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Galileo Avionica participates to the exhibition "Impronte", Traces, taking place from the 2nd to 21st of October 2007 at the Museum of Natural Sciences "E.Caffi" of Bergamo city. Galileo Avionica in collaboration with ASI, Italian Space Agency, has supplied a model of the Rosetta Lander, including SD2, the space driller for the Rosetta Mission.

On the 21th of September 2007, Galileo Avionica has celebrated the 60° Anniversary of Ronchi dei Legionari site, focusing on the persons, technologies and products that made the plant as we know it today.

Galileo Avionica, a Finmeccanica Company, will take part in the AFCEA meeting for "Aerospace Technologies and Applications for dual use", Rome, 13-14 September 2007 presenting a selection of its dual use latest technologies.

SELEX Sensors and Airborne Systems (S&AS) will take part in the 2007 Defence Systems and Equipment International (DSEi) exhibition and conference, London 10 -14 September, displaying a selection of its most advanced products at the Finmeccanica stand No. 679.

The first Eurofighter Typhoon with on board the radar PIRATE- IRST designed and produced by Galileo Avionica, a Finmeccanica Company, was delivered to the Italian Aeronautica Militare.
The aircraft is part of the Tanche 1 batch 5 of the international programme Eurofighter and is operational at the Grosseto base, in Tuscany.

Air Cadets from 870 (Dreghorn) Sqn in Edinburgh triumphed over young engineers from Scottish schools and ATC Squadrons at the 2007 edition of the Scottish Robotic Games.
The Games, which consist of Two-a-side Football, an Assault Course, Sumo battle and a Tug-of-war, as well as a series of special categories such as "Best Engineered Rampaging Chariot" and "Best Artistic Design", saw 31 teams made up of children aged 12 to 17, square off their creations on two purpose built arenas at SELEX Sensors and Airborne Systems (S&AS) Edinburgh facility.

A team from 14 Signal Regiment based in Brawdy, Pembrokeshire have raised significant funds for charity in their bid to take on an ultra marathon in the South Downs. The team have been sponsored £2000 by SELEX Sensors and Airborne Systems (S&AS) to march their way across difficult terrain in a 100km trek which must be completed in under 30 hours. The mass participation ultra-marathon known as Trailwalker will take place on Saturday 15 July to raise money for the Gurkha Welfare Trust and Oxfam.

SELEX Sensors and Airborne Systems (S&AS), a Finmeccanica company, will unveil a model of its brand new tactical UAV Damselfy at the ParcAberporth Unmanned Systems event on 11-12th July.
This new UAV is designed to be especially effective in specific circumstances where Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) is required due to restricted space for launch and recovery operations, for example from a ship, or in urban areas where similarly sized UAVs have not previously been able to fly. Damselfy combines Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) with a graceful transition to horizontal flight by means of a vectored thrust combined propulsion and lift system.

SELEX Sensors and Airborne Systems (S&AS), a Finmeccanica company, will demonstrate its exciting capability in the UAV sector by flying its new military and civil Mini-Unmanned Aerial Systems, STRIX, OTUS and Asio at the 2007 ParcAberporth Unmanned Systems Event on the 11-12th July. Also on display will be the tactical unmanned system Falco, which first flew at this event last year, and is currently performing well in international markets.

Dawn is the mission selected by NASA in December 2001 in the frame of the Discovery Program. Dawn features the launch of an interplanetary space probe scheduled for the 7th of July from Cape Canaveral. The probe will reach the asteroid Vesta in October 2001 and Ceres in August 2015.
Among the main goals of the mission, to acquire further information on the overall conditions of Solar System and on the planets at the begging their evolution.

SELEX Sensors and Airborne Systems (S&AS) UK is launching "Wren", a high performance uncooled single element pyroelectric detector for use in infrared (IR) microscopy.
Wren offers design engineers and manufacturers of spectrometer instruments a straightforward and cost effective detector solution for IR microscopy, available with a short lead-time and at a competitive price.

Galileo Avionica, a Finmeccanica company, will supply to the Nigerian Air Force, through Prime contractor Alenia Aeronautica, n. 2 mission Systems ATOS made by Galileo Avionica, which includes search radar and also EOST-45, electro optic surveillance and tracking sensor, again made by Galileo Avionica to be installed on board ART42 MP Surveyor. With this contract Galileo Avionica's ATOS - Airborne Tatical Observation and Surveillance System-confirms itself as an international standard system for surveillance requirements.

The very first presentation of the SIM.GA (Sistema Iperspettrale Multisensoriale - Galileo Avionica) was made at Farnborough 2006.
At this year Paris AirShow, Galileo Avionica is presenting the development and the first results of the latest flight campaigns of the modular avionic hyperspectral system.

In December 2006, the Mirach 100/5 of Galileo Avionica was selected by QinetiQ for the UK MoD as winner for the High Performance Aerial Target Segment of CATS Programme for a total value estimated at £70 million (EUR 103 million) for the company.

Gabbiano Radar is the latest Galileo Avionica' airborne multi-mode surveillance Radar.
This state-of-the-art radar inherits a consolidate and well proven experience dated 30 years in Surveillance, adding to the traditional A/S and navigation modes the cutting edge capabilities and performances already flight tested (e.g. ISAR and SAR).

One of the most demanding tasks of a pilot is to achieve a safe and smooth landing. The Galileo Avionica PAR Family consists of both ground based and shipborne Radar designed to provide guidance to aircraft Pilots approaching the runway or the deck regardless adverse weather conditions and environmental situations.

SELEX Sensors and Airborne Systems (S&AS) UK, a world leader of sensor and airborne systems for military and security platforms in the air, at sea and on land, will be displaying its unique Enhanced Vision System (EVS) at Paris 2007. Customers will be able to both view a core component of the EVS system and, see a demonstration for themselves of the image processing capability of the EVS system which offers the latest and most advanced enhanced situational awareness available to aircrew today.

SELEX Sensors and Airborne Systems (S&AS), a Finmeccanica Company, formed by SELEX S&AS in the UK and Galileo Avionica in Italy will exhibit at Le Bourget 2007 within the Finmeccanica stand.
In 2006, SELEX S&AS has delivered revenues for 1,730 million euros, with a backlog of 4,090 million euros.
At Le Bourget, SELEX S&AS will be exhibiting in all the capability areas identified by Finmeccanica, a number of its market leading products, technologies and solutions reflecting its strategy of military and security balance.

Galileo Avionica, a Finmeccanica company and leader in Italy for Space technologies, announces its participation in the COSMO SkyMed programme promoted by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the Italian Ministry of Defence.
COSMO SkyMed is a low-orbit four-satellite constellation equipped with a Synthetic Aperture Radar operating in X-band and capable of working in all visibility conditions.

Galileo Avionica, a Finmeccanica company, claims a consolidated leadership in the field of airborne systems and sensors for undersea warfare represented by the Sonic OTS90 and the ASW version (Anti Submarine Warfare) of ATOS.
At the UDT International Exhibition of Undersea Defence Technology held at the Mostra d'Oltremare in Naples Galileo Avionica presents a preview of the latest results of the OTS90 Sonic System, collected during AgustaWestland's flight tests on board the NH90 helicopter.