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Picatinny Arsenal to boost range and power of artillery with an electrically-responsive method
 
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If, in the words of Napoleon, “God fights on the side with the best artillery,” Picatinny Arsenal engineers are improving artillery to the point that there should be no doubt as to which side should be favored. The US research team seeks to extend the range, power and versatility of artillery by using an “electrically-responsive” method to control energetic materials such as artillery propellants.
 

U.S. Marines train with new M252A2 Lightweight 81mm mortar system in Iraq
 
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U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force--Crisis Response--Central Command, train on a new weapons system at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Oct. 24, and reinforce ability to provide protection to coalition partners and resources.
 

Russian T-14 Armata will be fitted with PKTM 7.62mm machine gun with remote reloading system
 
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The new Russian T-14 Armata main battle tank will get an upgraded Kalashnikov machinegun PKTM fitted with a remote reloading system and a new anti-guidance system, a spokesman of the Degtyaryov plant, the weapon manufacturer, has reported.
 

Picatinny Arsenal develops safer propelling charge for 105mm artillery cartridges
 
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Engineers at the US Picatinny Arsenal are developing a new propelling charge for the family of 105mm artillery cartridges that are safer for the warfighter by eliminating the use of lead and other toxic substances present in the current charge, Picatinny Arsenal unveiled on Oct. 31, 2015.
 

US MDA successfully achieves complex test of layered defense missile system
 
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The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) Operational Test Agency, Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense, U.S. European Command, and U.S. Pacific Command conducted a complex operational flight test of the BMDS demonstrating a layered defense architecture.
 

Night vision equipment can now be equipped with Photonis 4G Night Vision technology
 
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At the International Defence and Security Equipment International 2015 (DSEI), which was held in London from 15 to 18 September, PHOTONIS has showed latest generation of night vision systems, the PHOTONIS 4G Night Vision 16 mm INTENS Image Intensifier. As SWaP requirements for man portable equipment become more critical, the new INTENS 16 mm intensifier opens up a new market to users.
 

U.S. army researchers have developed new respiratory protective mask against NBC threats
 
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United States Army researchers have developed a simple, comfortable, wrap-style respiratory protective mask for protection against riot control agents, and the U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, also known as ECBC, is making it as a simple as putting on a surgical mask
 

Russian Andromeda-D automatic control system has successfully passed tests in Arctic conditions
 
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Andromeda-D automatic control system has successfully passed a cycle of trials at the Arctic altitudes, Valery Salamov, head of the lead department of communications, the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School named after V.Margelov, has reported.
 

Russian Company Zala Aero presents new ZALA-421-16E5 tactical unmanned aerial vehicle
 
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The Russian Company Zala Aero (subdivision of Kalashnikov Concern) presented a new ZALA-421-16E5 tactical operation unmanned aerial reconnaissance system at Interpolitex 2015n International Exhibition of Homeland Security in Moscow. This unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has great autonomy and mobility.
 

Russian airborne troops will receive new VERBA MANPADS portable air defense system end of 2015
 
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By the end of 2015 the Airborne Forces will receive two divisional sets of the newest Verba man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS), Yevgeny Meshkov, MoD Airborne Forces official revealed.The system is designed and manufactured by the Russian Company Konstruktorskoye Byuro Mashinostroyeniya (KBM).
 

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