DefenceTalkDefenceTalkFor decades U.S. warfighters have benefitted from advanced night-vision technology, allowing pilots to fly low-level missions on pitch-black nights and ground forces to conduct operations against adversaries in the dark. But current night-vision goggle (NVG) technology requires cumbersome binocular-like optics mounted on a helmet, offering limited field of view (FOV) and putting unhealthy strain on […]https://www.defencetalk.com/night-vision-revolution-less-weight-improved-performance-76658/

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkEnsuring that technology powered by artificial intelligence will work anywhere requires that AI is “trained” on a diverse data set that readies it for deployment anywhere in the world. That’s something the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center is well aware of as it pushes forward with the Defense Department’s AI strategy, the center’s director said. Diversity […]https://www.defencetalk.com/artificial-intelligence-deployment-requires-diverse-image-data-75938/

DefenceTalkThe technological superiority of the United States armed forces is being challenged by new and evolving threats constantly being developed by potential adversaries. To counteract these challenges, the country’s Department of Defense (DoD) is expected to spend an estimated $481 billion between 2018 and 2024 to identify and develop new technologies for advanced weapon systems, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/development-of-new-weapons-systems-key-to-sustaining-us-military-superiority-74871/

DefenceTalkResearchers at the University of California San Diego developed a wearable technology that can hide its wearer from heat-detecting sensors such as night vision goggles, even when the ambient temperature changes – a feat that current state of the art technology cannot match. The technology can adapt to temperature changes in just a few minutes, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/this-wearable-device-camouflages-its-wearer-no-matter-the-weather-74613/

For many, normal facial recognition — used in the daylight — has become a facet of everyday life. Whether it’s for identity verification to unlock a smart phone, or trivial social media camera filters — it seems the technology is everywhere. However, at the U.S. Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory just outside of […]

Some 1,000 open investigations of Chinese technology theft now involve every FBI office in the United States, FBI Director Christopher Wray told guests at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on Thursday. “Even as I stand here talking to you today, the FBI has about 1,000 investigations involving China’s attempted theft of US-based […]

The motivations for using biology as inspiration to engineering vary based on the project, but for Ling Li, assistant professor of mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering, the combination of flexibility and protection seen in the chiton mollusk was all the motivation necessary. “The system we’ve developed is based on the chiton, which has […]

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND: A group of Army scientists are working to map out the cognitive mechanisms of the human system to seamlessly integrate future military technology into the daily lives of Soldiers. These scientists, from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Army Research Laboratory, are not only trying to make life easier in the […]

As part of its tactical network modernization strategy, the Army has begun development, integration and Soldier-driven assessments to determine whether integrating commercial off-the-shelf solutions could support the potential use of software-defined networking in tactical military environments. Similar to the way cloud computing improves capability by moving data storage from a device to a centralized data […]

The Army is launching Project Sentinel to adapt the current Risk Management Framework (RMF) process into a streamlined threat-informed risk decision process. The Army adopted the Risk Management Framework in 2015. Since then, as has been the case in other Services, the process has been wrought with challenges including training, time to execute, number of […]