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May 27, 2016 | Army Researchers Testing New Wind-Detection Tech for Airborne Ops
May 27, 2016 | Navy Researchers Deploy Seaglider Drone to Scour Beneath Arctic Ice
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Army Research Laboratory officials have developed a new wind-measuring system designed to enhance the capabilities of Army pathfinders during airborne operations. Photo: Army.

May 27, 2016

Army Researchers Testing New Wind-Detection Tech for Airborne Ops

Sailors and members of the Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station clear ice from the hatch of the Seawolf-class submarine USS Connecticut (SSN 22) as it surfaces above the ice in the Arctic Ocean during ICEX 2011. (U.S. Navy photo)

Navy Researchers Deploy Seaglider Drone to Scour Beneath Arctic Ice

A High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, fires a rocket during a live fire exercise in support of Balikatan 16 at Crow Valley, Philippines, on April 14, 2016. In light of threats presented by China and other near-peer adversaries, Adm. Harry Harris is calling on the Army to look at ways to use High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS, and Paladin 155mm artillery as coastal defense systems. (Photo by John Baker/U.S. Marine Corps)

Admiral Sees Army Rockets, Artillery Backing Navy in South China Sea

Logos Technologies likens its newest Redkite wide-area motion imagery sensor to Google Earth with real-time capture and DVR recording capabilities. Illustration: Logos Technologies

Logos Tests New Wide Area Surveillance Sensor

The future guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) transits the Atlantic Ocean during acceptance trials on April 21, 2016. Following a crew certification period and October commissioning ceremony in Baltimore, Zumwalt will transit to its homeport in San Diego. She is the lead ship of the Zumwalt-class destroyers, next-generation, multi-mission surface combatants, tailored for land attack and littoral dominance. (U.S. Navy photo)

Report Details Evolving Mission for Navy’s New Stealth Destroyer

The MRZR all-terrain vehicle made by Polaris. (Image courtesy Polaris)

Here are the ATVs the US Army Plans to Drop over Poland

Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. Photo: Wikiwand.

Sikorsky Wins $88M Army Contract for UH-60M Helos

Four F-35 Joint Strike Fighters prepare for takeoff at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, May 4, 2016. Hill's active duty and Reserve F-35 pilots recently began flying routine four-ship configurations as the Air Force prepares to declare the aircraft ready for initial operations. (Photo by Paul Holcomb/U.S. Air Force)

Drone Swarm Will Fly Alongside F-35 Fighter Jet: Air Force Scientist

Photo from Huntington Ingalls

WATCH: Augmented Reality Tablets Used to Build Ships

Drones

Four F-35 Joint Strike Fighters prepare for takeoff at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, May 4, 2016. Hill's active duty and Reserve F-35 pilots recently began flying routine four-ship configurations as the Air Force prepares to declare the aircraft ready for initial operations. (Photo by Paul Holcomb/U.S. Air Force)

May 20, 2016

Drone Swarm Will Fly Alongside F-35 Fighter Jet: Air Force Scientist

Lance Cpl. Brandon Dieckmann, an infantryman with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, India Co., leads a robotic mule known as the Legged Squad Support System through an open field at Kahuku Training Area July 10, 2014. (Photo by Sarah Dietz/U.S. Marine Corps)

May 18, 2016

Future Challenge: Getting Marines to Bond with Robotic Battle Buddies

AeroVironment’s new Blackwing unmanned aircraft system resulted from collaboration with the U.S. Navy’s undersea warfare community and the Special Operations community. (Image courtesy AeroVironment)

May 17, 2016

US Navy to Deploy Sub-Launched Spy Drones

Battelle’s DroneDefender is a shoulder-fired weapon that uses radio waves to cut the link between the drone and its controller. (Photo courtesy Battelle)

May 16, 2016

Battelle Fielding 100 Drone Zappers to Pentagon, Homeland Security

AeroVironment's Mantis i45 electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) gimbal payload is designed for the company’s Puma AE (All Environment) small unmanned aircraft systems.

May 2, 2016

Drone-Maker Touts New Civil-Military Surveillance Suite

Aircraft

Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. Photo: Wikiwand.

May 20, 2016

Sikorsky Wins $88M Army Contract for UH-60M Helos

The Kaman K1200 unmanned aerial vehicle hovers over a landing zone at Camp Dwyer while awaiting a load to deliver to Forward Operating Base Payne, June 3, 2012. Only two UAVs are used in Afghanistan by Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2. This deployment is considered a test run for the UAV platform. (Photo by Michele HuntSmall/U.S. Marine Corps)

May 11, 2016

Marines’ Drone Cargo Chopper May Be Used for Surveillance

Air Combat Command has been researching laser technology with plans to mount a directed-energy weapon onto an existing fighter-style aircraft, and integrate it into a post-fifth generation fighter’s armament systems. The U.S. Air Force is currently testing methods to mount a laser weapon pod onto an F-15 Eagle. (Air Force Research Lab photo)

May 4, 2016

Air Force Sees Fighters, Drones Firing Laser Weapons by 2020s

The DF-ZF hypersonic glide vehicle. Photo: People's Daily Online.

April 29, 2016

China’s Hypersonic Glider Passes New Test

F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot Capt. Jeremey Wimer tries on a newly issued fighter helmet while gearing up at the 18th Fighter Squadron at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Christopher Griffin)

April 15, 2016

Rockwell Collins to Unify Helmet Display Work for F-15s, F-16s

Sea

Photo from Huntington Ingalls

May 19, 2016

WATCH: Augmented Reality Tablets Used to Build Ships

China's first aircraft carrier, the PLAN Liaoning, may soon set sail to "show the flag," says an expert with the Naval War College China Maritime Studies Institute.

April 20, 2016

Explore China’s ‘Starter’ Aircraft Carrier in 3-D

The Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System shuttle readies for testing at the Naval Air Systems Command EMALS test site, located at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. (Navy photo)

April 12, 2016

US Open to Sharing Catapult Replacement Technology with India: Carter

Then-Lt. Edward Lin, a native of Taiwan, shares his personal stories about his journey to citizenship to 80 newly nationalized citizens at a ceremony in Honolulu, Dec. 3, 2008. (Photo by Sarah Murphy/U.S. Navy)

April 11, 2016

Here’s the Charge Sheet for the US Sailor Accused of Spying for China

The USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) is currently conducting at-sea tests and trials in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of General Dynamics Bath Iron Works/Released)

April 11, 2016

Navy’s Futuristic Destroyer is Apparently Too Stealthy

Cyberspace

(U.S. Defense Department photo)

April 26, 2016

DARPA Wants New Ways to Find Cyber Attackers

In this image shot with an extreme telephoto lens and through haze from the outskirts of Suruc at the Turkey-Syria border, militants with the Islamic State group are seen after placing their group's flag on a hilltop at the eastern side of the town of Kobani, Syria, where fighting had been intensified between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, Monday, Oct. 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

April 5, 2016

ISIS May Try to Launch Cyberattacks against U.S., NSA Chief Warns

Natick's new virtual reality dome will enable researchers to assess the impact of the environment on Soldier cognition, including decision-making, spatial memory or wayfinding. Researchers will also be able to assess the impact of new equipment on cognitive abilities. Photo: David Kamm, NSRDEC

March 18, 2016

Virtual Reality Dome to Assess Soldier Thinking in Virtual Combat Environment

March 2, 2016

Pentagon Wants a Few Good Hackers

March 1, 2016

Pentagon Sidesteps Apple-FBI Case While Seeking Tech Partners

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Army Researchers Testing New Wind-Detection Tech for Airborne Ops
Navy Researchers Deploy Seaglider Drone to Scour Beneath Arctic Ice
Admiral Sees Army Rockets, Artillery Backing Navy in South China Sea
Logos Tests New Wide Area Surveillance Sensor
Report Details Evolving Mission for Navy’s New Stealth Destroyer
Here are the ATVs the US Army Plans to Drop over Poland
Sikorsky Wins $88M Army Contract for UH-60M Helos

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