Whilst 2009 hasn't yet see any European military announcements, its US sister company, Hypertronics, has announced a deal with BAE Systems to supply electrical connectors for the US Army's manned ground vehicle programme.

In the UK, its last major press launch was for the SnapTac range of connectors, which, according to the press release, has been included in the Future Soldier project. And it is widely anticipated that this will be the company's focus at the show.

Future Soldier is being developed separately by several European defence departments and gives a soldier access to information when in combat, therefore improving the probability of a mission's success. The project's focus is on wearable technologies that improve reconnaissance and communication.

If the war in Afghanistan and Iraq is anything to go by, all the components used in the Future Combat Soldier programme must withstand extreme conditions. And it is connectors that are typically most vulnerable to this, especially when unmated. Military specifications insist that all components are impermeable to both water and sand at all time - and, in SnapTac, Hypertac claim to have delivered this through a connector pin technology through HyperSpring.

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