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A Defense Industry eBook containing 20 of the most popular articles published on IDGA.org.
Viewed by 40,000+ members, these articles cover various military and defense areas of interest. Download here.

Articles

• The Future of Warfare Military Requirements and Land Forces
  As tactical armored vehicles become increasingly vulnerable to detection and interception due to evolving surveillance technologies, developing effective counter-technologies has become an urgent military requirement, according to one leading observer.
• MRAP Work Still Humming
  The Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle program is still a robust government effort that is seeing growth in demand for theater support despite the advent of smaller Defense Department budgets, according to a briefing presented by the program's leaders.
• Army Releases Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicles Market Survey
  The Army released a market survey last week to support its development of an Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle to replace its aging fleet of M113 infantry carriers. The service has requested $74 million to fund the AMPV in fiscal year 2013 and plans to spend more than $300 million developing it over the next five years, according to Army budget documents.
• Conflict Again Looms Over Heavy Armor Production Line Closures
  The Army's plans for shutting down the Abrams tank, Bradley and Stryker vehicle production lines between fiscal years 2014 and 2016 are causing consternation among lawmakers, and will once again trigger a flurry of lobbying on Capitol Hill from worried contractors, according to officials and sources.
• Composite Materials Offer Stability & Cost Savings to Military Transportation
  New developments in composite materials derived from recycled plastics are offering markedly increased life-cycles—as well as lower costs—for military transportation through their utilization in the construction of bridges, a leader in the field says.
• Humvee Recap Questions Swirling On Capitol Hill Amid Army Budget Talks
  Inside the Army: Arguments are brewing on Capitol Hill as questions swirl around the Army's pending fiscal year 2013 budget request and its plans to terminate the competitive humvee recapitalization effort known as the Medium Expanded Capacity Vehicle program, according to congressional sources and industry officials close to the issue.
• Military Vehicles CCV
  CDR’s Joetey Attariwala recently talked to companies proposing a solution for DND’s CCV program. Here is our report.
• Force Protection Proposes Timberwolf for TAPV
  Force Protection is offering a specially designed version of its Cougar military vehicle for the Canadian Forces TAPV program and CDR recently interviewed the company’s Chief Operating Officer, Randy Hutcherson, about the vehicle they are calling Timberwolf. Here is our report.
• MSVS Programs Ramps Up
  Much Needed Armoured Military Trucks Will Replace Rusting Out MLVW Vehicles.
• TRUCKS FOR ALL SEASONS: M-ATV and MTVR from Oshkosh Are Battle Tested
  Canada is seeking a new tactical armoured patrol vehicle and a new tactical logistics vehicle to modernise the ground forces.
• TAPV is a Program to Re-Equip The Army With New Tactical Vehicles
  The Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle (TAPV) project is one of four Family of Land Combat Vehicles (FLCV) projects announced in July 2009.
• Textron TAPV
  This armoured vehicle has a distinguished pedigree with design modifications specifically made with CF requirements in mind.
• Canada's Force Protection and Offensive Operations
  Comments provided by BGen J.B. Bruce Ploughman, Chief of Staff, Canadian Expeditionary Force Command, Canada National Defence. Can you highlight some of the main uses of UAS in the Afghan theater – what did the Manley report highlight about Canada’s use of UAS in conflict? As could be expected, the UAS were in general terms used for both defensive (force protection) and offensive operations.
• Military Vehicles Must Balance Weight, Protection Considerations
  One of the most daunting—yet vital—ongoing challenges within the military vehicle space is how to adequately balance increased protection with reduced weight. One area where the search for that balance is ongoing is at the US Army’s Maneuver Center of Excellence (MCoE), based in Fort Benning, Ga
• MRO a no-go: Austria to scrap its armoured vehicles
  The Austrian Army has announced that it is purging its armoured vehicle fleet, reducing the number of tanks from 1,147 to less than 400 over the next two years. What does this mean for the armoured vehicle market and how will it affect corporate strategies over the next few years?
• Will General Dynamics' bold strategic move for Force Protection pay off?
  With the armoured vehicle market looking unstable in the mid-term, some have questioned the strategic objective behind General Dyanmics' acquisition of Force Protection. Is this a fair assessment?
• Sold! Armoured vehicle mid-market set for wave of consolidation
  Lockheed Martin is in discussions with French armoured vehicle manufacturers Nexter and Panhard as the companies look for ways to work together. Could what starts out as a working collaboration between Lockheed and the French vehicle makers soon turn into another mid-market acquisition following General Dynamics' deal for Force Protection?
• Modular armour to ‘future proof’ the next generation of Warrior IFV in £1 billion upgrade
  At a time when budget cuts have been squeezing the defence industry David Cameron boosted the armoured vehicle market by announcing the long-awaited £1 billion upgrade programme for the Warrior infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), enabling prime contractor Lockheed Martin to support up to 600 jobs in the UK.
• Armoured Vehicles in a Post-Afghanistan World
  Defence IQ’s Richard de Silva hosts the debate with authors and academics Professor Richard Ogorkiewicz and Christopher Foss (Jane’s) on the future of armoured vehicles post-Afghanistan. Richard de Silva: Today, we’re taking our first steps into a very important topic, perhaps the most important topic, particularly for coalition forces – we’re asking, what’s next for armoured vehicles after Afghanistan? How should militaries be restructuring their strategies for procurement and vehicle design?
• Can we prioritise armoured vehicle capabilities?
  Is it possible to prioritise armoured vehicle capability? Defence IQ posed this question to several senior military professionals at the first armoured vehicles conference in South Africa. Read on to find out what these senior officers believe can and cannot be sacrificed for future vehicle requirements…
• With Advanced IEDs, Structural Changes May Trump Increased Armour
  Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) are one of the biggest threats for vehicles in Afghanistan. According to figures obtained by the Washington Post from the Joint IED Defeat Organisation, the number of IED attacks in Afghanistan reached 14,661 in 2010, with 2011’s figures set to be even higher.
• Czech Army Places its Armoured Vehicle Plans Under the Fiscal Microscope
  The armoured vehicles of the Czech Republic currently provide something of a concentrated role under ISAF, supporting between 400-500 Czech soldiers who’s primary mission is to train local police and rebuild the country as coalition withdrawal dates near.

Videos

• Integrated Solutions for Tactical Vehicles
  Integrated Solutions for Tactical Vehicles.
• The Future of U.S. Army Transportation
  BG Brian Layer, Commanding General of the U.S. Army Transporation Center and School, discusses how the Army trains movement control specialists to facilitate the transportation of supplies and equipment at IDGA's Heavy Vehicles Summit.
• Strategy and Procurement Planning for Army Vehicles
  MG Thomas Spoehr, Director of Force Development in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, discusses strategy and procurement planning for vehicles at IDGA's Tactical Vehicles Summit.
• Armoured vehicles: Trading survivability for manoeuvrability
  At the 2011 event, the panel discussed and debated the prioritisation of capabilities. Find out which forces feel they can trade survivability for manoeuvrability, and how they weigh the changing trends between irregular and conventional warfare.

Podcast

• Developing and Testing Advanced Materials for Armor Applications
  IDGA speaks with Colonel (ret) Jack Stiglich Ph.D, President of Advanced Materials Associates. Colonel Stiglich answers the questions: How are new technologies informing the testing and analysis of armor? What role do computational models play in this area? What are the threats and opportunities driving research initiatives? And what are the gaps between traditional performance approaches and vehicle and warfighter needs?
• New Composites with Dr. Tom Nosker
  This audio interview features Dr Tom Nosker, exploring new composite advances that improve cost effectiveness. Listen Up!.

Interview

• New Composite Advances that Improve Cost Effectiveness
  This interview features Dr. Tom Nosker, Principal Investigator, from the Plastics Research Center, Department of Material Science and Engineering from Rutgers University.

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