Lance Cpl. Clayton Filipowicz travels to Fort Devens Army Base in Massachusetts for a firsthand look at the Legged Squad Support System, or LS3. The robotic mule built by Boston Dynamics with funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency…
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VIDEO: Predator C Avenger Drone
The L.A. Times is reporting that a new long-range, jet-powered drone, called the Predator C, or Avenger, could be used to strike targets in Pakistan in case the United States is forced to withdraw all forces from Afghanistan by the…
Army Lab Assisted With Olympic Snowboarding Uniforms
He shrugged it off as just another routine day in his lab, but testing conducted by Dr. Phil Gibson helped Burton Snowboards pick a fabric for the uniforms worn by the U.S. Olympic Snowboarding Team at the 2014 Winter Games.…
DARPA Developing VTOL ‘Transformer’
Unmanned aerial logistics system would bypass ground-based threats and enable faster, more effective delivery of cargo and other essential services in hard-to-reach areas U.S. military experience has shown that rugged terrain and threats such as ambushes and Improvised Explosive Devices…
SOCOM Leads Development of ‘Iron Man’ Suit
By Donna Miles, American Forces Press Service U.S. Special Operations Command is using unprecedented outreach and collaboration to develop what its commander hopes will be revolutionary capabilities: a suit that’s been likened to the one worn by the “Iron Man”…
Marines’ Unmanned Security Vehicle
Story by Cpl. Ali Azimi TWENTYNINE PALMS, California – Over the years, science fiction movies have depicted robotic sentinels as enforcers of the law. These feats of technology were equipped with machine guns, could see a wide spectrum of light…