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Raytheon Awarded Contract For Precision Guidance Systems
Mckinney TX (SPX) May 08, 2008 Raytheon will extend production and delivery of Improved Target Acquisition Systems under a $203.3 million contract from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Huntsville, Ala. The order continues Army procurement of the systems. ITAS is the advanced electro-optic target acquisition fire control system. It guides Raytheon- manufactured TOW (Tube-Launched, Optically Tracked, Wire-Guided) missile systems to their targets with pinpoint precision. The targeting system significantly increases TOW's effective range, improves the weapon's ability to hit a target with minimal collateral damage and allows a soldier to engage and destroy targets from safe distances. ITAS' 2nd generation forward-looking infrared sensor provides long-range reconnaissance and surveillance capability in all weather and battlefield conditions. ITAS is fielded in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, where it has demonstrated its value in all phases of the conflict and subsequent peace-keeping efforts. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Share This Article With Planet Earth
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Military Matters: Armor lessons -- Part 1 
Washington (UPI) May 7, 2008 Bruce Gudmundsson, author of the best book on the development of modern tactics by the German army in World War I, "Stormtroop Tactics," has a new book out. Its title is "On Armor," but thankfully it is not another book about tanks. Most books about tanks, like most books about fighting ships and combat aircraft, fall in the category of children's literature. Their invariable theme is "Look at the big tank/cruiser/fighter go bang/boom/splat." (William S. Lind, expressing his own personal opinion, is director for the Center for Cultural Conservatism for the Free Congress Foundation.) |
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