Active protection system for U.S. army ground vehicles

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Missouri-based Boeing and California-based Science Applications International Corp., partnered as lead systems Integrator (LSI) for the U.S. Army's Future Combat System (FCS) program, plans to give a contract to Texas-based Raytheon Network Centric Systems to develop technologies for an active protection system (APS).

author: Rivers, Brendan P.
Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing, Search and navigation equipment, Electronic Warfare Equipment, Guided Missiles, Space Vehicles, Parts, Defense industry, Defence industry

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U.S. Army Apache controls Hunter UAV

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The Tactical Common Data Link (TCDL), built by L-3 Communication Systems-West, has been victoriously employed for command and control of a U.S. Army Hunter unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) from an AH-64D Longbow Apache.

author: Rivers, Brendan P.
Electronic Components and Accessories, Usage, Electronic components industry, LLL, Drone aircraft, Unmanned aerial vehicles, L-3 Communications Corp.

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New towed decoy developed for Super Hornet

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A new fiber-optic towed decoy for Super Hornet, the AN/ALE-55 is developed by the Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures (IDECM) suite; to replace the currently equipped AN/ALE-50 towed decoy is discussed.

author: Rivers, Brendan P.
Aircraft, Aircraft Manufacturing, Aircraft & Parts, Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing, Aircraft and Parts, Flying-machines

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