To Save Soldiers on The Battlefield, Darpa Invests in Suspended Animation
An active battlefield is a really inconvenient place to lose
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To Save Soldiers on The Battlefield, Darpa Invests in Suspended Animation
Darpa is committing $9.9 million to finding drugs that can extend the "golden hour"more>>
Sighted: A Secret US Aircraft in Afghanistan
Since April, a steady string of reports have detailed sightings of a mysterious, unidentified UAV prowling the skies above Kandahar.more>>
Smart Armor Knows Its Own Strength, As Well As The Enemy's
While weapons continue to grow smarter and smarter, the U.S. Army is developing armor to match the arms.more>>
Weapons Manufacturer Unveils Black Box for Guns
Military and police higher-ups can now see just how many shots a particular weapon fired during the course of a battle or incident.more>>
National Security Agency's Surveillance Data Could Fill Two States by 2015
Where will the NSA house its secret yottabytes?more>>
Army Corps of Engineers Now Required to Consider Climate Change in All Future Projects
A new policy now requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to plan for future climate change when designing plans for flood control or other projects.more>>
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Air Force Reveals Identity of Mysterious Skunkworks Stealth Drone
A U.S. Air Force official provides details on the mysterious aircraft spotted in Afghanistan
A
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Sighted: A Secret US Aircraft in Afghanistan
Since April,
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Smart Armor Knows Its Own Strength, As Well As The Enemy's
While weapons continue to grow smarter and smarter, the U.S. Army is developing armor
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Weapons Manufacturer Unveils Black Box for Guns
The gadget would record details of every shot fired to track both weapon and user performance
Military
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National Security Agency's Surveillance Data Could Fill Two States by 2015
Where will the NSA house its secret yottabytes?
We always knew that the National Security Agency
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Army Corps of Engineers Now Required to Consider Climate Change in All Future Projects
Worst-case planning never hurt anybody, and certainly not federal water projects
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UK Calls For a Transforming, Laser-Toting Stealth UAV
In February, the Ministry of Defense (MOD) in Great Britain
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Northrop Shows Off a Touchscreen-Controlled Robot Wielding a Giant Machine Gun
Even the Army seems scared of this one
Northrop's heavy-duty hauler CaMEL has been a success, scoring contracts from Israel and serious interest from the U.S. Army. But why haul miscellaneous stuff when you can haul a giant gun instead?
The hauler
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Boeing's Truck-Mounted Laser Weapon Ready for Production
Laser warfare took a big step closer to reality today as Boeing officially selected an Oshkosh Defense
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Bat Research Inspires Disciplines Far Beyond Biology
Batdrones, swarming UAVs, and better radar are in our future
Bat Con 2010 could have been a decidedly depressing science meeting, with days full of papers discussing bat deaths from white-nose
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Can Technology Help Biologists Save Bats from Extinction?
Even the Army Corps of Engineers is involved in the effort to protect bats
DENVER - Gerald Carter walked over to Dave Dalton's table and paused, listening to a discussion about infrared light. He set down his backpack full of video and audio equipment and smiled. "I
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Weapons Manufacturer Unveils Black Box for Guns
The gadget would record details of every shot fired to track both weapon and user performance
Military
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National Security Agency's Surveillance Data Could Fill Two States by 2015
Where will the NSA house its secret yottabytes?
We always knew that the National Security Agency
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Geek Chic: Hyper-Engineered ‘DARPA Hoodie' Makes Defense Tech Fashionable
If it's not the most efficient piece of clothing ever designed, it very well might be the smartest. The ‘DARPA hoodie,' a strangely-designed patchwork garment
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Army Corps of Engineers Now Required to Consider Climate Change in All Future Projects
Worst-case planning never hurt anybody, and certainly not federal water projects
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Air Force Unveils Fastest Defense Supercomputer, Made of 1,760 PlayStation 3s
The holidays may be driving video game console sales, but apparently so is the military. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has strung together 1,760 PlayStation 3 gaming systems to create what it's calling the fastest
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DoD-Funded 'Project Squid Skin' Seeks To Build Ocean-Inspired Camouflage Out Of Metamaterials
Sea creatures like octopus, squid and cuttlefish are among nature's best camouflage artists, changing color to blend into their environments. This is partly because cephalopod skins have some primitive optical abilities - their skin has the same light-sensing proteins
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Adding Face Shields to Battle Helmets Could Drastically Reduce Brain Injuries from Explosions
Just as the AK-47 rifle shifted the balance of power on battlefields the world over during the second half of the last century, the improvised explosive device (IED) has defined 21st-century insurgent warfare, allowing relatively low-tech warriors to inflict major damage
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The Navy's Next-Gen Electromagnetic Catapult System Hurls its First Planes Skyward
The official performance results aren't available yet, but General Atomics confirmed this afternoon that it's next-gen aircraft carrier launch system successfully launched an F/A-18E Super Hornet on Saturday, not with steam but with its new
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DARPA's Smart BLADE Will Cut Enemy Communications on the Battlefield
Further solidifying its reputations for cutting edge battlefield tech and badass acronyms, DARPA has awarded BAE systems $8.4 million to develop its BLADE
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The Navy's Megawatt Laser Weapon Takes a Big Leap Forward with Powerful New Electron Injector
It's unclear which is the bigger news coming out of the Office of Naval Research; the fact that the Navy's Free Electron Laser (FEL) program has demonstrated an
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On Its Way to Ultradestructive Megawatt Power, Navy's Death Ray Laser Breaks Another Record
The Navy's death ray weapon keeps burning through laser records, on its way to the ultimate goal of searing through 2,000 feet of steel per second.
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From NACHOS to MAHEM: Naming The World's Most Advanced Military Tech
What do you call an armor-penetrating munition? MAHEM. A smokescreen that instantly closes around a tank? DRAPES. A robot that scavenges and feeds itself? EATR, of course.
At the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the military's mad-science research wing,
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