm recoilless gun cannot be missed at a Special Forces exhibition. The presence
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SOFINS 2021: High-tech/low TRL innovations from Institut Saint-Louis
By Paolo Valpolini The French-German Research Institute of Saint-Louis (ISL) took part in SOFINS, the Special Operations Forces Innovation Network
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Teamworking: Novadem NX 160 with Proengin AP4C+ chemical detector, but not only
By Paolo Valpolini With its 1 kg take-off weight and the comparable light payload capacity Novadem’s NK 70 could not
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Stamina UGV Aurochs: a purposely-designed UGV from Institut Saint-Louis
By Paolo Valpolini Many UGVs are being developed in Europe, companies trying to get as close as possible to military
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SOFINS 2021: Aeraccess Falconet nano-UAV, an SA asset for the individual soldier
By Paolo Valpolini It was not the star of the Aeraccess stand, at SOFINS, the Special Operations Forces Innovation Network
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SOFINS 2021
By Paolo Valpolini Following a year deprived of meeting opportunities, in 2021 defence exhibition are trying to restart albeit uncertainties
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SOFINS 2021: a laser against UAVs from CILAS
By Paolo Valpolini The fight against Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) has become critical, especially after the lessons learned during the
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SOFINS 2021: a multirole ULTRO UGV by Nexter
By Paolo Valpolini The Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) arena is seeing every day new systems being added to the already
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