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OSA hardware platforms should be reusable for quick-reaction mission needs, feature upgrades and new technology insertion. These advantages reduce...

Leidos' most recent leadership hire is a three-decade Army veteran who most recently oversaw its command responsible for several initiatives for science...

The Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) weapon system made history by firing at the highest velocity on record with this program at YPG.

As targets evolve, artillery needs to evolve as well, and US Army made its long-range cannon artillery fly faster than ever before.

Armys Project Convergence Continues on 10-Year Learning Curve

What a difference a day makes.

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Army robots made of robots? New LEGO-like method could make it happen January 30 Army and MIT’s way of linking metamaterials makes building a super mileage vehicles, like this one from collaborators Toyota Automotive Society, possible. Supermileage vehicles aim to get the most mileage out of a single tank of high-octane gasoline. (Kohshi Katoh, Toyota Automotive Society) Army scientists, along with university researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have created a LEGO-l...

Lt. Gen. Charles Flynn slated to command US Army Pacific, and 14 other promotions January 26 Lt. Gen. Charles A. Flynn, assistant deputy chief of staff for G-3/5/7, has been tapped to lead U.S. Army Pacific. (Staff Sgt. Scott Longstreet/Army) Fifteen general officer assignments were announced by the Army chief of staff Monday, including the ascension of Lt. Gen. Charles A. Flynn to command U.S. Army Pacific out of Fort Shafter, Hawaii. Flynn, who currently serves as deputy chief of staff ...

3 min read        The thought of living tissue and machinery meshed together brings up images of grotesque cyborgs and far-future sci-fi films, but at the Army Research Laboratory a robot with living, organic muscles may not be that far off. ARL’s Combat Capabilities Development Command is teaming up with universities in North Carolina to develop studies in bio-hybrid robotics. The idea is just as fantastical as you may be imagining. ARL wants to fuse living tissue with cold metal to b...