Tag: U.S. Army

Can the Army Save Lives with Virtual Reality?

Steve Schneider - March 30, 2018

Researchers at the U.S. Army’s Communications-Electronic Research, Development and Engineering Center are working on a new technology that troops could soon be using to...

U.S. Army Testing New High Tech Camouflage System on Stryker Vehicles

Steve Schneider - May 19, 2017

The U.S. Army is testing out SAAB’s Barracuda Mobile Camouflage System (MCS) on its Stryker vehicles in Germany. The MCS is a multi-spectral signature...

U.S. Army is Fast Tracking an Active Protection System for its Armored Vehicles

Steve Schneider - March 29, 2017

In “Army and Marine Corps Active Protection System (APS) Efforts,” a CRS Report from August 2016, Andrew Feinckert points out the urgent need for...

U.S. Army Working on Technology to Fly Blind

Steve Schneider - February 15, 2017

In an article published at C4ISRNET, Adam Stone talks about how the U.S. Army is combining sophisticated sensors in an attempt to fly blind....

U.S. Army Essentially Getting a Flying Grenade with Eyes

The Editors - October 5, 2016

WASHINGTON at Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting and Exposition, Oct. 3, 2016 – AeroVironment, Inc., a global leader in unmanned aircraft...

The U.S. Army’s Howitzer on Steroids

The Editors - April 6, 2016

The U.S. Army is hard at work developing the M-777A2 howitzer on steroids. The newly modified M-777ER version will be able to hit the targets before...

Sikorsky S-97 RAIDER™ Aircraft

The Editors - September 26, 2013

Stratford, Conn Sept. 26, 2013 --Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), this week begins final assembly of the prototype...

Dragon Fire II: 120 mm Heavy Mortar

The Editors - May 3, 2012

Since 1997 the US Marine Corps Warfighting laboratory is experimenting the Dragon Fire, Expeditionary Fire Support System - a mortar based system that designed...