German Company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann, a leader in the European market for highly protected wheeled and tracked vehicles launches a new modernized version of the Terrier, a light wheeled armoured vehicle personnel carrier. The first version of the Terrier has been jointly developed by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann of Germany and the Defence Vehicles Division of IVECO of Italy.
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 03:38 PM

Dr. Joseph Conroy, an electronics engineer at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, known as ARL, part of the Research, Development and Engineering Command, works with robotic systems that can navigate by leveraging visual sensing inspired by insect neurophysiology.
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Friday, November 28, 2014 04:12 PM

BAE Systems has been refining the electromagnetic railgun that it’s been developing for the U.S. Navy. Deployment of a prototype system is scheduled for 2016, but BAE is already looking forward to what might be possible as the technology scales up in power and scales down in size. The first target might be a railgun for the Army’s next-generation Future Fighting Vehicle.
Friday, October 28, 2014 10:10 AM

The Ukrainian army has take delivery of new armoured truck used to transport soldiers on the battlefield. Under the name of Raptor, the new armoured trucks were delivered to the Ukrainian national guard troops fighting pro-Russian separatists in the east.
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Friday, October 28, 2014 09:27 AM

Researchers at the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center are developing technologies for a pocket-sized aerial surveillance device for Soldiers and small units operating in challenging ground environments.
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014 08:12 AM

Panasonic launched one of the world’s most rugged 5 inch handheld tablet with data and voice capabilities last month at the Euronaval 2014 Naval Defencse Exhibition in Paris, France. The Toughpad FZ-E1 (Windows Embedded 8.1 Handheld) and FZ-X1 (Android TM) devices bring together the best of the handheld, smartphone and tablet market in the most rugged.
Thursday, November 6, 2014 08:55 AM

Lenco Industries, Inc., a global leader in the design and manufacture of armored police vehicles, announces the Tactical SUV, another variant of the popular BearCat® APC employed by military and law enforcement agencies worldwide. Without sacrifice to tactical functionality, Lenco has designed the BearCat® SUV to meet the need within Law Enforcement for a more inconspicuous armored vehicle in VIP and diplomatic protection. Saturday, November 1, 2014 11:53 AM

United States Army researchers are evaluating prototype devices of futuristic soft exosuit developed for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, known as DARPA, Warrior Web program's goal is to create a soft, lightweight undersuit to help reduce injuries and fatigue, while improving mission performance. DARPA is responsible for the development of new technologies for the U.S. military. Thursday, October 30, 2014 06:36 PM

Arash, a 20mm shoulder-launched gun, was unveiled in an exhibition of the weapons and equipment of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Force. The new Iranian-made anti-helicopter gun, 'Arash',can be used against ground and armored targets and enemy trenches.
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Tuesday, October 28, 2014 08:35 PM

The Iranian defense industries joined the club of polymeric guns manufacturers after developing and producing a new polymeric pistol named 'Raa'd (Thunderbolt)'. Raa'd is one of the newest Iran-made pistols made of polymers. It is 9mm caliber pistol and weighs 700g. The light pistol can be a proper weapon for different military and law enforcement units.
Monday, October 27, 2014 10:29 PM

Last week, the Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon, announced that the UK’s Reaper drones would be deployed in Iraq to support the coalition’s efforts against Isil – and yesterday, he confirmed that they would also be flying surveillance missions over Syria.
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Thursday, October 23, 2014 11:05 AM

Revision Military, a world leader in protective soldier solutions, has expanded its capabilities by adding power provision and management to its roster of integrated technologies with the development of two new NervCentr™ Lithium ion rechargeable energy storage systems: The NervCentr SharePack and the NervCentr Lightweight Assault Battery.
Thursday, October 9, 2014 06:49 AM

The U.S. Army Reserve has fielded the first two M1271 Medium Flail Mine Clearing Vehicles, or MCV, with the 364th Engineer Platoon, located at Fort Smith, Arkansas. The MCV is a manned vehicle designed to clear paths through minefields and provides area clearance using a motorized flail system to detonate mines in a safe manner.
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Tuesday , October 7, 2014 07:46 AM

Harvard University’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering is continuing development of a lightweight, soft exosuit for DARPA’s Warrior Web program, which is aimed at creating technologies that mitigate musculoskeletal injuries among warfighters while improving performance.
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Sunday, October 5, 2014 10:55 AM