From directions when you’re driving, to the exact timing of stock trades, and the guidance of precision weapons, an accurate sense of position, the ability to navigate and synchronise time enable our modern society.

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The Swedish Armed Forces is the Swedish Government Agency responsible for the maintenance and operation of the armed forces of Sweden. The primary task of the Swedish Armed Forces is to train, organize and deploy military forces, domestically and abroad, while maintaining the long-term ability to defend the country in the event of war. The Armed Forces consists of three service branches; the Army, the Air Force and the

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The Italian Army Aviation have recently received the first CCTV video surveillance system, field deployable kit.

The system is aimed to provide video surveillance and anti-intrusion to temporary structures like tents, containers, etc. during out of area operations.

The system is lightweight and conceived for maximum degree of mobility and transportability, also via airlift.

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Nitrogen has many uses in industry, both in commercial or military applications, and dry nitrogen is specifi cally used in the servicing of tyres on braked aircraft wheels. This greatly reduces the possibility of a brake fi re being fed by a tyre fi lled with air and therefore airlines, air corps & air forces fi nd it much easier to use nitrogen on all tyres instead of specifying non braked tires.

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The Gendarmerie nationale is a branch of the French Armed Forces, in charge of public safety, with police duties among the civilian population. It also contains a military police force and a special forces component (GIGN). The Gendarmerie works with the other national law enforcement agency, the Police Nationale, and, although it is a part of the armed forces establishment, is now a part of the Ministry of the Interio

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The test system consists of a combination of bespoke elements and many commercial off-the-shelf items and is required to interface directly with the aircraft using adapters. All adapters and accessories are contained inside the WSTGE and the whole system is fully mobile, compact, rugged, self-contained and suitable for use in sheltered environments.

The operator requires access to all control and display

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CP Cases, the UK based specialist designer & manufacturer of protective rackmount enclosures and transit cases is proudly supplying more than 1200 custom-designed rackmount enclosures and more than 4000 adaptors and brackets, for installation onboard the two new Queen Elizabeth (QE) Class aircraft carriers currently under construction.

CP Cases won the contract in competitive tender last year and man

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THE NEED FOR SITUATIONAL AWARENESS

Inadequate situational awareness (SA) has been identified as one of the primary factors in accidents attributed to human error [1]. Because of this, SA is especially important in mission environments where the information flow can be high and fast, compromising the ability to effectively function as a soldier, where poor decision making may lead to serious consequences.

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