KADDB and Mechanology team up to design 'World Conqueror' family of light vehicles

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A new family of wheeled and tracked vehicles based on a set of common modules is being designed by Jordan's King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau (KADDB) in association with South African company Mechanology Industries, under the name of World Conqueror in 2006. Craig Savides, managing director of Mechanology believes that a Meccano set design approach is being used for the World Conqueror light vehicle family, with engine, transmission and suspension elements in common between it wheeled and tracked variants.

South Africa, Military Armored Vehicle, Tank, and Tank Component Manufacturing, Tanks & Tracked BF Vehicles, Tracked military vehicles

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FITS on four platforms: MPA family grows

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According to SpainEs EADS CASA, manufacturer of the C-295 and CN-235 Persuader family of aircraft maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) uses an opportunity to reverse the trend for military aircraft which are heavy and expensive. The C-295 Maritime Surveillance Aircraft fisrst flew in 2001, equipped with a suite of anti-submarine mission sensorsand EADS CASAEs ownd Fully Integrated Tactical System.

Spain, Aircraft, Aircraft Manufacturing, Observation & Patrol Aircraft, EADS CASA, Patrol aircraft

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BAE Systems comes clean on secret unmanned aerial vehicle program

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BAE System's intensive three-year program included building and flying six different unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The program was started in 2001 during which the Advanced Technology Demonstration Center at BAE's Warton facility in northwestern England took the designs from computer to hardware.

United Kingdom, Aerospace industry, BAE SYSTEMS PLC, Drone aircraft, Unmanned aerial vehicles

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