Tag: counter mine
Singapore Technologies’ Hybrid Mini UAV Can Fly and Dive
This hybrid drone can fly for 15 minutes, dive underwater and operate sonar sensors for 3 hour underwater surveillance missions.
Special review: Israel’s largest defense technology display at Eurosatory 2014
Israel's participation at the Eurosatory defense exhibition this year was the largest ever. This review covers many of the highlights displayed at the Israel national pavilion organized by SIBAT, Israel's defense export directorate.
IAI Develops an Advanced Counter-Mine & IED UGV
Israel Aerospace Industries' (IAI) Ramta's Division is developing an unmanned ground penetrating radar sensor designed to detect deep buried and surface-laid mines and Improvised...
Northrop Grumman Delivers First AQS-24A Airborne Mine-hunting Vehicle to Japan
Northrop Grumman Corporation has delivered the first of four AQS-24A airborne mine-hunting vehicles to the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) for deployment on Japan's...
Dual-Occupant Husky Debut at Eurosatory 2012
NIITEK, Inc., a subsidiary of the Chemring Group PLC has teamed with Critical Solutions International (CSI) to display a dual-occupant Husky 2G Mounted Detection System (HMDS)...
France Transforms Counter-Mine System for Counter-IED Missions
Following several years of development of a complex and ambitious route-clearing counter-mine system, the French Army has halted the original program, transforming the available assets to better cope with Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Afghanistan.
Oshkosh Provides Underbody Protection for HEMTT A4
Oshkosh Defense was awarded the first U.S. Army order for 400 underbody armor protection kits for the Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT) A4 vehicles, along with a delivery contract for additional (15) Logistics Vehicle System Replacement (LVSR) wreckers, supporting troops operating in Afghanistan. The total value of these orders is about $38 million.
Handheld Standoff Mine Detection System (HSTAMIDS)
CyTerra, a L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) subsidiary received a U.S. Army follow-on order worth about US$40 million to provide several thousand AN/PSS-14 advanced mine...
Airborne Laser Mine Detection System (ALMDS)
The U.S. Navy took delivery of the first Airborne Laser Mine Detection System (ALMDS) pod developed and produced by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC)....
Unmanned Counter-mine Systems at the 2006 Eurosatory Exhibition
Robotization of the counter-mine vehicles significantly reduces the risks this type of mission pose to humans. The mission parameters of these operations impose major...
CARPET – New Mine Breaching System Based on Fuel-Air Explosive (FAE)
Israel's weapon development company Rafael is producing a minefield breaching system called “Carpet”. The system is currently in use by the Israeli Army and...
MMSR – SYDERA Counter-Mine System
Developed under cooperation between Rheinmetall Defense, MBDA and Thales, the Franco-German MMSR-SYDERA consortium is developing a system consisting of various vehicles for detecting and...
AMX30B2DT
The assault mine clearing vehicles of the French Army are planned for operation as part of the future modular assault mine-clearing system, consisting of...
Mine / IED protected Vehicles Design Principles
Start < Page 4 of 4 > One of the most important requirements for combat vehicle's protection is counter mine design. Traditionally, guerilla forces used standard...