combat vehicles

Virtual and Augmented Reality to Revolutionize Combat Vehicles Driving

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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...

New Era – Simulating Long Range Laser Weapons

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The US Air Force has increased computer simulations and virtual testing for its laser-weapons program to accelerate development and prepare plans to arm fighter...
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Lockheed Martin Applies Virtual Reality in a New Direction

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  Lockheed Martin has awarded a grant to the Brigham Young University (BYU) Department of Mechanical Engineering to develop aspects of a virtual reality training...

3D Terrain Mapping Technology Improves Soldiers Training

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  In an effort to improve the training environments for combat soldiers, scientists and engineers have been utilizing virtual and augmented reality in order to...

Target Drones for Advanced Training 

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Target drones are usually used in the training of anti-aircraft crews. Kratos Unmanned Systems Division (KUSD) has recently received a $4.1 million contract award...

AI-Based Robot to Detect Chemical Agents Keeping Teams in Safe Distance

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Chemical reconnaissance (recce) on foot and in specially modified vehicles is currently carried out by specialist personnel in the event of suspected or confirmed...

New Application to Simulate Hazardous Materials Handling

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On average two people die in the US every day as the result of incidents that take place within confined spaces. In many cases...

Upgraded simulator for IAF’s “Black Hawk” pilots

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The IAF Black Hawk helicopter simulator at the Palmahim airbase has been upgraded. In 2013 a contract was signed with CAE for the upgrade programme. Different...

Virtual Reality for Army Training Simulators

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Military training is facing a revolution when it comes to incorporating developing technologies that can improve performance on the battlefield. Virtual Reality training programs...
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Testing Drones in Combat

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In a few months, the U.S Air Force and SOFWERX will pit UAVs against each other in a rumble-style experiment to gather data on...

Highlights from AUSA Exhibition – Tactical Technologies

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The annual AUSA (Association of the US Army) exhibition held this week in Washington demonstrated a wealth of new military technologies and innovation. Here...
unmanned vehicles

Next Stage of Maritime Unmanned Vehicles Program

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A UK program achieves progress in the use of unmanned vehicles and autonomous systems in the maritime arena. The Maritime Autonomous Platform Exploitation (MAPLE)...
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Cybersecurity Practitioner – IDF’s New Instruction Opportunity

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A new and first-of-its-kind cyber course has attracted high interest in the Israeli military. The course is intended only for combatants just before they...

AR to Save Time in Aircraft Maintenance

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The dynamic and highly variable nature of the aircraft inspection environment brings challenges to implementing object and photo recognition to determine discrepancies in aircraft...

Iran Held Largest Drone Exercise

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A massive military drone exercise codenamed "Towards Jerusalem 1" was launched by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).  The Iranian military reportedly flew about...

Breakthrough in Medical Simulation for Battlefield

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New training modules for tactical combat casualty care will be developed for the US Army. The military medicine education and training initiative will include...

Advanced Way to Teach Military History

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Researchers have developed a battlefield simulation technology refining virtual reality methods to provide a useful tool for future military leaders. Their new approach to...

New Tech to Improve Mullti-Domain Warfare Capabilities

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Virtual, also known as synthetic training, provides flexibility. US Marines will soon be able to participate in joint simulated training exercises thanks to new...
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New Flexible, Wearable Sensors Perform Real-Time Intelligent Monitoring

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Lyuliang University researchers combined cutting-edge technology with sports science to create a tool that can track athletes and help them reach their full potential....

DARPA is Advancing UGV Simulation Platform

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DARPA (the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) wants to ensure that algorithms can be developed, validated and deployed more efficiently to enable autonomous...

Israeli Company to Deliver UAS Simulator to Minnesota College

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Israeli company, Simlat was selected to provide an UAS & ISR Training & Simulation Center for the Northland Imagery Analysis college program. Northland’s Imagery...

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This Combat Robot Just Fired Anti-Tank Missiles During Live Trials

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Integrating heavy weapons onto compact robotic ground vehicles has become a growing focus for modern militaries, but the engineering challenge is significant. Small unmanned...