New guided bomb kits in France, US

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Societe d'Applications Generales d'Electricite et de Mecanique has been selected by the French defense ministry's DGA procurement agency to develop and build modular air-to-surface weapon kits under a contract with a potential value of $260 million. The firm will manufacture an initial batch of 750 guidance kits from a proposed total of 3,000 for delivery starting 2004, in two basic types. One will add Global Positioning System receiver and an inertial measurement unit, and the other will feature an imaging infrared seeker.

Contracts & orders received, Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing, Air-to-Surface Missiles, Air to surface missiles, Societe d'Applications Generales d'Electricite et de Mecanique

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Sea mines, simple but effective

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Sea mines cause a significant amount of damage when compared to their cost. For instance, the mines used in the USS Samuel B Roberts, Princeton and Tripoli incidents cost a mere $11,500 to procure but it took $117 million to repair the damage they have caused. The latest sea mines are equipped with microprocessor-controlled target-detection devices, ship counters, remote-control facilities, delayed-arming mechanisms and ship counters.

Product information, New orders received, World, Aircraft Manufacturing, Other Ordnance and Accessories Manufacturing, Attack Aircraft, Marine Mines & Parts, Dassault Aviation S.A., Submarine mines

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Samsung/Thomson-CSF partnership expands defense market

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The establishment of Samsung Thomson-CSF as a joint venture company is expected to result in increased exports of defense electronic equipment equipment from the Republic of Korea and an infusion of technology from other Thomson-CSF companies. The joint venture firm will work closely with sister companies and will make its particular areas of expertise, particularly in communications equipment, available to them.

South Korea, Joint ventures, Organizational history, Other Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing, Military Electronics, Samsung Thomson-CSF, Samsung-Thomson

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