NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the first planetary defense technology demonstrator, traveled ten months in space and successfully impacted and altered the path of an egg-shaped asteroid called Dimorphos. Dimorphos is roughly the size of a football field, and it orbits a parent asteroid five times larger than itself. DART, which was no bigger […]
New Secret Weapon is Like Dropping Anvils on Terrorists Heads
UPDATE: After Steve Schneider brought you this information on the Hellfire R9X back in May, the CIA ramped up its usage of these bombs developed to avoid civilian casualties. Since then it has taken on the nickname, the “Flying Ginsu.” According to Popular Mechanics, the bomb has been used at least 8 times. The most […]
U.S. Soldiers About to Get the Upper Hand on the Battlefield
The U.S. Army’s new all-weather night vision goggles will help soldiers see at night, through vegetation, smoke, and even help distinguish friend from foe. The US Army placed two orders totaling $97 million for BAE Systems’ ENVGIII/FWS-I integrated thermal/night vision goggles and weapons sight system. The U.S. Army currently uses two systems, night vision goggles […]
Can the Army Save Lives with Virtual Reality?
Researchers at the U.S. Army’s Communications-Electronic Research, Development and Engineering Center are working on a new technology that troops could soon be using to locate IEDs reports Todd South of the Navy Times. The new technology uses virtual reality (VR) goggles and/or tablets to paint a digital picture of what lies beneath the ground. This […]
World’s First Long-Range Rifle Capable of Eliminating Targets 2.4 Miles Away
Russian company, Lobaev Arms has created a long-range rifle capable of eliminating targets at distances of up to four kilometers. The rifle, built like a Ferrari or Porsche, was made piece by piece, with a focus on the firearm’s power and precision. The SVLK-14 Twilight is a carbon fiber-reinforced “sandwich” of plastic, fiberglass and Kevlar […]
Is This The End of Safety for American War Fighters?
Will small drones and “loitering munitions” mean the end of safety for American military forces on base? With inexpensive sensors and drone technology falling into the hands of adversaries, American forces must prepare for new threats to their protected zones. J. Noel Williams explains the rise of “lethal miniature aerial munitions” (LMAMs) at War on […]
Nano Crystal Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Night Vision Technology
ANU scientists have designed a nano crystal around 500 times smaller than a human hair that turns darkness into visible light and can be used to create light-weight night-vision glasses. Professor Dragomir Neshev from ANU said the new night-vision glasses could replace the cumbersome and bulky night-vision binoculars currently in use. “The nano crystals are […]
Picatinny Arsenal Working on First Ever Digital Multi-Purpose Hand Grenade
Engineers at Picatinny Arsenal are working on the first new lethal hand grenade in more than 40 years, which is designed to give greater flexibility to the warfighter. The multi-purpose hand grenade design will provide both fragmentation and blast overpressure more effectively and safely than its legacy counterparts. Once fielded, Soldiers will be able to […]
Ukrainian Firm Develops Handheld Automatic Grenade Launcher
Kiev-based company Precision Systems has developed a new, handheld version of the Russian-made KBP AGS-17 30 mm automatic grenade launcher, which was displayed for the first time at Ukraine’s AviaSvit/Arms and Security show, held in Kiev from 11 to 14 October. Speaking to IHS Jane’s at the show, company officials said this handheld variant, designated […]
This State of the Art Combat Helmet is a Gamechanger
Combines mission data and multispectral vision into one view; 24/7 hands-free seamless transition from dark to light environments ADELAIDE, Australia – Rockwell Collins introduced its combat helmet-mounted Integrated Digital Vision System (IDVS) for warfighters—an advanced display system that combines real-time mission data with multispectral vision sensors into one view for greater situational awareness. The announcement […]
