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Articles in April 2006 issue of Armada International

• Future combat systems: in 2014, it will have taken some two-and-a-half decades after the fall of the Iron Curtain for some of the major Western armies to gear up to the new World Order. At least four major pragrammes are currently underway to meet tomorro
  by Biass, Eric H.; Kemp, Ian
• New radar for SA Mekos.(Digest)
• Sagem's spare wares.(What's Up?)
  by Biass, Eric H.
• Textron Systems.(Business)
• L-3 Communication.(Business)
• Harris.(Business)
• Self-destruct safety fuzes.(Digest)
• Hawk expected to draw crowds.(Digest)
• The law gets tougher: the shoulder-launched light anti-armour weapon (law) has evolved to become a multipurpose assault weapon much in demand for asymmetric warfare.(Weapons: anti-armour)
  by Kemp, Ian
• Horstman.(Business)
• Kongsberg Marine.(Business)
• Raytheon.(Business)
• GE Marine.(Business)
• Super Tucano shows at shows.(Digest)
• Radstone raises the bar again.(Digest)
• Shine on, deadly light.(Electronics: EW)
  by Richardson, Doug
• L-3 Communications.(Business)
• Big deals in short.(Business)
• Upgrading CPU in the field.(Digest)
• Small form Weapon Datalink.(Digest)
• Testing complete on H-1 choppers.(Digest)
• J-Ucav cave in.(Drone Update)
  by Biass, Eric H.; Braybrook, Roy
• Eads has completed delivery of the Coastal Surveillance Radar System for Estonia, which is the largest radar-based coastal surveillance system and covers more than 500 km of coastline.(Business)
• Raytheon Canada.(Business)
• Eurofighter loaded and ready.(Digest)
• Jsow datalink tests positive.(Digest)
• The new breed of light workhorse.(Vehicles)
  by Kemp, Ian
• Eads.(Business)
• Boeing.(Business)
• The French Bulle Operationnelle Aeroterrestre: France has provisionally determined the shape of its 'Army 2025'. The service will retain its two armoured brigades at the heavy end of the spectrum and its airborne and army aviation brigades at the light en
  by Biass, Eric H.; Kemp, Ian
• Getting out of a Carrera.(Digest)
• APKSW II test flies Junior.(Digest)
• Dubai air show.(Shows & Exhibitions)
• Raytheon Systems.(Business)
• Raytheon will provide its Sea Vue maritime radar to the National Air Support subsidiary Surveillance Australia under the new Coastwatch programme.(Business)
• The Swedish splitterskyddad enhets platform.(Complete Guide)
  by Kemp, Ian
• NCOIC grows by adding five.(Digest)
• Ckem tests hot & cold.(Digest)
• Less is more in the world of DAS.(Electronics)
  by Richardson, Doug
• Boeing received a $ 240 million award from the US Air Force in early March to produce 10,000 Joint Direct Attack Munition tail kits for the existing 500-, 1000- and 2000-pound bombs which were purchased by the US Air Force and Navy.(Business)
• CAE.(Business)
• The British future rapid effects system.(Complete Guide)
  by Kemp, Ian
• C4I cash flow slowing.(Digest)
• Soldiers get new daggers.(Digest)
• Pocket artillery.(Infantry: mortars)
  by Kemp, Ian
• General Dynamics C4 Systems.(Business)
• Lockheed Martin.(Business)
• Tactical Internet radios: getting forces connected.(Communication)
• Wedgetail radar tests.(Digest)
• Bro@dnet Wimax from Tadcomm.(Digest)
• Ship-based helicopters: what's hot and what's not.(Rotorcraft: naval)
  by Braybrook, Roy
• Radstone Embedded Computing.(Business)
• The American Future Combat System: the Future Combat System is the largest programme ever launched by the US Army. It is estimated to be worth $ 161 billion over the life of the project and aimed at replacing a wide spectrum of vehicles beginning in 2014.
  by Kemp, Ian
• A400M cuts its first breeze.(Digest)
• RQ-4 passes 4.8K aloft.(Digest)
• ITT.(Business)
• Raytheon has reached an important milestone in the P-8A MMA (Multimission Maritime Aircraft) programme by having delivered the Software Design Lab (Radar) Protocol Emulator (SDL-PE) to Boeing.(Business)