On the Afghani battlefields, American Operation Anaconda was facing trouble. Getting much-improved vests from the design lab to Afghani battlefields on time and in the numbers needed was a manufacturing feat that demanded not only balancing quality and production but also improving both in the process. This paper illustrates on...
A bout the size of a WW II-era Jeep and three times the torque of a Dodge Viper, the Quantum Alternative Mobility Vehicle AMV has the appearance of a large, futuristic all-terrain vehicle. Known also as the Aggressor, the Quantum AMV could portend the future for lightweight, battlefield-ready mobility vehicles...
SAN DIEGO -- They're the voices of American troops from the battlefields of Iraq. They're powerful documents that bring to life the soldiers who wrote them. They're the last letters sent home to loved ones. The authors are eight men and two women of different ages, backgrounds, ranks and service...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- The award-winning Battlefield 2TM is about to get a boost... Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:ERTS) and Digital Illusions today announced that 2 new Booster Packs will be released for the award-winning Battlefield 2TM PC game. The two packs, which will each retail for $9.99 in North America, EUR...
The Taiwanese government will pay Carlsbad-based ViaSat Inc. $12 million to use its technology for displaying sophisticated information about battlefields. The Multifunctional Information Distribution System is part of a sophisticated radio system The Taiwanese government will pay Carlsbad-based ViaSat Inc. $12 million...
WASHINGTON--BUSINESS WIRE--August 20, 1996--AT&T and Wheat International Communications this month will showcase advanced capabilities that connect battlefield troops to their commanders in a live, multimedia environment during a simulated warfighting exercise.
REDONDO BEACH, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 2, 1995--In field trials conducted in late June, a TRW/Magnavox team successfully demonstrated that the U.S. Army's anti-fratricide Battlefield Combat Identification System BCIS can be configured to send, receive and display secure, digital information about other BCIS-equipped units on the battlefield.
A vital part of the U.S. military's mission is to continually redefine its battlefields by employing new strategies, new technologies and new capabilities that give it an edge over the opposition. The latest weapon in the Army's quest for technologic A vital part of the U.S....
Totorica Army National Guard Pvt. Michael Totorica has graduated from the Infantryman One Station Unit Training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga. The training consists of Basic Infantry Training and Advanced Individual Training. During the nine weeks of basic combat training, Totorica received training in...
DataPath Field Service Representatives Work Side-by-Side with Warfighters to Support SATCOM Hubs Used by U.S. Joint Forces in Iraq DULUTH, Ga., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- DataPath, Inc., a leading provider of satellite and wireless communications networks around the world, has been awarded $1.9 million to continue providing...
The Authors Gen. Hal Moore and Joe Galloway Return to the Publishing Battlefield with FlatSigned Press NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Literally following in the footsteps he and his men took over forty years ago, Lt. Gen. Harold G. "Hal" Moore and his friend and co-author...
GORI, Georgia -- Flies buzz around broken food jars, singed book pages flutter in the breeze and water pours from a twisted kitchen faucet at the remnants of Zurab Gvarientashvili's apartment, smashed by a bomb as Russian forces advanced. One day after Russians withdrew from this strategic...
Poetry Prom Wed The annual poetry reading at this year's Snape Proms music festival features Margaret Atwood right and Alastair Read in an event that has become the UK's biggest poetry session with anywhere up to 800 attending. Snape Maltings Concert Hall Bernardine Evaristo...