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Boeing to Supply US Air Force With “Bunker Buster” Bombs
The United States Air Force has awarded Boeing with a $21.6 million contract to supply and maintain the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP). Also...
Familiar Weapon Gets Unexpected Features
Stun grenades are a non-lethal weapon used by law enforcement, SWAT teams and military servicemen in order to temporarily disorient a suspect’s or an...
What Are the Consequences of the New Drone Rules?
The number of unmanned drones is expected to double in the next 12 months from roughly 1.2 million aircraft to nearly 2.4 million aircraft,...
Improvement in Naval Mine Detection Capabilities
The AN/AQS-20A mine hunting and identification system is equipped with acoustic and identification sensors housed in an underwater towed body. The acoustic sensors detect,...
Future Forces will Be Equipped with Brain-Machine Interface
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is preparing for a future in which a combination of unmanned systems, artificial intelligence, and cyber...
“Mini Missile” Can Defend Against Artillery and Mortar Threats
When the term “missile” comes to mind, most people usually imagine a very large rocket with the capability to destroy a neighborhood. Lockheed Martin,...
Next Generation Machine Gun Unveiled
An advanced version of a new lightweight machine gun has been unveiled. The next generation weapon, after undergone a substantial number of modifications to...
Laser Weapon Project Enters Critical Design Stage
Laser weapons for mobile, ground-based weapon system designed to defeat unmanned aircraft systems and cruise missiles like the IFPC Inc. 2 (Indirect Fire Protection...
New Role of Acoustic Sensors
An increasing public safety and security risk has been posed by unauthorized drone flights. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) currently receives more than...
Dual-Use Rapid Housing Solution
A new dual-use structure will be able to house survivors following a disaster, army troops or serve as housing for homeless persons. The small...
New Heads-Up Display to Revolutionize Military Training
A new heads-up technology will revolutionize the way soldiers prepare for future wars. The US Army’s new battlefield heads-up display, the Integrated Visual Augmentation...
Ground Forces IoBT – What is Still Missing?
Soldiers can get improved capabilities for identifying and neutralising the enemy, thanks to a network of connected sensors utilising cloud technology embedded within biometric...
US Navy Gets New Heavy-Lift Helicopters
The US Navy has purchased heavy-lift helicopters. Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company will build 12 production CH-53K King Stallion helicopters under a new $1.13...
New Tool to Improve Police Video Redaction
Law enforcement agencies spend up to eight hours manually redacting each hour of body camera video footage. When redacting video footage, users are manually...
Unmanned Combat Engineering Tank Being Tested
A new modified, unmanned variant of the M1 Abrams main battle tank went through testing recently in Washington. The Robotic Complex Breach Concept (RCBC)...
Major Enhancement to Marines Situational Awareness
The US Marine Corps’ radio systems are getting smaller, lighter and more capable. The warriors will be equipped with multichannel radio systems that simultaneously...
Smartphone-Based Tech for Battlefield
The sound of gunshots, explosions, and blasts at the battlefield don’t just prevent soldiers from hearing their commanding officer, they also reduce their overall...
Marines Are Considering Aircraft-Launched Drone
The US Marines Corps is looking at a drone that can be launched out of the back of an MV-22 Osprey to provide advanced...
Next Evolution in Law Enforcement Work
Law enforcement organizations face a complex landscape of threats, while coping with huge amounts of crime data, from a lot of sensors, information from...
Major Change Required in Battlefield Laser Tech
For years, the US Army has been drawn to the possibilities of directed-energy laser weapons that have a "cost per engagement substantially lower than...
Wanted: Larger Datasets for Computer Vision Training
Computer vision is a type of artificial intelligence that allows computers to interpret images and videos. Many law enforcement and public safety organizations already...
US Navy Tests Guided Projectile Used by Army
Weapon systems manufacturer, Raytheon, has revealed that the U.S. Navy has quietly conducted ground tests of a precision-guided projectile usually fired from Army cannons.
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