GPS News  
MILTECH
Australia receives new military trucks
 by Richard Tomkins
 Washington (UPI) May 18, 2017


Fidelity Technologies receives contract for truck armor
Washington (UPI) May 18, 2017 - Fidelity Technologies Corp. was awarded a contract by the U.S. Army for armor kits for 120 Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck and 183 M915A5 trucks, the Department of Defense reported Wednesday.

The work will be performed in Reading, Penn., and is expected to be completed by May 31, 2019. Army is allocating $22 million in fiscal year 2017 other procurement funds will be allocated to the program.

The Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck, or HEMTT, is manufactured by Oshkosh. It has a 500 horsepower engine and comes in variants including cargo, refueler, load handling system, recovery, light equipment transporter, guided missile transporter and MLRS resupply.

The M915A5 Line Haul Tractor is the primary line haul system for the U.S. Army. It is primarily used for pulling M870 40-ton semitrailers and is designed to be easily upgraded with armor plating.

HTV armor B-kits are modular armor-add-ons for a variety of vehicles, including trucks and tanks.

A first batch of new-generation Rheinmetall trucks and Haulmark trailers has been delivered to the Australian Army's 7th Brigade.

The trucks, ordered as part of the government's LAND 121 Phase 3B project, were welcomed at Gallipoli Barracks in Brisbane on Wednesday by Minister for Defense Industry Christopher Pyne.

"These trucks, trailers and modules will revolutionize Defense's logistics capability for decades to come," Pyne said in a press release. "They provide a generational leap forward from the current fleet of Unimog, Mack and S-Liner trucks, offering significantly increased protection for our soldiers and an improved combination of payload and off-road mobility."

"The new trucks and interchangeable modules, used on the vehicles for a range of tasks including fuel and water transportation, are being supplied by Rheinmetall together with a range of local suppliers."

The Australian Department of Defense said that in addition to the Rheinmetall Australia trucks and Haulmark trailers, the military will receive 122 Mercedes G-Wagons and 49 converted Bushmasters and trailers under the LAND 121 Phase 3B project.

A total of 2,707 vehicles, 3,858 modules and 1,753 trailers are to equip the Australian Army between now and 2022.

MILTECH
Development of Textron's Fury glide munition completed
 Washington (UPI) May 17, 2017
 Development by Textron of its Fury precision-guided glide munition has been completed with a bang - its successful firing against moving targets. A total of 13 test flights for the Fury weapon were conducted for a 23.8 flight hours between captive carriage, survey flights and 10 weapon releases from unmanned aircraft systems, according to Textron Systems Weapon & Sensor Systems. ... read more
Related Links
 The latest in Military Technology for the 21st century at SpaceWar.com

Thanks for being here;
 We need your help. The SpaceDaily news network continues to grow but revenues have never been harder to maintain.

With the rise of Ad Blockers, and Facebook - our traditional revenue sources via quality network advertising continues to decline. And unlike so many other news sites, we don't have a paywall - with those annoying usernames and passwords.

Our news coverage takes time and effort to publish 365 days a year.

If you find our news sites informative and useful then please consider becoming a regular supporter or for now make a one off contribution.
SpaceDaily Contributor
$5 Billed Once

credit card or paypal
 		SpaceDaily Monthly Supporter
$5 Billed Monthly

paypal only


Comment using your Disqus, Facebook, Google or Twitter login.
Share this article via these popular social media networks
del.icio.usdel.icio.us DiggDigg RedditReddit GoogleGoogle

MILTECH
Popular artificial sweetener also works as pesticide and insect birth control

 Helping plants pump iron

 Blue and purple corn: Not just for tortilla chips anymore

 Diverse rotations and poultry litter improves soybean yield
MILTECH
Quantum reservoir for microwaves

 Ultrafast tunable semiconductor metamaterial created

 Using graphene to create quantum bits

 Managing stress helps transistor performance
MILTECH
Lockheed Martin receives F-35 cost-reduction contract

 China, Russia launch long-haul challenge to Boeing, Airbus

 Boeing considering further Super Hornet upgrades

 Cathay Pacific sacks 600 staff in major shakeup
MILTECH
China's Geely boosts expansion with Proton, Lotus stakes

 China scrambles to tame bike chaos

 Hong Kong police arrest 21 Uber drivers in sting

 China's JAC says electric car tie-up with VW approved
MILTECH
Chinese tech firm LeEco reverses course in US, cuts 325 jobs

 Germany calls for better EU market access to China

 Asia ministers in push for China-led free trade pact

 Moody's cuts China's rating on debt fears
MILTECH
Activists protest logging in Poland's ancient forest

 Planting trees cannot replace cutting CO2 emissions

 Solving the mystery of the white oak

 Myanmar's extensive forests are declining rapidly due to political and economic change
MILTECH
NASA's CPEX tackles a weather fundamental

 Earth's atmosphere more chemically reactive in cold climates

 NASA Mission Uncovers Dance of Electrons in Space

 Extreme weather has greater impact on nature than expected
MILTECH
Nanotechnology Flight Test: Material Impact on the Future

 Stanford scientists use nanotechnology to boost the performance of key industrial catalyst

 Researchers create first significant examples of optical crystallography for nanomaterials

 Molecular Lego for nanoelectronics








The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2024 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. All articles labeled "by Staff Writers" include reports supplied to Space Media Network by industry news wires, PR agencies, corporate press officers and the like. Such articles are individually curated and edited by Space Media Network staff on the basis of the report's information value to our industry and professional readership. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Statement Our advertisers use various cookies and the like to deliver the best ad banner available at one time. All network advertising suppliers have GDPR policies (Legitimate Interest) that conform with EU regulations for data collection. By using our websites you consent to cookie based advertising. If you do not agree with this then you must stop using the websites from May 25, 2018. Privacy Statement. Additional information can be found here at About Us.