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 […]
The US Army published its new Installations Strategy in December of 2020 which examines the need for cybersecurity on bases – particularly when proceeding with the installation of IoT technologies. “Our installations are not a […]
The U.S. Army recently issued an RFP for drones that can deliver supplies to infantry brigade combat teams in the field. The concept – called the “Joint Tactical Autonomous Aerial Resupply System (JTAARS) – has […]
Researchers at Seoul National University in South Korea are working on a new cloaking “skin,” that will enable wearers to camouflage themselves in the daytime and barely show up on thermal cameras at night. The […]
Soldiers from the Army’s 10th Mountain Division are participating in a 12-month human performance study to monitor their stress levels. They will wear special watches and rings that collect physical performance and physiological data – […]
The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) have issued a request for information (RIF) for the Landsat Next project. Landsat Next will offer sensors for land observations with high-spectral and […]
Command Sight Inc. – a start-up investigating technological solutions to improve communication between humans and animals – has created augmented reality goggles to enable special operations forces to communicate with military working dogs on the […]
The Space and Missile Systems Center’s special programs directorate of the U.S. Space Force has announced that its new version of a ground-based communications jammer – The Counter Communications System Block 10.2 (CCS) – has […]
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