Weapons

In current practice after a police shooting, crime scene and county attorney investigators track down every shell casing and spent slug, count rounds remaining...

 The US DoD wants to develop surveillance technology for the urban setting. The Pentagon is looking to fund research into technological capabilities that can...

Cyber warfare and electronic warfare threats have been rapidly advancing. The US Army is interested in developing new cryptographic technologies, designed to ensure secure...

Gun violence in the US has spiked in recent years. According to Pew Research, 44% of Americans say they personally know someone who has...

Many areas with large crowds are known as “soft targets,” meaning they are relatively unprotected against a variety of threats including terrorist attacks and...

The discovery of a new material may be a promising route to lightweight armor, protective coatings, blast shields, and other impact-resistant materials. Researchers at...

The latest turn around in the Ukrainian Russian war shows new territories being reclaimed by Ukrainian soldiers. This turn of events can be partially...

Following several biohazard epidemics, the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2001 anthrax attacks in the US, a critical infrastructure biodefense program will be established at...

A group of researchers and over 500 experts, including Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking, Steve Wozniak, and Noam Chomsky, wrote an open letter in support...

The nuclear sector can now rely upon the assistance of unmanned aircraft to carry out radiological measurements without any human intervention. In contrast to...

US Armed Forces (USAF) are pursuing tactical-level electronic warfare (EW) support capabilities from space. This is in part as a result of an ongoing...

Advanced target robots do not allow shooters to get used to the familiar target environment. New mobile target robots based on Artificial intelligence can...

Mass shootings have become a critical problem in the US. 611 mass shootings occurred in the US in 2020, a 47% increase from 2019,...

New military uniform nanocoatings can add fire and UV-light protection and chemical recognition capabilities to uniforms. In a NATO-funded research, Jaime Grunlan, from the...

Taking camera shots from drones has become a common practice among videographers. However, one limitation of taking videos on drones is limited camera audio...

UAV-based technologies will be crucial for advancing radiation monitoring, including enhancing the application of environmental mapping and improving long-term monitoring of contaminated areas. In the...

Hensoldt is expanding the performance of its MUSS (Multifunctional Self-Protection System) self-protection system for armored vehicles in order to detect and ward off additional,...

A new navigation device that will enable warfighters to better shoot, move and communicate in a GPS degraded environment, could replace the legacy handheld...

The US Army is preparing for the multi-domain battlefield. This year, the Army’s multi-domain task forces will serve as primary testbeds for the service’s...

The live training environment will be replaced with virtuals. The US Army wishes to trade the decades-old Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System, or MILES,...

Integrated machine learning platforms can significantly reduce time, redundancy, cost, and improve the accuracy in detecting threats such as explosives, chemical agents, and narcotics. The...

Pressure has ramped up globally for better biosafety and security over the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic. Its impact could inspire “bad actors” to...