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BBC News
15-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Pandur a 'one-man barrier' in Coventry draw
As far as goalkeeping performances in the Championship are concerned, Ivor Pandur's for Hull against Coventry must be considered as one of the most impressive in the division this season given the high stakes for his team at this stage of the poor home form is significant reason for their plight, but as Coventry laid siege to their goal at the MKM Stadium, Pandur stood tall to earn the Tigers a precious Croatian made a variety of excellent saves to keep his team in a largely one-sided contest. His positional sense and command of his area unwavering until the cruellest of deflections saw him beaten at the start the second one-man barrier maintained his composure though and as he kept the score down, Hull grabbed their unlikely late there was still time for one late stop - probably the best of the lot - from Milan van Eiwijk's venomous late player-of-the-match performance suggests Hull have a goalkeeper they can rely on in the remaining four games and beyond.
The Guardian
14-04-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Hull hold on to deny playoff-chasing Coventry after Abu Kamara's late strike
Frank Lampard watched on from the stands as his playoff-chasing Coventry side were held to a 1-1 draw at struggling Hull. Lampard served a one-match touchline ban at the MKM Stadium and was fined £2,000 after his sending off at the end of the defeat by Burnley earlier this month for an outburst at referee James Bell. While Coventry largely dominated and went ahead through a deflected strike from Matt Grimes, who earlier produced two goalline blocks to deny Kasey Palmer, substitute Abu Kamara equalised for Hull. Lampard's side therefore stay sixth, moving three points clear of seventh-placed West Brom, and he may rue his team's lack of a clinical edge as Hull goalkeeper Ivor Pandur made several important saves. Hull also remain where they are in 20th but are now three points clear of the relegation zone with just four matches left in the regular season, largely thanks to the heroics of Pandur. The Croatian was out of position early on when Ellis Simms got in behind the defence but a poorly executed lob was wide although the Hull shot-stopper then did well to push away Haji Wright's header. Pandur denied Wright twice more as Coventry continued to dominate but Hull had the best chance of the half after 38 minutes as Palmer's two shots from Regan Slater's cutback were blocked on the line. With the goal gaping, the former Coventry midfielder saw his low efforts kept out by a perfectly positioned Grimes, whose clearance thumped into teammate Milan van Ewijk but somehow stayed out of the net. Grimes' interventions gained added significance when Coventry went ahead a minute after the break to get the goal their first-half display deserved – even if Hull could count themselves unfortunate. Grimes was involved again as Hull half-cleared to the edge of the box and his scuffed left-footed volley took a cruel deflection off Charlie Hughes, with Pandur having committed to diving the other way. Grimes' opener soon should have been added to as a quick burst from Simms left the Hull defence in his wake but despite no lack of power on his shot, Pandur was able to excellently tip away for a corner. Even then, Hull were not out of the woods as Wright's close-range header came back off a post, while Jack Rudoni's teasing cross after skipping past a couple of Hull challenges just evaded Simms. With Hull getting thoroughly outclassed, Rubén Sellés introduced Nordin Amrabat and Kamara just before the hour and it had the desired effect as the latter struck with just eight minutes remaining. This time, Coventry were left cursing their luck as Kamara's strike from a narrow angle ricocheted off Jay Dasilva and wrongfooted goalkeeper Bradley Collins before trickling in at the near post. Sign up to Football Daily Kick off your evenings with the Guardian's take on the world of football after newsletter promotion Coventry still might have nicked all three points at the death but Pandur produced one final vital stop by parrying away Van Ewijk's sharp shot from the edge of the area as it finished all-square.
Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
GDLS debuts short-range air defense option for light units
As the Army looks for solutions for a Short-Range Air Defense system for lighter units, General Dynamics Land Systems is debuting an option using a Pandur 6x6 vehicle built originally for the Austrian army. The Pandur vehicle comes from GDLS' sister company — European Land Systems company Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeuge — and was developed in the 1980s. Yet, 'while it was developed over 40 years ago, it's gone through several iterations and generational changes and updates of technologies and requirements changes,' said Ray Moldovan, GDLS business development manager. The new version is called Pandur Evolution, or EVO for short. GDLS already provides the Stryker combat vehicle for the Army's fielded Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense system, the Sgt. Stout. There is a counter-unmanned aircraft systems version of the Stryker, as well. While there are similarities to the Stryker, the Pandur EVO is 'highly mobile, highly survivable, scalable,' and has ballistic protection, Moldovan told Defense News. 'It does have a smaller footprint, it's lighter weight.' The Army is pursuing a number of M-SHORAD modernization efforts following the service's rapid fielding of an interim solution. Development of the M-SHORAD system took place in record time as the result of an urgent operational need identified in 2016 for the European theater. The Army received the requirement to build the system in February 2018. It took 19 months from the time the service generated the requirement to the delivery of prototypes for testing in the first quarter of 2020. The M-SHORAD is a Stryker combat vehicle-based platform that includes a mission equipment package designed by Leonardo DRS and RTX's Stinger vehicle missile launcher. The first platoon to receive it deployed to Europe in 2021. The Army fielded its third Sgt. Stout battalion at Fort Cavazos, Texas. The first M-SHORAD battalion remains in Germany, and the second is based at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. US Army's short-range air defense efforts face review board The service is working on a version of the capability with a laser weapon that is not yet a program of record but has been deployed to the U.S. Central Command theater. It is also working to replace the Stinger missile. Two teams are competing for that work. The Army released a request for information to industry for a lighter SHORAD solution in the summer of 2024 and is expected to finalize a directed requirement this year. The RFI asks for solutions 'to provide air defense capability to protect dismounted maneuver forces in the near, mid and far terms.' The request also notes there will be a focus on systems that can be transported by C-130 and are able to be airdropped or sling loaded. They should also be capable of defeating unmanned aircraft systems both small and large, as well as helicopters and fixed-wing close support aircraft. While the Pandur has a weight rating of about 20 tons, it is roughly 10 tons lighter than the Sgt. Stout, Moldovan noted. The vehicle still has room for a vehicle commander, gunner, SHORAD operator and robotic systems operator in the troop compartment. The Pandur SHORAD system uses the same Moog RIP turret that is on the Sgt. Stout. The same turret has been integrated on GDLS' robotic combat vehicle called TRX. General Dynamics unit puts short-range air defense on robotic vehicle GDLS will be taking the vehicle to the Army's MFIX, or the Maneuver Fires Integrated Experiment, at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in July. The company responded to the Army's RFI with both the Pandur and 10-ton TRX options, according to Moldovan. TRX will also be present and operated in tandem at MFIX. The Pandur was developed for the Austrian army, and Portugal, Belgium, Slovenia and the Czech Republic are also customers. While the vehicle is foreign, GDLS built Pandurs in Michigan in the mid-1990s, said Kendall Linson, company business development manager. The company could restart that line again if the Army settled on the option, he noted. 'I think Pandur would align with a counter-UAS capability simply because of the weight of the vehicle and the utility and survivability of the vehicle,' Linson said. 'A lot of counter-UAS, basically the solutions that they're looking at don't provide that survivability that the Pandur would offer.'
