Many essential military capabilities—including autonomous navigation, chemical-biological sensing, precision targeting and communications—increasingly rely upon laser-...
Defense Department researchers keep finding more uses for computer modeling and simulation, as computing power increases while its costs come down. In one of the most...
Gen. Herbert J. Carlisle, the commander of Air Combat Command, “Frankenphone is the kind of innovation [the Air Force] needs.” One Air Force base’s trash has turned out...
Appearing on the “Major Command Priorities” panel at the Air Force Association’s Air Warfare Symposium in February 2015, Lt. Gen. Bradley Heithold, commander of Air...
The U.S. Navy’s deck guns could take on new relevance if ongoing tests to fire a guided round at three times the speed of sound from their muzzles are successful, USNI...
Armed only with lethal force, and facing vehicles that didn’t stop, U.S. warfighters manning a checkpoint in Iraq were left with a difficult choice—engagement with...
In today’s complex fighting environment, insurgents are known to shoot mortars from inside highly populated civilian areas. U.S. troops are unable to fire back without...
High-power laser marks a significant technological advance DARPA’s High-Energy Liquid Laser Area Defense System (HELLADS) has demonstrated sufficient laser power and...
Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles GmbH (RMMV) is teaming with the Polish defence contractor Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa SA (PGZ) through its subsidiary Obrum sp. z o.o. to...
Today's Soldiers rely on polymers as part of their protective systems. Polymers are molecular chains that can vary from a few linked monomers to millions of chemical...
DARPA aims to improve understanding of processes and materials to propel 3D printing and other innovative concepts into mainstream defense manufacturing. Additive...
DARPA’s Extreme Accuracy Tasked Ordnance (EXACTO) program, which developed a self-steering bullet to increase hit rates for difficult, long-distance shots, completed in...
NASA has taken a key first step in demonstrating a vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) concept aircraft that can cruise efficiently, leading the way for designs...
In the 1986 movie “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home,” the Enterprise crew travels back from the 24th century to present-day Earth where, among other things, Scotty barters...
The Navy is working on a $1.6 billion technological upgrade overhauling ship defense systems onboard amphibs and aircraft carriers to include interceptor missiles,...
BAE Systems has successfully completed the technology development bridge programme in the competition for the US Army's common infrared countermeasure (CIRCM) programme...
Sikorsky Aircraft has successfully completed the first flight test of the S-97 Raider light tactical helicopter prototype at its Development Flight Center (DFC) in...
The PD-100 Black Hornet is a tiny unmanned air vehicle (UAV) developed by Prox Dynamics. The Black Hornet UAV allows armed troops to spy potential threats. The small,...
Underwater drones have been used for everything from environmental research to scouring the ocean floor for wreckage of crashed airplanes. They are able to go where...
Bombs squads across the United States are seeking robots that resemble the human form as servicemen and first responders face situations where more dexterity and...
