In less than five years, the Army has engaged in 127 energy-saving projects with the private sector that now exceed $1 billion in investments, announced Secretary of the Army Eric Fanning. Fanning made the announcement Aug. 11 at the Department of Energy Training and Trade Show in Providence, Rhode Island. He explained that these projects…
Airborne engineers from US, Europe kick off Exercise Dagger Resolve
Airborne engineers, from the 173rd Airborne Brigade, joined by military engineers from throughout the United States and Europe will spend the next two weeks participating in Exercise Dagger Resolve here, Dec. 2, training on the tasks and equipment required for engineers to support an airfield seizure. Engineers, from 37th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team,…
New Autonomous Robot Extends Communication Beyond Line-Of-Sight
US Army Scientists Improve Biosurveillance Technology
Members of an Army chemical-biological research team set up biological sensors for an operational demonstration at a U.S. military installation in Osan, South Korea. The Joint United States Forces Korea Portal and Integrated Threat Recognition, also known as JUPITR, a program led by the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense, or JPEO-CBD,…
Scarf-Like Mask Can Protect At A Moment’s Notice
Army researchers have developed a simple, comfortable, wrap-style respiratory protective mask for protection against riot control agents, and the U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, also known as ECBC, is making it as a simple as putting on a surgical mask. ECBC researchers Dave Caretti, Dan Barker and Doug Wilke developed the idea for the…
Ground Combat System Upgrades Focus On Weight, Lethality
Ground combat vehicle modernization efforts are moving forward, on schedule and under budget, the ground combat systems program executive officer told reporters last week. Designs and engineering change proposals for existing vehicles have been largely finished, contracts are being awarded and some vehicles are being delivered and tested, said Ground Combat Systems, or GCS, Program…
US Army Researchers Extend Missile System Shelf Life
As consumers, many of our items contain a “use by” or “best before” date. In the aviation and missile community, the same principle applies to its weaponry arsenal. The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center, or AMRDEC, in conjunction with Program Executive Office Missiles and Space, or PEO MS, and U.S.…
Unmanned Aircraft: New Kid On Block Flexing Muscle
“It’s a tactical capability working at a strategic distance.” That’s what Army Col. Courtney Cote told a gaggle of mostly aviation and aerospace media at the Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting and Exposition, or AUSA, Tuesday. He was talking about unmanned aerial systems – the new player on the battlefield that, Cote…