Eurosatory – June 14-18, 2010

Iveco, KMV Near 50-Ambulance Order from Italy

Iveco displayed the VTMM 6x6 outside its chalet. (Defense News photo by Bradley Peniston) - Eurosatory 2010
Iveco displayed the VTMM 6x6 outside its chalet. (Defense News photo by Bradley Peniston)
By BRADLEY PENISTON – Iveco and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann designed their VTMM armored vehicle to carry engineers into danger, but it appears the first production units will bring wounded to safety.

Ban Lifted, U.S. Firms Seek Out Rosoboronexport

The arms export agency heads up a Russian delegation of about a dozen Russian firms and organizations. (Defense News photo by Bradley Peniston) - Eurosatory 2010
By KATE BRANNEN – Just weeks after the U.S. State Department lifted sanctions against Rosoboronexport, American companies took the opportunity to meet with the Russian state arms exporter while here at Eurosatory.

Sensor Firm Bertin Seeks U.S., French Contracts

Bertin's Coriolis biothreat detector (Bertin photo) - Eurosatory 2010
By PIERRE TRAN – Bertin Technology, part of the French CNIM industrial group, is bidding in the U.S. competition for a joint biological tactical detection system, said Luc Renouil, vice president for defense and security.

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