'Stilettos' can be useful in combat.Combat units that deploy mobile communications systems In telecommunication, a communications system is a collection of individual communications networks, transmission systems, relay stations, tributary stations, and data terminal equipment (DTE) usually capable of interconnection and interoperation to form an integrated whole. and sensors on top of Humvee trucks are the target customers for the "Stiletto" telescoping screw-drive mast. Made of carbon fiber composite, the 1.5 square feet Stiletto can be mounted internally or externally on a HMMWV HMMWV High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV is a trademark of AM General LLC; aka HUMVEE, also a trademark of AM General LLC) of shelter. While the mast is typically made of carbon fiber composite tubes, fiberglass and aluminum sections can be supplied. Manufactured for military use, it complies with environmental standards for transportation altitude, operating and storage temperature, solar radiation solar radiation, n the emission and diffusion of actinic rays from the sun. Overexposure may result in sunburn, keratosis, skin cancer, or lesions associated with photosensitivity. , rain, humidity, fungus, salt fog, sand and dust, ice and snow loading, vibration and shock, said the manufacturer, Will-Burt Company, of Orrville, Ohio Orrville is a city in Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The population was 8,551 at the 2000 census. The J.M. Smucker Co., owner of the successful Smucker's brand, is in Orrville. Orrville is the hometown of college basketball coach Bobby Knight. . The 6-meter mast weighs 180 pounds. Other model sizes available are 4m, 6m, 10m and 15m. Set-up time for a 6-meter mast with power takes less than 1.5 minutes, the company said. A complete overhaul takes eight hours. |
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