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In just a year, a wearable headset designed to help U.S. Navy gunnery sailors cut through the fog of combat has evolved from a...
Wearable Sensors to Help Prioritize Wounded Soldiers’ Treatment
The immediate monitoring of environmental and personal factors can be critical for first responders and soldiers in many emergency cases. Various wearable sensors can...
New Simulator – All in One Product
Military training exercises often involve complex procedures and require coordination between dismounted soldiers, vehicles units and more. A new technology offers a unified training...
Next-Generation Displays to Enhance Augmented Reality Market
Augmented Reality (AR) systems require extreme brightness levels and high image contrast not always available in traditional display systems.
Kopin Corp., an American developer...
Augmented Reality Will Supply Firefighters with More Power
Firefighters might one day be able to go further into hazardous situations and exit safely thanks to augmented reality glasses in development at BAE...
Virtual and Augmented Reality to Revolutionize Combat Vehicles Driving
For the past decades, protection for ground-based armored combat vehicles and their occupants meant more armor. However, the trend of increasingly heavy, less mobile...
The Smart Helmet Potential in Growing Market
Wearable technology has become more and more popular in the military and aerospace industry as well as in the civilian market. These technologies include...
Qatar Adopting Smart Airport Technologies
Qatar's Hamad International Airport plans to ramp up biometric solutions alongside other innovations such as VR and robotics on its way to become a...
US Military Looks to Solve Old Problems With New Solutions
New technologies applied by the US Army could help coping with various training problems.
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Future Soldier’s Combat Gear Exposed
Key features of high-tech individual combat gear for Russia’s infantrymen were recently exposed. Progress in the development of reconnaissance and target identification systems has...
New C2 System Enhances Heron 1 UAV Capabilities
A new command and control (C2) system which integrates video feeds from the Heron 1 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) into an augmented reality display...
Simulation Means Gaming
Gaming and AR/VR technologies are applied to simulate real-world challenges in various fields. The Virtual Heroes Division of Applied Research Associates (ARA) has been...
World’s First Glasses-Based AR Drone Simulator Launched
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US Army Enhances VR and AR Training
Continual advances in U.S. military systems make it imperative for military personnel to stay up to date with the latest changes in hardware, software...
VR Gloves to Upgrade Military Training
Haptic wearables interest more and more agencies in the military sector. While experiencing something in virtual or augmented reality can be pretty life-like, adding...
Virtual and Augmented Reality Tech Still Not Ripe for Training
While virtual, augmented and mixed reality technologies have been emerging as advanced military training and simulation platforms, US Navy researchers and program managers evaluate...
Improved Situational Awareness at Battlefield
The successful execution of ground combat operations depends on gaining and maintaining situational awareness of terrain, friendly troops, control measures, weapon systems, and enemy...
Simulators Networking To Better Soldiers Training
One of the most important features about virtual reality simulators, is the possibility to augment them with new technologies as those become available. One...
New Camera Will Identify IEDs For Soldiers
Soldiers in combat situations have to constantly scan their surroundings for improvised explosive devices (IEDs), a signature weapon of modern guerrilla warfare. These homemade...
Disruptive Tech in Augmented Reality Glasses
Augmented reality (AR) glasses can already do a lot of tasks: Driving along the highway with directions and other pertinent information such as gas...
Virtual Reality for Army Training Simulators
Military training is facing a revolution when it comes to incorporating developing technologies that can improve performance on the battlefield. Virtual Reality training programs...
India is Developing Smart Combat Helmet for Elite Forces
India has been indigenously developing a smart combat helmet that will supply its soldiers with enhanced situational awareness. The Indian Institute of Technology IIT-Ropar...
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