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Αward by NATO of new support contract for PATRIOT Systems to INTRACOM Defense Electronics

Following international competition, INTRACOM Defense Electronics was awarded by NAMSA (NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency), a two (2) year contract with an option of three (3) additional years for the support of PATRIOT Systems. This agreement succeeds the five (5) year contract between NAMSA and INTRACOM Defense Electronics that has been successfully completed. Under this [...]

INTRACOM Defense Electronics, the largest Hellenic defense electronic systems manufacturer, has signed a new contract related to Patriot Air and Missile Defense System with RAYTHEON. The current agreement is worth $83.2 million and will be completed by the end of 2015. Furthermore INTRACOM Defense Electronics will allocate to other Greek companies a significant part of [...]

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In the frame of the briefing in primary and significant domestic defense industrial infrastructures, students of the Hellenic National Defense College (NHDC) visited INTRACOM Defense Electronics premises, accompanied by the HNDC Commandant Major General Georgios Spyropoulos and staff officers. The HNDC constitutes the last and highest level of academic education for officers and high rank [...]

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Several U.S. firms have expressed an interest in a design for an ultra-lightweight aluminium aircraft developed by a police man and amateur flying enthusiast in the northern Greek city of Florina, who has successfully built two fully functioning planes. George Iliopoulos was unable to afford his own plane on a policeman’s salary but got the [...]

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SYSTEMS SUNLIGHT S.A. signed a contract with German MOD authorities BWB for a supply of one complete ship set for the 212 class submarine of the German Navy. The submarine battery will be delivered in Summer 2012 and this is the third consecutive order related with the German Navy’s submarines during the last three years. [...]

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The nEUROn, European UCAV technology demonstrator, has been officially presented to the representatives of the six participating countries by Mr. Charles Edelstenne, Chairman & CEO of Dassault Aviation. Mr. Serge Dassault, Honorary Chairman of the company, as well as the representatives of the nEUROn industrial team — Saab (Sweden), Alenia Aermacchi (Italy), EADS-CASA (Spain), HAI [...]

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INTRACOM Defense Electronics has successfully concluded the deliveries of WiSPR intercommunication systems to SAAB, to equip the artillery detection radar system ARTHUR WLS, in the frame of an international program of the Swedish company. WiSPR has been selected by SAAB as a leading edge tactical communications platform for military vehicles and constitutes a standard item [...]

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INTRACOM Defense Electronics signed a contract with Diehl BGT Defence (DBD), as main contractor to the German Federal Office of Defense Technology and Procurement (BWB), for the new upgraded version of the WiSPR-Wireless LAN for the German program SPRINT. This program involves the integration and evaluation of three prototype military vehicles with advanced network centric [...]

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The American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce organized the 1st Annual DefenseWorld Conference: “Armaments and Business Development in Greece: What the Future Holds” which was held Monday, October 24, 2011 at the Ledra Marriott Hotel in Athens. The President of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Yanos Gramatidis, launched the conference. He said: “Defense expenditure should be [...]

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Four offset benefits’ contracts that will lead to research programmes are currently in effect according to a defence ministry document forwarded to parliament, it was announced on Monday. The document was forwarded in response to a relevant question by Democratic Left MPs Fotis Kouvelis, Thanassis Leventis, Nikos Tsoukalis and Grigoris Psarianos. In his response Defence [...]

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