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Military & Aerospace Electronics
November 2008 |
United Kingdom military selects ITT night-vision systems The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence needed mobile, man-wearable, night-vision systems for its military personnel. It gained a solution from ITT Corp.'s Night Vision business, in Roanoke, Va.   |
National Defense
February 2007
Robert H. Williams |
Back at Company Headquarters... Elbit System has developed a mission rehearsal simulator meant to bolster basic to advanced skills, tactical battle doctrines, decision making, situational awareness and leadership on the battlefield. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
October 2008
Courtney E. Howard |
Force Protection Rolls Out First Ridgback Vehicles for British Ministry of Defence Representatives of Force Protection Industries, together with officials from the U.S. government and the British Ministry of Defence (MOD), rolled out the first five Ridgback armored combat vehicles. |
National Defense
June 2014
Valerie Insinna |
Army Releases New Video Game Training The Army in March debuted its newest flagship video game, Virtual Battlespace 3, meant to help troops practice tactics before enacting them in a live environment. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
November 2008
Courtney E. Howard |
Serious games help save lives on the battlefield Software developers are increasingly adopting commercial off-the-shelf solutions to deliver state-of-the-art training, simulation, and mission rehearsal systems that harness the graphics power and capabilities of mainstream computing and gaming hardware and software solutions. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
February 2008 |
Thales and Boeing Selected for Future Rapid Effect System Officials at the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD) need a professional systems integrator for its Future Rapid Effect System (FRES) program to equip the British army with a family of armored vehicles. |
National Defense
February 2013
Valerie Insinna |
Contracts Highlight Growing Role of Video Game Training The Army and Navy are seeking out video game technology to engage young soldiers and sailors, and both services plan on awarding major contracts in 2013 for virtual, PC-based training. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2009 |
U.S. Army selects Cubic small arms training system Officials in the U.S. Army recognized a need to better train soldiers in the engagement of enemies with the help of a virtual, interactive training solution. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
April 2009
John McHale |
United Kingdom Engineers Struggle to Upgrade Old Aircraft with New Avionics Technology The Netherlands-Officials of the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence (MOD) in London say their agency needs to find better ways of upgrading fielded military avionics systems for the duration of their aircraft platforms' life cycles. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
October 2006 |
U.K. Ministry of Defence Installs Smiths Aerospace Sensor Systems in Future Lynx Helicopters The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MOD) contracted Smith Aerospace to develop and supply a health and usage monitoring system (HUMS) technology for its Future Lynx helicopters by AgustaWestland. |
National Defense
December 2011
Eric Beidel |
Gaming Technology Puts Soldiers' Boots on Ground The Army increasingly is turning to the commercial video game industry to create higher fidelity, less expensive and more portable simulations. |
Popular Mechanics
August 2008
Erik Sofge |
New Military Robots to Face Off in Two Summer Contests Singapore and the United Kingdom are staging robotics competitions this August to develop their own autonomous war machines. |
Science News
September 11, 2004 |
Exploring Mars At its Marsoweb site, NASA provides detailed maps, engineering data, and interactive tools for studying the Red Planet's alien terrain. |
National Defense
October 2013
Valerie Insinna |
Game Engine May Improve Realism of Tactical Trainer An information technology company is trying to stretch the limits of a popular video-game engine with the goal of making its tactical trainer more lifelike, including improvements in non-player characters' intelligence and more realistic virtual landscapes. |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2008
Robert N. Charette |
Weapons Acquisition Problems Span the Globe It's not just a U.S. problem. Australia, Canada, Russia, and the UK have all experienced their fair share of troubled acquisitions efforts. |
