By Cassidian on Friday, October 25th, 2013

Silently circling high above the bottom, the unmanned aerial vehicle RQ-11 Raven’s camera focused in on its target. The operator, Sgt. Jason Lundquist, controlled the Raven’s actions from a ground station. He zoomed in on his target, taking multiple pictures as his aircraft made another pass. He was on a reconnaissance mission and these photos may save someone’s life one day. “Go ahead and convey it in for landing,” said Staff Sgt. Luther Oldfield, a master Raven trainer with Headquarter and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion 82nd Field Artillery, 1st Brigade Combat Team. Lundquist, a team leader for 64th Military Police... Read More »

Researchers on the U.S. Army Research Laboratory go about their business daily engaged on projects to assist better serve the army and its members who protect our country. Sometimes the research inspires commercial companies to do additional research and expand on certain aspects to develop products in their own. That is what happened with the military Research Laboratory’s, or ARL’s, research called “Inertial Reticle Technology,” where researchers who were then within the Weapons and Materials Research Directorate developed an idea to use advanced fire control technology to sniper weapons. As because of the this idea, a fashionable fire control system... Read More »

The Defence Ministry has issued a last show cause notice to Anglo-Italian firm AgustaWestland for cancelling its contract worth Rs 3,600 crore (556 million euros—Ed.) for supplying 12 choppers to the Air Force for “violating” the terms of its contract. The notice was issued by the Ministry on October 21 wherein it has asked the Anglo Italian firm to clarify why “all or any action as prescribed, including cancellation of the contract, shouldn’t be taken against them for violating the terms of the pre-integrity pact and the contract for procurement of 12 VVIP choppers.” The firm have been given 21... Read More »

Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, has delivered three Oshkosh P-19 Replacement Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) vehicle prototypes to the U.S. Marine Corps to undergo testing. The Marine Corps selected the Oshkosh P-19R in May 2013 to function the Marines’ off-road firefighting vehicle of the long run. Oshkosh will display the P-19R at Marine West, Jan. 29-30, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. “We delivered three P-19R prototypes in December and may support them as they undergo rigorous government testing through this summer,” said John Bryant, senior vice chairman of Defense Programs for Oshkosh Defense. “The... Read More »