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BAE to upgrade PIM howitzer vehicles
Published: May 16, 2008 at 12:29 PM
YORK, Pa., May 16 (UPI) -- The U.S. Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command has modified a contract with BAE Systems for upgrades on Paladin Integrated Management howitzer vehicles. -
GE to support tank upgrade program
Published: May 16, 2008 at 11:05 AM
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., May 16 (UPI) -- General Electric's Michigan-based aviation business has been contracted to support the U.S. Army's M1A2 main battle tank upgrade program. -
DHS awards OneNet telecommunications deal
Published: May 15, 2008 at 10:02 PM
WASHINGTON, May 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. Homeland Security Department has contracted Verizon and AT&T for network consolidation and to establish an intranet for sensitive information.
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Outside View: Russia at war -- Part 1
Published: May 16, 2008 at 12:07 PM
By ILYA KRAMNIK
UPI Outside View Commentator
MOSCOW, May 16 (UPI) -- The scale of the armies engaged, the casualties suffered and inflicted on both sides, and the number of weapons systems deployed in the conflict between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany dwarfed all other theaters of World War II and all conflicts since then. -
Analysis: China copter deal -- Part 3
Published: May 15, 2008 at 7:16 PM
By MARTIN SIEFF
WASHINGTON, May 15 (UPI) -- Russia's landmark sale of transport helicopter assembly kits to be assembled in China could point the way to a vastly larger transformation in global arms production. -
Outside View: Georgia civil war -- Part 2
Published: May 15, 2008 at 12:13 PM
By ILYA KRAMNIK
UPI Outside View Commentator
MOSCOW, May 15 (UPI) -- Georgia's officer corps is said to be riddled with corruption, there are no trained sergeants, only about 50 percent of the nation's military equipment is operational, and coordinated operations in adverse conditions are impossible. -
Analysis: China copter deal -- Part 2
Published: May 14, 2008 at 5:25 PM
By MARTIN SIEFF
WASHINGTON, May 14 (UPI) -- Why has Russia changed its long-established policy and agreed to sell Mi-171 military transport helicopter assembly kits to China? -
Outside View: Georgia civil war -- Part 1
Published: May 14, 2008 at 1:44 PM
By ILYA KRAMNIK
UPI Outside View Commentator
MOSCOW, May 14 (UPI) -- What are the armaments and weapon systems that the former Soviet Republic of Georgia and its breakaway region of Abkhazia could deploy against each other if a civil war broke out between them? -
Analysis: China copter deal -- Part 1
Published: May 13, 2008 at 4:58 PM
By MARTIN SIEFF
UPI Senior News Analyst
WASHINGTON, May 13 (UPI) -- The long freeze in Russia's enormously lucrative arms trade with China may be coming to an end as the Kremlin has agreed to sell Mi-171 transport helicopter assembly kits to Beijing.
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Sealevel Systems launches new PC interface
Published: Jan. 16, 2008 at 9:21 AM
LIBERTY, S.C., Jan. 16 (UPI) -- South Carolina-based Sealevel Systems announced the launch of a new synchronous interface adapter for the transmission of data on U.S. military computers.
Company officials say the ACC-188 universal serial port synchronous interface adapter enables military tactical radios to interface to personal computers and transmit Internet Protocol-based data in an effort to improve battlefield communication.
"This product provides a tremendous improvement in the speed and reliability of battlefield communications," Marc Foster, Sealevel Systems director of sales, said in a statement. "The high-data throughput of the ACC-188 allows our war fighters to quickly transmit and receive data such as GPS (global positioning system) maps, images, coordinates, and IM (instant message) type communications."
Officials say the new ACC-188 is compatible with most defense communication equipment including the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency's PDA-184.
"Developing a synchronous interface capable of communicating to the host personal computer over the USB bus presented a tremendous design challenge due to inherent USB latency," said Frank Phelps, Sealevel Systems senior design engineer on the project.
"Despite the challenge USB was the ideal interface for the product because it is present on every contemporary desktop and portable PC. Our team rose to the occasion so that our war fighters in the battlefield can have the advantages of data communications with the ease and simplicity of USB plug-and-play."
Company officials say the ACC-188 universal serial port synchronous interface adapter enables military tactical radios to interface to personal computers and transmit Internet Protocol-based data in an effort to improve battlefield communication.
"This product provides a tremendous improvement in the speed and reliability of battlefield communications," Marc Foster, Sealevel Systems director of sales, said in a statement. "The high-data throughput of the ACC-188 allows our war fighters to quickly transmit and receive data such as GPS (global positioning system) maps, images, coordinates, and IM (instant message) type communications."
Officials say the new ACC-188 is compatible with most defense communication equipment including the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency's PDA-184.
"Developing a synchronous interface capable of communicating to the host personal computer over the USB bus presented a tremendous design challenge due to inherent USB latency," said Frank Phelps, Sealevel Systems senior design engineer on the project.
"Despite the challenge USB was the ideal interface for the product because it is present on every contemporary desktop and portable PC. Our team rose to the occasion so that our war fighters in the battlefield can have the advantages of data communications with the ease and simplicity of USB plug-and-play."
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