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Army networks MRAPs, M-ATVs |
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Written by davidtkl
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Friday, 23 April 2010 |
The U.S. Army has outfitted a handful of Mine Resistant Ambush
Protected, more commonly referred to as MRAP, vehicles with Network
Integration Kits designed to give the bomb-defeating vehicles the
ability to share real-time information such as sensor data from robots
and UAVs while on-the-move in combat, service officials said.
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Pentagon buys MRAPs with improved suspension |
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Written by davidtkl
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Friday, 16 April 2010 |
The Pentagon has ordered more than 1,300 new Mine Resistant Ambush
Protected vehicles, or MRAPs, with newly built independent suspension
systems designed to improve the blast-protected vehicles' off-road
performance in Afghanistan.
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M-ATVs to replace Humvees in Afghanistan, vice says |
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Written by davidtkl
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Friday, 16 April 2010 |
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, April 14, 2010) -- The mine-resistant
ambush- protected all-terrain vehicle, or M-ATV, is on its way to
Afghanistan to replace many of the up-armored Humvees.
"It will not be too long before we will be able to get everybody who can
be out of the up-armored Humvee into the MRAP ATV," said Vice Chief of
Staff of the Army Gen. General Peter W. Chiarelli.
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World Trade Center I-beam finds home in Afghanistan |
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Written by davidtkl
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Friday, 09 April 2010 |
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- An I-beam that was once a part of the
World Trade Center now has a home in Afghanistan where the Sept. 11,
2001, terrorist attacks were first planned.
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Army developing new Ground Combat Vehicle |
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Articles -
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Written by davidtkl
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Friday, 02 April 2010 |
The U.S. Army's Feb. 25 release of a formal Request for Proposal, or
RFP, to industry marks a significant step forward in the effort to build
a first-of-its-kind, highly versatile Ground Combat Vehicle - a
nine-man squad Infantry Carrier that can protect against IEDs and other
threats, move in urban and off-road terrain and accommodate emerging
technologies such as lightweight armor composites and electronics as
they become available, service leaders said.
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