Personal Gear

Personal Gear

future forces

In the future, military operations will rely less on human soldiers and more on interconnected technology, leveraging advancements in unmanned systems and machine intelligence...
A New Infantry Brigade

A year has passed since IDF’s Ground Arm and its Technology and Logistics Arms have merged, and the change is visible and very well...
special forces

Chinese Special Forces have been equipped with advanced digital combat gear. The Sky Wolf Commandos of the Chinese Army’s Special Operations Forces from the...
combat uniform

More innovation has been recently reported in the smart uniform field. New combat uniform made of advanced materials that will be supplied soon to...
infantry helmet

World armies keep developing new personal gear in order to increase the survivability of the soldier at the battlefield. After 9/11 and the invasion...
big data for security

The consequences of the Big Data revolution in all the technological fields and the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with this regard were the...
Marine Using Tablet

The US Marine Corps is on the cusp of further integrating touch screen tablet and smartphone technology that will aid Marines calling in accurate...
robotic capabilities

A known model of the MRZR all-terrain vehicle gets robotic capabilities. The vehicle that can fit inside an MV-22 Osprey helicopter and fly troops...
nanotechnology

In materials science, enhancing one characteristic of a material will see a decline in a different characteristic. Strength and toughness are a pair like...
power supply

The proliferation of radios, handheld smart devices, GPS, and other personal electronic devices supporting the “future soldier”’s operation has been prompting the examination of...
flexible electronics

A new generation of products is emerging based on low cost printed electronics with embedded silicon ICs and sensors. By eliminating the need for...
Exoskeletons

Powered exoskeletons are, according to Wikipedia, wearable machines that are mobile and powered using a system of hydraulics, electric motors, pneumatics, levers or a...
IEDs Used Against Armored Vehicles

Soldiers in combat situations have to constantly scan their surroundings for improvised explosive devices (IEDs), a signature weapon of modern guerrilla warfare. These homemade...
homeland security

We are inviting ground-breaking startups in the security, defense and homeland security (HLS) fields to take part in a first-of-its kind startup competition. iHLS is...
New Combat Wearables

Wearable combat tech that’s straight out of a sci-fi movie was developed by Singapore company ST Engineering, and gives us a real life glimpse...
Bump stocks makes guns shoot like automatic weapons

Four months have passed since the Las Vegas mass shooting spurred outrage over bump-fire stocks, which gunman Stephen Paddock attached to 12 of his...
Grip

Everyone who has been a soldier, and more specifically a fighter, knows that carrying an assault rifle or a machine gun on a long...
Miles Laser System

The MILES laser training system has been here for many years, from 1970 to be accurate, but still when we think of training simulation...
gun suppressors

Traditionally, gun suppressors have been reserved for special operations forces or specialized troops. But over the last year, the US Marine Corps has experimented...
google glass

A head-up display technology once developed for US soldiers in the field has become a commercial augmented reality (AR) platform used in various business...
body armor

Body armor is not all about stopping bullets. There are many factors that affect how wearable armor is, which in turn impacts how and...
communication equipment

The global rugged equipment market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.38% during the period 2017-2021, according to a forecast by analysts...