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BAE Systems’ Unmanned Stealth Bomber Taranis Still in Testing, Can Think for Itself

, Jul 12th 2010 Discuss [3]

As much as the technology industry evolves every day, so is the battlefield. As the United States military spends time and money on trying to figure out ways to get our soldiers off the battlefield, but keep our country secure, we get new projects like BAE Systems' Taranis. Not only is this definitely one of the most frightening images we've ever seen of a vehicle (of any type), it only gets worse when you put the picture with the details Read The Full Story

US detonated a nuclear bomb in space in 1962

, Jul 5th 2010 Discuss [1]

Sleeping last night was a bit hard with all the fireworks exploding around my house for the holiday. All those blasts paled in comparison to one the U.S. government set off about this time way back in 1962. Scientists sent a massive hydrogen bomb into space about 250 miles above the surface of the Earth and blew it up. Read The Full Story

Nintendo Wii Fit Could be Used to Train Future Navy Recruits

, May 26th 2010 Discuss [0]

When it comes to training the next batch of military recruits, military higher-ups are always ready to take on new measures. Anything to get them absolutely ready for whatever it is that they could experience in their years serving their country. And, apparently, in this day and age, video games play a really, really important part in that. So much so, in fact, that the Navy is actually thinking about utilizing something you'd never expect: Wii Fit. Read The Full Story

HP producing flexible watchphones for US army

, May 20th 2010 Discuss [0]

Watch-phones may teeter on the border between awesome and awful, but HP's latest project for the US military sounds like it might definitely fall into the former category.  The company is apparently creating a custom next-generation watch that has - inevitably - been internally nicknamed the "Dick Tracy watch", and will use a new flexible display that can show maps and other strategic information while on the battlefield. Read The Full Story

US Air Force creates new cyberspace officers

, May 19th 2010 Discuss [0]

The military in the US runs off information. Without information, the military can’t find targets and keep abreast of what the enemy is doing. With the huge importance of information and data it is no surprise that the military spends huge sums of money to protect and gather data and information. Read The Full Story

DARPA’s Transformer TX Combines Humvee With Helicopter

, Apr 14th 2010 Discuss [0]

DARPA is one of those agencies that must have a room filled with geniuses, all sitting around trying to come up with the latest and greatest in technology and equipment. Of course, we don't think they get to see the most recent science-fiction movies, and that's why these ideas seem to always feel a little too reminiscent of something we've seen before, but we won't hold that against them. This time around, they've got something planned that will bring together the military's juggernaut vehicle, the Humvee, and combine it with something like a helicopter. Or a hover craft. Or just a flying car from Sim City 2000. Read The Full Story

PD-100 Black Hornet: smallest video R/C helicopter in the world

, May 6th 2009 Discuss [0]

Proxdynamics have been demonstrating their PD-100 Black Hornet remote-control helicopter, the latest chopper from their stable and the smallest in the world to come equipped with a video camera.  Just 15g with a blade-span of 10cm, the PD-100 is controlled by a 6-inch LCD-equipped handset that can also record all wirelessly-received footage for later review. Video demos after the cut Read The Full Story

AT&T launches Samsung a657, doesn’t have QWERTY

, Apr 10th 2009 Discuss [0]

For those of you who prefer to abuse the heck out of your phones, AT&T has launched the new Samsung a657, featuring a plain old keypad. Nope, no QWERTY for your outdoor texting adventures. The a657 features a robust candybar design, with lots of rubber grips and coating to protect it from more wear-and-tear than suffered by a normal cell phone. Read The Full Story

I-Ball 360-degree camera fired from grenade launcher

, Nov 18th 2008 Discuss [0]

UK based Dreampact is developing a grenade-launcher-deployed 360-degree camera intended to give the armed forces a better idea of what territory they're entering.  Dubbed I-Ball, the compact camera has two fish-eye lenses that transmit images back wirelessly to a remote operator.  As well as being fired from a grenade-launcher, the I-Ball can be tossed or rolled into rooms. Read The Full Story

COM-BAT makes for a robotic surveillance wonder

, Nov 7th 2008 Discuss [0]

Now this is interesting. In order to improve surveillance options, new platforms are being researched, especially those that mimic things from nature. Take for instance this robotic spy plane. It's only six-inches long, but it can use just about everything as a power source and could be used for monitoring all sensory perceptions in a combat zone. Read The Full Story

DARPA’s DBAC device uses sound to stop bleeding

, Oct 24th 2008 Discuss [0]

DARPA is always coming up with interesting new military technology that we just can't help but talk about. For instance, their new DBAC device could be used to save lives in the field. That's definitely pretty cool by us.   Read The Full Story

Fake chips sold to US Military blamed for dangerous failures

, Oct 7th 2008 Discuss [0]

American security forces are facing a mass examination of their hardware, as an ongoing investigation discovers that counterfeit computer chips and other devices have been sold to the US government.  According to a BusinessWeek report, recycled and fake microchips from Chinese vendors are being used - mistakenly or otherwise - in hardware distributed in America and bought, off the shelf, by the US military.  Two separate incidents involving fighter jet malfunction are being unofficially blamed on fake chips billed as Maxim and Xicor products; the two manufacturers have denied any involvement with the shipments.  Yet another incident describes how fake routers, branded Cisco, were used by various military agencies, heedless to the fact that each could have a covert "back door" through which their makers could access classified information. Read The Full Story
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