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Army Researchers Tackling Soldier Power Problems

“The idea of a loaded spring released by a latch is a staple in mechanical design, but the research team cleverly observed that engineers have yet to achieve the same performance out of a Latch-Mediated Spring Actuator that we find in nature,” Dean Culver, program manager at the lab, writes. “By more closely mimicking the geometry of a mantis shrimp's physiology, the team was able to exceed accelerations produced by limbs in other robotic devices by more than tenfold.”

The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) on 17 August announced that it had finalised its Dialable Effects Munition (DEM) Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD) programme with a live flight test of the experimental weapon system...

The US Army’s first UH-60V helicopter equipped with Northrop's integrated avionics suite has entered service with the Pennsylvania National Guard.

It may look like a remote controlled toy, but this apparently plain-looking vehicle is actually a prototype for what could be the U.S. Army’s next robotic “ATV” specifically designed to meet off-road challenges.

SAIC has secured a task order to provide research and development (R&D) services in support of the US Army.

Science Applications International Corp (NYSE: SAIC) bagged a $126 million five-year single-award task order from the Department of Defense ...

In early 2006, I sat in the Pashtun tribal areas on the Af/Pak border. When not rinsing grit out of my teeth from the thick fog in the air, I awaited information from capricious “allies,” on whether their informant could identify a senior al Qaeda leader who I’ll call “The Moroccan.” At the time, he was al Qaeda’s regional operational commander and well worth removing from the board. I lusted for certainty on the whereabouts of the Moroccan. He remained stubbornly elusive, while I c...

Developing new ultrathin metal electrodes has allowed researchers to create semitransparent perovskite solar cells that are highly efficient and can be

Scientists Develop Transparent Electrode that Boosts Solar Cell Efficiency Developing new ultrathin metal electrodes has allowed researchers to create semitransparent perovskite solar cells that are highly efficient and can be coupled with traditional silicon cells to greatly boost the performance of both devices, said an international team of scientists. The research represents a step toward developing completely transparent s...