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The kit allows US Special Operations Forces (US SOF) personnel to configure their weapons to individual preferences and customize for different mission requirements. The program dates back to September 1989, when the Special Operations Special Technology (SOST) Modular Close Combat Carbine Project was founded.
Further development of this concept has resulted in the "air-spike". [1] This is formed by concentrated energy, either from an electric arc torch or a pulsed laser, projected forwards from the body, which produces a region of low density hot air ahead of the body.
Anduril revealed the Roadrunner in December 2023, saying that it had been in development for two years, and that they were about to begin low-rate production for an order of "hundreds of units" from a U.S. customer. A single unit costs "in the low hundreds of thousands of dollars" but the price is expected to drop as volumes increase.
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Exelis Inc., was a global aerospace, defense, information and services company [2] created in October 2011 as a result of the spinoff of ITT Corporation's defense business into an independent, publicly traded company. [3]
This gives the wearer up to NIJ Level IV protection on the front and back and Level IIIA protection on the sides. On the lower rear side of the front of the vest, there are two quick-releasable buckles for attaching groin protection. The wearer's sides are covered by an external cummerbund, which is also covered with PALS webbing.
The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), known and marketed under Oshkosh development as the L-ATV (Light Combat Tactical All-Terrain Vehicle), is a light utility/combat multi-role vehicle. The Oshkosh-developed JLTV was selected for acquisition under the US military 's Army-led Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program .
The current price of one unit is $230,000; however, Foster-Miller claims that when it enters mass production the price may drop to between $150,000 and $180,000. There are a variety of different weapons which can be placed on the SWORDS, which include the M16 rifle , 5.56 mm SAW M249 , 7.62mm M240 machine gun , .50 Cal M82 Barrett rifle , six ...