prototype release date

• Nations and technology getting bolder.

...The navy plans to release in June 2011 an RFP for a further period of ship-b... in substance that funding the flying prototype development over the next three years to the tune ...-kg IAI Searcher II, although conceptually dated, has been very successful, with a list of users th...

• Armada International
• Vol. 35 Num. 3, Juin 2011

• Armoured trop transports.

... 2011 Oshkosh Defense unveiled the TAPV prototype and announced its teaming with its Ontario subsidi... capsule seat system equipped with a quick release latch that turns it into stretcher. The standard p....3 tonnes gross, the new 'GuaranT can Accommo-date eleven soldiers. The contract covers 2044 vehicles...

• Armada International
• Vol. 35 Num. 4, Août 2011

• The weight of intelligence: a Spanish soldier looking 'round the corner' with his Comfut gear.

... and delivery of the first 92 prototypes of the Soldato Futuro suite was expected to take p...The new release of the ARX160 was expected for January 2010. . Ano... lead to a pre-series production, although no date was announced for this phase which should see the ...

• Armada International
• Vol. 34 Num. 2, Avril 2010

• Tracks & tyres centre stage: the medium armoured vehicle world has been dominated over the past year by the British Army's long-running Future Rapid Effects System (Fres) programme and the unprecedented effort by the US Department of Defense to rush new Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (Mrap} vehicles to Iraq to protect personnel from the threat of improvised explosive devices.

...The US Marine Corps is planning to release a request for proposals in early 2008 for 600 whee... has built nine second-generation SDD prototypes and one live-fire test vehicle. Tipping the scales... although no contract has been signed to date. In October 2007 notification was made of a smalle...

• Armada International
• Vol. 32 Num. 1, Février 2008

• Future is now.

...Early trials with a reduced number of prototypes were carried out between 2006 and mid-2008; these ... will be included in the final software release. Also under test is integration with the FuWes (Fu... no details have been released to date. It will be installed on the soldier's personal we...

• Armada International
• Vol. 33 Num. 2, Avril 2009

• Spreading the spectrum amongst friends.

... that Boeing had delivered the first prototype GMRs to be installed on US Army ground vehicles. K... reportedly only one JTRS-compliant radio to date: the General Dynamics C4 Systems HMS AN/PRC-154 si.../Non-line of Sight/Soldier System software release package to the JTRS Information Repository--which ...

• Armada International
• Vol. 33 Num. 4, Août 2008

• Air ops: at their best, special operations involve high-value objectives being achieved by small forces in difficult conditions and in the face of numerically superior opponents. Succeeding against the odds depends not only on surprise, superior training and dedication, but also on special equipment and support from a secure rear base.

... class, having delivered over 9000 units to date. Most of its small drones have fixed cameras (with... parachutes and cheap packaging, and release from Eads-Casa C-212s operated by Blackwater World...-27J Joint Cargo Aircraft to serve as a prototype for an >. The US Air Force Special Operations Com...

• Armada International
• Vol. 32 Num. 6, Décembre 2008

• New land forces for a new century.

...A service date of 2007 has been sketched out for the new improved... out on 12 December the first two prototypes of the Boxer, a multi-role armoured vehicle being ... in the early 1990s and is poised for the release of dozens and dozens of authorisations to subcontr...

• Armada International
• Vol. 27 Num. 1, Février 2003

• Land: light but 'hot': special operations forces units historically operate at the 'light' end of the equipment spectrum and rely primarily upon stealth for their survivability. However, the employment of such forces in extended campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq has influenced the need for a higher level of protected mobility for certain missions than is offered by transportation derived from light utility vehicles.

... Canadian Department of National Defence released a notice of proposed procurement under the terms o... to supplement the 1568 weapons bought to date. . [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] . FN Herstal developed t...At 16 kg the General Dynamics ATP prototype weighs less than half the weight of the 38-kg M2HB...

• Armada International
• Vol. 32 Num. 6, Décembre 2008

• Top cover -- air defence turrets: the low-flying strike aircraft and assault helicopter constitute the mechanised land forces' main enemies. Both present potentially lethal, fast-moving and fleeting targets that are difficult to engage other than by dedicated air defence vehicles with rapid response weapons.

... point the Ahead projectile breaks open to release a swarm of small sub-projectiles. Any aircraft fly... constantly improved 40 mm Bofors Gun which dates back to the mid 1920s, the 37 mm guns still have r... gun turrets have survived past the prototype stage. One is the Russian Tunguska, to be mentione...

• Armada International
• Vol. 26 Num. 1, Février 2002