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SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company, has signed an agreement to provide Electronic Warfare (EW) training for Greek Army technicians and flight crew operating out of the Hellenic Army Aviation base at Megara. Following the comprehensive 6 month training programme SELEX Galileo will field personnel to support Hellenic Army crews on-site at the base in Megara.

SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company and leader in defence electronics, has recently become an associate member of the PXI System Alliance (PXISA) organisation after adopting the use of PXI technology.

SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica company, has been awarded a ?5M (£4.3M) contract from the UK Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) Artillery Systems Team to upgrade the current Layers Display and Control Unit (LDCU) of the UK's L118 Light Gun. The upgrade involves replacing the existing LINAPS interface with a new 10 inch, touch-sensitive display. 

SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica company, has won contracts in excess of 23 million Euros to provide logistics support for a range of systems. These include support agreements for the Tornado aircraft, Falco Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) and a EUR 6M contract to provide engineering support for the upgrade of radar systems. 

SELEX Galileo Inc. announced today that it is dedicating its Security Assistance Center to USMC First Lieutenant William J. Donnelly, IV who gave his life in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Bringing together members of the local government, industry, and military, the dedication is a symbol of the commitment the Company is making to the area and the end users.

SELEX Galileo and Systematic have today announced a strategic partnership to provide world-class Electronic Warfare Training. The partnership follows the successful contract win earlier this year where the two companies beat off fierce competition to provide the UK Air Warfare Centre (AWC) with a comprehensive Electronic Warfare (EW) training programme.

With a frequency stability equivalent to 1 second every 3 million years, the Passive Hydrogen
Maser (PHM) is the most stable operational atomic clock for Space use ever built. The Maser
was developed by SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica company.

SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce the launch of two new
lasers at this year's Association of the United States Army (AUSA) exhibition in Washington
D.C.
The Type 163 Ultra Lightweight Laser Designator (ULD) is the smallest lightweight NATO
STANAG 3733-compatible laser designator product available on the market. It generates
80mJ from a lightweight, compact unit and will be used by ground-based forward air
controllers to designate targets.

SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica company, recently completed the first tranche of US flight
trials of its VigilX Airborne Enhanced Situational Awareness System.
The system, which enables pilots to see in zero light conditions, was flown in a series of
sorties on a US DoD trials helicopter and demonstrated its potential to provide an innovative
capability to aid the operation of battlefield helicopters at night and in degraded visual
environments.

At this year's European Microwave Week in Manchester, SELEX Galileo will be exhibiting a
number of its latest advances in microwave power solution and integrated receiver subassembly
products.

The final demonstration of the SMAT F1 project (advanced land monitoring system,
phase 1) was conducted successfully on Friday 30 September with aircraft flying over
Levaldigi (CN), Benevagienna (CN) and Turin.

SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce the launch of ACME
(Automated Computerised Mobility Equipment), a kit that can be installed on any land vehicle
to transform it into a remotely operated vehicle. ACME is SELEX Galileo's answer to the
pressing requirement for route clearance solutions and convoy protection from asymmetric
threats, with the objective being to reduce the risk to military personnel in high IED threat
environments. ACME forms the core of a fully remote-operated situational awareness vehicle
which integrates the capabilities of the ACME system with advanced sensor and selfprotection
technology.

SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company, has announced the launch of DNVS-4, a new
passive, dual-channel, wide-angle indirect observation camera which will be offered with the
Company's Road Marshall integrated situational awareness system. DNVS-4 is the first of a
new range of digital cameras supporting the UK's Generic Vehicle Architecture Def Stan 23-
09. The new imaging system follows on from the successful DNVS-2 and DNVS-3 systems
which have been, or still are, in service with British Forces on a number of vehicles. DNVS-2
has also been chosen by Dutch armed forces and DNVS-3 has been selected by Saudi
Arabia.

SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica company, has been awarded a contract by Update
Development ltd worth around EUR 4.3M (£3.8M) to provide Thermal Sight Systems (TSS)
to the Royal Thai Army in support of their Scorpion Light Tank upgrade programme.

SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica company, is proud to announce skyISTAR, an ISTAR
architecture for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). skyISTAR will be open, flexible and
platform/payload agnostic, making it adaptable to an unlimited number of potential user
requirements.

SELEX Galileo and SELEX Systems Integration GmbH (a subsidiary of SELEX Sistemi
Integrati SpA, Italy) both Finmeccanica companies, have received a contract to provide
SELEX Galileo's Nexsense C hand-held chemical detectors for use by the Fire Brigade of
the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW).

Embraer Defense & Security has selected SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica company,
to supply the company's Gabbiano surveillance radar for the new KC-390 tanker/
transport aircraft.
SELEX Galileo's Gabbiano is an X-band radar based on a solid state transmitter that
delivers superior performance in high resolution modes and detection ranges.

On August 5th at Cape Canaveral, NASA launched the JUNO mission, part of its New
Frontiers programme. The mission's primary scientific goal is to significantly improve the
understanding of the formation and structure of Jupiter. By advancing humanity's knowledge
of the planet, the mission will also dramatically improve our understanding of the origins and
early evolution of the rest of the solar system.

SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that it has partnered with
L-3 to provide the PicoSAR as a best-of-class modular payload option on the SPYDR
Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft.

At BRIDEX 2011 in Brunei Darussalam, SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company, will be demonstrating its latest battlefield technologies that serve to improve the situational awareness and protection of soldiers in vehicles and on the ground. SELEX Galileo has a track record of working with Brunei, having already sold infrared sensors for the Royal Brunei Air Force's Mistral missiles and, in conjunction with FNSS of Turkey, conducted trials of its situational awareness equipment on the ACV300 vehicle being evaluated by the Royal Brunei Army.