Student researchers at the University of North Texas College of Engineering have created an energy efficient system for controlling solar panels on CubeSats using a nickel-titanium shape memory alloy. Their work took first place at Read More
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Joint Science and Technology Office (DTRA JSTO) awarded a contract to FLIR Systems for chemical-detection technologies based on ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) and mass spectrometry (MS) technology. The program’s overall goal is Read More
Schneider Electric and Black & Veatch have completed the installation of a microgrid system at the Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar in San Diego, California. The microgrid is online, fully operational, and has been Read More
NORAD partnered with the Defense Innovation Unit – a Pentagon organization that specializes in using emerging commercial technologies for military purposes – to create an artificial intelligence system to detect threats that may have previously Read More
Relativity Space – a California start-up offering autonomous rockets and launch services for satellites – recently announced the creation of a new reusable rocket named Terran R. The Terran R is a larger orbital rocket than Read More
U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded contracts for its High Enthalpy Aperture Technology (HEAT) project. HEAT will develop rugged RF radomes and infrared windows that will be able to withstand the extreme Read More
The US Army plans to conduct field-testing as early as 2024 of THOR – Tactical High Power Operational Responder – a new microwave weapon designed to protect military bases from incoming drones. An on-site demonstration Read More
The Army’s 25th Infantry Division’s 4th Brigade Combat Team at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, will be taking part in a six-month study to measure the mental health of troops operating in extreme cold environments. Soldiers in Read More
DARPA’s Strategic Technologies Office recently awarded two contracts for Phase 1 of the Air Space Total Awareness for Rapid Tactical Execution (ASTARTE) project. Raytheon and Systems and Technology Research (STR) received a total of almost Read More
The United States Army is developing a new laser weapon – the Tactical Ultrashort Pulsed Laser for Army Platforms (UPSL) – that promises to be more powerful than existing weapons by nearly three orders of Read More
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