Defense Systems
Army building a marketplace for tactical comm equipment
The program will set technical standards for hardware in support of the Common Operating Environment and provide a contract vehicle for vendors to work with.
Defense Systems
An ISR drone in your pocket
Natick researchers are adapting a 16-gram, remotely operated helicopter that could send real-time video to soldiers and squads, indoors or out.
Defense Systems
Squad X aims to 'organically' integrate sensors, comm, data for small units
DARPA's program wants to bring a full, near-real-time operational picture to the infantry squad.
Defense Systems
Senate bill would cut $500M from Defense IT budget
But cyber and R&D would get a boost under bill approved by the appropriations committee.
Defense Systems
NERO jams aboard a drone in Army test
Flights show that a Gray Eagle can carry out electronic attacks currently handled by C-12 aircraft.
Defense Systems
3 companies get contracts for a satellite-launching space plane
DARPA’s XS-1 program aims to develop a hypersonic unmanned craft that can launch payloads from suborbital altitudes.
Defense Systems
3D bioprinting: Repairing burns, other traumatic injuries with new cells
Army researchers, part of a consortium of universities, hospitals and others, work on printing healthy cells onto serious wounds.
Defense Systems
DOD’s biometric terrorist ID upgrade ready for another close-up
Version 1.2 of ABIS, which proved lacking in tests last year, passes one round of tests and moves on to the next stage.
Defense Systems
12 battlefield tools of the future Marine
The Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory this week is testing a variety of new technologies and gear at its Advanced Warfighting Experiment. Here’s a rundown on a dozen of them.
Defense Systems
Base-by-base, Army modernizes its crypto
A CERDEC team of engineers is touring bases in the United States and abroad, replacing antiquated devices with standardized, 21st-century units.
Defense Systems
Army's next-gen hybrid helicopter program nears next stage
Future Vertical Lift managers will pick which vendors will move on toward flight testing.
Defense Systems
Even in communications exercises, the cyberattacks are real
The Army-run JUICE, in which military, civilian and international components test joint emergency response, also draws the attention of hackers.
Defense Systems
NRL reports a breakthrough in 'quantum dots'
Researchers' ability to create the dots with single-atom precision holds promise for fields from photonic to quantum computing.
Defense Systems
Navy’s carbon-fiber clouds could make incoming missiles miss their target
The Pandarra Fog exercise shows how the clouds can absorb or diffuse radar waves from seekers on incoming missiles.
Defense Systems
Real-time maps show a world at cyber war
Interactive global maps from Norse and Kaspersky depict cyberattacks in progress around the globe. It's not a pretty picture—even if it does look cool.
Defense Systems
Air Force awards $1.86B contract for next two SBIRS satellites
Lockheed Martin gets the go-ahead to finish the fifth and sixth satellites in the early missile warning and infrared surveillance system.
Defense Systems
4G LTE and other high-speed tools ready for the battlefield
The Army boosts bandwidth at forward deployed posts with a fast, secure Wi-Fi network.
Defense Systems
Navy wants to take big data into battle
ONR calls for ideas on a framework and analytics tools to help with warfighting efforts.
Defense Systems
Army adding to its supply of Manpack radios
General Dynamics and Rockwell Collins are delivering 1,500 more of the two-channel, software-defines battlefield systems.
Defense Systems
Marine vehicles could soon have anti-drone laser guns
The Office of Naval Research is leading a program to develop a laser system small enough for a Humvee.
Almost There!
Help us tailor content specifically for you: