Multi-Year Experiment Expected to Improve Urban Warfare Capabilities
The US Marine Corps is planning to launch a multi-year urban-combat operations experiment this summer. The service is asking defense firms and universities to...
App that Can Help Evacuate Residents Threatened by Disaster
The evacuation of residents threatened by natural disasters such as wildfires, flooding and debris flows is challenged by psychological and logistical obstacles. People typically...
Low Signature Vehicle to Carry Heavy Loads at Battlefield
The roar of vehicles is as expected a part of modern combat, but noise signature might endanger troops. Electrical engines are quiet, and especially...
Newly Remastered Video Shows First Nuclear Blast
Over 73 years ago, on the 16th of July 1945, in an isolated stretch of desert about 56 kilometers away from Socorro New Mexico,...
Innovative Sensor will Improve Pilot’s Situational Awareness
A sensor designed to improve situational awareness for pilots and let them share data has been flight tested by Lockheed Martin. The company’s pilotage...
How to Authenticate Digital Evidence?
Given the proliferation of digital media, the question of what types of evidence are admissible in court, and how they should be handled, is...
Facial Recognition Use on the Rise
The use of facial recognition technologies has become a widespread phenomenon all over the world. Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft have developed their...
Who is Behind the Wall?
At a time when military forces are preparing for an era of urban warfare, a new technology could fulfil an important capability gap for...
Innovation in Airport Firefighting
The Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) are getting a new principal firefighting and crash response vehicle, the P-19R ARFF, which will be able...
AI Applications Enhance HLS Capabilities
The US Homeland Security has been integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) into its various operations, initiated and overseen primarily by the S&T.
One AI technology...
Torpedo Countering Torpedo?
Torpedo-killing torpedoes can be a real option. The absence of radar detection underwater removes the option of computing near-real-time flight paths needed so one...
New Helmet Offers Better Ballistic Protection
U.S. Special Operations Command soldiers will soon have new helmets, designed to provide ballistic protection and accommodate the newest hearing protection and head-mounted communications...
Infrasound Sensor to Detect Rocket Launches
A new technology under development will ultimately detect distant enemy rockets and artillery fire, providing early warning — and potentially saving lives. A team...
Army to Invest in Future Camouflage Technology
The U.S. Army is investing in future camouflage technology systems designed to protect soldiers and hide their heat signatures.
In future battlefields, where it is...
Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity is Vital
Attempts to hack public utilities are increasing in frequency and sophistication, making them harder to combat. One of the central targets of hackers are...
Passive Sensor System will Identify Different Aircraft Types
The US Pentagon has confirmed the deployment of prototype passive sensor systems for long-range surveillance against cruise missile, fixed and rotary wing aircraft, and...
US Army Ready to Deploy New UAS
The U.S. Army has completed its New Equipment Training (NET) for the MQ-1C ER Gray Eagle Extended Range. The MQ-1C is a new Unmanned...
Data Fusion for Enhanced Situational Awareness
The volume of GEOINT data continues to grow, while analysts struggle with the volume, variety, and velocity of space-based data. Many space and airborne...
Emergency Communications will Save First Responders’ Critical Time
A new Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled platform redefines public safety. The safe-spaces technology integrates with a building safety platform to facilitate critical, real-time information...
Internet Giant Joins Forces with Law Enforcement
Law enforcement in the US has been using Google’s location history, designed primarily to send you targeted ads, as a tool to solve crimes...
Innovative Drone to Supply Response to Fire Threat
Large scale fires threaten people and property, causing a lot of damage. A helicopter is often used to fight fires, but this mission puts...
New Applications for Wind Energy
Energy supply to remote bases is one of the major concerns of military forces. A new generator creates power using "elastic tension gradient" strips....
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This New App Lets Soldiers Control Mortars From a Smartphone
Mortar teams depend on fire-control systems to calculate firing solutions, manage targeting data, and coordinate indirect fire missions. Traditionally, many of these functions have...
