Return of the big guns at sea

Article Abstract:

The US Navy is developing a series of large-caliber guns and missiles with overlapping range brackets that can be used in naval surface fire support. The Navy's research effort puts emphasis on providing the US Marine Corps with the means to attain its Ship-To-Objective Maneuver (STOM). The STOM envisions fire support from ships lying 25 nm offshore. The objective is for the experimental guns to have a range of 63 nm, a responsiveness of 2.5 min, a threshold accuracy of 50 m CEP and an objective figure of 20 m.

Science & research, National Security, Other Ordnance and Accessories Manufacturing, Guns & Howitzers, over 300mm, Dept of the Navy, Artillery

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The flat world of rugged displays

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Flat-panel displays, or FPDs, experience increased military-user acceptance, with the year 1999 forecasted to be the turning point for the emergence of FPDs as replacements for cathode-ray tubes, or CRTs. Military users are at a disadvantageous position in the display industry due to different factors, such as Japan's control over the market for FPDs by virtue of it being a major supplier of active-matrix liquid displays, shrinking defense budgets and the military's need for specialized equipment for different mission applications. The rugged display sector, as a result, finds itself having different users, developers and sponsors worldwide who have various sources.

Product information, Other Electronic Component Manufacturing, Displays NEC, Display devices (Electronics), Military/Defense Forces

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Naval surveillance fixes gaze on a new breed of radar

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Naval surveillance radars are expected by manufacturers to grow from the traditional rotating radar antennas to fixed-array radars and radars with long-range Infrared Search & Track (IRST) sensor. The development for naval surveillance radars evolved from the fixed array AN/SPY-1 E/F-band phased array radar of the US Navy's Aegis combat system, although it still requires a rotating AN/SPS-49 2-D D-band volume search radar for long range volume search. The US Navy's proposed DD 21 destroyer program, meanwhile, is also expected by senior European and US industry officials to pave the way for the development of the future non-rotating RF sensors, including the AN/SPY-2 long-range E/F-band three-dimensional multifunction radar from Lockheed Martin Government Electronic Systems.

Product development, Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing, Ship-Based Search & Detect Radar, Ship based radar, Search radar

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