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Interrogator Set, ground portion of the DOD A.C. Cossor AIMS Mark XII Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) System: MIM-23 Hawk, MIM-14 Nike Hercules, and Army Air Defense Control and Coordination Systems: Hazeltine Corporation: AN/TPX-50: Receiver, ground portion of the DoD A.C. Cossor AIMS Mark XII Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) system
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 ...
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 ...
United States military award devices. The United States Armed Forces authorize certain medal and ribbon devices that may be worn if authorized on a defined set of United States military decorations and awards. [1] The devices vary between 3⁄16 inch to 13⁄32 inch in size and are usually attached to suspension and service ribbons of medals ...
The United States government has put two types of regulations in place to control exports of military-relevant items: ITAR, which cover weapons and defense articles specifically (such as missiles); and the Export Administration Regulations, which cover items that may have uses in defense articles (such as a radar component used in a certain missile).
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 ...
Military budget of China, USSR, Russia and US in constant 2021 US$ billions Military spending as a percent of federal government revenue. The military budget of the United States is the largest portion of the discretionary federal budget allocated to the Department of Defense (DoD), or more broadly, the portion of the budget that goes to any military-related expenditures.
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.