Strengths of our defence capability
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Originally posted by lionnoisy:
Yeah right. Most of them go there to work with the best, but then learn nothing. Come back, become someone like Phillip Yeo? Haa haa...
Sg will work with one of the best in the relevant fields.
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Cruise Ship Used Sonic Weapon on Pirates
Ha Ha WE also get this SonicBeamerThe one on the left below is Sonic Beamer.
Read this thread for Naval Gun.Cruise Ship Used Sonic Weapon on Pirates
Tuesday, November 08, 2005,FOX NEWS
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Pirates May Have Also Attacked U.N. Ship
MIAMI — The crew of a luxury cruise ship used a sonic weapon that blasts earsplitting noise in a directed beam while being attacked by a gang of pirates off Africa this weekend, the cruise line said Monday.
The Seabourn Spirit had a Long Range Acoustic Device, or LRAD, installed as a part of its defense systems, said Bruce Good, a spokesman for Miami-based Seabourn Cruise Line. The Spirit was about 100 miles off Somalia when pirates fired rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns as they tried to get onboard.
The subsidiary of Carnival Corp. was investigating whether the weapon was successful in warding off the pirates, he said. The ship's captain also changed its course, shifted into high speed and headed out into the open sea to elude the pirates, who were in two small boats, he said. He had no further details.
Device maker American Technology Corp. said earsplitting "bangs" were directed by trained security personnel toward the pirates. That, combined with ship maneuvers, caused the attackers to leave the area, the company said.
The LRAD is a so-called "non-lethal weapon" developed for the U.S. military after the 2000 attack on the USS Cole off Yemen as a way to keep operators of small boats from approaching U.S. warships.
The military version is a 45-pound, dish-shaped device that can direct a high-pitched, piercing tone with a tight beam. Neither the LRAD's operators or others in the immediate area are affected.
American Technology, based in San Diego, compares its shrill tone to that of smoke detectors, only much louder. It can be as loud as about 150 decibels, while smoke alarms are about 80 to 90 decibels.
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ST Aerospace Seals US$38M B757 Conversion Deal With RNZAF
Singapore, 9 November 2005 - Singapore Technologies Aerospace Ltd (ST Aerospace), the aerospace arm of Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering), today announced that its US facility, ST Mobile Aerospace Engineering (MAE), has been awarded a contract by the New Zealand Ministry of Defence. The contract, worth US$38m (approximately S$65m), involves a cargo conversion and avionics upgrade programme for two of the Royal New Zealand Air Force's (RNZAF) Boeing 757-200 aircraft.
Targeting to induct the first aircraft in October 2006, MAE will convert the aircraft from an all passenger arrangement to a multi-role configuration that allows the carriage of passenger, freight, mixed passenger-freight, Very-Important-Persons (VIPs) and Aero-Medical Evacuation. Completion of the programme is expected to take about two years.
In 2004, ST Aerospace and Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) signed a licensing agreement with Boeing for the licence of data for the B757-200 Special Freighter Supplemental Type Certificate (STC). The 757-200 STC was originally developed for a DHL conversion programme by Boeing with ST Aerospace and IAI as risk sharing partners, who shared the engineering services and performed the conversion work on the DHL contract. Approximately 250 B757-200 aircraft is expected to be converted in the next 20 years, while more than 900 Boeing 757-200s have been delivered to 52 airlines since the aircraft first flew in 1982. -
Portable mini lab and 275 g micro UAV:STimes 12.11.2005
Device can do work of bio lab in detecting deadly viruses
and bacteria in the field
A HANDHELD device that could replace an entire laboratory's work in detecting
deadly viruses and bacteria has secured a coveted defence technology prize for scientist Eric Yap.
The annual Defence Technology Prize Individual Award recognises the person who has made the most impact in the area of defence research and weapons development here.
Dr Yap's work, which involved 11 years of research and has led to two
patents in the United States, could revolutionise the way the Singapore Armed
Forces (SAF) medical units test for biohazards in the field.
The 'lab on a chip' is still being perfected, but results of initial trials
indicate that a handheld device could do work that now requires bulky boxes of fragile testing equipment.
The device uses special test solutions to assess samples of suspected
biohazards, which are placed on a glass slide.
The slide, about the size of a postage stamp, is inserted into a handheld
reader and scanned electronically to help the researcher find out what the
sample is.
It can detect the presence of biohazards that SAF personnel could encounter
in training or combat situations, including the mosquito-borne dengue virus, or
the soil disease melioidosis, which is present in soil bacteria and can cause
potentially lethal blood infections.
Last year, 98 people caught melioidosis and 60 people have been infected so far this year, according to the Health Ministry. Dr Yap, 41, is head of the
population genetics laboratory at the Defence Medical and Environmental
Research Institute, a facility that comes under DSO National Laboratories,
Singapore's biggest defence research and development lab.
Tests on the device are continuing in the lab, located next to the National
University Hospital, to broaden the computer database to include information on as many types of viruses as possible.
'We can detect what we know, but how do you detect what you don't know, like new viruses or bacteria,' said Dr Yap. 'We don't have samples of everything from everywhere.'
At yesterday's award ceremony, Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean also gave out four team awards to projects advancing the performance of air defence radars and technology that helps SAF commanders lead and control their units during operations.
Mr Teo added that apart from home-grown innovations, Singapore has also been able to leverage on international technology partners to 'multiply what we can do on our own'.
For instance, a 275g air surveillance vehicle called the Wasp
was tested here two weeks ago by the Defence Technology
and Research Agency(POster note:I think it should be DSTA) with the United States The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
The Wasp, which carries two cameras, is one of 19 projects
that the US agency is working on with scientists here.
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S'pore duo claim their liquid ceramic coating can make them lighter and
stronger
STimes 02.11.2005
TWO Singaporeans have come up with a liquid ceramic coating that can strengthen
bullet-proof vests against gunfire and bomb fragments.
The off-white secret concoction brewed in a Jalan Kembangan shophouse is the
brainchild of car salesman-turned-entrepreneur Norman Lim, 40, and his
childhood friend and business partner, Mr Richard Lim, 40, a former computer
software salesman.
In two years, using $100,000 of their own money, the duo - who have between
them a theology diploma and a master's in information technology - may well
have come up with a formula that beats research at top defence laboratories in
the United States.
The coating invented by the Lims strengthens materials like kevlar - widely
used in bullet-proof vests.
Their idea is similar to a two decade-old effort pursued by the US
military's Army Research Laboratory.
But the end product using the Singapore duo's formula weighs only a third of
the armour protection from the US lab - an important edge as body armour can
add about 8kg to a soldier's load.
Their tests have shown that a vest made up of 20 layers of paper-thin kevlar
stops a 9mm bullet in its ninth layer.
When treated with the liquid ceramic and resin mixture, the bullet is
stopped at the fourth layer.
In a thicker form, the coating they developed can also be made into a
kevlar-like material.
A third product they have come up with is a special resin and fibre coating
that can be brushed onto any surface, making a regular kitchen tile, which
shatters when dropped, bullet-proof.
After successful overseas trials, the duo have decided to move their
research next month to California, where they plan to sell their know-how to
firms that make body armour or bullet- and blast-resistant protection kits for
vehicles.
Mr Christopher Foss, editor of the authoritative Jane's Armour & Artillery
yearbook, said that if their invention delivers on its promise, the market
potential is huge, going by the US military experience in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The shortcomings of existing body and vehicle armour are being exploited by
insurgents there using improvised explosive devices.
The Lims' next project will be to see if lightweight armour can protect
vehicles against rocket-propelled grenades - another weapon of choice for
insurgents in many conflicts.
Mr Norman Lim's interest in composite materials and resins started in his
teens when he made dioramas, or scaled-down landscapes, for his plastic models
of tanks and warplanes.
He took a slight detour in his mid-20s, when he studied theology in
Oklahoma. After completing his diploma, he helped in churches and orphanages in
India but soon returned to Singapore.
'We can't function without money. We have to make some money too,' he said.
He returned to work on composite materials, but graduated from model
vehicles to the real thing, making car body kits for rally cars and racing
bikes.
'I have a friend who used to work for Lotus, the race car company, and he
taught me a lot about composite technology,' he added.
By working on hi-fi speakers using kevlar, he also began to appreciate the
qualities of this tough yet supple material.
He then decided to combine his childhood interest in military equipment and
his knowledge of composite materials.
In November last year, he gave up his $10,000-a-month job and roped in his
old neighbour Richard, whom he has known since they were five.
Did he ever imagine he would end up in the defence industry when he was
studying theology in Oklahoma in 1991?
It's not all that different, he said. 'My work is all about saving lives.'
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The Lims with their inventions
THE black panel held by Mr Norman Lim is the soft ceramic armour. It is about
16mm thick.
The Lims fired five 5.56mm rounds at it using an M-16 assault rifle with
zero penetration.
Normal ceramic armour needed to resist these hits would be about 10mm thick.
However, it is much harder to wear as it is inflexible, especially when the
wearer has it on his chest and back, and tries to bend over. The Lims' armour
can also resist multiple hits. The tile held by Mr Richard Lim has been made
bullet- proof with a resin and fibre coating.
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Below:The yellow is 120 mm mortar.
Above:The highest ammo is HESH--High explosive squash head click hereHigh explosive squash head (HESH) was also used by other military forces, particularly those which had purchased the early post-war British 105mm Centurion tank, such as Sweden, India and Israel; in the US it was known as HEP, for "High Explosive, Plastic".
For our own Centurion tank or export??
HESH rounds contain a warhead filled with plastic explosive and a delayed fuse. On impact the plastic explosive in the shell spreads out to form a disk on the surface of the armour. The fuse then detonates the explosive, creating a shock wave which travels through the armour, causing flakes of metal to spall off the armour's inside surface. The resulting fragments injure or kill the crew, damage equipment, and/or ignite ammunition and fuel -
Sg's maximum oil refinery capbacity is 1.3 mbd--million barrel per day,
1/65 of world consumption.
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ST Kinetic 40 Grenade Launcher .Cal:40x46mm.Loaded 2.62 kg.L655mm,
barrel 305mm.Range 400m .In production.fr Janes Infantry weapons .
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This is the only official reference of how new Sg's frigate looks on radar,
fr the Navy adv. poster in MRT train----The empty container quay.On radar,they(the frigates)appear to be small ,harmlesss fishing boat.
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use water to reduce the damages of explosions
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Metal Storm and ST Kinetics Sign Teaming Agreement-Munitions Deals Cover International Markets.Published September 30, 2005
Under the latest agreement, ST Kinetics munitions would be converted to a Metal Storm stacked configuration and marketed with Metal Storm weapon systems in the world market.
“These agreements cover the other critical half of our weapons systems - munitions. Without munitions our systems have no purpose,” said Metal Storm Chief Executive Officer (CEO), David Smith.
“It means we have an arrangement to convert US Army inventory rounds in the United States and in all other markets we propose to have munitions available through ST Kinetics.”
ST Kinetics is one of the worldÂ’s leading 40mm munitions designers and manufacturers with a range that includes unique capabilities for Metal Storm weapon systems.
The agreement provides opportunities for the rapid development, testing and eventual certification of a range of 40mm munitions for use with Metal StormÂ’s weapon systems. -
ST MarineÂ’s US Operations Secures US$28.8m Design Contract For Egyptian Navy Fast Missile Craft.Singapore, 1 Dec 2005 -
(ST Marine) today announced its US operations, VT Halter Marine Inc., has secured a US$28.8m (approximately S$49m) contract by the US Government to develop a functional design of a Fast Missile Craft (FMC) for the Government of Egypt.
Products of ST here ----whole range of SAF's needs.
The FMC will be designed to accomplish the roles of coastal patrol, surveillance, interdiction, surface strike and naval battle group support for the 21st century. These vessels will allow the Arab Republic of Egypt to maintain the security of its coastal regions as well as those of friendly countries. The vessels will be approximately 62m in length and will incorporate ship signature control technology. High speed and manoeuvrability are two of their primary assets to fulfill these roles. The vessels will also incorporate numerous combat system assets and electronic sensors that give them capabilities in anti-aircraft, anti-surface and electronic warfare.
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Elephant walks so slow and rabbit jump fast.
Logistics-----life or dead in war.The (3rd corps Support Comm of US in Iraq) has long wanted to open bottling plants in Iraq, officials said. Currently, bottled water - the preferred drink in Iraq - comes in via truck from Kuwait, Jordan or Turkey.
-- By Jim Garamone,American Forces Press Service.
BALAD, Iraq, Dec. 29, 2005the 3rd Corps Support Command has opened a water purification and bottling plant at the massive logistical area here.
2.Why it take so long fo US to put a plant in operations and ship water from so far away?
The plant has a capacity of 220,000 liters (220 m3) of pure drinking water each day. The plant uses a reverse osmosis processing unit and a "hyperpurifier " before bottling the water in one-liter containers.
3.This tiny red dot country
just take one week to ship outa PUB 240 m3 plant to Maldives. Two more plants, from local private water company GrahamTek, with a combined capacity of 500 cubic metres per day, will arrive in Maldives by 10 Jan (2005). Together the three plants should meet the daily drinking needs of the Maldivian population of about 300,000.
Parts of the portable desalination plant on its way to the( Maldives)port -
A Beyond Visual Range missile, the AMRAAM seeks and destroys targets independently after launch. With its autonomous guidance capability, this active radar missile provides the pilot with a ‘launch-and-leave’ ability, which greatly improves his overall performance and survivability.
2.Hellfire
DSTA managed the acquisition of the Third Generation Hellfire II and the Longbow Hellfire, with the Apache Longbow AH-64D as the launching platform for the missiles.
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Large-scale tests - Explosive Testing of Structural Components (ETSC)
The tests marked DSTAÂ’s advancement from a smart applicator of protective technology to a developer of indigenous protective systems.
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Underground Ammunition Facility--
SingaporeÂ’s first UAF at Mandai is scheduled to be operational in 2007.
In developing this unique facility, DSTA tapped expertise from Norway,
Sweden, Switzerland and the US.
The knowledge was also shared with the NATO AC/258 Underground Storage Working Group. DSTAÂ’s recommendations have been adopted in the revised NATO Manual of Safety Principles for the Storage of Military Ammunitions and Explosives.
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Injury Modelling in Ejection--
DMERI has developed a tool to assess the injury potential when pilots eject, by modelling the human body and characterising the behaviour of biological tissues under stress and strain. This computer model analyses the probability of injury and predicts injury mechanisms under various ejection scenarios.
The above come from Unleashing Technology--5 years achievmeny of DSTA -
2.Hellfire
DSTA managed the acquisition of the Third Generation Hellfire II and the Longbow Hellfire, with the Apache Longbow AH-64D as the launching platform for the missiles.
Hey I was not aware that Singapore bought both the laser-guided AGM-114K and radar-guided AGM-114L. I always thought that the RSAF only acquired the former.
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The 2.5 tons Mule vehicle is being developed by Lockheed Martin and
----STimes 11.01.2006,pg H10.This Mule will be displayed in AA 2006.
ST Kinetices
2.Take a good look of products of ST Kinetics' and
ST Engineering .u will surprised what Sg can make.There are Land,Aerospace,Marine and Electronic sys.
3.LOCKHEED MARTIN RECEIVES $61 MILLION CONTRACT FOR MULTIFUNCTION UTILITY/LOGISTICS AND EQUIPMENT VEHICLE
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Now you know why SAF buys so much US equipment.
It's a business decision.
Along with all the perks of the US treating us like a valuable ally should we be under attack, there is also the advantage of lucrative defense co-operation with the US and the possible sale of products to the US army. Which in turns alsways mean sales to other NATO members.
And as can be seen from the recent massive SAF excercise in the Mojave Desert with ground and air assets, also closer military co-operation with the US no other country has ever enjoyed.
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STMicroelectronics and Singapore partner develop chip to test bird flu
The chip, which can also test for other forms of influenza, can produce the results within an hour, Geneva-based STMicroelectronics and Veredus Laboratories said in a joint statement.
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A prototype has been produced and the chip is expected to be launched commercially later in the year, a company official said.
Veredus Laboratories Raises Ante In Battle Against Infectious Diseases. Local life science start-up launched diagnostic kits for Avian Flu, Malaria and Dengue with technologies from A*STAR and NUS INTRO
3.This is better to tie up with big boy STMicroelectronics to explore the
hugu market.Veredus believes it can fill the gap for the growing international need for rapid diagnosis and proactive public health management, as malaria (300-500 million cases per year) and dengue (50 million cases per year) are severe public health problems in more than 100 countries, inhabited by about 2.5 billion people, representing about 40% of the world's population. Likewise, in the battle against the Avian Influenza Virus of the H5N1 strain Veredus believes that, the government and private sector will see the benefit of using Veredus well-tested kits as a tool for public health epidemiology, surveillance or diagnosis, as the virus is mutating rapidly and poses a clear and present danger of creating a deadly avian flu pandemic.
4.Behind the door,who know what they already have test kits
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Actually SAF made a good decision to work with foreign big MNCs rather just focusing on Singapore Technologies. The ST people then to have a very narrow mind-set and focus...in other word "Nerdy"!
As our leaders had always give us timely reminder that Sg must be innovative and think out-of-box...but I still find some ST engineers and managers very very conservatives.
It is good that MINDEF is working with big global players like Boeing, Lockheed and STMicroelectronics. There is actually a very very big potential market for some military turn civilian tech...eg the MEMs biochip from STMicorelectronic is a very good example. Everybody is afraid of drying, investing in health science and bioengineering to improve our own quality of life will be the future consumer trend.
In order to Sg to leadfrog the cheap Chinese competitors, we have to go into bioscience in full force. Not only to make medical drugs and do DNA research... we must not forget to incorporate the unique advantage of singapore - semicon wafer fab...
On the first look, bioengineering and wafer technology does not seems to mixed. But if you do some net research, many US firms and tech start-up are getting already to ramp up their biochip or bio-implants that is made by semicon wafer fabs.
If we hedge the ride with the correct timing, our Sg economy will surely benefits. Singapore has a very good IP records compare to Korea, Taiwan and China. This will be a big pull for many investor. This will provide us the quantum leap to move up the value chain. -
DSTA's project manager Mr Cheng Wee Kiang boasts that with a stand-off range of 500 metres, this sensor sure beats the soldier behind a pair of binoculars.---DSTA develops the Portable Battlefield Robotics System to enhance the operational capabilities and survivability of the SAF soldiers.
