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National Defense October 2004 Roxana Tiron	Army Future Force The battle-tested Abrams tank is poised to remain in service for at least 25 more years, or until the Army is certain that it has an adequate replacement.
National Defense July 2004 Roxana Tiron	Heavy Armor Gains Clout in Urban Combat An ongoing debate within the U.S. Army is whether to revise its tactics and doctrine for the employment of heavy armored vehicles in urban areas.
Popular Mechanics April 2008 Joe Pappalardo	Anatomy of an IED-Fighting Abrams Tank in Baghdad: Field Report Tanks become more user-friendly with the Tank Urban Survivability Kit (TUSK).
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2005 Ben Ames	Army to outfit 872 vehicles with Raytheon IR sensor The vehicles to receive night-vision forward-looking infrared sensors include new Abrams main battle tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles, LRAS3 and other Army ground platforms.
Defense Update Issue 1, 2006	The role of Armor in Urban Combat Mutually supporting combined arms (armor-infantry) tactical element can achieve success while keeping casualties to a minimum... Improving visibility when "buttoned up" in tanks... Enhancing tank survivability in urban combat... Tank firepower adapted for urban warfare... etc.
Popular Mechanics March 11, 2008 Joe Pappalardo	Stryker Crews in Iraq Rally to Defend Their Rides: Field Report Soldiers fight to keep Stryker Mobile Gun Systems (MGS) on the field in Iraq.
National Defense January 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Stryker Units Get Instant Feedback From Troops at War As the Army prepares to receive its 1,000th Stryker light armored vehicle this month, commanders are quickly absorbing lessons from combat operations in Iraq and are developing new tactics to help counter violent insurgencies in Iraq's major cities.
National Defense February 2006 Frank Colucci	Truck Crews Test Anti-Sniper Acoustic Sensors To help defend U.S. soldiers in Iraq from sniper attacks, the Army will be testing a prototype acoustic sensor that will be installed in a weapon-mounted Humvee truck.
National Defense July 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Predicts Long Life for Humvees Humvees will vastly outnumber MRAPs for the foreseeable future, at least if the Army has any say in it.
National Defense April 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Truck Crews Get Crash Course in Survival To make up for the shortage of armor, the Army intends to protect truck convoys from roadside bombs, mines and small-arms attacks by deploying more firepower aboard vehicles, along with other defensive techniques.
National Defense October 2005 Grace Jean	Stryker Units Win Over Skeptics The success of the first two Stryker Brigades has fueled more confidence in the capabilities of the vehicle, but soldiers in those brigades continue to evaluate strategies for best utilizing the Stryker.
National Defense October 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Army to Expand Array of Armored Vehicles in Iraq Amid a wave of violence in Iraq, and facing limited options, U.S. military commanders there are requesting additional armored vehicles, particularly large ones that can transport a dozen or more passengers.
National Defense July 2005 Lawrence P. Farrell	Army Meets Tough Procurement Challenge Head-On Shortages of armored vehicles, particularly, commanded considerable attention because they highlighted the challenges of predicting equipment requirements and ensuring the readiness of the industrial base. The response to the steep increase in demand for armored vehicles in fact has been a remarkable success story.
National Defense November 2004 Joe Pappalardo	High Demand for Infrared Technology on Battlefield Advances in manufacturing technology are allowing a new generation of infrared imaging devices to reach the battlefield in record numbers, according to military and industry sources.
National Defense January 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Army's Armored Force: Mix of Old and New Amid uncertainty about the prospect of its ambitious "future combat systems" program, the Army is forging ahead with plans to deploy up to 35 new armored brigades.
National Defense January 2004 Roxana Tiron	Marine Vehicle Upgrades Reflect Combat Demands A look at the Marine Corps' strategy for upgrades, which focuses on fixing war-torn equipment and accelerating programs that had been funded in recent years.
National Defense July 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Israel's Main Battle Tanks Adapted For Urban Combat, Low-Intensity Conflict Deadly attacks on light armored vehicles have prompted Israel Defense Forces to increase their use of main battle tanks in patrol roles or other types of low-intensity conflict normally assigned to smaller vehicles.
National Defense June 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Will Broaden Access To Satellite Communications Before the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division heads back to Iraq, its units are expected to receive upgraded satellite communications and new vehicles outfitted with the command-and-control computers and radios.
National Defense May 2008 Stew Magnuson	To Succeed, Soldiers `Need to See the Environment' Troops fighting in Iraq's cities often complain that they cannot see the enemy and need sensors that can penetrate walls, identify foes in pitch dark and locate buried explosives.
National Defense August 2004 Roxana Tiron	Army Will Boost Supply of Small Cal Ammo, Weapons Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan are consuming small caliber ammunition at rates the U.S. Army has not seen in years.
National Defense December 2004 Roxana Tiron	Army Revises Doctrine for Modular Brigades Caught between the pressures of war in the Middle East and the need to reorganize, the U.S. Army is juggling new methods of combat training while rewriting the rulebook for equipment and tactics.
National Defense August 2004 Joe Pappalardo	Humvee Armor Suppliers Working Around the Clock The now familiar sight of Humvees struck by mines and roadside bombs in Iraq are driving the industry to pursue short-term fixes and long-range changes in the way they produce vehicles.
National Defense February 2005 Michael Peck	Army Boosts Production of Security Vehicle Responding to the growing insurgency in Iraq, the Army has increased its purchases of the M1117 Guardian Armored Security Vehicle, with three new contract awards alone issued in 2004.
Parameters November 2004 Scott Boston	Toward a Protected Future Force The US Army plans to introduce its next-generation ground force quickly, starting with an experimental battalion by the end of the decade and a full brigade--called a Unit of Action--in 2014.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2010	Army selects DRS infrared night-vision sensor for enhanced vision in armored vehicles They found their infrared sensor solution from the DRS Technologies Reconnaissance, Surveillance & Target Acquisition Business Group in Parsippany, N.J.
National Defense March 2009 Stew Magnuson	Defective Fire-Safety Equipment to Be Replaced in Military Trucks The fire suppression systems designed to put out flames in burning humvees are slated to be replaced after failing during combat.
National Defense June 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Debating Options for Bradley Vehicle Upgrades In the face of mounting requests for heavy armor to support troops in Iraq, the Army is expected momentarily to make a decision on whether to fund an upgrade program for the Bradley armored infantry fighting vehicle.
Defense Update Issue 2, 2006	Heavyweights are Adapting to LIC Merkava tanks of all types, and particularly the new Merkava Mk4 are facing a serious challenge in the recent war between Israel and Lebanese Hezbolla.
National Defense May 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Stryker Brigades `Self-Reliance' Worries Army Training Command Access to the latest information on insurgent tactics in Iraq can be a decisive weapon for Army commanders prepping their units for war.
National Defense October 2007 Mike Cast	Army Deploys Testers to Assess Systems That Were Rushed to War The Army has fielded scores of new high-tech combat systems in Iraq and Afghanistan, but much of this technology was put into the hands of troops without undergoing the full-scale Army acquisition process.
National Defense November 2006 Harold Kennedy	R&D Command Seeks Better Coordination of Research The Army's Research, Development and Engineering Command is concentrating on improving coordination of the service's sprawling science and technology programs.
National Defense December 2011 Eric Beidel	Battle-Scarred Troops Have Message for Army Training: Get Real A decade at war has presented officials with a dilemma: The training environment now must be made even more authentic to hold the attention of soldiers who already have experienced the real deal.
National Defense October 2013 Stew Magnuson	Over Army Objections, Industry and Congress Partner to Keep Abrams Tank Production 'Hot' As far as producing Cold War era weapon systems the military says it has enough of, but Congress continues to fund anyway, there is probably no bigger poster child than the Abrams tank.
Defense Update Issue 3, 2004	Vehicle Protection Concepts The up-armored Humvees and protected patrol vehicle are offering better protection against guerilla attacks.
National Defense November 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	For Army's Future Combat Vehicles, Flying by C-130 No Longer Required There's been an evolution in thinking in the Army on transportability. Building an 18-ton vehicle that can survive the rigors of combat like an Abrams proved to be too hard and unrealistic from an engineering standpoint.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2010 John Keller	Vetronics and Vehicle Power Upgrades to be Part of Major Redesign of Stryker Armored Vehicle Armored vehicle designers at General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) are designing next-generation digital vetronics and vehicle power systems for the next-generation Stryker combat vehicle.
National Defense August 2004 Mike Cast	Truck Armor Testing at Aberdeen Saving Soldiers in Combat Zones Before new vehicle armor systems are deployed to soldiers in the field, they must first graduate from the Army's test center at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.
National Defense August 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Army's Next Combat Vehicle: New Beginning or FCS Sequel? The Army is racing toward a September deadline to present a convincing case to the secretary of defense that it should receive funds to begin designing a new combat vehicle next year.
National Defense October 2005 Grace Jean	Army Transformation Modeled After Stryker Units "We have learned so much from this organization that we are able to accelerate into modularity much faster than we thought," said Lt. Gen. James Dubik, commanding general of I Corps and Fort Lewis.
National Defense August 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Bomb Attacks Test U.S. Technological Ingenuity The Army is testing small robots -- remote-controlled toy cars, actually -- to help soldiers search for hidden explosives along Iraq's roads. These "Marcbots," from Exponent Inc., are much improved over earlier versions.
National Defense April 2005 Frank Colucci	Army Developing Tactics for Armed Robotic Aircraft The topic of armed UAVs is gaining attention at the Defense Department. Examples: The Army's Hunter unmanned aerial vehicle is being outfitted with precision-guided weapons for duty in Iraq. And Boeing's unmanned Little Bird helicopter is being tested at Fort Eustis.
National Defense December 2015 Jon Harper	Army May Slow Down Procurement of New Light Reconnaissance Vehicle The Army is looking to procure a new scout vehicle for infantry units. But funding constraints and other priorities could hold the project back as the service pushes forward with its modernization plans.
National Defense May 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	`Land Warriors' Link Up With Stryker Vehicles An Army Stryker battalion will outfit hundreds of its soldiers with the high-tech "land warrior" ensemble this summer. These soldiers will help determine whether the system is suitable for combat and if the Army should continue to invest in the technology.
National Defense August 2004 Roxana Tiron	Future of Army's `Rapid Equipping Force' Still Uncertain The U.S. Army's Rapid Equipping Force--which was created to meet soldiers' urgent technology needs--still is an experiment that keeps growing, according to service officials.
National Defense June 2007 Grace Jean	Combat Veterans Catalog Equipment Shortfalls Many requested improvements in communications devices, batteries and weapons that, in many cases, are failing in the fight.
National Defense October 2006 Grace Jean	Combat Vehicle Designs Seek Increased Utility in Multiple Roles The prevalence of such vehicles at one of the largest ground warfare expositions reveals a trend in how armies are choosing to insert their troops into hot spots.
Defense Update Issue 3, 2004	Up-Armored HUVMEE The Humvee became a prime target for attacks on US forces. Much has been done to improve the protection of this vehicle, and more is planned.
National Defense February 2009 Grace V. Jean	Coming Soon: Cockpits in Combat Trucks Cockpit-like technology could turn plain humvees into multimedia hubs. It also would allow soldiers to control sensors and weapons from the safety of their armored cabs.
National Defense August 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Seeking $34 Billion For New, Upgraded Truck Senior Army officials have okayed a $34 billion plan to refurbish the service's truck fleet. Between now and 2018, the Army would acquire 70,000 new vehicles and upgrade more than 200,000 from the existing inventory.
National Defense August 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Protection of Army Trucks Requires Tradeoffs Military truck makers are grappling with how build relatively uncomplicated vehicles that can sustain the rigors of combat and, when needed, effortlessly be plated with thousands of pounds of armor.