Articles from Armada International (October 1, 2008)

Title	Author	Type	Words
Always faster, sometimes safer: multi-national operations, whether of disaster relief or peacekeeping nature, in distant underdeveloped regions are driving demands for strategic airlifters and tankers, and for fixed-, rotary- and tilt-wing intra-theatre transports. Sea and land aspects of mobility are reviewed in following sections of this report.	Braybrook, Roy		4294
Big deals in short.			339
Bulk means sea.	Withington, Thomas		4034
Caesar arrives in France.			89
Corvette and frigate market.	Withington, Thomas		3118
Farnborough 2008.	Kemp, Ian; Withington, Thomas		2278
Fire Scout & Brite Star II.			104
Freedom on Lake Michigan.			91
Gated imager for hi-speed.			92
General Dynamics has received a contract modification from the US Marine Corps System Command to produce a further nine capability set II Combat Operations Centers along with 18 common modules.			90
Hammer test on display.			104
Lightning bolts out over Texas.			142
Long-distance whispering: the idea of packing a radio on one's back over a desert, through a jungle or up-river in a small boat when there are so many hand-held options available reeks of sacrilege in terms of weight penalty. But the difference those few extra Watts of power make when exchanging time-critical information is viewed with not-so-well-disguised veneration.	Keggler, Johnny		2412
Metric AASM qual firing.			99
Mout gun from Rheinmetall.			234
No fighting dirty: unlike the Cold War when troops and equipment were more often than not expected to fight 'dirty', modern operational scenarios require that troops be cleansed of any chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear contamination.	Kemp, Ian		1862
Paveway IV demonstration.			111
Pre-M-346 maiden flight.			81
Rolling (sometimes rocking) stock: 'Fortress' is the project name given to the urgent operational requirement programme launched in January 2008 to prepare 280 of the British Army's newly delivered MAN Support Vehicles for deployment with the 7th Armoured Brigade in Iraq. The enhancements are typical of the measures need to enhance survivability in the face of asymmetric threats.	Kemp, Ian		5941
Sea eyes and ears: in a never-ending process to keep older and newer ships on the crest of the wave, defence manufacturers in Europe, North America and Africa continue to furnish the world's navies with a range of radar, sonar and electro-optical sensors that can enhance vessel situational awareness and enable them to interface with existing combat management systems and other sensors.	Withington, Thomas		2086
Securing the base: on 14 July 'hundreds' of insurgents attacked a temporary combat outpost in Afghanistan's Kunar province near the Pakistan border occupied by 45 members of the US Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team and 25 soldiers of the Afghan National Army. The attack inflicted the highest casually toll in more than three years, with nine US soldiers dead and another 15 wounded.	Kemp, Ian		3649
Serial FPDP gives 800 MB/s.			105
Still a steep learning curve: as seen from a wide-angle lens, the drone world is reaching a turning point, probably one that will lead to many others. One thing is clear, though, Europe is finally trying to hammer its own niche in a discipline that has been hitherto led by Israel and the United States.	Biass, Eric H.		1189
Superconductor degaussing.			87
The infantry's 40 mm punch: new designs and ammunition types are extending the capabilities of the shoulder-fired 40-mm grenade launcher. With lightweight alloys, composite materials and new warhead technologies these weapons are a far cry from their 1950s ancestors.	Kemp, Ian		2738
The technology of first aid: << help given to a sick or injured person until full medical treatment is available >>. This is a simple and concise definition of first aid. But when in a combat zone that definition needs to be expanded to include "and stay alive yourself". Technology has risen to the challenge to ensure such is the case.	Keggler, Johnny		1524
Traveling Wave Tube amplifier.			102
Videoscout in tablet format.			136
West wind God's 54-hour vigil.			128