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unusual facts about weapon systems



Hellenic Naval Academy

Finally, officers ranked Lieutenant Junior Grade and Lieutenant, may be educated abroad (in Europe or in the USA) in schools such as NPS, MIT, the University of Michigan etc., thus becoming further specialized in fields such as electronics, weapon systems, computers, operation research, marine architecture etc.


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BAE Systems AB

In September 2000 United Defense Industries (UDI) purchased Bofors Weapon Systems from Saab (the tube artillery interests), while Saab retained the missile interests.

Formidable-class frigate

The locally-developed Combat Management System integrates all the sensors and weapon systems on board, and a dual Fast Ethernet data transfer system forms the backbone of this system.

Godfrey Hounsfield

In 1949, Hounsfield began work at EMI, Ltd. in Hayes, Middlesex, where he researched guided weapon systems and radar.

HD66

At the 4th China Police Expo held in Beijing, Chinese companies introduced two kinds of nonlinear of sight tactic weapon systems, the HD66 and CF06, which are based on QSZ-92 9 mm pistol and co-developed by Chongqing Changfeng Machinery Co Ltd and Shanghai Sea Shield Technologies Company.

Laser Weapon System

In 2010, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions was awarded an 11-million-dollar contract to develop LaWS in support of the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) for the U.S. Navy’s Directed Energy and Electric Weapon Systems (DE&EWS) program.

Molly Pitcher

Army base Fort Bragg holds an annual event called "Molly Pitcher Day" showcasing weapon systems, airborne operations, and field artillery for family members.

NASAMS

Until the late 1990s the RNoAF ground based air defence solution, also known as the Norwegian Solution (NORSOL), consisted of three different weapon systems; the 40mm Bofors L70 gun (controlled by the Oerlikon Contraves FCS2000 monopulse doppler tracking radar), the laser beam riding RBS 70 MANPADS system and the NASAMS.

Robert T. Marsh

In July 1956 he was assigned to Headquarters Air Research and Development Command with duty at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, where he served as project officer in the SM-64A Navaho and TM-61-76 Matador/Mace weapon systems project offices.

Safehold

Meanwhile, on Helen Island, new weapon systems are developed, such as recoil absorption mechanisms for guns or prototypical firearms and cartridges.

Swedish coastal artillery

During the 1980s there was a general move towards modernization in the Swedish defense forces and the Coastal Artillery received several new weapon systems in the 1980s and 1990s, like the new 12/70 TAP fixed artillery system, the mobile artillery system 12/80 KARIN, the Stridsbåt 90 combat craft and missile systems like the RBS-15 and RBS-17 (anti-shipping version of AGM-114 Hellfire).

U.S. Military connector specifications

Often referred to as a Micro-D connector system, the connector is suited to a multitude of systems where weight, miniaturization or signal transmission integrity are paramount, such as missiles and their guidance systems, aerospace avionics, radars, shoulder-launched weapon systems, advanced soldier technology systems, military Global Positioning Systems, satellites, medical devices and down-hole drilling tools.

Weapons officer

Weapon systems officer (WSO), either a United States Navy air flight officer directly involved in all air operations and weapon systems of a fighter aircraft or the aft crew member in a United States Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle or B-1 Lancer or a United States Marine Corps F/A-18D Hornet