Popular Mechanics December 17, 2008 Andrew Moseman |
The Navy's Fighter-Plane-Size UAV, the X-47B, Is Unveiled in California Yesterday, Northrop Grumman unveiled its first completed X-47B Navy Unmanned Combat Air System. This giant UAV could soon be one of the most lethal unmanned aircraft in the U.S. military.  |
Popular Mechanics December 16, 2008 Michael Milstein |
Bringing Stem Cells to War: Meet the Blood Pharmers Fresher blood is better than stale: It carries more oxygen and, when transfused into patients, speeds recovery.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2008 Courtney E. Howard |
Driving the Demand for Data Storage Sensors span the battlefields, producing a wealth of mission-critical data that must be kept at once readily available and secure.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2008 John Keller |
DOD to cut unmanned aerial vehicle procurement by one third over next decade The early years of the 21st century have seen explosive growth in U.S. Department of Defense purchases of unmanned aerial vehicles, but DOD is expected to cut UAV procurement by one-third over the next decade.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2008 Courtney E. Howard |
Batman Battlefield Communication System to Revolutionize Human-Machine Collaboration Officials at the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) are partnering with technology firms to bring BATMAN, the Battlefield Air Targeting Man-Aided Knowledge project, to life.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2008 |
Army Depot Technicians Get Stryker Brigade Back Into the Night-Vision Business Civilian technicians from the Tobyhanna Army Depot repaired and refurbished 2,546 night-vision goggles belonging a U.S. Army Stryker brigade during a five-week, temporary-duty assignment.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2008 |
BAE Systems Delivers Prototype Multispectral Imaging Night-Vision Goggles to U.S. Army BAE Systems is delivering a prototype, helmet-mounted, night-vision goggle system to the Army that combines visible-light and infrared sensor technology.  |
Popular Mechanics December 10, 2008 Michael Milstein |
Is a Controversial Technology to Blame for the F-18 Crash? The F/A-18D Hornet that slammed into a residential neighborhood in San Diego Monday came from the first family of fighter jets with full fly-by-wire technology.  |
Popular Mechanics December 1, 2008 Andrew Moseman |
4 Challenges for the Navy as More Unmanned Drones Go Underwater The Navy is getting up to speed with unmanned vehicles.  |
Popular Mechanics December 2008 Joe Pappalardo |
The U.S. Navy's Holiday Wish List The shipboard equipment, weapons and robots that will ensure the Navy can safely conduct combat and humanitarian missions anywhere in the world is detailed  |