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Articles in October 2001 issue of Armada International

• JSF X-35B up and gone. (Digest).
• Quietly pass that message. (Digest).
• Ingalls Shipbuilding. (News).
• General Dynamics. (News).
• Raytheon. (News).
• MTU out on the cape. (Digest).
• First F-16 CCIP kits. (Digest).
• Thales has won a contract for an undisclosed amount to supply one additional Ocean Master 100 radar, following the previous orders for eight sets, to equip US1A hydroplanes and new-generation US1A Kai aircraft of the Japanese Navy. (News).
• Ericsson. (News).
• KVH. (News).
• A Scorpion as Peacekeeper. (Digest).
• Treat yourself to tritium. (Digest).
• ADI. (News).
• Ultra Electronics. (News).
• Rockwell Collins. (News).
• Lupo gets float-tested. (Digest).
• Communications training -- the key to victory? The history of warfare is littered with episodes in which communications -- or the lack of them -- have determined the outcome of a battle. In the days when messages were delivered by runners or horsemen, the
  by Walters, Brian
• Klein Associates.
• Comtech Systems. (News).
• Logicon. (News).
• Bullets, blankets, beans? ... (Digest).
• Radio families on the tactical scene: the decades-long trend toward building complete families of tactical radio sets has created a veritable warehouse of choices from which any country's army can build its communication needs.
  by Keggler, Johnny
• Interstate Electronics. (News).
• Textron Systems. (News).
• Northrop Grumman. (News).
• Typhoon -- finally! (Digest).
• Paris air show: business is business. (Shows & Exhibitions).
  by Braybrook, Roy
• Ultra Electronics has been awarded a $3.1 million Commercial Operations and Support Savings Initiative contract from the US Navy for the installation of its Prop-Power hub integrated power switching system into the P-3C Orion and C-130 aircraft. (News).
• Big Deals in Short. (News).
• The UAV as sensor platform -- from pioneer to global hawk: the development of UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) has witnessed some important successes, but also many failures, and much remains to be accomplished. Armed services want real-time imagery, a qua
  by Braybrook, Roy
• A firm foothold is required. (Digest).
• Night vision technology update: recent international developments in night vision technologies have followed the twin paths of image intensification (12) and thermal. One significant change in recent years, however, has been the convergence of these tradi
  by Gourley, Scott
• Radamec. (News).
• Concurrent Computer Corporation. (News).
• Time to break the current thinking pattern II. (Complete Guide).
  by Biass, Eric H.
• 2R2M tests in America. (Digest).
• Friend or foe? -- training is essential for survival: split-second decisions can spare the lives of a friendly aircrew or result in oblivion for aircraft regarded as legitimate targets. Those onboard a warship or perceived to be a tempting target of oppor
  by Walters, Brian
• BAE Systems. (News).
• KVH has had its Tacnav-II tactical navigation systems selected for integration with Giat's Systeme d'Information Terminal battlefield management system. (News).
• What the soldier wants. (Digest).
• Flag raised on Iwo Jima again. (Digest).
• See but survive: air-defence radar: surveillance radars are the primary sensors of any modern air-defence system, but are also its most vulnerable component.
  by Richardson, Doug
• Thales Nederland. (News).
• Raytheon won a multi-year, full-rate productions contract for the Commader's Independent Viewer (CIV) sub-systems for the US Army's M2/M3A3 Bradley fighting vehicle. (News).
• Upgrade for GPS sims. (Digest).
• Video scan converter. (Digest).
• Driving simulators -- a true cost saver: for countries where fuel costs are negligible, the case for driving simulators may not be immediately obvious, although operating real vehicles such as a tank or other armoured fighting vehicle will certainly be mo
  by Walters, Brian
• Rockwell Collins. (News).
• Thales. (News).