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The Motley Fool September 7, 2011 Rich Smith |
Tanks for Nothing, Britain BAE Systems' stock is a real steal. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2005 |
OEM infrared camera modules These thermographic camera modules can be installed wherever heat distribution patterns must be visualized or measured. |
National Defense July 2009 Grace V. Jean |
360-Degree Sensor to Help Troops Nab Insurgents Nabbing insurgents before they can plant roadside bombs or finding enemy snipers before they shoot have been among the toughest challenges that the U.S. military has faced in current conflicts. |
Chemistry World February 19, 2015 Richard Massey |
Infrared camouflage that sticks US scientists have developed an adhesive tape that can help objects match the infrared reflectance of their surroundings and disguise them from being seen by infrared cameras. |
Chemistry World August 12, 2013 Emma Stoye |
Squid skin material invisible to infrared cameras Using a protein from color-changing squids, US scientists have created a coating that reflects infrared and lets objects mimic the infrared signature of their surroundings. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2004 |
Air Force Eyes Combination Infrared Camera and Communications Device U.S. Air Force scientists are looking to Sensors Unlimited Inc. to develop a smart, multifunction, dual-wavelength combination video camera and communications tool for night-vision surveillance and reconnaissance applications. |
National Defense January 2014 Valerie Insinna |
New Suit Conceals Heat Signatures It can be difficult for a soldier to blend into surrounding terrain when an adversary is equipped with infrared and thermal sensors, but a new camouflage suit may be able to conceal users' heat signatures. |
National Defense October 2006 Grace Jean |
Special Paint Hides Vehicles and Buildings From Enemy Sensors As thermal scanners and other heat-sensitive sensors improve and proliferate, militaries have begun to realize such technologies also expose vulnerabilities, and are seeking ways to protect their troops and assets. |
Technology Research News January 26, 2005 |
Spray-on Photocells Harvest Infrared Researchers from the University of Toronto have found a way to cheaply and easily harvest the infrared portion of the sun's spectrum of lightwaves with a paint-like material that can be sprayed on large surfaces. |
National Defense September 2013 Sarah Sicard |
New Textile Shields Troops from Sensors A new textile technology could help soldiers blend in with their surroundings by reducing their heat signatures. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2009 |
Infrared Sensor for Armored Vehicle Night Vision is Aim of BAE Contract BAE Systems will produce a system of infrared sensors and related vetronics that provide 24-hour, all-weather visibility to operators of U.S. Army and Marine Corps armored vehicles. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2005 |
ESA Picks CEDIP Cameras to Track Rocket Operating from its site at Kourou, French Guyana, the European Space Agency used a JADE LR infrared camera system equipped with long-range optics, operating in the 3-to-5-micron waveband to monitor flight V165. |
IEEE Spectrum March 2006 Willie D. Jones |
Safer Driving in The Dead of Night Night vision systems use infrared sensors to let drivers see as much as three or four times farther ahead and help them quickly distinguish among objects. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2008 |
DARPA Looks to Sensors Unlimited to Develop Next-Generation Night-Vision Technology The night-vision sensor technology will be for helmet-mounted and micro vehicle applications. |
National Defense July 2013 Valerie Insinna |
New Lightweight Infrared Systems Under Development for Army Raytheon officials said its third wave of forward-looking infrared devices, called FLIR, could be in soldiers' hands within a few years. |
National Defense February 2009 Grace V. Jean |
Coming Soon: Cockpits in Combat Trucks Cockpit-like technology could turn plain humvees into multimedia hubs. It also would allow soldiers to control sensors and weapons from the safety of their armored cabs. |
Defense Update Issue 3, 2007 |
Vehicle Armoring - MRAP and Beyond If approved by congress, the Pentagon's Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) program will obtain 2,650 new armored vehicles, making it the third-largest acquisition program in the U.S. |
National Defense December 2006 Robert H. Williams |
Composite Tanks Boosts Spacecraft Payload Just produced and tested light weight liquid oxygen composite tanks for the Sprite Small Launch Vehicle are yielding an increase in mass to orbit by more than 30%. |
Defense Update Issue 2, 2006 |
Heavyweights are Adapting to LIC Merkava tanks of all types, and particularly the new Merkava Mk4 are facing a serious challenge in the recent war between Israel and Lebanese Hezbolla. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2008 John Keller |
Night-Vision Devices to Blend Infrared Technology, Image Intensifiers The next steps for improving thermal sensors and light intensifiers for night-vision devices will involve combining information from several kinds of sensors. |
Wired August 2003 Wil McCarthy |
Being Invisible Next-gen optical camouflage is busting out of defense labs and into the street. This is technology you have to see to believe. |
National Defense January 2013 Dan Parsons |
Vendors Pour Funding Into Armored Vehicle Development Vehicle manufacturers are gearing up for several parallel armored vehicle programs and, without any guarantee of a contract, are pouring money into working prototypes so that when the time comes, they can offer an "off-the-shelf" design. |
Defense Update Issue 3, 2004 |
Lightweight Armor Protection for Combat Vehicles This article covers the modern technologies and application of ceramic and composite armor for vehicle protection. |
Defense Update Issue 1, 2006 |
The role of Armor in Urban Combat Mutually supporting combined arms (armor-infantry) tactical element can achieve success while keeping casualties to a minimum... Improving visibility when "buttoned up" in tanks... Enhancing tank survivability in urban combat... Tank firepower adapted for urban warfare... etc. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2009 Courtney E. Howard |
Advanced Vetronics: Hit the Ground Running Industry heeds the warfighter's call for innovative, responsive, and reliable electronics in combat vehicles on the ground. |
The Motley Fool June 7, 2004 Rich Smith |
The British Strike Back Britain's BAE Systems outbids General Dynamics for Alvis. Smart move? |
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2007 Courtney E. Howard |
BAE Systems Unveils Advanced Vehicle Power-Management System at U.S. Army Symposium BAE Systems introduced an advanced power-management system designed to deliver the ability to generate electric power within military tactical wheeled vehicles. |
National Defense December 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Survival in Combat Zones Requires 'Layers' of Protection Army laboratories have for decades been pushing the limits of combat survivability technology, but the pressure to produce results rose when the service launched the Future Combat Systems in 1999, a program to develop a family of high-tech vehicles by 2012. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2005 Ben Ames |
Designers make incremental improvements to 2-G infrared viewers Military users of infrared scopes will have to wait another five or ten years to see full production of third-generation scopes. In the meantime, today's "2.5-generation" devices offer lighter weight, smaller size, and better power efficiency than older second-generation devices. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2005 |
Family of Computer-Controlled Pan-Tilt Units Directed Perception Inc. is offering the PTU-D300 family of computer-controlled pan-tilt units to provide systems integrators and OEMs a positioning solution for infrared and thermal cameras, antennas, video cameras, and other sensors. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2006 |
Midwave Thermography Camera for Real-Time Temperature Analysis Infrared Solutions Inc. is offering the VarioTHERM camera head, a universal midwave infrared camera for precise, real-time thermal analysis in scientific and industrial applications. |
National Defense August 2009 Jason Jacks |
Mini Armored Vehicle Available to Police A new vehicle allows police and other law enforcement personnel to take on heavily armed bad guys from behind the safety of armor. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2009 |
Electro--Optic Brief Military night-vision goggles provided to British military by ITT... Rugged camera for covert surveillance introduced by Toshiba Teli America... Electro-optical infrared sensor for armored vehicle night vision is aim of BAE contract... etc. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2005 John Keller |
Navy Orders Quick-Turnaround Procurement for Optoelectronic UAV Sensors The procurement called for one infrared camera system, and two pan-tilt zoom cameras. The solicitation-to-delivery time of the procurement was just 42 days. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2010 John Keller |
Persistent Surveillance with UAV-Mounted Infrared Sensors is Goal of DARPA ARGUS-IR Program Scientists at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are asking industry to develop staring infrared sensors able to provide long-term persistent surveillance from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). |
National Defense August 2004 Joe Pappalardo |
Humvee Armor Suppliers Working Around the Clock The now familiar sight of Humvees struck by mines and roadside bombs in Iraq are driving the industry to pursue short-term fixes and long-range changes in the way they produce vehicles. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2007 |
Electro-Optics Briefs Northrop Grumman awards LaBarge $2 million... StockerYale introduces LED spot projectors... Imperx adds GenCAM and GigE vision compliance to Lynx camera family... etc. |
National Defense February 2015 Valerie Insinna |
Amphibious Combat Vehicle Competition to Heat Up In its efforts to replace the 30-year-old amphibious assault vehicle, the Marine Corps has traversed a long and bumpy road. |
National Defense August 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Protection of Army Trucks Requires Tradeoffs Military truck makers are grappling with how build relatively uncomplicated vehicles that can sustain the rigors of combat and, when needed, effortlessly be plated with thousands of pounds of armor. |
National Defense February 2013 Dan Parsons |
Smaller Trucks Seen as Lucrative Business in U.S. and Abroad Riding a wave of special operations successes and the expectation that funding will flow toward elite forces in the future, vehicle manufacturers are staking millions of dollars on bids to supply those shadowy warriors with new trucks. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2008 |
BAE Systems to Provide Transparent Armored Gun Shield for the U.S. Marine Corps BAE Systems to deliver 360 Marine Corps Transparent Armored Gun Shield (MCTAGS) turret kits for use on HMMWV vehicles and Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles, better-known as MRAPs. |
National Defense February 2012 Eric Beidel |
New Requirements, Lower Cost Breathe New Life Into JLTV Though it appeared doomed just months ago, the Army and Marine Corps' plan to replace aging Humvees with a new off-road vehicle may have regained its footing at least for another year. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2006 |
In Brief NASA selects AIAA for standards program management... BAE Systems to provide enhanced vision for U.S. Army combat vehicles... Analysts say FPGA market to reach $2.75 billion... etc. |
National Defense November 2004 Joe Pappalardo |
High Demand for Infrared Technology on Battlefield Advances in manufacturing technology are allowing a new generation of infrared imaging devices to reach the battlefield in record numbers, according to military and industry sources. |
National Defense December 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
Military's New `Light' Truck Defies Laws of Physics The latest Pentagon effort to acquire a replacement for the humvee, however, takes truck buying to a whole new level. |
National Defense June 2012 Dan Parsons |
Vehicles Strut Their Stuff in Desert Trials The evaluation of non-developmental vehicles is part of a larger analysis of alternatives mandated by the Defense Department to ferret out available commercial technologies that might fit the bill for variants of the Ground Combat Vehicle. |
Popular Mechanics April 2008 Joe Pappalardo |
Anatomy of an IED-Fighting Abrams Tank in Baghdad: Field Report Tanks become more user-friendly with the Tank Urban Survivability Kit (TUSK). |
Defense Update Issue 2, 2005 |
Protection of Vehicles and Fixed Positions In Iraq and Afghanistan, specialized armor systems are used for heavy and lightweight vehicles. Pre-fabricated structures can be used to protect static positions. |
National Defense October 2004 Roxana Tiron |
Army Future Force The battle-tested Abrams tank is poised to remain in service for at least 25 more years, or until the Army is certain that it has an adequate replacement. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2004 |
BAE Systems Introduces Handheld Thermal Imagers for Law Enforcement The HHC100 Series is a low-cost, lightweight, rugged series of IR cameras. The U.S. Army recently selected BAE Systems to supply a family of next-generation thermal weapon sights for its soldiers. |