Beowulf

How J.R.R. Tolkien's novels were inspired by Medieval poems of 'northern bravery'

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Friday, September 1, 2023

Tolkien flipped to a blank page on a student essay and scribbled, “in a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit”.

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  • Tolkien flipped to a blank page on a student essay and scribbled, “in a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit”.
  • From this doodle Tolkien went on to write one of the world’s most popular fantasy adventure series, The Lord of the Rings (1954).
  • His main work, however, was not as the writer of fantasies that made him so famous.
  • This can be seen in his love of fairy tales and in his drawings, which are almost all natural landscapes, with little architecture.

A mythology for England

    • Tolkien’s biographer, Humphrey Carpenter, argues that he was attempting to create “a mythology for England” through his fantasy fiction, by creating an imaginary world with its own languages, history, cultures and people.
    • He wanted to dedicate it “simply: to England: to my country”.

‘Northern courage’

    • Tolkien termed this kind of response to challenge “northern courage” in his 1936 essay, Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics.
    • It was “northern” because this type of courage is highly prevalent in the Old Norse sagas that Tolkien was so familiar with and which grew out of the northern Scandinavian countries between the 9th and 13th centuries.

Northern courage in Lord of the Rings

    • Northern courage is at work in The Lord of the Rings, when Gandalf confronts the Balrog on the bridge of Khazad-Dûm.
    • In a different way, the protagonists Bilbo and Frodo Baggins exhibit courage as they leave the comforts of the Shire to fulfil a greater heroic duty.
    • All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” The wizard’s words here are steeped in northern courage.
    • What makes Tolkien’s fantastical world so appealing is the recurrent suggestion that the courage manifested to defeat the big monsters in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings is the very same courage that can be found in hopeless situations of a more ordinary sort.

Germany buys 227 additional BAE Systems BvS10s through framework agreement

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Monday, April 24, 2023

Germany is investing in an additional 227 ultra- mobile, protected, all-terrain BvS10 vehicles from BAE Systems.

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  • Germany is investing in an additional 227 ultra- mobile, protected, all-terrain BvS10 vehicles from BAE Systems.
  • This will extend the deliveries from the framework agreement, which are to begin in 2024, out to 2030.
  • (Credit: BAE Systems)
    “This framework agreement streamlines the process by allowing prospective and existing customers to acquire vehicles at previously negotiated terms, while also benefiting from the joint development,” said Tommy Gustafsson-Rask, managing director of BAE Systems Hägglunds, which manufactures the vehicles in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden.
  • BAE Systems’ Beowulf, the unarmored variant of the BvS10, won the U.S. Army’s competition for its Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle (CATV) program in August.

Sweden, Germany, United Kingdom Jointly Acquire 436 BAE Systems BvS10 All-Terrain Vehicles

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Friday, December 16, 2022

Sweden, Germany, and the United Kingdom have reached an agreement with BAE Systems to purchase 436 BvS10 all-terrain vehicles.

Key Points: 
  • Sweden, Germany, and the United Kingdom have reached an agreement with BAE Systems to purchase 436 BvS10 all-terrain vehicles.
  • Sweden, Germany, and the United Kingdom will be getting an excellent return on their investment in these highly capable vehicles for decades to come.
  • This further demonstrates the strong relationship between BAE Systems and our customers to deliver these critical capabilities.
  • BAE Systems Beowulf, the unarmored variant of the BvS10, won the U.S. Armys competition for its Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle (CATV) program in August.

Sweden, Germany, United Kingdom jointly acquire 436 BAE Systems BvS10 all-terrain vehicles

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Friday, December 16, 2022

Sweden, Germany, and the United Kingdom have reached an agreement with BAE Systems to purchase 436 BvS10 all-terrain vehicles.

Key Points: 
  • Sweden, Germany, and the United Kingdom have reached an agreement with BAE Systems to purchase 436 BvS10 all-terrain vehicles.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221216005034/en/
    Sweden, Germany, and the United Kingdom have reached an agreement with BAE Systems to purchase 436 BvS10 all-terrain vehicles.
  • Sweden, Germany, and the United Kingdom will be getting an excellent return on their investment in these highly capable vehicles for decades to come.
  • BAE Systems Beowulf, the unarmored variant of the BvS10, won the U.S. Armys competition for its Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle (CATV) program in August.

Penguin Solutions Announces New Release of Scyld Software for HPC Deployment, Cluster Management and Secure Remote User Access

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Thursday, November 24, 2022

Scyld Cloud Workstation 12.1 is available now as an update to version 12.0, which was released in September 2022. Users have many options when it comes to choosing a remote desktop access solution; however, few are able to deliver the dual combination of superior performance and the broad feature set of Scyld Cloud Workstation 12.1. For example, the new release is able to support a frame rate of 60fps across all platforms, with resolutions up to 4K -- all delivered through a standard browser without plugins. With this increased level of performance and refined ease-of-use features, customers of Penguin’s Scyld Cloud Workstation software will have a noticeably better experience and increased productivity across all aspects.

Key Points: 
  • Penguins Scyld software portfolio helps customers manage their HPC environments and get maximum benefit from their investment.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221113005106/en/
    Penguin Solutions announced new versions of Scyld ClusterWare and Scyld Cloud Workstation software at SC22 this week that include performance boosts and updated user interface to better optimize and manage HPC environments.
  • Penguin Computing will be displaying both Scyld Cloud Workstation 12.1 and an early release of Scyld ClusterWare 12.0 at the Penguin Solutions booth #2400 at SC22 in Dallas this week.
  • Scyld ClusterWare software is comprehensive, scalable, and flexible HPC cluster management and monitoring software.

U.S. Army Selects BAE Systems’ Beowulf Vehicle with Allison Automatic for Its Newest Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle

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Tuesday, November 1, 2022

The Allison-equipped Beowulf vehicle, from BAE Systems, will provide soldiers with capable, reliable mobility and increase their survivability in the harshest conditions that Alaska and the Arctic has to offer.

Key Points: 
  • The Allison-equipped Beowulf vehicle, from BAE Systems, will provide soldiers with capable, reliable mobility and increase their survivability in the harshest conditions that Alaska and the Arctic has to offer.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221101005138/en/
    Allisons 3000 Specialty Series transmission enables the Armys Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle to travel in extreme arctic conditions.
  • The CATV is a light tracked vehicle powered by a transmission normally used in a medium-duty truck or Stryker wheeled combat vehicle, said Dana Pittard, Vice President, Defense Programs, Allison Transmission.
  • The U.S. Army operates in a variety of grueling conditions including Arctic regions and other extreme cold weather environments.

KCC Launches its First Major event - Beowulf to Boost KuCoin Web3 Ecosystem

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Thursday, September 15, 2022

KCC , KuCoin Community Chain (KCC) announced that together with KuCoin Wallet and Windvane, they will jointly hold the first Web3 major event - KCC Beowulf, a 7-week interacting activity.

Key Points: 
  • KCC , KuCoin Community Chain (KCC) announced that together with KuCoin Wallet and Windvane, they will jointly hold the first Web3 major event - KCC Beowulf, a 7-week interacting activity.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220915005590/en/
    KCC Launches its First Major event - Beowulf to Boost KuCoin Web3 Ecosystem (Photo: Business Wire)
    The KCC Beowulf event is inspired by the epic poem and the nordic hero, Beowulf .
  • Challengers will grow in the KCC Web3 world and fight against dragons by collecting various NFTs.
  • According to KCC officials, KCC Beowulf event is divided into 6 parts.

BAE Systems Wins U.S. Army’s CATV Competition, Receives $278 Million Contract

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Tuesday, August 23, 2022

BAE Systems Beowulf has won the U.S. Armys competition for its Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle (CATV) programme, and the company has received a $278 million contract for production units, spare parts and contractor logistics support.

Key Points: 
  • BAE Systems Beowulf has won the U.S. Armys competition for its Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle (CATV) programme, and the company has received a $278 million contract for production units, spare parts and contractor logistics support.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220823005414/en/
    BAE Systems Wins U.S. Armys CATV Competition, Receives $278 Million Contract (Photo: Business Wire)
    Beowulf is an unarmoured, tracked and highly versatile vehicle for carrying personnel and a variety of payloads in either of its two compartments.
  • Beowulf is built by BAE Systems Hgglunds in northern Sweden, adding first-hand experience in operating in an arctic environment.
  • The CATV program will replace the legacy fleet of Small Unit Support Vehicles (SUSVs), also built by BAE Systems Hgglunds, and known internationally as the BV206.

BAE Systems wins U.S. Army’s CATV competition, receives $278 million contract

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Monday, August 22, 2022

BAE Systems Beowulf has won the U.S. Armys competition for its Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle (CATV) program, and the company has received a $278 million contract for production units, spare parts, and contractor logistics support.

Key Points: 
  • BAE Systems Beowulf has won the U.S. Armys competition for its Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle (CATV) program, and the company has received a $278 million contract for production units, spare parts, and contractor logistics support.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220822005730/en/
    BAE Systems Beowulf has won the U.S. Armys competition for its Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle (CATV) program and the company has received a $278 million contract for production units, spare parts and contractor logistics support.
  • Beowulf is built by BAE Systems Hgglunds in northern Sweden, adding firsthand experience in operating in an arctic environment.
  • The CATV program will replace the legacy fleet of Small Unit Support Vehicles (SUSVs), also built by BAE Systems Hgglunds, and known internationally as the BV206.

BAE Systems to showcase combat vehicles and advanced defense technologies during Eurosatory

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Tuesday, June 7, 2022

BAE Systems will display a broad range of capabilities during the Eurosatory defense and security tradeshow in Paris June 13-17; including combat vehicles, artillery systems, and technologies for precision strike and situational awareness.

Key Points: 
  • BAE Systems will display a broad range of capabilities during the Eurosatory defense and security tradeshow in Paris June 13-17; including combat vehicles, artillery systems, and technologies for precision strike and situational awareness.
  • CV90: The CV90 is combat proven and trusted and exists in more than a dozen variants for different mission sets.
  • Check6: The Check-6 rear-vision system is a camera system for ground vehicles that provides high-quality situational awareness to ground forces.
  • In combat, the APKWS system has achieved over a 93 percent success rate when fired from rotary- and fixed-wing platforms.