Giving the Osprey More Firepower
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Even as the first bunch of the Marines' V-22 tilt-rotor aircraft have arrived in Iraq, the Air Force still thinks the current gun isn't good enough for battle
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Second order for MRAP armored vehicles goes to a surprise winner.
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Could the rock island arsenal be called upon to help even more with production for our US military? Currently workers are busy making armor plated doors Like these for hum-vees in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Darpa has developed some of the coolest weaponry for the U.S. military. Now it's going to upgrade the soldiers. By Noah Shachtman from Wired magazine. Plus: "national security
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The Army is working to fill a shortfall in Iraq of thousands of advanced Humvee armor kits designed to reduce U.S. troop deaths from roadside bombs -- including a rising threat from particularly lethal weapons linked to Iran and known as "explosively formed penetrators" (EFP) -- that are now...
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EL FASHER, Sudan -- Yagoub Mustafa, 45, could not easily mimic the ``whoop whoop whoop, boom! boom! boom!" of two helicopter gunships that fired rockets into the huts in his Darfur village. He tried to make the noises, but they were not loud enough, or terrifying enough.
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US President Bush is weighing an increase in the size of the military to deal with the long-term fight against terrorism.
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The Pentagon has approved a speedup in production of mine-resistant vehicles to provide troops with greater protection against roadside bombs in Iraq
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Yes, gentlemen, itâs time to change your bag. There is an updated version of a 17-by-17-inch, slouchy-sided military accessory known as the helmet (or pilotâs) bag.
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The Australian Defence Force must defend and project across an air-sea gap. This requires long range autonomous strike weaponry. The Joint Strike Fighter does not solve this issue and detrimentally places added pressure on Australia's limited force of aerial refuelling assets. The world's defence manufacturers are not creating strike platforms that solve Australian needs. For this reason, Australia needs to look to other nations with similar defence needs. In this case, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan all face defending an air-sea gap. Australia should enter a partnership with these nations to create a strike fighter that satisfies the strategic needs of defending an air-sea gap. The benefits of such a partnership will be many.
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The equipment manufacturer may have hit its peak.
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The idea would involve increasing U.S. forces by 20,000 troops or more in the hope of improving security.
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Osprey, an investment group including  Canadian, Australian and British firms, said on Monday it was  making a 2.2-billion-pound ($4.1 billion) offer for water firm  AWG .
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A drug used to treat impotence could help Israeli fighter pilots operate at high altitude, the Israeli military's official magazine reported in its latest issue.
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Rafi Yoeli has an unconventional solution to saving people from burning high-rises or rescuing soldiers trapped behind enemy lines: a flying car.
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Try these (slightly) more palatable tactics.
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Scientists have begun designing a new generation of weapons meant to be sturdier and more reliable.