Bae Systems Land & Armaments L.p.

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.P.

Michael McCullough

Michael C Ip

Samuel H Chau

Brian Kariya

Mei Lam

Peter C Chu

Stu Nakashima

Yaping Zhu

Roy John Buchmann

Scott Greenlee

Jeff Faul

John J Brownfield

Parmjit Paul Singh

Wing Ng

A torsion bar restraint system for tracked combat vehicles that aids in the improvement of occupant survival rates when associated with asymmetric threats. The blast mitigating restraint system can reduce the dynamic deflection of torsion bars based on the severity of the blast impulse as needed. Systems comprise one or more components that secure the torsion bar to the hull for protecting against dynamic deflection and lateral displacement. The two disclosed components, an end restraint device and an M-Ring restraining device, can be used in conjunction or independently from each other based on the type of threat likely to be encountered.

Blast mitigating restraint system

A trim vane assembly for amphibious armored vehicles and having a trim vane movable along a generally horizontal path between a deployed position in which the trim vane extends rearward from the vehicle and a stowed position in which the trim vane is positioned beneath the amphibious vehicle. In the retracted position, the trim vane movable is flush against or received within the vehicle bottom such that the trim vane supplements the belly armor. Similarly, the trim vane extends from or overlaps with the bottom of the vehicle when extended into the deployed position to provide continuous bottom face of the vehicle extending from the front of the vehicle to the end of the trim vane. Conventional trim vanes are rotated between a vertical orientation against the rear of the vehicle and a horizontal position extending from the rear of the vehicle reducing viscous drag.

Retractable trim vane for amphibious vehicle

A low-power compact computer comprises a processor having relatively low-power consumption, a supporting chipset having conventional power consumption, and a conventional random access memory storage circuit.

Low-power compact computer

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Michael McCullough