Military Technology

Main

Technology

Army Technology
Cyberwars
Military Technology
Newsfactor Technology
Technology World
Yahoo Technology
Random Feeds

Archives

| Oct 2008 | Sep 2008 | Aug 2008 | Jul 2008 | Jun 2008 | May 2008 | Apr 2008 | Mar 2008 | Feb 2008 | Jan 2008 | Dec 2007 | Nov 2007 |

Tue, 30 Sep 08
New Battle Gear Improves Capabilities For Combat Airmen
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/New_Battle_Gear_Improves_Capabilities_For_C ombat_Airmen_999.html
Southwest Asia (AFPN) Sep 30, 2008 - Battlefield Airmen will soon receive a new equipment item that will improve their ability to execute their combat duties. The new airman battle system-ground is a tactical ensemble, or equipment item, for Airmen who perform their mission outside the wire in close coordination with ground forces.

Tue, 30 Sep 08
Test Results Show Active Denial System As Nonlethal Weapon
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Test_Results_Show_Active_Denial_System_As_N onlethal_Weapon_999.html
Wright-Patterson AFB OH (AFPN) Sep 30, 2008 - Air Force Research Laboratory officials here recently completed an extensive bioeffects research program for an invisible, counter personnel, directed-energy weapon known as the Active Denial System.

Sat, 27 Sep 08
EADS announces delay in first flight of A400M military plane
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/EADS_announces_delay_in_first_flight_of_A40 0M_military_plane_999.html
Paris (AFP) Sept 25, 2008 - European aerospace group EADS said Thursday the first flight of its A400M military transporter, planned for the end of the year, is now postponed to an indefinite date.

Thu, 25 Sep 08
Holographic Research Could Enhance Aircraft Antennas
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Holographic_Research_Could_Enhance_Aircraft _Antennas_999.html
Arlington VA (SPX) Sep 25, 2008 - Air Force-funded researchers at HRL Laboratories in Malibu, Calif., are working on holographic impedance surfaces for antennas that will give aircraft improved aerodynamics.

Wed, 24 Sep 08
Tinker Officials Adapt Sniper Pod For B-1Bs
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Tinker_Officials_Adapt_Sniper_Pod_For_B_1Bs _999.html
Tinker AFB OK (SPX) Sep 24, 2008 - The B-1B Lancer maintainers here adapted a video targeting pod normally employed on F-15 Eagles and F-16 Fighting Falcons to B-1Bs in response to an urgent request from U.S. Air Forces Central officials.

Wed, 24 Sep 08
Thompson Files: Banning cluster weapons
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Thompson_Files_Banning_cluster_weapons_999. html
Arlington, Va. (UPI) Sep 23, 2008 - The global community is gradually moving to ban conventional weapons that are deemed too indiscriminate in their effects to comply with prevailing standards of behavior in wartime.

Wed, 24 Sep 08
Sikorsky To Provide Aerial Refueling Capability For H-60 Helicopters
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Sikorsky_To_Provide_Aerial_Refueling_Capabi lity_For_H_60_Helicopters_999.html
Stratford CT (SPX) Sep 24, 2008 - Sikorsky Aerospace Services has announced a contract to supply the U.S. Air Force with 13 aerial refueling assemblies for H-60 helicopters.

Mon, 22 Sep 08
LockMart Provides Perspective On Air Mobility Future
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/LockMart_Provides_Perspective_On_Air_Mobili ty_Future_999.html
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 22, 2008 - A Lockheed executive has said that air mobility assets will continue to be the cornerstone of America's ability to respond to crises around the world and that the company's two primary air mobility platforms - the C-5M and C-130J - are ideally positioned to play critical roles in carrying out those missions.

Wed, 17 Sep 08
First Run Of Boeing Laser JDAM Demonstrated On B-52H
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/First_Run_Of_Boeing_Laser_JDAM_Demonstrated _On_B_52H_999.html
Barksdale AFB (SPX) Sep 17, 2008 - An airman at Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), La., loads a Boeing Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition (LJDAM) onto a B-52H aircraft for a recent demonstration flight. It was the first time the LJDAM had been carried and delivered from a B-52H.

Wed, 17 Sep 08
US to sell bunker-busting bombs to Israel: Pentagon
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_to_sell_bunker-busting_bombs_to_Israel_P entagon_999.html
Washington (AFP) Sept 15, 2008 - The US Defense Department has notified Congress of plans to sell 1,000 bunker-buster bombs to Israel in a deal worth 77 million dollars.

Wed, 17 Sep 08
Boeing Awarded Contract For Radar Upgrade On Saudi AWACS Fleet
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Boeing_Awarded_Contract_For_Radar_Upgrade_O n_Saudi_AWACS_Fleet_999.html
Seattle WA (SPX) Sep 17, 2008 - Boeing has been awarded a contract for the initial phase of upgrading the radar on Saudi Arabia's fleet of five E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft. The Foreign Military Sale, not to exceed $42 million, was contracted through the Electronic Systems Center at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass.

Tue, 16 Sep 08
Eurofighter Typhoon Flight Milestone: 50,000 Hours And Climbing
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Eurofighter_Typhoon_Flight_Milestone_50000_ Hours_And_Climbing_999.html
Hallbergmoos, Germany (SPX) Sep 16, 2008 - The combined efforts of the five customer Air Forces and the industrial Flight Test programme have seen the Eurofighter Typhoon multi-/swing-role combat aircraft surpass the 50,000 flight hours milestone.

Tue, 16 Sep 08
GD Awarded Contract To Equip Stryker Brigade With New Land Warrior System
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/GD_Awarded_Contract_To_Equip_Stryker_Brigad e_With_New_Land_Warrior_System_999.html
Scottsdale AZ (SPX) Sep 16, 2008 - General Dynamics C4 Systems has been awarded a $70 million contract to equip the 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Stryker Brigade Combat Team (5/2 SBCT) with a new, lighter-weight version of the Land Warrior integrated fighting system.

Tue, 16 Sep 08
BAE Demos Combat ID System At Eglin AFB
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/BAE_Demos_Combat_ID_System_At_Eglin_AFB_999 .html
Eglin AFB FL (SPX) Sep 16, 2008 - BAE Systems has demonstrated a new system that gives combat pilots a previously unavailable view of friendly forces on the battlefield and could significantly reduce "friendly fire" events during combat operations.

Mon, 15 Sep 08
F-35 Redefining National Strategic Capabilities
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/F_35_Redefining_National_Strategic_Capabili ties_999.html
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 15, 2008 - A Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter executive said that the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is living up to the originally conceived ideal of a tri-service combat aircraft that leverages stealth technology, introduces multi-service interoperability, achieves economies of scale to drive down costs and strengthens important international alliances.

Thu, 11 Sep 08
Boeing ABL Team Begin Firing High-Energy Laser
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Boeing_ABL_Team_Begin_Firing_High_Energy_La ser_999.html
Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Sep 11, 2008 - Boeing, industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency have achieved a major milestone in the development of the Airborne Laser (ABL) missile defense program by firing a high-energy chemical laser onboard the ABL aircraft for the first time during ground testing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

Thu, 11 Sep 08
Russian Navy To Receive 4 New Amphibious Planes By 2013
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Russian_Navy_To_Receive_4_New_Amphibious_Pl anes_By_2013_999.html
Gelendzhik, Russia (RIA Novosti) Sep 11, 2008 - Russia's Navy will put into operation four new A-42 amphibious planes by 2013, a senior military official said on Friday.

Wed, 10 Sep 08
GD Awarded Contract For M1A1 Abrams Tank Upgrades
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/GD_Awarded_Contract_For_M1A1_Abrams_Tank_Up grades_999.html
Sterling Heights MI (SPX) Sep 10, 2008 - The U.S. Army TACOM Lifecycle Management Command has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, a $34 million delivery order for 30 M1A1 Abrams Integrated Management (AIM) main battle tanks.

Tue, 9 Sep 08
ITT's FRCS Achieves No-Jam Success At Exercise Red Flag
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/ITT_FRCS_Achieves_No_Jam_Success_At_Exercis e_Red_Flag_999.html
Brighton, UK (SPX) Sep 09, 2008 - ITT has announced its Field Replaceable Connector System (FRCS) has achieved clean electrical weapon separation during the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Exercise Red Flag.

Mon, 8 Sep 08
The Power Of Armour In The Early 21st Century
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/The_Power_Of_Armour_In_The_Early_21st_Centu ry_999.html
Washington (UPI) Sep 5, 2008 - The central role played by Russian tanks in occupying one-third of Georgia in only five days teaches a very sobering lesson: The major wars of the 21st century will be a lot more like World War II than most fashionable pundits and military theorists have dreamed.

Fri, 5 Sep 08
Defense Focus: Tanks still rock -- Part One
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Defense_Focus_Tanks_still_rock_Part_One_999 .html
Washington (UPI) Sep 4, 2008 - The striking success of even relatively small forces of Russian Main Battle Tanks in the five-day conflict with Georgia proves once again how crucial tanks remain to the conduct of modern war.

Fri, 5 Sep 08
ATK Awarded Comtract To Develop Multi-Stage Supersonic Target
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/ATK_Awarded_Comtract_To_Develop_Multi_Stage _Supersonic_Target_999.html
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Sep 05, 2008 - Alliant Techsystems has announced that it has been awarded a $97 million contract for the design, development, integration, and test of the Multi-Stage Supersonic Target (MSST) by the Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland.

Fri, 5 Sep 08
Spain's defence minister promises female friendly army uniform
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Spains_defence_minister_promises_female_fri endly_army_uniform_999.html
Madrid (AFP) Sept 4, 2008 - Military uniforms in Spain will get a female friendly redesign, the Spanish defence minister Carme Chacon said Wednesday.

Thu, 4 Sep 08
Excalibur Low-cost Titanium Base Undergoes Harsh Environment Test
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Excalibur_Low_cost_Titanium_Base_Undergoes_ Harsh_Environment_Test_999.html
Socorro NM (SPX) Sep 04, 2008 - Raytheon fired two Excalibur precision-strike artillery projectiles equipped with low-cost titanium (Ti) bases at the maximum charge level possible Aug. 7 as part of design testing for the new projectile.

Thu, 4 Sep 08
MoD Computer Games Save Lives
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/MoD_Computer_Games_Save_Lives_999.html
London, UK (SPX) Sep 04, 2008 - Soldiers in the Royal Logistic Corps are to get a boost to their driving skills thanks to a hi-tech virtual training computer package, which will test their ability to cope under fire.

Thu, 4 Sep 08
Defense Focus: T-72s pack punch -- Part Two
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Defense_Focus_T-72s_pack_punch_Part_Two_999 .html
Washington (UPI) Sep 2, 2008 - The success of the Russian military operation in Georgia and the effective use of older weapons systems like the venerable T-72 there should remind Western political leaders and their advisers of several hoary old principles of war.

Tue, 2 Sep 08
ITT Receives Full-Fielding Recommendation For It's FRCS
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/ITT_Receives_Full_Fielding_Recommendation_F or_It_FRCS_999.html
Brighton UK (SPX) Sep 02, 2008 - ITT has announced it has completed successful testing, and has been granted a full-fielding recommendation, for its Field Replaceable Connector System (FRCS) from the U.S. Air Force (USAF). The FRCS is a jam-resistant weapon interface connector for use on F-16 MIL-STD-1760 weapons.

Tue, 2 Sep 08
Defenshield To Deploy MDFP And Barrier Caps To US Military
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Defenshield_To_Deploy_MDFP_And_Barrier_Caps _To_US_Military_999.html
East Syracuse NY (SPX) Sep 02, 2008 - Defenshield has been awarded contracts by three different branches of the United States military for additional Mobile Defensive Fighting Positions (MDFP) and Barrier Caps.