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 $279.9 million contract to manufacture its Negotiator Tactical Manipulator Robot, issued by the U.S. Army.
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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, Keith Flint is also at times the typical whiny, turret tank dueler where every tracked [...]
by David Crane
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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 Tactically Interconnected Cluster (ELASTIC) initiative. The goal of ELASTIC is to develop and eventually [...]
by David Crane
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September 17, 2007
When DefenseReview attended AUSA Winter Symposium 2007 earlier this year, [...]
by David Crane
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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 to protect Israeli infantry warfighters (a.k.a. soldiers) against the same lethal trifecta–IEDs, EFPs, and RPGs–as [...]
by David Crane
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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 vehicle (or, armored tracked vehicle), is to provide Israeli infantry warfighters with superior anti-IED/EFP and [...]
by David Crane
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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 camera (Model #: DSC-P150).
Article updated on 1/09/08.
August 21, 2007
These days, when it comes to thermal/IR (Infrared) and night [...]
by David Crane
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This article may be modified/updated with new information in the coming days, so readers might want to check back in (to this article) over the next week.
August 15, 2007
In late February 2006, DefenseReview broke the story on a developmental (but functional) prototype remote-controlled armed/weaponized semi-autonomous/fully-autonomous unmanned mini-helicopter called the AutoCopter Gunship, [...]
by David Crane
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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 camera (Model #: DSC-P150).
While we’re on the subject of JLTVs (Joint Light Tactical Vehicles) and vehicle prototype [...]
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 camera (Model #: DSC-P150).
Another very interesting vehicle concept DefenseReview saw at AUSA Winter Symposium and Exhibition 2007, albeit [...]
