Source: marines.mil Marine Corps Systems Command is modernizing the tank commander’s weapon station on the M1A1 tank by developing a suite of systems that give tank commanders and their gunners a hunter-killer edge over their enemies. The new Abrams Integrated Display and Targeting System, Tank Commander Single Handle and slew-to-cue capability make up the modernized trifecta […]
U.S. Military Seeking Protection Against Flying IED’s & Attack Drones
Source: DARPA The rapid evolution of small unmanned air systems (sUAS) technologies is fueling the exponential growth of the commercial drone sector, creating new asymmetric threats for warfighters. sUASs’ size and low cost enable novel concepts of employment that present challenges to current defense systems. These emerging irregular systems and concepts of operations in diverse environments […]
Russia’s Updated Supersonic Bomber To Fly In Stratosphere
Source: Russia Beyond The Headlines The renewed Tu-160M2 will be able to fly at an altitude level of 60,000 feet, where no existing anti-aircraft or missile defense system can reach it. At the end of 2016 the Russian Defense Ministry will receive the first delivery of the renewed NK-32 engines for the Tu-160M2 strategic missile-carrying […]
Home Depot Founder Ready to Help Trump
Home Depot founder, Bernie Marcus, writes at RealClearPolitics.com that he is ready to help Donald Trump undo the damage caused by Barack Obama. Like many, I am deeply concerned about the US Supreme Court. When Trump recently released his list of potential appointees, I grew confident in his resolve to keep our court balanced. Even […]
U.S. Army Testing Genetically Modified Spider Silk as Body Armor
Thank you to a friend for forwarding this to us. U.S. Army is currently testing genetically modified spider silk for body armor. It will be stronger than steel and Kevlar and still weigh less. Source: Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc., the leading developer of spider silk based fibers, today announced that it […]
Hackers Build First Ever Autonomous System to Find & Patch Software Vulnerabilities
It currently takes security specialists on average 312 days to discover software vulnerabilities. It can take weeks, months, and sometimes years for these vulnerabilities to be fixed across all exposed systems. That leaves plenty of time for malware, ransom-ware, and other malicious software to exploit these vulnerabilities and maximize damage. The Cyber Grand Challenge was designed to […]
Military Uniform to Protect Soldiers Against Biological and Chemical Agents
Source: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory The new uniforms could be deployed in the field in less than 10 years. In work that aims to protect soldiers from biological and chemical threats, a team of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists has created a material that is highly breathable yet protective from biological agents. This material is the […]
Google’s Project Wing Heads to Federal Testing Ground
Now that the U.S. government has given commercial drone flights its stamp of approval, there are many bugs that need to be worked out. The most pressing concern rules about line-of-sight piloting. If you want to successfully deliver products, you can’t be forced to watch your drone as it drops each parcel. So Google (now […]
New IED Jamming Technology for US Military
Source: Lockheed Martin Next Generation Counter IED System, Symphony Block 40, approved by U.S. Government to support U.S. and coalition forces Lockheed Martin provides global ground Electronic Warfare (EW) solutions to U.S. forces, as well as partner nations, through a unique Next Generation open architecture product platform and open business model. Our multi-function/multi-mission capability builds on […]
Arming the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
Source: Raytheon The world’s most advanced fighter jet needs the most advanced weapons to defeat ever-evolving threats. For the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, Raytheon is providing precision munitions for firepower, a smart bomb rack that can be maintained on the fly and an advanced landing system to ensure successful missions. “Raytheon has been involved since Day […]
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