Ad: Manage updates with the Download App

mrap

CROSSHAIRS to protect vehicles against bullets, RPGs

DARPA has ordered a new system that could make taking a shot at the U.S. military's 38-ton sitting ducks just a little more problematic.

CROSSHAIRS (Counter Rocket-Propelled Grenade and Shooter System with Highly Accurate Immediate Responses) is a modular, vehicle-mounted, threat detection and countermeasure system that locates and engages enemy shooters. It will take on bullets, rocket propelled grenades (RPG), Anti-Tank Guided Missiles and even direct fired mortars, whether on-the-move or sitting still, according to DARPA.

The sole source $8 million contract went to Mustang Technology Group to integrate and test the system on the massive MRAP (Mine … Read more

Military shows off MRAP in New York

Walking through the lower level of the 2008 New York auto show, we noticed a massive sand-colored vehicle up against the back wall. Thinking it might be a movie prop, like Speed Racer's Mach 5 in a booth nearby, we strolled over, only to have a soldier doing one of the military's better PR gigs inform us that this vehicle is an MRAP, short for "mine-resistant ambush-protected." The military began deploying MRAPs to Iraq last year as a complement to the HMMWV, or Humvee, which, even in armored form, hasn't offered enough protection against roadside … Read more