Articles from Armada International (February 1, 2008)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A view from inside: technology once again took centre stage at the AUSA convention in October 2007. A veritable barrage of up-armoured, desert-painted vehicles, robots, drones and mules (OK, one mule) elbowed each other for floor space, whilst much was afoot in the electronics sector.	Keggler, Johnny		1798
Aerovironment has received approval from the US Air Force for full-rate production of its Wasp III drone under the Battlefield Air Targeting Micro Air Vehicle (Batmav) programme.			50
Airlifters for distant wars: the prospect of a continuing series of West-led multi-national out-of-area actions in under-developed regions is boosting sales of both strategic and tactical airlifters. The following review broadly considers military transport developments in order of increasing aircraft size.	Braybrook, Roy		3342
Alenia Aeronautica signed a 217 million [euro] contract with Romtechnica, the national company for foreign trade of the Romanian Ministry of Defence, to supply seven C-27J tactical airlift aircraft, which will be delivered by end-2008.			56
Anti-armour from the east: although the consequences of Tsahal's faux pas in south Lebanon in 2006 have not yet been fully analysed, observers and experts agree upon the fact that modern anti-armour weapons in well-trained hands remain lethal. Despite Israeli air, armour, electronics support and supposed C31 superiorities, Hezbollah scored dozens of deadly hits on Tsahal's heavy armoured vehicles.	Huntiller, Mark		3604
ATL laser on C-130H.			147
Big deals in short.			373
Boeing has submitted its revised HH-47 combat search and rescue helicopter proposal to the US Air Force in response to Amendment Five of the service's request for proposals for the Csar-X programme.			60
Ceradyne has received a five-year, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract award, valued in excess of $ 400 million, from the US Special Operations Command for the company's family of Ballistic Plates for Body Armor Load Carriage System (Balcs).			51
Concert-in-a cutting tool.			170
Corrigendum.		Correction notice	89
Crew systems jam radios.			55
Cyclone Aviation Products, an Elbit Systems subsidiary, was awarded a first-phase $ 2.4 million contract to supply 330-gallon fuel tanks to the US Navy for installation on its F/A-18s.			50
Dual Duo on single board.			64
Eurofighter has signed <> with BAE Systems to supply 72 Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.			42
Eyes on the Hellfly.			104
Fly-by-wire H-92 flight.			84
French MoD gets intraced.			99
GA checks its Emals.			90
General Atomics has signed a teaming agreement with Spanish company Sener to promote the use of the Predator series drones to support Spain's airborne surveillance and reconnaissance requirements.			39
General Dynamics C4 Systems has received a contract modification from the US Marine Corps System Command for the production of twelve common modules and 24 capability set III Combat Operations Centers.			44
General Dynamics C4 Systems.			94
GIWS, a subsidiary of Rheinmetall and Diehl, was awarded a 120 million [euro] contract to supply Smart 155 sensor fused munitions to the British and Australian armed forces.			43
Harris has received certification from the US National Security Agency for its AN/PRC-117G(C) (originally the RF-300M-MP) Falcon III multi-band man-pack radio.			62
High-speed 3D non-Doppler.			137
In with the dirty out with the clean.			123
ITT has received a contract extension from the Naval Sea Systems Command for the company's AN/SPS-48 Radar Obsolescence, Availability Recovery programme.			44
JTRS GMRs in Boeing's ovens.			92
Kodiaks go to NL & SE.			122
Korea tests Skylark II.			59
L-3 Communications Wescam has delivered its MX-20 electro-optical and infrared imaging turrets to Lockheed Martin for its tethered aerostat system programme.			36
Like wire through cheese: supercavitation: suprcavitation occurs when a submerged moving body is covered in water vapour, with consequent reduction in density-dependent friction. Already applied to torpedoes and special-purpose bullets, the concept may be extended to submarines, surface vessels and (possibly) bunker-busting munitions.	Braybrook, Roy		1938
Lockheed Martin has signed an exclusive international rights agreement to integrate and market electrical energy storage units from Eestor in support of US military and homeland security applications.			58
Lockheed Martin received a 99.7 million [euro] contract from the Portuguese Air Force to upgrade the mission systems on five P-3C maritime surveillance aircraft.			48
Lockheed Martin will supply two AN/TPS-77 transportable long-range air surveillance radar systems to the Latvian National Armed Forces under a $ 44 million contract signed in December.			38
MBDA has received an order for its Exocet and VL Mica missile systems.			24
Mortar bombs: hail them or fry them? Means to counter ballistic missiles or anti-ship missiles have been found several years ago--although these solutions continue to mature. Strangely, anti-rocket and anti-mortar systems appear to have remained out of reach. Afghanistan, Iraq and the Israeli-Palestinian conflicts, however, have dealt a fresh hand.	Biass, Eric H.		3293
New blades for the King.			61
NH Industries received an order in November 2007 for 68 new-generation NH90 TTH helicopters for the French Army.			27
Patria and NH Industries have signed an agreement to bolster their co-operation in NH90 helicopter life-cycle services to Nordic country customers.			42
Pirates, you have good company!	Withington, Tom; Biass, Eric H.		3226
Pocket PLRF for UK snipers.			166
Rafael has received a follow-on contract from General Dynamics Santa Barbara to supply the Spike-ER air-to-land missile systems for Spanish Tiger helicopters.			36
Rockwell Collins and Thai Aviation Industries have been awarded the second phase of the Royal Thai Air Force C-130 integrated communication, navigation, surveillance/air traffic management upgrade contract.			43
Saab Aircraft Leasing has received a formal order from the Argentine Air Force for the purchase of four Saab 340B mid-size transport aircraft.			59
Saab has has received an order to deliver its Nlaw (Next-generation Light Antitank Weapon) to Finland under a 38 million [euro] contract.			53
Saab was awarded two export orders totalling SEK one billion for its Arthur artillery locating radar and the Bill 2 anti-tank missile system.			37
See what you've got.			76
Stay not from the path.	Keggler, Johnny		2072
TCS for LCS Fire Scout.			138
Thales has signed an agreement with the General Directorate for Enterprises in France for the development of a maritime surveillance underwater vehicle.			47
Tiger had its first flight.			106
Tracks & tyres centre stage: the medium armoured vehicle world has been dominated over the past year by the British Army's long-running Future Rapid Effects System (Fres) programme and the unprecedented effort by the US Department of Defense to rush new Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (Mrap} vehicles to Iraq to protect personnel from the threat of improvised explosive devices.	Kemp, Ian		13339
Victorinox has received an award for an undisclosed amount to provide a special version of its Outrider soldier knife to the Malaysian Army.			40
Windy spell for the Ram.			157