Military grade robots may have swarmed into war theaters as a US "Army of the Grand Robotic", but the ingenuity and charity of hobbyists still has a place on America's front lines. In the 2000s front-line troops started using remote-controlled toys then US military...
HNoMS Utsira(click to view full) Submarine combat systems, which integrate information from the boats sensors and control weapons firing, is a specialized field, with a limited number of competitors around the world. Outside of Russia, Lockheed Martin and Thales are...
* Is Indonesia buying used Dutch Leopard 2 tanks? Don't ask Indonesia's Parliament, they don't know. * Sikorsky announces 35 suppliers for its S-97 Raider compound helicopter, a scout and special forces design based on its X2 technology. It's competing to be the US...
At the end of 2011, Level 3 Communications, LLC in Broomfield, CO received a maximum $410.8 million indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract, for up to 10 years of fiber cable operations and maintenance support, through Dec 29/21. Performance is stated as...
FNS Tonnerre [BPC 2],during sea trials(click to view full) In December 2008, reports surfaced that France intended to accelerate production of its 3rd Mistral Class LHD amphibious assault and command ship, as part of a EUR 2.3 billion defense component of France's...
* US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said yesterday that the US Army stationed in Europe will replaces 2 brigade combat teams with rotational units. * The Pentagon is going to discuss with other government agencies on how to deal with international dealings that...
* The US Office of Naval Research has funded & developed a battery-powered, hand-held device for Navy corpsmen, that measures intercranial bleeding. A life-saver, indeed. * The last 16 American AH-64A Apache attack helicopters will disappear soon, to be turned into...
* The USAF wants to follow in the US Army's "Land Warrior" wearable computing vest footsteps. That may not be such a great idea. Then again, riding with gear is different than walking and carrying it. * US Army's next-generation CIRCM effort to protect helicopters...
* The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) think tank published a report [PDF] on the South China Sea, a potential hot zone because of its sea lanes and China's increasingly assertive territorial claims driven by natural resources such as deepwater oil and gas....