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Urban-Unattended Ground Sensors (U-UGS) for Infantry Urban Warfare/Combat Ops

Written on 23 Aug, 2008 at 14:44 in Future Infantry/Soldier | viewed 774 views times | Comments

By David Crane defrev at gmail dot com August 29, 2008 Textron Defense Systems (TDS), is actively marketing their Urban-Unattended Ground Sensors (U-UGS) as a core Future Combat Systems (FCS) wireless technology/hardware platform that will watch infantry warfighters’ backs as they maneuver inside... (Continue reading)

Noveske Rifleworks N4 Light Recce Carbine: John Noveske Interview, Part One

Written on 23 Aug, 2008 at 14:41 in Rifles And Carbines | viewed 5,476 views times | Comments

By David Crane defrev at gmail dot com The following is Part One of the transcript from a phone interview that David Crane, owner/editor-in-chief of DefenseReview, conducted with John Noveske of Noveske Rifleworks, LLC a number of months ago about his gun... (Continue reading)

F-22 Raptor and Other Big-Budget Military Programs Reinvigorated

Written on 23 Aug, 2008 at 14:38 in Future Infantry/Soldier | viewed 1,179 views times | Comments

By David Crane defrev at gmail dot com August 20, 2008 The recent dust-up in Georgia between Russian and Geogian forces, i.e. the Russian invasion of Georgia, has reinvigorated expensive, high-tech conventional-warfare/Cold-War-type weapons like the Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor low-observable/stealth fighter aircraft a.k.a.... (Continue reading)

Ripsaw MS1 UGV: Ultimate Armed/Weaponized Tracked Tactical Robot?

Written on 23 Aug, 2008 at 14:37 in Future Infantry/Soldier | viewed 4,904 views times | Comments

By David Crane defrev at gmail dot com August 14, 2008 A couple of brothers—twins, actually—out of North Brunswick, Maine, Geoffrey and Michael Howe of Howe and Howe Technologies Inc., have developed a relatively large tracked tactical UGV (Unmanned Ground Vehicle) for military... (Continue reading)

Holsters Plus Sure-Lock 3-10 Fast-Draw Tactical Kydex Retention Pistol Holster

Written on 23 Aug, 2008 at 14:35 in Holsters | viewed 1,641 views times | Comments

By David Crane defrev at gmail dot com August 11, 2008 For the last 7 months, I’ve been using a Holsters Plus Sure-Lock 3-10 tactical kydex pistol holster with a 10-degree forward cant to carry my Glock 19 (G19) 9mm Parabellum (9×19mm NATO)... (Continue reading)

AR Five Seven (AR-57): 50-Shot 5.7×28mm AR-15 Carbine

Written on 23 Aug, 2008 at 14:33 in Rifles And Carbines | viewed 3,707 views times | Comments

By David Crane defrev at gmail dot com August 11, 2008 An outfit called 57 Center is making an interesting patent-pending 5.7×28mm upper receiver for AR-15/M16 lower receivers called the AR Five Seven (AR-57) that utilizes 50-round FN P90/PS90 PDW magazines. The... (Continue reading)

G-NIUS Guardium UGV: World’s First Operational Autonomous Security Robot

Written on 23 Aug, 2008 at 14:31 in Future Infantry/Soldier | viewed 818 views times | Comments

by David Crane defrev at gmail dot com August 4, 2008 While we were reading through the June 2008 issue of Defense Technology International (Dti) magazine, we came across an ad for the Guardium UGV (Unmanned Ground Vehicle), which is made by G-NIUS... (Continue reading)

‘Shoot for the Troops’ Celebrity Shoot Being Held in L.A. on August 16, 2008

Written on 23 Aug, 2008 at 14:30 in In The News | viewed 588 views times | Comments

by David Crane defrev at gmail.com August 4, 2008 On Saturday, August 16, 2008, the Stars and Stripes Foundation (SASF) is holding a “Shoot for the Troops” shooting event at the Moore-N-Moore Sporting Clays range in San Fernando, CA (Los Angeles area). ... (Continue reading)

Flexible Biological Scalar Body Armor for Future Soldiers?

Written on 23 Aug, 2008 at 14:11 in Body Armor | viewed 2,578 views times | Comments

By David Crane defrev at gmail dot com July 31, 2008 MIT materials science and engineering researchers are studying the flexible biological scalar armor system a.k.a. flexible dermal armor system utilized by Polypterus senegalus a.k.a. Senegal bichir a.k.a. Gray bichir a.k.a. "dinosaur eel",... (Continue reading)

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