Personal Gear

China has been enhancing its arsenal of counter-terror technologies. Recently, it has developed a new counter-terrorism laser gun capable of hitting the targets within...

Wearable technology has become more and more popular in the military and aerospace industry as well as in the civilian market. These technologies include...

More and more law enforcement agencies prefer smart weapons as a less lethal solution for the use of force in public safety missions. Conducted...

Augmented Reality (AR) systems require extreme brightness levels and high image contrast not always available in traditional display systems.   Kopin Corp., an American developer...

A new wearable device hopes to deliver supplies to US Marines and soldiers on demand, instead of leaving members of the armed forces to...

Firefighters might one day be able to go further into hazardous situations and exit safely thanks to augmented reality glasses in development at BAE...

One of the risks evolving during police operations is that when an officer is injured, the period of time until help arrives might be...

The US Government-funded AMBER project for advanced uniforms has been expanded. The project a collaborative effort between North Carolina State University (NCSU) and Protect...

A new loitering munition system has been recently unveiled by a Polish company. The Dragonfly vertical take-off and landing loitering munition system was launched...

Delivering life-saving care in a battlefield environment is a complex challenge. New wearable sensors will monitor the situation of soldiers in the battlefield as...

Sensitive information conveyed by military mobile communication networks requires high levels of protection. A new cybersecurity software will secure mobile devices in the battlefield....

From rifles that can track targets to providing battlefield monitoring via augmented reality, the UK military is seriously engaging wearable technology to help improve...

A team of scientists and engineers, the members of the US Air Force Research Laboratory’s Flexible Materials and Processing Team, has been developing flexible...

The French army has been upgrading the equipment of its infantry soldiers - including a new troop carrier and advanced personal gear. The Army...

Few people know, but the reason fire procedures instruct people to refrain from elevator use in case of a fire in a high story...

The US Army recently demonstrated a breakthrough in soldier weapons targeting. The development features a tiny, weapon-mounted thermal sight designed to communicate wirelessly with...

Military services tend to allocate resources for the constant improvement of soldiers’ personal security. Recently, US Airborne Soldiers played a vital part in the...

The United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has put out a request for information for a wearable SIGINT collection device as a way to...

The future battlefield is at the center of a new US Army study about the warfare over the next few decades. Soldiers can expect...

The U.S. military has a great interest in the comprehensive measurement and tracking of metabolism, both for optimizing warfighters performance under demanding physical conditions...

Soldiers operating at the future battlefield will have to be more agile and at the same time carry advanced equipment that might interfere with...

First responders and army units often confront situations where they suspect that someone is hiding in a house but are unable to find him...