2005/11/04

Misc. Friday Ramblings...

Cold November Rain

Friday FIREPOWER!
  • The XM8 (OICW Increment 1) is dead.
    The purpose of this Amendment is to CANCEL Solicitation W15QKN-05-R-0449, OICW Increment One.

    This action has been taken in order for the Army to reevaluate its priorites for small caliber weapons, and to incorporate emerging requirements identified during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Government will also incorporate studies looking into current capability gaps during said reevaluation.

  • Mobile Tactical High-Energy Laser.
    High-energy lasers are the only systems proven effective against small, late detection threats such as artillery rockets. Offering accuracy and lethality, this speed-of-light capability promises to transform the battlefield. Northrop Grumman is now developing a mobile variant of the Tactical High Energy Laser (THEL) that destroyed artillery rockets and shells in testing.

    A Mobile THEL will allow warfighters to defend against advanced, widely-proliferating threats such as unmanned aerial vehicles, short-range ballistic and cruise missiles, and air-to-surface munitions.

  • MTHEL eliminates mortar rounds in flight.
    The Tactical High Energy Laser, built by Northrop Grumman Corporation for the U.S. Army, shot down multiple mortar rounds Aug. 24, proving that laser weapons could be applied on the battlefield to protect against common threats.

    In tests representative of actual mortar threat scenarios, the THEL testbed destroyed both single mortar rounds and mortar rounds fired in a salvo at White Sands Missile Range, N.M.

  • The FN products are coming!
    Get those checkbooks ready, because the PS90 and the FS2000 are almost here.

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