Articles from Armada International (December 1, 2004)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
155 TMF upgrades.			211
ADI and Giat have signed a co-operation agreement to offer the Caesar self-propelled artillery system to the Australian Army for its Land 17 Artillery Replacement programme.			58
Aermacchi.			64
Aristote goes on line.			113
Asymmetrical warfare--armour: due to the operations in the Balkans, Afghanistan and Iraq new requirements in armoured protection for fighting vehicles have emerged. While laboratories and research facilities were focusing on protection systems developments against smart weapons, most of the casualties were made by so-called dumb threats.	Huntiller, Mark		3426
Aviation Technology.			52
Big deals in short.			340
Boeing has received the first two engines for the Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems (J-Ucas) X-45C UAV programme.			77
Boeing has sold its Electron Dynamic Devices (EDD) division to L-3 Communications for an undisclosed amount.			59
Boeing unveiled its new low-cost aircraft that combines the advantages of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a combat-proven manned rotorcraft helicopter--the MD 530F.			84
Boeing's A160 Hummingbird long-endurance VTOL UAV resumed flight testing with an 80-minute flight that included hovering and forward flight manoeuvres.			60
Boeing.			47
Cobham.			22
Corrigendum.			49
Denel's newborn--it's a male! Compared to the many other types of equipment reviewed in every issue of Armada International, the drone sector is unquestionably the one that yields the largest number of new developments. This time novelties cover the full spectrum from minis all the way up to combat types via males and hales.	Biass, Eric H.		958
Drilling the darkness.	Biass, Eric H.		1127
Eads in info-centric warfare.	Biass, Eric H.		741
EO market has future.			108
Fill it up, please!	Braybrook, Roy		2625
Gen-3 drone launchers.			140
General Electric.			70
GKN Aerospace.			57
Harris.			63
IAI, by the time these lines are printed, will have probably received an order from India to deliver an unspecified number of Heron Males to the tune of $ 230 million.			37
In that bag we drag: as with all aspects of defence equipment, the clothing, hand-held weapons, electronics, camouflage gear and protective systems have taken quantum leaps in terms of technological advancement within the past ten years. There has never been so many options for keeping the foot dry and an eye on the situation.	Keggler, Johnny		2064
Innovative Concepts.			55
Italians fly NH90.			61
L-3 Communications.			55
Lord of heavy rings to bear.	Biass, Eric H.		2841
Nightingales don't sing in Grosvenor Square.	Richardson, Doug		3674
Northrop Grumman's Hunter might fly in the wake of the IAI Hermes.			30
On the Armada bookshelf.			207
Osprey in desert mode.			107
Oto Melara.			46
Radstone Technology.			56
Raytheon.			79
Redesigning the galaxy.			79
Room for one only.			95
Roving rovers.	Biass, Eric H.		960
Rubin's new jewel.			380
SAIC and Boeing, lead systems integrators for the US Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) programme, are seeking bid proposals to develop Class II and III Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (drone) systems.			80
Shake it off your tail! The sky is a hostile environment for military aircraft, especially with threats from fighters and ground defences to be reckoned with. In the past few years these threats have extended from the traditional combat aircraft to support aircraft and now to civilian airliners, driving a universal requirement for self-protection.	Hooton, E.R.	Cover Story	2716
Sneaking in from above.	Braybrook, Roy		2691
Tadiran Communications.			41
Textron Marine & Land.			55
Thales/RaytheonSystems.			53
The move towards corvettes and frigates: in defence, as in life, fashions change. In the world's navies the fashion some 20 to 30 years ago leaned toward small, high-speed vessels with surface-to-surface missiles--these were known as fast attack craft. Operational experience has since driven more recent requirements towards larger ships of corvette or even frigate size.	Hooton, E.R.		2790
The State of Geneva (Switzerland) came close to ordering Oerlikon Contraves Ranger fire watch flights from the Swiss Armed Forces following a long series of cars going ablaze in the city's car parks.			58
TRL Technology.			64
TTNT explodes in tests.			87
Turkey, through Turkish Aircraft Industries, has relaunched a request for proposals regarding the purchase of ten Males and their related equipment to the tune of $ 100 million.			69
Updating the escorts.	Hanson, Anatole		1298
What is so special? In the past, "Special Operations" really referred to covert operations. The teams involved were specially trained in terms of endurance, discretion and cold-blooded efficiency. While this remains true in some countries, special force operations now tend to become the norm.	Biass, Eric H.		700
When the chip drops in.	Baddeley, Adam		1316