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

Written on 23 Aug, 2008 at 14:37 in Future Infantry/Soldier | viewed 5,227 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)

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

Written on 23 Aug, 2008 at 14:31 in Future Infantry/Soldier | viewed 839 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)

Elbit Systems and ATK Developing Laser-Guided Advanced Tactical Rocket (GATR-L)

Written on 23 Jul, 2008 at 14:07 in Future Infantry/Soldier | viewed 821 views times | Comments

by David Crane defrev at gmail dot com July 17, 2008 Elbit Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: ESLT) and Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) announced on July 09, 2008 that they’ll be teaming up on the development of a laser-guided 2.75"/70mm Hydra rocket called the Guided... (Continue reading)

Raytheon/EAI Laser-Guided 2.75-inch/70mm Hydra Rocket

Written on 23 Jun, 2008 at 13:49 in Future Infantry/Soldier | viewed 1,233 views times | Comments

by David Crane defrev at gmail dot com Back in May, DefenseReview learned that Raytheon is teaming with an Abu-Dhabi, UAE-based company called Emirates Advanced Investments (EAI) to create an advanced semi-active-laser-guided 2.75"/70mm Hydra rocket under the moniker "Laser Guided Rocket" (LGR). The... (Continue reading)

Ears-MM Soldier-Wearable Gunshot/Sniper Detection and Location System

Written on 23 Apr, 2008 at 12:51 in Future Infantry/Soldier | viewed 1,421 views times | Comments

by David Crane defrev at gmail dot com Well, it looks like gunshot/sniper detection and location systems just got a whole lot smaller and lighter. DefenseReview recently read about a soldier-wearable a.k.a. warfighter-wearable version of the QinetiQ/PSI Ears Gunshot Localization System,... (Continue reading)

Super Bainite Steel Armor for Armored Vehicles: Super Armor On-the-Cheap

Written on 23 Mar, 2008 at 12:50 in Future Infantry/Soldier | viewed 490 views times | Comments

by David Crane defrev at gmail dot com It looks like vehicle armor a.k.a. vehicular armor just got a whole lot cheaper to make. A team at the British Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) in-house science and technology center Defence Science and... (Continue reading)

Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Looking Good, So Far.

Written on 22 Jan, 2008 at 14:41 in Future Infantry/Soldier | viewed 167 views times | Comments

by David Crane defrev at gmail dot com The U.S. Army is so satisfied with the performance of the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS a.k.a. G-MLRS) in the theater(s) of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan that they’ve placed a $5.17B ("B"... (Continue reading)

An AR-15 / M16 Rifle with 95% Less Recoil and Minimal Additional Weapon Weight?

Written on 22 Nov, 2007 at 13:38 in Future Infantry/Soldier | viewed 627 views times | Comments

by David Crane defrev@gmail.com November 14, 2007 DefenseReview recently received an interesting document on a proposed recoil-attenuation system a.k.a. recoil-mitigation system for firearms, everything from infantry small arms up to cannon systems. It comes from inventor Dr. R.A. Zeineh a.k.a. Dr. Z.,... (Continue reading)

Piasecki X-49A Speeedhawk Compound Helicopter: 250-mph Black Hawk?

Written on 22 Oct, 2007 at 12:04 in Future Infantry/Soldier | viewed 2,037 views times | Comments

by David Crane defrev@gmail.com Piasecki Aircraft Corp. (PAC) has designed and developed a compound helicopter called the X-49A Speedhawk, which utilizes a Sikorsky YSH-60F Seahawk helicopter as the base airframe. The Seahawk is a marine version of the UH-60 Black Hawk... (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 697 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)

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