ISAF Mungo(click to view full) KMW's Mungo truck is designed as a heavier vehicle than the Mercedes Wolf, which can accept heavier armor while remaining transportable in CH-53G Sea Stallion and CH-47 Chinook helicopters, as well as larger platforms like C-160 Transall...
Fennek(click to view full) KMW's Fennek has a simple mission: see, but don't be seen. Accordingly, Fennek is designed to combine a low height profile with low infrared, radar, and noise profiles. Its 3-man crew can be sustained in the field for 5 days in the field via...
ORCWS-30 on Piranha(click to view full) The NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency's (NAMSA) main task is to assist NATO nations by organizing common procurement and supply of spare parts and arranging maintenance and repair services necessary for the support of various...
Leopard 2A6(click to view full) The Leopard 2 is believed by some observers to be the world's best main battle tank. It's certainly the most widely bought ultra-modern MBT; thanks to der grosse DeutschePanzerSchlussverkauf (the great German Tank fire sale), the...
LITENING AT parts(click to view full) The LITENING family of pods has become the most widely-used international solution for adding sophisticated surveillance and precision strike capabilities to fighter and bomber aircraft, defining the price:performance target for...
If you want to keep track of key Pentagon programs, Selected Acquisition Reports are an important resource. Shortly after the defense budget is submitted, the Pentagon releases details on major defense acquisition program cost, schedule, and performance changes on a...
Trophy on Stryker(click to view full) In May 2006, "No Trophy for FCS, Iraq Troops - Raytheon HTK APS Selected" explained RAFAEL's Trophy active protection system, which can defend against threats like anti-tank missiles, incoming tank shells, and even EFP land mines....
WAH-64Ds(click to view full) When the USA and the Netherlands deployed their AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopters to Afghanistan, the Longbow millimeter-wave radar that sits atop the rotor didn't accompany them. The Dutch helicopters didn't have that option due to...
By 2005, QinetiQ (pron. "kinetic") was a vital UK defense research firm whose owners included the British government and The Carlyle Group. This was a transformation from its previous role as part of Britain's DERA government research agency, but relations remain...