2nd Annual Tactical Vehicles Summit. Una nota de 21 de julio de 2007, sobre los MRAP

2nd Annual Tactical Vehicles Summit. April 27 - 29, 2009 · Hilton McLean Tysons Corner, VA

• Get the latest updates on tactical vehicle procurement, technology and development, and fleet modernization, including MRAP, JLTV, and FMTV
• Gain first-hand insight into the new MRAP-ALL Terrain (M-ATV)
• Increase foreign investment – learn Department of State tactical vehicle export and import trade controls
• Hear about short and medium-term strategies in tactical vehicle procurement and replacement
• Discuss new vehicles in the future outlook for the military

  Featuring a distinguished speaker faculty that includes:

• MG James Chambers, USA - Commanding General, United States Army Combined Arms Support Command
• MG David Halverson, USA - Director of Army Force Development
• COL Mike Smith, USA - Director of Training, Doctrine, and Combat Development, US Army Armor Center/Chief of Mounted Requirements Division
• COL Brian Dosa, USA - Army Operational Test Command
• Col Michael Micucci, USMC - LAV Program Manager, TACOM, Marine Corps Systems Command
• Lt Col Lior Kotick - Israel Ministry of Defense
• Michael Gallagher - Program Manager, Expeditionary Power Systems, Marine Corps Systems Command
• Robert Hobbs - Deputy TRADOC Capability Manager

Download the program agenda (Updated 3/13) & Download the event brochure

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Sin más comentarios, transcribo una nota de trabajo fechada el 21 de julio de 2007, sobre los MRAP, conservada en mis archivos personales. Lo hago para general conocimiento y para seguir apoyando a los que se exponen día a día. La foto fue tomada en Irak con anterioridad...

SOBRE LOS MRAP

"There is no fail-safe. These IEDs, these large IEDs can destroy an Abrams tank. So there is no sure-fire guarantee that anything will provide absolute protection against these. But I think the experience of the Marines in Anbar suggests that the MRAP, and particularly with the V-shaped hull, does provide significantly enhanced protection for the soldiers and Marines inside."

• Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates from DoD Media Roundtable

http://www.defenselink.mil/home/features/2007/mrap/

http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/pdfs/Armored_Vehicles_Procurement.pdf

http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/pdfs/FY2008_Global_War_On_Terror_Request%5B1%5D.pdf

http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/transcript.aspx?transcriptid=4010

http://www.defence.gov.au/opcatalyst/video/20070417/IRAQ%20TRAINERS.wmv