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4 December

US Army-Funded Research Could Allow Battlefield Telepathy

A US Army-funded research breakthrough in separating brain signals that influence actions from behavior raised hopes of developing technology that will allow soldiers to silently communicate during operations.

4 December

Six UH-60L Black Hawks and two CH-47F Chinooks, assigned to Task Force Brawler, 4th Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, Task Force Falcon, simultaneously launch a daytime missionfrom Multinational Base Tarin Kowt

Staff Writer

US Army Develops More Efficient, Self-Adjusting Turbine Engine Design

Researchers from the US Army and two American universities have developed a new turbine engine design with improved performance through automatic, in-air adjustment of its rotor blades.

4 December

Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Millley at the White House on April 1, 2020.

Staff Writer With AFP

Eyeing China, Top US General Sees Tech Revolution on Battlefield

Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley said the US military has to fully embrace robotics and artificial intelligence if it is to maintain superiority over China.

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30 November

Black Sage Jammer and Camera Configuration

Staff Writer

US Air Force Awards Drone Defeating Radar System Contract to Black Sage

The US Air Force has purchased a counter-drone radar system from Black Sage Technologies to combat enemy Unmanned Aerial System threats.

27 November

Staff Writer

General Atomics to Develop Smart Sensor Technology for MQ9 Reaper Drone

The Department of Defense has awarded General Atomics a $93.3 million contract to enhance the autonomous sensing capabilities of its MQ-9 Reaper combat drone.

26 November

NSWC PHD Research Technology Applications Manager Alan Jaeger and Cybersecurity Researcher Ian Wilson test out the capabilities of a quadcopter drone at the stern of a ship on Friday, September 18.

Staff Writer

US Navy Successfully Tests Drone Assistance in Laser Target Firing

The US Navy successfully launched and landed a drone from a moving ship, taking a recent idea to use UAVs to test and evaluate seaborne laser weapons closer to completion.

26 November

Inder Singh Bisht

US Delivers ScanEagle Drone System, Arms Totaling $33 Million to the Philippines

The US has provided armaments worth $33 million to the Philippines, including a ScanEagle reconnaissance drone system worth $14.79 million.

25 November

The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Annapolis

Ronald Watkins

US Navy Deploys Submarine-Launched Combat Drones

The US Navy has developed and deployed a Submarine-Launched Unmanned Aerial System to carry out reconnaissance and targeting missions.

24 November

A drone operated by airmen flies over a training area at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Oct. 8, 2019, while capturing aerial intelligence during Polar Force 20-1, a two-week exercise designed to test the base’s mission readiness

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Department of Defense Taps Immervision to Develop Wide Angle Camera for Drone Applications

Immervision InnovationLab announced that it has received an award from the US Department of Defense to develop a computer vision wide angle camera for small drones.

24 November