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.…
Military Tech
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…
Wolfhound Signal Intelligence Gathering System
U.S. troops and Afghan forces are using the Wolfhound signal intelligence gathering system in Afghanistan to intercept and locate low-level enemy communications. The system is proving to be especially effective in identifying enemy push-to-talk radios which are commonly used by…
