Altair Engineering and TARDEC to Host AIM FIRE Military Day May 14 to showcase how simulation will be a key driver in vehicle development – Press Release

May 7, 2009 by Matthew Potter · Comment
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Event Advisory: Altair Engineering and TARDEC to Host AIM FIRE Military Day May 14

Interview opportunities with engineering executives and military officials and photo opportunities of Golden Humvee and MRAP vehicles

WHAT: Altair Engineering, Inc. (www.altair.com), in conjunction with The U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC), is hosting AIM FIRE Military Day: Advanced Innovative Methods for Improved Reliability & Efficiency. The event will bring together military engineering professionals to discuss trends and advancements in simulation methods crucial to the development of military ground-wheeled vehicles. These developments focus on such issues as survivability, weight reduction and robotics.

Industry presentations by Altair Engineering, TARDEC, General Dynamics Land Systems, BAE Systems, Force Protection Inc., and Realtime Technology Inc. will cover advanced simulation methods to improve the reliability and efficiency of military ground-wheeled vehicles while boosting power and mobility.

WHO: Dr. David Gorsich, chief scientist of TARDEC’s Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM), will deliver the keynote, “Reliability and efficient military ground systems,” and will discuss how simulations are being used to drive the development of vehicle systems.

Nearly 150 attendees are expected, including military personnel, military engineer professionals, prime/sub contractors and congressional representatives

WHERE: Altair Engineering
1820 E. Big Beaver
Troy, MI 48083

WHEN: May 14, 2009, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

PHOTOS: Military vehicles on display will include a Golden Humvee from TARDEC and a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle.

INTERVIEWS: Executives will be available for interviews, including:

  • Dr. David Gorsich, chief scientist, RDECOM TARDEC
  • Jason Napolitano, managing director, Altair Engineering Anthony J. Norton, practice leader, Land Vehicle Development, Altair ProductDesign Inc.
  • Brett Chouinard, executive vice president of Americas, Altair Engineering Inc.
  • Mike Heskitt, vice president of Global Engineering, Altair ProductDesign Inc.

MORE INFO: Visit www.altair.com/aimfire.

CONTACT: To schedule interviews, contact Jennifer Ristic, Airfoil Public Relations, at 248-304-1421, ristic@airfoilpr.com; or Jenn Korail, Airfoil Public Relations at 248-304-1429, korail@airfoilpr.com.

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Finland Lets Large Contract For Air Defense System

April 30, 2009 by Matthew Potter · Comment
Filed under: Business Line, Companies, Contract Awards, Events, Finland, Konsberg, Military Aviation, Raytheon, missile defense, production program 

The Country of Finland awarded a team of Kongsberg and Raytheon a contract worth about three billion Norwegian Kronor for a complete air defense system. Defpro.daily reports that the system will be based on NASAMS IIs system. This $460 million contract is the largest by the country since it purchased F/A-18 aircraft in the early Nineties.

As it has done in the past Finland is replacing older, Russian equipment with more modern, NATO compliant systems. The new air defense network will offer a significant upgrade in capability over the existing one used by the Finnish military. The NASAMS IIs is based around the AIM-120 air-to-air missile and a Raytheon made radar. It has been purchased by a variety of NATO and Scandinavian countries and was originally developed for Norway.

The contract will allow some of the work to be done in Finland offsetting some of the cost.

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UAE to Buy AMRAAM from Raytheon

February 23, 2009 by Matthew Potter · 1 Comment
Filed under: Business Line, Companies, Contract Awards, Countries, Events, Military Aviation, Raytheon, UAE, production program 

Raytheon announced that they had signed a contract with the UAE to provide advanced AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles for the nation’s F-16 fleet. Reuters reports that the contract is for over two hundred of the missiles. No contract value was given but it is substantial as the AMRAAM is a fairly expensive system. Deliveries are expected to begin in the 2011 time frame. Over the last five years the UAE has invested heavily in upgrading the capabilities of their armed forces. Most recently they have invested over three billion dollars into missile and air defense capability with the purchase of PATRIOT and THAAD systems from the U.S.

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