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New Analysis Tool To Impact Platform Design And Survivability

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Thursday, October 21st, 2010

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In what is seen as a step change in current assessment, analysis and blast testing for vehicles--and measurement of the impacts on occupants, Creation has provided its latest Zephyr SRV ZX2 4x4 protected patrol vehicle variant and blast-mitigating seat package for a range of specialist scientific and fully instrumented blast tests. The work is part of a wider multi-stakeholder collaborative program for the U.K. Ministry of Defence led by leading motorsport technology group, Cosworth with the involvement of GRM Consulting…

Navy Leaders Downplay Looking At Foreign Navy Shipbuilding Amid Lawmaker Objections

The Navy’s top leaders this week seemed to downplay and back down on the service potentially using foreign shipyards to build U.S. Navy ships or buying foreign designed warships overseas […]

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Senate Defense Appropriators See ‘Risk’ With Army’s Reconciliation Plan To Fund Munitions Increase

The Senate’s top defense appropriators cited concern this week with the Army’s request to fund the majority of its large increase to munitions procurement in fiscal year 2027 through the […]

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Army Relooking At Its ‘Whole Aviation Transformation’ Plan, Acting Chief Tells Lawmakers

The Army is relooking at its “whole aviation transformation initiative,” the service’s acting chief of staff told lawmakers on Tuesday, to include its approach for future procurement of “enduring” platforms. […]

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Lawmakers Request DoD Briefing On Army’s Planned Cuts To Aviation Procurement

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has sent a letter asking the Pentagon for a briefing on the potential industrial base impacts as a result of the Army’s planned cuts […]