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Exploding hose blasts through Taliban IED field
Date added: 09/03/2010
The Python rocket is a trailer-mounted, rocket-propelled mine-clearing system pulled behind the Trojan armoured engineer tank. The exploding hose punches a safe passage through suspected Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) belts as it fires a snake of high explosives.
Fitted with a large plough on the front, the Trojan vehicle can clear safe passage through a suspected IED belt, it has recently been used for the first on operations in Afghanistan.
Codex Issue 6 - subscribe now!
Date added: 09/03/2010
Defence Research 2010 Codex Special Issue
profiles Lord Drayson, Minister of State for Strategic Defence Acquisition Reform
Talks to the Centre for Defence Enterprise Head, Dr Helen Almey
Looks at the Innovation and the Innovators who are taking on the challenge to UK Defence
Dragon runner bomb disposal robot for Afghanistan
Date added: 09/03/2010
The Python rocket is a trailer-mounted, rocket-propelled mine-clearing system pulled behind the Trojan armoured engineer tank. The exploding hose punches a safe passage through suspected Improvised Explosive Devices belts as it fires a snake of high explosives.
Fitted with a large plough on the front, the Trojan vehicle can clear safe passage through a suspected IED belt and has recently been used for the first time on operations in Afghanistan.
Life-saving- blood-warming kit for Afghanistan
Date added: 03/03/2010
The EnFlowTM 100 Rapid Blood and Fluid Warmer quickly heats up blood and vital fluids reaching vital organs and injured areas without affecting core body temperature. Reducing the risk of hypothermia, coagulation and other comlications it allows medic to warm up blood prior to transfusion.
'Recce' UUV seeks out sea mines
Date added: 26/02/2010
'Recce' the Mine Countermeasure Reconnaissance Unmanned Underwater Vehicle can hunt sea mines remotely for over 20 hours down to 200s metres. It is now fully intergrated into service with the RN's Underwater Vehicle Unit using an advanced system of sensors to feed data back to onboard operators reducing the risk to divers.