Contract award for US Marine Corps reconnaissance vehicle in the offing
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The US Marine Corps and Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) are expected to award a $22-million contract for the manufacture and evaluation of the Reconnaissance, Surveillance, Targeting Vehicle (RST-V) advanced technology demonstrator. General Dynamics Land Systems and Lockheed Martin Vought Systems are the primary competitors for the contract, which specifies that the RST-V must be transportable aboard the USMC's V-22 Osprey tilt rotor aircraft, uses a hybrid electric drive system and equipped with an integrated survivability suite. The RST-V must also provide a dash speed of 112km/h, a 0-196km/h acceleration in 15s and a range of 482km. Additional requirements include fording capability, swim capability, anti-mine protection and survivability suite expansion capability.
Publication Name: International Defense Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0020-6512
Year: 1998
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US Army puts Future Combat Vehicle back in the melting pot
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The US Army's Future Combat Vehicle (FCV) is being envisioned as a 'system-of-systems' rather than a single vehicle. The Training and Doctrine Command wants to incorporate as-yet-undefined leap-ahead technologies that should make the FCV revolutionary. This approach, which will use inputs from the US Army's science and technology community, is a marked departure from the traditional process of predicting the threat environment a quarter of a century ahead.
Publication Name: International Defense Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0020-6512
Year: 1999
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Worldwide wheeled armored vehicle programs raise questions over mobility
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Several programs involving the development of heavier wheeled armored vehicles are raising questions over the vehicles' ability to move and operate off the road, particularly over soft soil and snow. Quantitatively defining the soils using the Cone Index (CI) is one way to answer questions about wheeled armored vehicles' mobility. Reducing the inflation pressure of their wheeled vehicles' tires can enhance the vehicles' ability to move over soft ground.
Publication Name: International Defense Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0020-6512
Year: 2000
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