Researchers from the Universities of Birmingham, Oxford, and Ghent are working on a new process that could lead to more efficient and reusable protection from shock, impact, explosion, and vibration. Dan Zhao, an expert in […]
The U.S. Army’s new Enhanced Night Vision Goggle-Binocular (ENVG-B) goggles will provide the Army’s close combat forces with “an extra capability to observe and maneuver in all weather conditions, through obscurants, during limited visibility, and […]
The US Army has awarded contracts for prototypes of a new, all-terrain vehicle (CATV) that can operate in the Arctic. The contracts went to two teams: Oshkosh Defense and the land systems division of Singapore’s […]
The US Army recently received the first of its light Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV) prototypes and has begun testing for a company-level soldier assessment to be held in 2022. The RCV-Light vehicle prototypes were manufactured […]
Schneider Electric and Black & Veatch have completed the installation of a microgrid system at the Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar in San Diego, California. The microgrid is online, fully operational, and has been […]
The US Army plans to conduct field-testing as early as 2024 of THOR – Tactical High Power Operational Responder – a new microwave weapon designed to protect military bases from incoming drones. An on-site demonstration […]
The Army’s 25th Infantry Division’s 4th Brigade Combat Team at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, will be taking part in a six-month study to measure the mental health of troops operating in extreme cold environments. Soldiers in […]
DARPA’s Strategic Technologies Office recently awarded two contracts for Phase 1 of the Air Space Total Awareness for Rapid Tactical Execution (ASTARTE) project. Raytheon and Systems and Technology Research (STR) received a total of almost […]
US Army researchers – working with MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms – have created a new way to link materials with unique mechanical properties that have the possibility of building military robots made of robots. The […]
The Army Natick Soldier Systems Center in Natick, Massachusetts recently released a request for information (RIF) for the development of exoskeleton technologies to improve soldier performance in the areas of strength, endurance, and ergonomics – while […]
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