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...several hundred, were supposed to have gone into service by 2015. The Army is now refining its strategy and drafting new requirements for its combat vehicles. In the meantime, it will modernize and maintain its fleet of Abrams tanks until at least 2050, while it simultaneously plans for new lighter weight vehicles. "We are hoping to have a plan around the labor day time period," said the Pentagon's Future Combat Systems spokesman Paul Mehney. The Army, he says, is in the middle of "reassessing" the new requirements. "Everything is on the table." (Read a story about the Army...
Central to this task is the question of how best to balance protection, mobility and survivability in one vehicle. Lighter weight combat vehicles are key to rapid deployment but vehicles built for heavy combat are more likely to survive explosive encounters. IED protection for prospective vehicles could be improved with V-shaped hulls that would better divert the force of the bombs. Additional armor could also be added to the existing designs of the 27-ton vehicles to better protect against RPGs and, just in case, enemy tank fire. The Army Research Lab could also receive more funding to speed...
...adventures, encountering many comical characters along the way, only to discover that there’s no place like home. While HSTP typically performs shows to entertain and cheer up children in Boston area hospitals, “A Space Adventure” is being presented on campus as lighter theatrical fare for any one wishing to revisit a small part of his childhood. “The show is more for sheer entertainment than our usual public service function,” says HSTP president Hunter H.A. Landerholm ’09. Though the show is primarily designed...
...once before wanting it twice. But in May, Universal will begin reissuing the Rolling Stones' 14 most recent albums, while in September, EMI and Apple Corps will reissue all 12 of the Beatles' studio albums. By October, logic be damned, many baby boomers will be a few hundred dollars lighter...
Barbecues are fantastic (gotta meet the ethnic group!). A Capella groups always give a great show. Improv comedy nights show the lighter side of our fellow students. And tonight, you'll have the ability to fake like Harvard has a sweet party scene...