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Since soldiers often have to go through all kinds of places during a mission, and since they can't be expected to carry around a truckload of supplies, DARPA is thinking of giving them pack mules.
Not just any pack mules, though, but robotic ones. Mules that are essentially quadropod machines.
Only a prototype... |
9 February 2012
08:33 GMT |
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The United States Air Force is planning to deploy thousands of iPads in cargo aircraft to replace paper charts and technical manuals that usually weigh in the hundreds of pounds.
According to a notice on fbo.gov, “The Government plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a minimum of 63 and a maximum of 1... |
9 February 2012
06:31 GMT |
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Awesome inventions relying on renewable power are launched, completed and applied on a daily basis all across the Globe, but only some of them manage to turn heads and make it as proud finalists in prestigious competition.
The Design Museum in London will soon organize the annual Designs Of the Year 2012 contest, s... |
13 January 2012
05:17 GMT |
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Researchers from ETH Zurich, in Switzerland, and UCI, Irvine, in the United States released a paper in which they reveal the results of their experiments done with the purpose of simulating a Global Positioning System (GPS) attack, similar to the one allegedly used by Iran to capture the RQ-170 warplane.
The paper c... |
22 December 2011
02:59 GMT |
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Iran celebrates a major victory on the United States after they managed to take over the controls of an RQ-170 stealth drone by launching a cyber attack against it.
There was no physical weaponry utilized to bring down the aircraft, cyber weapons being much more effective in this case, DEBKAfile reports.
This ... |
10 December 2011
04:36 GMT |
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A communications network allegedly belonging to the infamous Mexican drug cartel known as the Zetas was taken down by military troops as a result of a one-year investigation.
According to In Sight, 1,400 radios, 2,600 cell phones, tons of computing equipment and solar panels were seized during a raid made by the Me... |
5 December 2011
04:56 GMT |
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If the name Kirby Dick doesn't ring a bell, then you should probably know that he's the mastermind behind the critically acclaimed 2006 documentary “This Film Is Not Yet Rated.” He's back with another one. “The Invisible War” will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in early ... |
2 December 2011
08:52 GMT |
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Just hours after word got out that Osama Bin Laden had been killed by a Navy SEAL team, Hollywood big honchos were already thinking about movies about the special ops force. Relativity Media managed to get a head started.
“Act of Valor” is a fictional story but was made with real-life Navy SEALs and e... |
14 October 2011
02:54 GMT |
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Security researchers from F-Secure have spotted a new PDF-based email attack that appears to target people working in the defense industry.According to the Finnish antivirus vendor, the attack was intercepted last week and is still ongoing. It uses the 2012 AIAA Strategic and Tactical Missile Systems Conference as lu... |
18 July 2011
16:11 GMT |
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Military and marine applications have their own standards for what a fitting display and computing product is, and AIS did its best to meet those rigorous demands when it built the new collection of ruggedized LCDs.American Industrial Systems Inc., a certified supplier and manufacturer of military & marine grade emb... |
5 July 2011
05:29 GMT |
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Getac might not act often, but when it does, it definitely knows how to garner whatever attention it needs to move forwards, such as, in this case, launching its strongest rugged notebook yet.Although they don't get released often, rugged laptops definitely exist and are the only ones capable of withstanding ha... |
15 June 2011
09:22 GMT |
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Bohemia Interactive, the video games developer that is well known for the military simulations it produces, has announced that it is working on a new helicopter simulation, called Take On Helicopters, which is set to be launched exclusively on the PC in the fourth quarter of 2011.
Despite the background of Bohemia... |
1 April 2011
09:41 GMT |
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MW Research and Development, Inc. has confirmed plans to release its first iPad 2 application. CamoScience, a new type of hybrid app, allegedly converts photos into camouflage designs. The app will be available for other touch-screen devices as well.Described as a photo application that turns site-specific photograph... |
28 February 2011
06:46 GMT |
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Without a doubt, the evolution of battlefield technology over the past few decades is absolutely astounding, and the FalconFighter system introduced by the Harris Corporation proves this only too well.So, what we're dealing with here is a complete set ofi imaging and communications solutions (the manufactur... |
21 February 2011
11:01 GMT |
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Security vendor Imperva warns that hackers are selling access to hacked websites and servers that belong to government, military and educational institutions. The company provides a screenshot of a list of compromised websites as advertised by the hacker, which contains information such as the level of access, the o... |
22 January 2011
04:42 GMT |
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When it comes down to electronics, the aerospace and defense market have very special requirements that are not that easy to address, so Xilinx redesigned their Spartan-6Q and Virtex-6Q family of field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) in order to meet the rigorous standards set by those industries.Coming pin-compatib... |
28 October 2010
10:35 GMT |
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The first of twelve Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites ordered by the United States Air Force has finally been commissioned, officials at Boeing announce today, August 30.The new instrument is added to the active 31-satellite GPS constellation already in orbit, but is the precursor of the next generation ... |
30 August 2010
09:43 GMT |
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The dream of harnessing solar power whenever and wherever one happens to be has been the subject in many Sci Fi novels and movies and is generally seen as one of the most approachable and feasible solutions for inexhaustible energy. As such, it makes sense to think that it won't be long before solar power plant... |
17 April 2010
05:06 GMT |
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A report posted at Army.mil revealed this week that the US Army's technology command paid Apple a visit at its campus in Cupertino, California, on March 5th. The purpose of the visit was to discuss the use of Apple products in Army business and battlefield operations, the report said. On the Army’s side, ... |
26 March 2010
04:37 GMT |
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Undoubtedly, one of the major drawbacks of wars is the fact that people die in them. Military analysts and strategists have tried for a long time to reduce the number of casualties by as much as possible, but the best they could come up with until now was flying airplanes high in the sky, and striking their targets f... |
9 February 2010
04:50 GMT |
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Ant colonies, and ants generally, are known for their resilience, and for their ability to apply textbook military strategies to overcome their enemies. The thing is, they sometimes help write the textbook itself. Such was recently the case, when experts at the University of Granada turned to colonies for inspiration... |
6 November 2009
10:32 GMT |
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After the U.S. Strategic Command banned the use of removable media on the army's networks last week, new details about the incidents that might have triggered this drastic decision surfaced. The networks of the U.S. Central Command, which oversees the operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, have been crippled, while... |
1 December 2008
09:45 GMT |
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India doesn't want to be overshadowed by its Chinese neighbors, who have just performed their first spacewalk. That's why it is striving to impose itself as a world power, despite the fact that it is a country still haunted by poverty, as well as torn by violent manifestations on religious and ethnic groun... |
22 October 2008
04:30 GMT |
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The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has to deal with yet another sensitive information data leak incident. According to the Daily Mail, three portable storage devices containing the personal information of up to 50,000 retired and active military personnel have been stolen from the RAF Innsworth base in Gloucestershire.... |
29 September 2008
06:25 GMT |
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According to the Japanese Self Defense Force, two officers lost a USB device containing information on a military exercise that was a joint venture of the Japanese and the US military that took place in western Japan in February 2007; the memory stick had maps concerning unit deployment on it. The officers responsibl... |
3 July 2008
08:40 GMT |
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When you want to make something as strong and as light as possible, titanium is the way to go. The problem is that titanium purification is a highly expensive process. A new non-melt consolidation process developed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory could reduce the cost of titanium parts from powders by up to hal... |
21 May 2008
03:55 GMT |
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What would a wheelchair-bound German amateur inventor be doing in the United Arab Emirates desert? Grow specially bred worms and create radar-evading paints for the military of course. Wener Nickel, age 67, went to the United Arab Emirates to conduct a project involving worms that produced excrements in which radishe... |
8 May 2008
07:05 GMT |
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Composition 4, or more commonly known as C-4, is a plastic explosive widely used in civil and military applications, which gained popularity as being extremely stable and due to publicity through films and video games. The term 'Composition' is associated to stable explosives, for example, Composition A, Co... |
19 April 2008
05:04 GMT |
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Science and video games often go hand in hand and it seems natural to be this way since it's all about technology, after all. The PlayStation 3 consoles are already used at research centers and things are not going to stop. It seems that even the most casual game-related components can be used for various other ... |
27 March 2008
04:52 GMT |
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Last week, cdv Software Entertainment USA issued a report containing a historical overview of three key battles from their upcoming strategy game, American Civil War: 1861-1865 The Blue and the Gray. The same company now announces that the American Civil War-themed strategy game has gone gold and is on track for rele... |
16 January 2008
03:08 GMT |
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Paris Hilton is just the most lovable and altruistic person in this universe. I'm sure there's absolutely no competition for her, for her sense of fashion or for her ability to choose just about the trashiest outfits available and make them look like...well, trash. The fact is, our favorite heiress' br... |
2 November 2007
10:04 GMT |
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Killzone: Liberation, featuring an intelligent third person camera system, allows players a more tactical surveillance viewpoint to view their action and read the enemy's behavior during gameplay. Set in an intense postmodern war reminiscent of the previous PlayStation 2 title, Killzone: Liberation features the ... |
10 September 2007
10:19 GMT |
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Following the recent videos published on YouTube showing Philippine extremists linked to al-Qaida, the local authorities decided to get involved and is now looking to collaborate with the Mountain View company to delete the clips. If you didn't know, several videos showing terrorists training camps and several l... |
23 August 2007
09:55 GMT |
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Chinese mobile phone users will be able to view on their handsets a large number of military-themed video clips and information. The initiative comes as part of the celebration of the founding of the People's Liberation Army.The army has always been considered as one of the most respected institutions in all cou... |
1 August 2007
06:15 GMT |
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The Associated Press reporters found a very dangerous issue concerning the sensitive military secrets stored on several FTP servers that might affect the security of the entire world. According to the reports, the AP employees managed to enter some FTP servers owned by the Department of Defense because they were not ... |
13 July 2007
08:08 GMT |
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Google Earth is an interesting tool for looking at various places in the world that you haven't visited yet. It's true that some pictures are clearer than others, depending on the country and frankly, nobody would expect to see a picture of a village in Somalia as clear as the one of the Eiffel Tower.But n... |
6 July 2007
03:23 GMT |
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It's called MOAB Massive Ordnance Air Blast, or GBU-43/B, but the most familiar description is Mother Of All Bombs. This is truly the most powerful non-nuclear weapon ever designed and is only delivered by a Lockheed C-130 Hercules, the main tactical carrier for many military forces worldwide. The result of a t... |
29 June 2007
11:22 GMT |
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Who said that you can't shoot around the corner? But effectively seeing what you're shooting at is a different story. A company created a weapon system that allows the shooter to fire around the corners without sticking his hand out.Most importantly, the soldier or policeman won't be shooting blind, as... |
28 June 2007
11:31 GMT |
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Recent escalations of urban conflict and an increasing need for powerful, yet non-lethal weapons led to development of a sonic weapon that doesn't kill, but can make you pass out and even permanently deaf.Sonic weapons have been made popular by science fiction productions, but they are also used in reality, not... |
27 June 2007
10:18 GMT |
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A thermobaric bomb is an unusual type of explosive, that doesn't incorporate oxygen molecules, thus requiring atmospheric oxygen. Sometimes called fuel-air explosives, the name comes from Greek and literally means "heat" and "pressure."The most interesting thing about this bomb is the fact that it actually prod... |
26 June 2007
11:23 GMT |
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Nanotubes have been studied for some time, and there is a great interest in applying their incredible properties in practical applications. They are one-atom thick sheets of graphite (called graphene) rolled up into seamless cylinders with a diameter of the order of a nanometer. A company in the US presented a revol... |
24 May 2007
10:22 GMT |
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Conventional insect traps may present health risks, besides the fact that they make noise or smell bad. Old bug catchers usually blow bugs into thousands of tiny pieces potentially containing colonies of bacteria that could spread inside the room and possibly infect human residents. They also can blow up particles c... |
10 May 2007
11:54 GMT |
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The gamers probably remember the famous "Jet Pack" from the old Command & Conquer: Red Alert series or even from the childish (is it?) Worms game. For those who don't, let me tell you that the jet pack is a concept dating from World War II, when Germany made late-war experiments of strapping two wearable shorte... |
30 April 2007
17:06 GMT |
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A synthetic alternative to imported petroleum-based fuel is what the U.S. Military - through the DARPA programs- is searching for these days, to power their 21st Century vehicles.It will probably use the same chemical technology Germany used to produce its gasoline during World War II.Sasol Technology's Delanie... |
24 April 2007
06:31 GMT |
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China's shootdown of an old communication satellite two months ago using a new missile was the first successful demonstration of an anti-satellite missile by any country in more than 20 years.The U.S. perceived the test not only as a proof of China's increasing military capabilities and ambitions, but also... |
23 April 2007
03:39 GMT |
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YouTube now displays a new set of videos published by the US military authorities that are now trying to show people the way the army fights in Iraq against insurgents and al-Qaida members. WGAL reported that Mark Fox, US military spokesman, sustained the army is now posting several videos on the online video sharing... |
26 March 2007
09:37 GMT |
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