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7th Counter IED Conference

More than 50 percent of fatalities among coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan during the first six months of 2010 are a result of...

TekShield Offers Protection Against IED Blast, Fragments and Small Arms Projectiles

Ceradyne has signed a licensing agreement with Lockheed Martin for the development and production of the TekShiled armor material developed by Lockheed...

The Afghan National Army and Police are still far away from...

// // In the hope that the work invested by their British instructors was paying off already, the 3rd Afghan Kandak (Brigade)- led the...

Psyops and the Battle for Marjah

Photo above: F Company (Fire Support) 1 Royal Welsh in position in the area of west of Gorbay Noray, as part of Operation Moshtaraq....

An Insight into the IEDs

EOD teams tasked with this dangerous mission utilize robotic systems to inspect the suspicious devices and deactivate it by disrupting or eliminating the activation...

British Troops Seize Control of Helmands’ Lifeline – Nahr-e-Burgha Shamalan Irrigation...

In the latest phase of operation Panchai Palang (Panthers Claw), units of soldiers from the Welsh Guards Battle Group, Light Dragoons Battle Group and 3...

Dragon Runner Robotic UGV

QinetiQ Introduces a Field Transformable Small Robot // A new range of 'Dragon Runner' Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle (SUGV). was unveiled at AUSA...

How Should Israel Reinstate its Land Maneuver Capability?

Better armored vehicles, more affordable guided weapons employed by 'multi-purpose' units could better handle future maneuver warfare in high intensive, asymmetric warfare. Major. General (ret)...

US Outlines its Counter-IED Strategy: Attack the Network, Defeat the Device...

The latest information on the improvised explosive devices (IEDs) was the focus of remarks delivered by Joint IED Defeat leadership at a recent Arlington,...

JIEDDO’s Information Systems are Targeting IED Support Networks

The strategy developed by the U.S. DoD Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) focuses counter IED efforts using three lines of operation: Attack...

Titan’s Acquisition Consolidates Chemring’s Simulation Offering

Chemring Group PLC, a leading producer of expendable decoy countermeasures announces is set to buy the U.S. based Titan Dynamics Systems, Inc. from the...

US Forces Suffer a Fatality in the new MRAP

The New York Times reports on the first fatality inflicted by a roadside bomb attack on a Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected (MRAP) armored vehicle; these vehicles were recently...

BULL Armored Vehicle

A new Urban Warfare Verhicle from Ceradyne Ceradyne, Inc. (Nasdaq:CRDN) developed the Bull heavy armored vehicle to address US military's future requirements for MRAP II....

Counter IED Technologies at the Modern Day Marine Expo

Counter IED systems and solutions were premier highlights at MDM 07 but, since most IED exhibits were excluded from the media, Defense Update cannot...

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