by David Crane
david@defensereview.com
As we’ve said before, the Israelis are proving to be an innovative bunch these days. Awhile back, an Israeli company called ApNano Materials, Inc. came out with a "the first commercial nano-based lubricant" called Nanolub. According to the Israeli foreign affairs and defense news site IsraCast, Nanolub is a solid lubricant (or, [...]
The following is a Raphael press release:
RAFAEL PRESENTS SKYLITE B – A NEW MINI-UAV for Tactical Reconnaissance and Surveillance Operations by Military Special Operations (SPECOPS)
November 21, 2005 – RAFAEL Armament Development Authority Ltd conducted a demonstration of its new tactical mini-UAV, SkyLite B, for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) today.
The new UAV [...]
by David Crane
david@defensereview.com
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have already proven their unique capabilities and importance in the U.S. military’s prosecution of the war on terror. Large tactical reconnaissance/targeting UAVs like the now-famous weaponized Predator UAVs (a.k.a. Predator drones), including the RQ/MQ-1 Predator, YMQ-9A Predator (also referred to as MQ-9A Predator), and MQ-9B (a.k.a. Predator B) [...]
by David Crane
david@defensereview.com
This article was published on Sept. 8, 2005. The Advanced Gunner Scanner Simulator II a.k.a. Aerial Gunner Scanner Simulator II system discussed in this article has since been renamed. It is now designated the Advanced Generation Simulator System II (AGSS II).
As a door gunner in a MH-60K Black Hawk (U.S. [...]
by David Crane
david@defensereview.com
DefenseReview just received a virtual drawing of the Metal Storm Advanced Individual Combat Weapon’s (AICW) internals. We received this internal view drawing was sent to us by one of our military defense industry contacts OCONUS (outside the continental United States). We’re providing this to our readers as a follow-up to the Metal Storm [...]
The following is a press release from Metal Storm Limited on the developmental Metal Storm Advanced Individual Combat Weapon (AICW) prototype (Photo shown below.).
BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA – 31 August 2005 Metal Storm Limited (ASX trading code: MST and NASDAQ Small Cap ticker symbol MTSX) today announced the successful test firing of the Advanced Individual Combat [...]
by David Crane
david@defensereview.com
All photos contained in this article were taken by U.S. Army Cpl. Benjamin Cossel and are the property of the U.S. Army and the Department of Defense (DoD). Click on photos below to view them full-size.
There’s a military UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) that’s been getting some pretty rave reviews from U.S. [...]
The following comes from the United States Department of Defense (DoD):
No. 733-05
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Jul 19, 2005
Media Contact: (703)697-5131
Public/Industry Contact: (703)428-0711
The Army announced today it temporarily suspended the Request for Proposal (RFP) for the acquisition of a new family of small weapons – Objective Individual Combat Weapon Increment 1 (OICW-1) – in order to incorporate joint requirements. [...]
by David Crane
david@defensereview.com
Back in June 2004, DefenseReview reported on the U.S. Army’s development of photovoltaic tech to power U.S. Army tents and even soldiers themselves by integrating lightweight, flexible solar panels with tent and combat uniforms/BDU fabric. The article was titled, "U.S. Army Develops Lightweight, Flexible Solar Panels to Power Troops", and it contains a host of relevant [...]
by David Crane
david@defensereview.com
On April 27th (2005), Alliant Techsystems, Inc. (ATK) issued a press release on their semi-auto XM25 25mm "advanced airbursting" MGL (multiple grenade launcher) through PR Newswire. ATK calls it the XM25 "Air-Burst Assault Weapon". DefenseReview has known about the XM25 development program for awhile, now, but we never quite got around to [...]
