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    AUSA 2016: Tanks, trucks and more tech

    Here are some of the highlights from the 2016 Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting and Exposition at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington D.C. Companies showcased their latest and greatest land warfare technologies during the three-day event.

  • M8 Armored Gun System
    At the entrance to AUSA, BAE Systems featured the M8 Armored Gun System greeting visitors as they arrived (Allison Barrie).
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  • Griffin
    General Dynamics unveiled a new light tank demonstrator, the Griffin, at AUSA (Allison Barrie).
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  • AT4 weapons
    Munitions big and small were widely showcased throughout more than 250,000 square feet of exhibit space. Saab's extremely popular, lightweight, single-shot, disposable AT4 weapons family drew constant crowds. You simply aim, fire and destroy the target. Saab displays here some of their munitions advances that give the dismounted soldier a range of capabilities (Allison Barrie).
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  • Advanced simulators
    Military personnel took advantage of the many advanced simulators available to try out new tech (Allison Barrie).
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  • MAARS
    Robots were heavily featured this year including the highly effective QinetiQ robot-team including MAARs, which has been performing extremely well when integrating with platoon-level (Allison Barrie).
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  • Robotics demo
    Robotics force integration was a topic much discussed this AUSA. Army personnel paused to watch robotic demos like the one performed by this QinetiQ robot (Allison Barrie).
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  • Textron Systems’ Commando
    Many large vehicles were on display including this Commando by Textron Systems (Allison Barrie).
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  • Mobile firepower
    Highly mobile firepower is always in demand with many options brought to this year's AUSA (Allison Barrie).
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  • Portable satellites
    They may look like enormous beach balls, but they are actually GATR Technologies inflatable portable satellites that drew lots of attention from window shopping Armies. Communication is essential to land warfare and these pack up to fit into small, wheelie-type suitcases (Allison Barrie).
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  • Navistar Aviation
    There were lots of helicopter options on offer at AUSA. Navistar Aviation takes commercially available helicopters like this one and ramps them up with modifications tailored to their military clients' needs (Allison Barrie).
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    AUSA 2016: Tanks, trucks and more tech

    Here are some of the highlights from the 2016 Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting and Exposition at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington D.C. Companies showcased their latest and greatest land warfare technologies during the three-day event.

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  • AUSA 2016: Tanks, trucks and more tech
  • M8 Armored Gun System
  • Griffin
  • AT4 weapons
  • Advanced simulators
  • MAARS
  • Robotics demo
  • Textron Systems’ Commando
  • Mobile firepower
  • Portable satellites
  • Navistar Aviation