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Army Selects Northrop 100kW Solid-State Laser for Field Tests
REDONDO BEACH, Ca: The solid-state laser system from Northrop Grumman Corporation that produced the most powerful beam ever from a continuous wave, electric laser last year is joining other pioneering speed-of-light weapons demonstrators for field tests at the Army’s High Energy Laser System Test Facility (HELSTF), N.M. In cooperation with the U.S. Army’s Space and [...]
IED trainer helps prepare warfighters for Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Feb. 18, 2010) — Beginning in February, Afghanistan-bound Soldiers and service members can access “ROC”-solid training to help counter improvised explosive device threats. Recognition of Combatants-Improvised Explosive Devices, or ROC-IED for short, is a computer-based interactive multimedia trainer. The program helps train warfighters to anticipate and prevent IED-related incidents in theater. [...]
Potential Army Trucks Finalise Testing
Greg Combet, Minister for Defence Personnel, Material and Science, today announced that trials for competing medium to heavy weight trucks for the Australian Army had been completed. Tenderer to provide Medium to Heavy Weight Trucks to the Army under Project Land 121 were asked to provide a range of vehicle platforms for evaluation. The Medium [...]
Bangladesh to Purchase Armored Vehicles, Missiles
DHAKA: The Bangladeshi military will receive new equipment as part of a 10-year modernization program. Bangladesh’s Planning Minister Air Vice Marshal A.K. Khandker (ret.) stated that the effort to purchase new equipment is on track. Orders will be placed for new armored vehicles during the current fiscal years. The Bangladeshi Army wants seven tanks and [...]
First STARLite Radars Delivered to US Army
BALTIMORE: Northrop Grumman Corporation recently delivered the first two production AN/ZPY-1 STARLite radars for the U.S. Army’s Extended Range / Multi-Purpose Unmanned Aerial System. Northrop Grumman’s STARLite is a small, lightweight radar used for supporting tactical operations. By providing precise battlefield intelligence in all types of weather and in battlefield obscurants, day and night, STARLite [...]
Two Koreas trade fire, Pyongyang vows no let up
SEOUL: North and South Korea traded artillery fire near their disputed sea border Wednesday and Pyongyang vowed to press on with live firing exercises, ratcheting up tensions anew between the Cold War foes. “Such firing drill by the units of the KPA will go on in the same waters in the future,” the (North) Korean [...]
Standardized rifle marksmanship program could go Armywide
FORT BENNING, Ga: An advanced rifle marksmanship concept developed at Fort Benning based on “lessons learned” in Iraq and Afghanistan might be instituted across all Army training centers later this year, officials said. Col. Terry Sellers, operations officer for the Maneuver Center of Excellence, said Combat Familiarization Fire, or ARM 6, has not been formally [...]
Army, MoD Lock Horns Over Ban on Singapore Technologies
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Defence (MoD) faces accusations of serious contradictions in the apparently ill-considered ban it had imposed last June on arms vendor Singapore Technologies Kinetic (STK). The ban was slapped on seven companies after the May 19, 2009 arrest of former Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) chairman, Sudipta Ghosh, on charges of corruption. [...]
Marines Transfer Authority as Army Takes Lead in Al Anbar
RAMADI, Iraq: The first major indicator of the responsible drawdown of U.S. forces in Iraq occurred in Ramadi Jan. 23 when II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) transferred authority of Iraq’s largest province to 1st Armored Division. Before the ceremony, 1st Armored Division’s area of operations, as U.S. Division-Center, encompassed Baghdad and its surrounding communities. The [...]
