The U.S. Army continues to explore new technologies to improve warfighter performance on the battlefield, and researchers believe augmented reality, or AR, is a vitally important part of that process.  U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory Public Affairs reports.

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Following the successful integration of its new more flexible and expeditionary network capability into dismounted units, the U.S. Army is now focused on delivering the same capabilities to Stryker brigade combat teams. Kathryn Bailey, PEO C3T Public Affairs, reports.

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According to information published by the "Taiwan News" website in December 2020, Taiwan will develop a new variant of its CM-32 nicknamed Clouded Leopard armed with a 105mm cannon.

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Multi-domain operations, the U.S. Army’s future operating concept, requires autonomous agents with learning components to operate alongside the warfighter. New Army research reduces the unpredictability of current training reinforcement learning policies so that they are more practically applicable to physical systems, especially ground robots. U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory Public Affairs reports.

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According to information published by the Chinese MoD (Ministry of Defense) on December 28, 2020, the Chinese army has conducted a military exercise under the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Tibet Military Command using new-generation individual combat systems (ICS) in a plateau area more than 4,500 meters above sea level.

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Russian Strategic Missile Force engineer units continued to receive special hardware in 2020, including new KDM road-building vehicles, the Russian Defense Ministry’s press office said. This year, missile large units based on the territory stretching from the Tver Region in central Russia to the Irkutsk Region in East Siberia got KDM road-building vehicles, the Russian press office added.

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According to information published by the U.S. Army, the first mobile combat-capable weapon systems, 50 kilowatts (kW)-class lasers mounted on Stryker vehicles, is on track for operational fielding by Fiscal Year 2022.

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According to information published on December 21, 2020, the Spanish company Escribano Mechanicals & Engineering (EM&E) is expanding their catalog of Remote Weapon Station (RWS) by announcing their newest development, the Guardian L-HIT (Lightweight High Impact Turret).

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According to information published on December 15, 2020, Spanish company EXPAL reaches an important milestone in the development of the new Dual-EIMOS on-board mortar system, which is completing its validation under the UTEX Experimental Tactical Unit program with the SDGPLATIN.

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“We’re evolving the way we think and the way we work, to use emerging commercial technologies to provide our warfighters the most advanced capabilities more quickly,” said Chris Daughters, vice president of research, technology and engineering, Aeronautics Systems, Northrop Grumman. “Our partnership with Deepwave Digital combined with our advanced autonomy expertise will enhance the agility, speed and affordability our customers expect.”

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Russia’s newest Ptitselov (Fowler) short-range air defense (AD) system will receive an advanced artificial intelligence control unit that will allow the weapon to optically distinguish hostile fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft, cruise missiles, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and attack them, according to the Izvestia newspaper.

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Various new-type logistic equipment and materials deployed by the Chinese army (PLA) provides an all-round guarantee for the training and living of front-line service members, Liu Jianwei, Sun Xingwei and Yang Renwei report on China Military Online.

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According to pictures released by the Twitter account of the French army procurement agency (DGA) on December 11, 2020, the DGA continues the tests with the Jaguar EBRC (Engin Blindé de Reconnaissance et de Combat - Reconnaissance and Combat Armored Vehicle) including all-terrain trials and weapon firing tests using the 40mm cannon.

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ADASI, a producer of military autonomous systems based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a subdivision of EDGE, an advanced defense technology group that develop, design and manufacture a wide range of military defense and security products in the field of land, Air and Navy, has developed the Garmoosha or Garmousha, the next-generation of first UAE-made light unmanned VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) aircraft system (UAS) helicopter design.

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technologyChinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) border defense troops in Ngari, Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, recently received a type of exoskeleton suit that enables them to conduct tasks in harsh, high altitude environments more efficiently, state media reported, echoed by Chinese army's website China Military.

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