Cubic's MILES 2000 enters production

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The US Department of Defense is seeking better methods of training, particularly how to take simulation into the field and advance existing systems. The initiative is being undertaken in the belief that keeping uniformed troops of a diminishing force at the top of combat readiness is more important. In line with this, Cubic was awarded by the US Naval Air Warfare Center' Training Systems Division a $19.4 million contract in May 1998 to start production of its MILES (Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System ) 2000 system. The MILES 2000 system of Cubic will offer similar enhanced field training to home stations as Lockheed Martin's Simulated Area Weapons Effects (SAWE)/MILES II.

Communications Eqp ex Tel, Communications Equipment Manufacturing, Other Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing, Trainers & Simulators, Telecommunications equipment, Cubic Corp., Simulators (Training equipment), Dept/Ministry of Defense, MILES 2000, Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System

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Kaiser and US Army tests head-steered sensor for vision enhanced night driving

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Kaiser Electronics is involved in the development of the Head Tracked Vision System, or HTVS, which can be equipped into vehicles such as HMMWVs. The HTVS can serve as an improvement for the in-service AN/VAS-5 Driver's Vision Enhancer system. The HTVS' standard thermal imager, which is mounted on a Nytech gimbal, is capable of panning at as much as a 150-degree-per-second rate. This capability allows the HTVS to provide a solution to the Driver's Vision Enhancer's problems, such as insufficient depth perception and bulky and sharp cabling and connectors.

Other Electronic Component Manufacturing, Infrared Sensors & Detectors, Kaiser Electronics, AN/VAS-5, Driver's Vision Enhancer, HMMWV, Head Tracked Vision System, Nytech

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Boeing makes significant alterations to Joint Strike Fighter design

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Boeing Co. has announced that the design of its proposed Joint Strike Fighter has been drastically altered, not only as a cost-saving improvement but also as a response to the performance and handling problems of the original strike fighter. The design changes include a separate horizontal tail, a highly tapered trapezoidal wing, an aft-swept chin inlet instead of a forward-swept one and matured avionics. The company hopes that the alterations will improve the performance of the strike fighter and make it stealthier.

Aircraft Manufacturing, Fighter Aircraft, Fighter planes

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