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A new set of flight trials for the Gabbiano radar recently came to a successful conclusion, with the medium power (20W) version of the radar with solid state amplifier and nose mounted antenna proving its capabilities on board AgustaWestland's AW139 helicopter. The flight campaign confirmed the radar's performance and operational capabilities, including surveillance with Track While Scan (TWS), search and rescue, High Resolution Synthetic Aperture Antenna (SAR), Inverse Synthetic Aperture Antenna (ISAR), navigation with ground mapping and weather avoidance.

SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company, has signed a contract for more than 30M  EUR with Surrey
Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), Galileo Full Operating Capability (FOC) Payload Contractor, to
provide the Company's Passive Hydrogen MASER (PHM) atomic clocks for the Galileo FOC
navigation satellites, a programme of and funded by the European Union .
SELEX Galileo is the prime contractor for the PHM with Swiss company SpectraTime as
subcontractor. The PHM clocks are to be installed on each of the 14 satellites in the Galileo system.

SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company, is pleased to announce the delivery by COBHAM Australia of the tenth and last Project Sentinel DHC-8 aircraft, modified for a civil maritime surveillance role, to the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service. These aircraft are fitted with the SELEX Galileo-developed Surveillance Information Management (SIM) system, which is in the final stages of development and delivery. 

SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company, has delivered one of two simulators to the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force)'s Ghedi Air Base to meet the operative requirements of the tactical Tornado fleet. The Company managed the restructuring of two training and simulation bases, Gioia del Colle and Ghedi. 

SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company, will be promoting its latest Space equipment and instruments to agencies from around the World at Farnborough International Airshow (FIA) 2010. With existing space technology facilities both in Italy and the UK, and a heritage in Space dating back to the 1960s, SELEX Galileo is ideally placed to offer the space technology needed for Earth observation missions and exploration of the Moon, Mars and beyond.

SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company, is exhibiting its latest technology as part of the Finmeccanica Group pavilion at Farnborough International Airshow (FIA) 2010. As a leading supplier of sensor systems, SELEX Galileo will showcase its range of airborne radar, defensive aids suites, aircraft and mission avionics for surveillance, and combat and ISTAR applications in land and airborne domains.

SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company has been awarded a first contract by the Italian Navy, Marina Militare, for the supply of electro-optical naval Janus turrets, derived from the well known Janus sensor for land applications.
The naval Janus will equip Italian Navy's patrol boats operating in the Mediterranean in illegal immigration control missions.
Janus features outstanding day and night long-range detection, identification, and mission recording.

This year children attending Scotland's largest Robotic Games tournament will hear a first hand account of an RAF Leuchars Fighter Pilot's experiences on Quick Reaction Alert.
Peter Bennett, creator of the Scottish Robotic Games said: 'Last year we had NASA Astronauts, this year its Fighter Pilots. Really the goal is to give children a sense of the incredible impact that technology has on their lives. A child who is able to construct a Rampaging Chariot Robot could one day go on to work as an engineer or scientist at the forefront of modern technology. 
If you are a member of the press and wish to attend this event, please contact  solange.distefanopozzuoli@selexgalileo.com 

SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company, is a leading player in the defence electronics market delivering to customers a distinctive advantage in ISR / ISTAR. 
SELEX Galileo's solutions are underpinned by leading edge proprietary technologies and products for Electro-Optical sighting systems, cameras, fire control systems and thermal imagers, as well as by the Company's unique offer in AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array) surveillance and fire control radar.

SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company, has signed a teaming agreement with Universal Engineering Company Ltd (Charlestown) to be the exclusive supplier and integrator of mission and sensor systems for the Company's Ranger series of vehicles.
The agreement means that SELEX Galileo's Mission Systems architecture and Indirect Vision System (IVS) technology will be the default choice when bidding Ranger into armoured vehicle programmes, with the two companies working together on marketing and tenders.

The SELEX Galileo-led AHEAD Consortium has presented to the European Defence Agency (EDA) a vision of how the modern dismounted soldier could be better equipped in the future. The Consortium has put forward a range of solutions designed to make troops significantly better protected by 2020.
The presentation is the final milestone in the Consortium's contract, the completion of which has confirmed SELEX Galileo's role at the forefront of research into soldier-protection technology.

On the 26 May, SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company, played a key part in the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD)'s trials being carried out under the Electro-Magnetic Remote Sensing (EMRS) Defence Technology Centre (DTC). Working closely with the UK MoD and a range of UK Industry partners, the trials involved the Company gathering data from a number of its latest sensors with a view to improving the technology behind them.

SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company, will be reinforcing partnerships with the Kazakhstan Ministry of Defence (MoD) and in-country Industry at KADEX 2010, the Country's first international exhibition of military technology. In Kazakhstan, SELEX Galileo has been active for several years, supporting the Kazakhstan MoD and Border Guard in the evaluation of a number of solutions aim at enhancing their existing capabilities.

SELEX Galileo recently played host to Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Debora Serracchiani, who visited the Company's site in Ronchi dei Legionari. The Member of the Committee on Transport and Tourism was given a tour of the site and saw first-hand how Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), drones and flight simulators are built to exacting standards, marking the site as a European Centre of Excellence. A visit to Ronchi dei Legionari's Eurofighter Typhoon programme also served to emphasise the pan-European nature of the Company's success.

SELEX Galileo employees and members of the UK Armed Forces Combined Services Disabled Ski Team (CSDST) are cycling from 'Home to Rome' in a tough sponsored challenge. Starting from Luton, UK and covering an average of 80 miles per day for a total journey of over 1000 miles, the team's efforts will raise money for the CSDST, helping them continue to compete in International skiing events and enter the winter Paralympics in 2014. On May 23, the cyclists were welcomed by General Franco Cravarezza, Commander of Italy's Northern Military Region, and spent the night at the Italian Army's Campus Ribera barracks.

SELEX Galileo appears today alongside its fellow Finmeccanica Group companies at Italy's TechFOr exhibition, which focuses on how modern technology can enhance civil protection and homeland security. SELEX Galileo is demonstrating how its suite of systems can boost civilian and military security forces' situational awareness, especially when facing modern asymmetrical threats. The Company is exhibiting the man-portable Electro Optic systems LINX, ASPIS and SCORPIO and the Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Spyball, ASIO and Draco, all of which can help make security forces more effective and better protected.

SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company, is building on established partnerships with Jordanian industry at the Special Operations Forces Exhibition (SOFEX) 2010, and is demonstrating how the Company can support the growth of capabilities of Jordan's Special Operations and Homeland Security forces. At this year's exhibition, SELEX Galileo is focusing on boosting the survivability and effectiveness of Jordan's dismounted soldiers with the latest sensor solutions, as well as strengthening the Country's surveillance capabilities with technologically advanced UAS.

SELEX Galileo is due to appear at the inaugural edition of Nigeria's Air Expo event, which takes place at the Air Force Base in Kaduna. The Company will work to build on its existing presence in Nigeria where it has delivered enhanced situational awareness systems such as ATOS and EOST, with EOST being installed on the NAF ATR 42MP and LUH Helicopter. The core theme of Air Expo is "Enhancing NAF Capability through Private Sector Partnership", and the event will be attended by key figures from Nigeria and the wider West African Sub region.

SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company and a key player in the Electronic Warfare (EW) market is delighted to announce its successful participation in the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD)'s Project Baker. The Company has been awarded contracts worth in excess of £10 Million as part of an Urgent Operational Requirement (UOR) to provide an integrated Defensive Aids System (DAS) for the RAF's Chinook Mk2 and Mk3 helicopters.

SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica company and Europe's leading supplier of sophisticated airborne radar systems has concluded an agreement with ATMOS, a subsidiary of ATECH, to establish them as the Brazilian AESA Radar Centre of Excellence and Airborne Radar Systems House. The agreement is directly in accordance with the Brazilian Defence Strategy's intention of strengthening Brazil's national defence industrial capability.