TransHospital, Afghanistan(click to view full) Shipping containers are ubiquitous in a globalized world, and many modes of transport on air, sea, and land are adapted to carry them easily. To portability, add protection: their rigid metal construction provides more...
Bundeswehr Orders $7.35M in Container-Based “TransHospitals”
Germany’s Federal Office of Defence Technology and Procurement (BWB) recently awarded EADS Defence Electronics a contract to supply the German Armed Forces with three further “TransHospital” Light Rescue Centres. The contract is worth approx. EUR 6 million (USD $7.35 million).
LPD-17 San Antonio Class: The USA’s New Amphibious Ships
LPD-17 cutaway (click to view full) LPD-17 San Antonio class amphibious assault support vessels are just entering service with the US Navy, and 11 ships of this class are eventually slated to replace up to 41 previous ships. Much like their smaller predecessors, their...
LPD-17 San Antonio Class: The USA’s New Amphibious Ships
LPD-17 cutaway (click to view full) LPD-17 San Antonio class amphibious assault support vessels are just entering service with the US Navy, and 11 ships of this class are eventually slated to replace up to 41 previous ships. Much like their smaller predecessors, their...
Battle Boxes for the Bundeswehr
TransProtec Cutaway(click to view full) EADS, in cooperation with the company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) of Munich, has developed a multifunctional container for protected personal transport that can accommodate up to 18 people including equipment. TransProtec has...
$7.1M more for R&D Into Next-Generation Military Hospital Test Shelters
Deployed TransHospital(click to view expanded) Small business qualifier Mobile Medical International Corp. in Saint Johnsbury, VT has received a $7.1 million modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for research and development of the 21st century military hospital...
Singapore’s New Containerized Field Hospitals
Deployed TransHospital(click to view expanded) EADS' TransHospitals are a modular system that can clip convenient ISO Standard 20x8x8 container modules together in order to assemble field medical facilities of any size. TransHospital is just one of EADS...
Love on the Rocks: CASA’s $600M Venezuelan Plane Sale Hits Heavy Turbulence, Crashes
CN-235MPA Persuader(click to view full) In January 2005, the USA used ITAR resale restrictions on military-designated technologies to block a EUR 500 million sale of 12 CASA aircraft to Venezuela - 10 C-295 light transport aircraft and 2 CN-235MPA Maritime Patrol...