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Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Pratt Miller and QinetiQ's RCV-L EMAV

The soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Div. test Expeditionary Modular Autonomous Vehicle (EMAV) (Pratt Miller and QinetiQ's RCV-L) as a practice exercise in preparation for Project Convergence 21 at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz.

US Army's future ground combat systems at Project Convergence 21

The US Army"s Griffin ATLAS with integrates new gyro-stabilized Thermal Sighting Unit (TSU) conduct live fire exercise during Project Convergence 21.

Two ERCA XM1299 SPHs and its resupply vehicles conduct live fire

A Stryker/LAV-700 fitted with ALAS-MC turret conduct live fire exercise

Tuesday, November 9, 2021

Air Launched Effects (ALE) experiment at Project Convergence 21

UNITED STATES - 10.07.2021
During Project Convergence 21, the Future Vertical Lift Cross-Functional Team experimented with using Air Launched Effects (ALE) to help Soldiers see the battlefield and extend their reach. Testing with Soldiers in the field allowed the FVL CFT to gain valuable feedback on this emerging capability!

Air Launched Effects (ALE) are a Family of Systems (FoS) consisting of an air vehicle, payload(s), mission system applications, and associated support equipment designed to autonomously or semi-autonomously deliver effects as a single agent or as a member of a team.

ALE is a crucial piece of the Future Armed Reconnaissance Aircraft Ecosystem advanced team concept synergistically enhancing survivability, threat identification, targeting, and lethality of Army aviation brigades and ground force commanders’ assets.

The ALE FoS extends tactical and operational reach and lethality of manned assets, allowing them to remain outside of the range of enemy sensors and weapon systems while delivering kinetic and non-kinetic, lethal and non-lethal mission effects against multiple threats, as well as, providing battle damage assessment data. They will provide scalable effects to detect, locate, disrupt, decoy, and/or deliver lethal effects against threats.

As relatively low cost systems, they are attritable or optionally recoverable. Using a Modular Open Systems Approach provides modularity and rapid integration of new technologies.

PFC Ethan Loudermilk from the 82nd Airborne Division and the civilian personell discusses training with and learning Air-Launched Effects during Project Convergence 21 at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona.

Project Convergence is the Army's campaign of learning designed to aggressively advance and integrate our Army's contributions, based on a continuous structured series of demonstrations and experiments throughout the year. It ensures that the Army is part of the joint fight and can rapidly and continuously integrate or converge effects across all domains: air, land, sea, space, and cyberspace; to overmatch our adversaries in competition and conflict.

Project Convergence ensures the Army has the right people with the right systems, properly enabled in the right places to support the joint fight.

(US Army video by PFC. Vincent Levelev)

Tuesday, November 2, 2021

Automatic Transmissions for K9, K10, Redback and K21

Courtesy of Hyunmin

1000HP Automatic Transmissions for K9 SPH, K10 ARV and Redback IFV

800HP Automatic Transmissions for K21 IFV

In addition, a couple of interesting shots

Saturday, October 30, 2021

South Korean 1500hp PowerPack for the MBTs - Walk-Around

Courtesy of Hyunmin

Powerpack (EST15K Auto Transmission + DV27K Engine) for MBT (K2 family). The combination of Doosan DV27K engine and SNT EST15K transmission is capable of delivering 1500 horsepower.

Transmission Control Unit

Specifications

Thursday, October 28, 2021

The Mad Max BTR-80 APC

The BTR-80 APC from the Russian Army's 201st Military Base in Tajikistan - The ISIS looks with jealous.

Against all the evil that Hell can conjure;

all the wickedness that mankind can produce;

we will send unto them, only you.

Via ПнВ

Next step in Abrams MBT development

Congressman Tim Ryan Tours Joint Systems Manufacturing Center in Lima, Ohio. Ryan Recently Helped Secure $65M to Upgrade the M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank Which is Produced at the Lima Tank PlantLima, OH – Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13), Vice Chairman of the U.S. House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, today toured the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center in Lima, Ohio and spoke with the hardworking men and women who manufacture the Abrams tank at the plant.

The plant is currently operated by General Dynamics Land Systems and employs at least 931 people in the surrounding community. General Dynamics plays an influential role in the economy across the state, spending $187.7 million with 778 different Ohio suppliers in 2020.

The M1 Abrams is a third-generation tank that boasts several innovative features, including a multifuel turbine engine, composite armor, automated fire control system, as well as enhanced protection for its crew. The tank has been in service for over forty years.

The funding secured by Congressman Ryan will extend the service life of the tank and also integrate an unmanned turret. Additionally, it will help to develop the physical architecture and mechanical requirements needed to add an Autoloader and Automated Ammunition Handling System to the Abrams, evaluate current and emerging candidates for an Integrated Active Protection System, and develop new Abrams mobility and power architecture for conversion to a Hybrid Electric Drive propulsion and power generation system.