Originally posted October 3, 2013. Yellow Jacket™ is a high voltage stun gun concealed inside an iPhone™ case. Yellow Jacket™ has 2 safety features that help prevent accidental discharge while being easily deployable in an instant. The external battery can charge your iphone for up to one full extra battery charge. Product Specifications: • Height 5.6'' • Width 2.6'' • Depth 1.0" • Weight 4.6000 • Battery Life Up to 3 Weeks • Materials PC & ABS • Amperage 0.8 mA Source: Yellow Jacket … [Read more...]
New Law Enforcement GPS Tags
The StarChase system is a pursuit reduction technology that contains a miniature GPS module encased in a tracking projectile/tag and a launcher mounted on a police vehicle. The StarChase System Is Simple to Operate 1. A compressed-air launcher, mounted behind the grille of a police cruiser, uses a laser to target the fleeing vehicle. It discharges a projectile/tag containing the GPS module. 2. The projectile adheres to the suspect vehicle and transmits coordinates back to dispatch. 3. The dispatcher then views the location and movements of the tagged vehicle in near real-time on a digital … [Read more...]
Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program
SASEBO NAVAL BASE, Japan -- For the second time in three weeks, the heavily scrutinized USS Freedom has been unable to perform scheduled tasks due to technical difficulties. Repairs are under way on the littoral combat ship’s port steerable water-jet feedback cable, which stopped sending signals to indicate the jet’s position during steering checks Sunday, 7th Fleet spokesman Lt. David Levy said in a statement Tuesday. The problem was discovered as the crew prepared to depart the following day for Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training Brunei, the last major exercise of the ship’s debut … [Read more...]
X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS)
ABOARD THE USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT — The U.S. Navy showcased what one senior officer said was the “sausage being made during test and evaluation” this past weekend as one of its Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) Demonstrators experienced an anomaly during a media tour aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt. The anomaly was resolved quickly with a 90-min. reboot of the Northrop Grumman-built air vehicle, after which operators conducted a catapult launch and wave-off procedure before an arrested landing back on deck. The service is two days into an “at-sea” period for a newly approved round of … [Read more...]
Sikorsky Looking to Supersize its X2 Technology
Scale is everything in rotorcraft: What works at one size might not at another, because of complex interactions between aerodynamics, propulsion, structures and control. That is why the U.S. Army plans to fly competing high-speed rotorcraft demonstrators before deciding which direction to take in replacing its utility and attack helicopters beginning in the mid-2030s. There are four options for the Army's planned Joint Multi-Role (JMR) technology demonstrators. Bell Helicopter and Karem Aircraft each offer tiltrotors. AVX Aircraft offers a coaxial-rotor compound helicopter, as does a … [Read more...]
BattleHawk – The Flying 40mm Grenade Drone
Textron Defense Systems’ BattleHawkTM is a direct fire aerial precision guided munition system for use by small tactical units to engage non-line-of-sight targets. Among its key advantages is the system’s ability to take on an enemy from an advantageous position without exposing the operator to detection or small arms fire. BattleHawk is tube launched from a carrying case that fits easily into a soldier’s rucksack. The total system weighs 10 lbs., including the launcher, munition and fire control unit. BattleHawk features include: 30-minute endurance to enable loitering EO/IR streaming … [Read more...]
DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class destroyer
Originally posted December 15, 2010. BATH, Maine. - General Dynamics Bath Iron Works successfully launched the Navy's first Zumwalt-class destroyer Oct. 28 at their Bath, Maine, shipyard. The future USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class destroyer) will be the lead ship of the Navy's newest destroyer class, designed for littoral operations and land attack. The ship began its translation from Bath Iron Works' land-level construction facility to a floating dry dock on Friday. Once loaded into the dry dock, the dock was flooded and the ship was removed from its specially designed cradle. By late … [Read more...]
Raytheon Test Fires Enhanced Marine Corps Anti-Tank Weapon System
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala., Oct. 23, 2013 -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) successfully completed an initial round of live-fire testing with a new U.S. Marine Corps Light Armored Vehicle Anti-Tank (LAV-AT) weapon system. The upgraded, highly mobile, anti-armor LAV-AT weapon system is designed to protect reconnaissance and light infantry. Its mission is to defeat threats at long-range, day or night, and in all weather conditions. "Raytheon is delivering an enhanced capability designed to save Marines' lives," said Michelle Lohmeier, vice president of Land Warfare Systems for Raytheon Missile … [Read more...]
F-16’s Converted to Unmanned Aerial Targets
Boeing and the U.S. Air Force have completed the first unmanned QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Target flight, demonstrating the next generation of combat training and testing. Two U.S. Air Force test pilots in a ground control station remotely flew the QF-16, which is a retired F-16 jet modified to be an aerial target. The QF-16 mission profile included auto takeoff, a series of simulated maneuvers, supersonic flight, and an auto land, all without a pilot in the cockpit. “It was a little different to see an F-16 take off without anyone in it, but it was a great flight all the way around,” said Lt. … [Read more...]
Sikorsky S-97 RAIDER™ Aircraft
Stratford, Conn Sept. 26, 2013 --Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), this week begins final assembly of the prototype S-97 RAIDER™ helicopter following acceptance of the fuselage structure from Aurora Flight Sciences. Consisting of an integrated cockpit, cabin and tail cone, the composite fuselage arrived September 20 at Sikorsky's Development Flight Center in West Palm Beach, Fla., where the company will complete a light tactical rotorcraft designed to outmatch conventional military helicopters in speed, maneuverability, payload, range, and high … [Read more...]
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