L3Harris Technologies reported fiscal 2019 fourth-quarter and full-year results for Harris on a standalone basis, as the merger with L3 Technologies was completed June 29.

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The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) exercised a US$46 million (£36 million) contract option with L3Harris Technologies to provide robotic systems to support domestic explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) missions. This award is an option to the $70 million (£55 million) contract the MOD awarded L3Harris in 2017 for T7 robotic systems for the military’s overseas EOD missions.

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Push-to-talk (PTT) technology provider TASSTA joined TCCA, a global association for the critical communications industry. Headquartered in Hanover, Germany, TASSTA also has offices in Brazil, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the United States.

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Nokia reported second-quarter financial results, with net sales in the quarter of €5.7 billion (US$6.4 billion) compared with €5.3 billion (US$5.9 billion) in the second quarter of 2018. On a constant currency basis, net sales increased 5%.

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The fourth annual Innovation for Crisis Management (I4CM) event, an outcome of the DRIVER+ project, was held in Copenhagen, Denmark, 12 – 13 June with more than 120 participants from 27 different countries. Volunteer management in a crisis situation was a theme, with special attention paid to issues around organized volunteers and psychosocial support to volunteers.

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Applications and software development firm Alea announced its membership of TCCA. Based in Pordenone, Italy, Alea specializes in the development of smartphone applications for real-time communications.

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At the final review of the Celtic-Plus project RelCOvAir – Reliable Industrial Communication Over the Air, the project team, led by the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (IIS), presented a new test system for industrial wireless communications. The developed test system consists of a software-based and a hardware-based test bed solution.

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NetMotion and Cradlepoint announced a technology alliance that will give customers access to the companies’ complementary and interoperable products. The agreement combines Cradlepoint’s cloud-delivered wireless edge networks and NetMotion’s full suite of mobile connectivity, analytics and operational intelligence solutions.

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A special forces unit of Spain’s national Guardia Civil is deploying covert Project 25 (P25) radio devices by Motorola Solutions. The P25 devices will allow secure, encrypted communications needed for special operations.

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In early 2019, the French Defense Innovation Agency (AID) launched the PRODEF challenge with the support of the Directorate General of Armaments (DGA), the French government defense procurement and technology agency. The challenge was launched in order to enable French subject matter experts (SMEs) to propose innovative technology solutions to the challenges faced by the Ministry of the Armed forces in their mission to protect and defend air bases.

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