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As of 2021. [48] Cougar United States: Mine resistant ambush protected vehicle: As of 2023. [49] RG-31 South Africa: Mine resistant ambush protected vehicle: 516 operated by the Army as of 2015. [50] 1,679 under MRAP procurement and 570 ONS Army; at least 894 Mk5E are required for conversion into MMPV Type II by the Army [50] Still used as of ...
Detection and Ranging System (DRS), part of the Target Recognition and Attack Multi-sensor (TRAM) A-6E Intruder. Hughes Aircraft (now Raytheon) AN/AAS-35. Pave Penny Target Identification Set, Laser (TISL) A-10A Thunderbolt II. Martin Marietta. AN/AAS-38. Nite Hawk pod-mounted FLIR laser designation system.
7.62×51mm NATO (.308 Winchester) (Postwar use by U.S. Navy) Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard. Mostly ceremonial. M4 carbine / M4A1. Assault rifle, Carbine. Colt Manufacturing Company. 5.56×45mm NATO. Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, USSOCOM. M4A1 currently the standard service rifle of the United States Army.
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), known as the Defense Communications Agency (DCA) until 1991, is a United States Department of Defense (DoD) combat support agency composed of military, federal civilians, and contractors. DISA provides information technology (IT) and communications support to the President, Vice President ...
Launch of a MIM-104 Patriot missile. The United States Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense [IAMD] Battle Command System (IBCS) is a plug-and-fight network intended to let a radar or any other defensive sensor feed its data to any available weapon—colloquially, "connect any sensor to any shooter". [1]: p.42 The IBCS is designed to link ...
The United States Department of Defense High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) was initiated in 1992 in response to Congressional direction to modernize the Department of Defense (DoD) laboratories’ high performance computing capabilities. [1] The HPCMP provides supercomputers, a national research network, high-end software ...
In 1957 the U.S. Department of Defense approved a military standard for the nomenclature, MIL-STD-196. The system has been modified over time, with some types (e.g. carrier pigeon-B-) dropped and others (e.g. computers and cryptographic equipment) added. The latest version, MIL-STD-196G, was issued in 2018. [1]
Weight. 3.4 lb (1.5 kg) The Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) is an augmented reality headset being developed by Microsoft for the United States Army. It is intended to improve situational awareness by overlaying sensor imagery and other information on the soldier's field of view. Originally developed for infantry, it is also being ...