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Cyberprotection for Thales night vision systems

22/07/202122/07/2021 Paolo Valpolini Nellie, Optima, SOFINS, Sophie, Thales, Ultima

By Paolo Valpolini When Thales introduced its Sophie Ultima at Eurosatory 2018 its new product marked a quantum jump in

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Institut Saint-Louis: short-loop force-inducted innovations

21/07/202121/07/2021 Paolo Valpolini BANG, Institut Saint-Louis, ISL, LDV, SAAP, SOFINS, VLD

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

19/07/202119/07/2021 Paolo Valpolini Carl-Gustaf, HE 441D, HE 448, Saab, SOFINS

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

19/07/202119/07/2021 Paolo Valpolini 81 mm, ceramic, Institut Saint-Louis, ISL, laser filter, mortar, observation, SOFINS, transparent armour

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

12/07/202113/07/2021 Paolo Valpolini AP4C, Asio 155, Inpizal, Novadem, NX 160, NX 70, Proengin, SOFINS

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

12/07/202112/07/2021 Paolo Valpolini Aurochs, BAAINBw, DGA, France, Germany, Institut Saint-Louis, ISL, SOFINS, Stamina, UGV

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

05/07/202111/10/2021 Paolo Valpolini Aeraccess, CNES, Falconet, NanoHawk, SOFINS, UAV

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

05/07/202122/07/2021 Paolo Valpolini 2021, SOFINS, Special Forces

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

05/07/202105/07/2021 Paolo Valpolini ArianeGroup, Biscarosse, CILAS, DGA, HELMA, Laser, LIDAR, SOFINS

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

05/07/202105/07/2021 Paolo Valpolini Bren-Tronics, Michelin, MULE, Nerva, Nexter, SOFINS, UGV, ULTRO

By Paolo Valpolini The Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) arena is seeing every day new systems being added to the already

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