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September, 2007

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‘Intelligent’ Video Surveillance/Security Going City-Wide in Chicago

Written on 21 Sep, 2007 at 18:16 in In The News | viewed 348 views times | Comments

by David Crane defrev at gmail.com It looks like Chicago is soon going to have the most advanced city-wide intelligent video surveillance system (i.e. intelligent security system) in the United States. The Associated Press is reporting that the City of Chicago... (Continue reading)

Robotic FX Lands Big Military Contract for Negotiator Tactical Manipulator Robot

Written on 21 Sep, 2007 at 18:15 in Future Infantry/Soldier | viewed 650 views times | Comments

The following is a Robotic FX press release: Robotic FX, Inc. Awarded Contract for Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) to be Used for Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Detection and Identification ALSIP, IL, September 14, 2007 — Robotic FX, Inc., has been awarded a... (Continue reading)

‘Airborne Armour’: An Important Book on Air-Mechanized Maneuver Warfare

Written on 21 Sep, 2007 at 18:10 in Future Infantry/Soldier | viewed 221 views times | Comments

A Review by Air-Mech-Strike Study Group (AMS-SG). The following review is exclusive to DefenseReview. 9/27/07 Airborne Armour is a must-have book for understanding Airborne 3D maneuver operations, period. Flint is a superb researcher and writer and this book is a masterpiece. However,... (Continue reading)

Fighting Carbine Optics: Pick the Right One

Written on 21 Sep, 2007 at 18:08 in Sighting/Night Vision Equipment | viewed 2,884 views times | Comments

by Zak Smith DEMIGOD LLC With optics ubiquitous on fighting rifles, the old rule that long barrels - with their longer sight radius - are needed for accuracy and longer-range capability is turned on its head. It’s possible to get one-moa mechanical... (Continue reading)

Ballistically-Launched Tactical Sensor Network for Infantry Warfighters

Written on 21 Sep, 2007 at 18:05 in Future Infantry/Soldier | viewed 159 views times | Comments

by David Crane defrev at gmail.com The September 2007 (Vol. 6 No. 8 ) issue of C4ISR Journal (The Journal of Net-Centric Warfare) magazine has an interesting article on The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s (DARPA) Expendable Local Area Sensors in a... (Continue reading)

U.S. Aircraft Carriers Vulnerable to Attack?: The Ticking Time Bomb

Written on 21 Sep, 2007 at 18:03 in New And Future Technology | viewed 3,513 views times | Comments

by David Crane defrev at gmail.com September 16, 2007 Article updated on 4/07/08. In the world of big business, and big military, money is power. The more money one controls, the more powerful one is. And, in the U.S. military, the bigger the program... (Continue reading)

APKWS II Precision-Guided Hydra Rockets: Here Comes ‘HELLFIRE Jr.’

Written on 21 Sep, 2007 at 17:59 in Future Infantry/Soldier | viewed 644 views times | Comments

by David Crane defrev at gmail.com All photographic images contained in this article were taken by DefenseReview.com, and they are the exclusive property of DefenseReview.com. DefenseReview.com owns the copyright on these photos. All photos were shot with a 7.2-megapixel Sony Cyber-shot digital... (Continue reading)

Armor-Piercing Grenades: Latest Al Qaeda Threat in Iraq?

Written on 21 Sep, 2007 at 17:53 in Combat Grenades | viewed 574 views times | Comments

by David Crane defrev at gmail.com As if mines/IEDs, EFPs and RPGs aren’t enough, now there’s armor-piercing grenades a.k.a. armor-penetrating grenades. According to a recent CBS News article, this is the latest lethal threat (explosives threat) to U.S. troops in Iraq.... (Continue reading)

Rafael M-TAPS: The Next Step in Add-On Multi-Threat Vehicle Armor Protection

Written on 21 Sep, 2007 at 17:51 in Future Infantry/Soldier | viewed 184 views times | Comments

by David Crane defrev at gmail.com September 5, 2007 Rafael Armament Development Authority Ltd. (Haifa, Israel) has introduced a very interesting next-generation multi-threat passive/reactive add-on armor system for vehicles called M-TAPS, which stands for "Multi-Threat Armor Protection System". M-TAPS is designed/developed... (Continue reading)

IMI Urban Fighter APC/IFV Out-MRAP’s MRAP for Mobile Anti-IED/EFP Protection

Written on 21 Sep, 2007 at 17:42 in Future Infantry/Soldier | viewed 1,090 views times | Comments

by David Crane defrev at gmail.com September 5, 2007 Israel Military Industries, Ltd. (IMI) recently introduced it’s "Urban Fighter", which is an upgraded, up-armored and modified M113 Gavin APC/IFV (Armored Personnel Carrier/Infantry Fighting Vehicle). The goal of the Urban Fighter tracked armored... (Continue reading)

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