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US Army’s Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) enables multi missions across the spectrum of terrain, including urban areas, while providing survivability against direct fire and IEDs

The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV)  is an Army-led, multiservice initiative to develop a family of future light tactical vehicles to replace many of the High Mobility, Multi-Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), which has been in service since 1985. The unarmored Humvee were found vulnerable to IEDs in Iraq and Afghanistan where hastily added …

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New air-to-ground missile JAGM with dual mode seeker provides precision standoff-strike capability to target armored and moving targets

The Hellfire missile is the primary 100-pound (45 kg) class air-to-ground precision weapon having multi-mission, multi-target precision-strike ability, and can be launched from multiple air, sea, and ground platforms, including the Predator drone. But the most common platform is the AH-64 Apache helicopter gunship, which can carry up to 16 …

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Countries implementing Satellite Based Augmentation Systems (SBAS) to reduce aviation accidents

Controlled Flight into Terrain (CFIT) is the #2 leading cause of General Aviation fatal accidents involving the loss of life. There have been over 9,000 deaths due to CFIT since the introduction of commercial jets.  Between 2000 and 2009 approximately 961 people died worldwide as a result of CFIT, the …

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