Australian Army Leopards conceal their hot spots
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Barracuda Technologies, the Sydney, Australia-based subsidiary of Barracuda Technologies AB of Sweden, has been contracted by the Australian Army to equip its Leopard S1 main battle tanks (MBT) with its Mobile Camouflage System (MCS). The contract, valued at $670,000, calls for Barracuda to install its MCS to all 90 Leopard AS1 tanks of 1st Armoured Regiment as well as to the eight recovery and five bridgelayer variants. Installation of the system is expected to be completed in October 1998. Barracuda's system is designed to reduce internal heat build-up in the MBTs, which routinely reach 60 degrees Celsius on operations in Australia's tropical Northern Territory.
Publication Name: International Defense Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0020-6512
Year: 1998
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US Army to test SAR/MTI payload for Tactical UAV
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Northrop Grumman Corp. Electronic Sensors and Systems Div. has been awarded by the Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate of the US Army Communications Electronics Command with a $7.3-million development contract for the Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle's synthetic-aperture radar/moving-target indicator. Northrop Grumman Corp. Electronic Sensors and Systems Div. will be also tasked with supplying the 36-month program with two sets of ground-station elements and one set of spares. The contract is a component of the Multi-Mission Common Modular Sensor Payload advanced technology demonstration of the Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate.
Publication Name: International Defense Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0020-6512
Year: 1998
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