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The U.S. Army has recently announced its plans to award two five-year prototyping agreements for an invention that could potentially change the face of warfare. The prospective weapon, an advanced fire control system known as the Next-Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW), will have both wind-sensing and facial recognition technology. This should significantly increase the user’s ability to pick out targets at a great distance …
Traditionally, Silicon Valley technology and the Department of Defense’s development efforts haven’t had much overlap. Aside from being on different coasts, the lack of a comprehensive public-private partnership meant that the DoD was sometimes “reinventing the wheel” when it came to creating efficient technology. But with some of the world’s largest military powers, such as China and Russia, taking giant leaps …
By Samir Naqvi – May 24, 2019 For decades, the separation between Washington D.C. and Silicon Valley has been philosophical as well as geographical. While the East Coast has often required extensive documentation before implementing new programs; on the West Coast, the focus is on pushing boundaries and thinking outside the box. As a result, advances in U.S. military technology …
By Troy Barnes — May 13, 2019 The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) recently announced an exciting and potentially lifesaving new development for the U.S. Army’s Short Range Reconnaissance program. One of the biggest risks to troops in modern warfare involves short-range attacks or suicide bombers, which means that being able to immediately (and unobtrusively) survey one’s surroundings is key. …
By Samir Naqvi – April 29, 2019 Military technology is revolutionizing the way warfare and defense efforts are conducted. Less than a hundred years ago, soldiers were forced into freezing trenches, often for weeks at a time, to defend borders and protect against enemy forces. Today, warfare often consists of pixels on a screen, with far less of the hand-to-hand …
The Defense Innovation Board — an independent advisory committee to the DoD whose membership includes Neil Degrasse Tyson and Google’s VP of Wireless Services Milo Medin — recently studied the potential impact of the upcoming rollout of 5G wireless on the U.S. military. But while the launch of 5G is poised to provide the DoD with a wide range of …
By Troy Barnes – April 1, 2019 With ever-expanding technological capabilities, it can be a struggle for any country’s defense department to stay ahead of the game. The U.S. Department of Defense has continued its push to think outside the box when it comes to keeping U.S. interests safe — from drone ships to the developing Space Force, the DoD …
By Samir Naqvi – March 25, 2019 With the ability to detect body heat, fly through uninhabitable areas, and instantly transmit high-definition video, photo, and audio across the globe — without putting service members at risk — drones have cemented themselves as part of the next generation of military warfare. But drone technology isn’t just useful when it comes to spotting targets and …
By Samir Naqvi – Feb. 18, 2019 Space has been known as “the final frontier” since Star Trek first hit television screens—but to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), space is the final frontier of military defense. It’s vital for the DoD to research and develop new ways to tackle space-related threats, whether from other world superpowers or even extraterrestrial …
By Troy Barnes – Jan. 28, 2019 In October 2018, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (LCMC) announced an unprecedented new acquisition system for military cyber weapons: a “cyber factory” called Unified Platform (UP). Through the development of UP, the Air Force should be able to arm its U.S. Cyber Command warriors with state-of-the-art cyber weapons as soon as …
