The Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Solder Center has issued a request for information (RFI) for the Powered and Unpowered Exoskeletons for Human Performance Augmentation During Maneuver or Logistics Support Activities project. The project is […]
The UK Ministry of Defense is working with Elbit Systems UK and Affinity Flying Training Services on a series of battery-powered flight tests to assess the feasibility of using environmentally friendly alternatives to power military […]
The Air Force Research Laboratory is seeking companies to develop advanced-technology, inexpensive electro-optical sensors for small disposable unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The Low-Cost Optical Systems Technology (LOW-COST) project aims to reduce the cost, size, and […]
Researchers at the University of Groningen have designed a drone with legs that feature four 3D-printed talons. Inspired by the peregrine falcon – an apex predator that uses its talons to grasp prey – the […]
One of the five winners of the most recent Dragon’s Lair competition – a search for innovative ideas held quarterly at the US Army’s Fort Bragg in North Carolina – was a formula that can […]
DARPA recently announced its Coded Visibility program, which aims to develop obscurants that will be used to provide warfighters with an asymmetric advantage – where their visibility is enhanced and that of their adversary is […]
DARPA has awarded a $3 million contract to Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. and a $2.3 million contract to UC San Diego for the Enhanced Night Vision in eyeglass form factors (ENVision) project. Researchers from both […]
BAE Systems has successfully tested its Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) laser-guided rocket. The precision strike tests were held against a Class 2 Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). APKWS was recently upgraded and the company […]
John Rogers at Northwestern University and his team have developed tiny wireless sensors inspired by floating seeds which could be used to measure environmental factors, and may also have military applications. The new flying microchip […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently issued a solicitation for two technical areas of the Space-Based Adaptive Communications Node (Space-BACN) project. Space-BACN will be a reconfigurable, multi-protocol, intersatellite optical communications terminal used to […]
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