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Contract to upgrade more than 350 UK air, land and sea platforms

Rome, Italy - Worth over EUR 290 millions

Leonardo has signed a contract with the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) worth in excess of 290 million Euros. The contract will see Leonardo and HENSOLDT, working together as ‘Team Skytale’, upgrade the IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) technology on more than 350 of the UK’s operational aircraft, naval vessels and ground-based air defence systems to the latest ‘Mode-5’ standard. IFF technology is centra...

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Rome, Italy, 06/22/2017 17:32
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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