The AGM 114R missile features a multi-purpose warhead that enables a single Hellfire missile to cover the entire target set of the currently fielded laser-guided variants.

Hellfire II in simulated UAS launch

Lockheed Martin’s AGM 114R missile destroyed a stationary target in its third proof-of-principle flight test, configured to simulate launch from an unmanned aerial system.

The first official meeting of the new Board of Directors for the CRC-ACS signals the commencement of a five-year international research program based in Australia.

New chapter for CRC-ACS

The new Board of Directors for the Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Composite Structures has held its first official meeting.

The Australian Army will acquire a new fleet of around 1,100 deployable protected vehicles, under project Land 400 – Combined Arms Fighting System.

Future Infantry's role in L400 questioned

Australian Army Journal contributor Colonel Chris Field says Land 400 - Combined Arms Fighting System has the potential to change Army and change Future Infantry.

The BTBFA is attached to the end of the rifle barrel and enables the weapon to function when firing blank ammunition.

Thales contract boosts safety in training

Thales Australia and the DMO are boosting soldier safety with a contract to supply over 35,000 Bullet Trap Blank Firing Attachments for Austeyr F88 rifles.

Integrated into AV’s common Ground Control System (GCS), which serves the Puma, Raven (pictured) and WASP SUAS, Sentient’s computer vision system analyses electrooptical and infrared imagery, transmitted from the UAS, in real time.

Target detection success for UAVs

Sentient has integrated and demonstrated its automated target detection and tracking capability with AeroVironment Incorporated's small unmanned aircraft systems.

Prime Minister David Cameron has raised the possibility that Britain could start withdrawing troops from Afghanistan in 2011.

Up to 30,000 UK troops face axe

The number of serving personnel in the British Army will be reduced as part of spending cuts to be made in light of the ongoing Strategic Defence and Security Review.

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August 2010

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The August edition of ADM is packed full of what's happening in Undersea Technology as it relates to the Future Submarine and much more. Articles include:

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