ADELPHI, Md: When faced with battlefield threats, American Soldiers depend more than ever on body armor to protect them. To adapt to the evolving dangers of getting shot, the Army created a flagship program dedicated to protection technologies. At the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Army Research Laboratory, leaders designated 10 research programs as […]

Working with the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Army engineers at Picatinny Arsenal have developed a new armored turret to provide greater survivability to TOW missile gunners without heaping extra weight on vehicles. The venerable TOW missile takes its name from Tubed-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire-guided. A spool of wire, thousands of meters long, unwinds while the missile […]

DefenceTalkThe People’s Liberation Army (PLA) pushed for more robust protection of the intellectual properties behind Chinese military and technological innovations in an article published in the PLA-run China National Defense News. The article singled out supercomputers, drones, dredger ships and rocket launch simulation technologies as areas of Chinese technical breakthroughs that needed to be protected […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinese-army-pushes-for-stronger-defense-tech-intellectual-property-protection-71447/

DefenceTalkThis week MERET unveiled a new innovative product line of M4L Ballistic Armor Protection Backpacks for commuters and first responders. These products arrive after a number of recent active shooter and terrorist attacks across the globe have heightened the need for greater personal safety for travelers, and first responders arriving to aid the injured. “The […]https://www.defencetalk.com/meret-unveils-new-ballistic-armored-protection-backpacks-69233/

DefenceTalkLAS VEGAS: PELTOR™ Sport is showcasing its latest innovations, including new tactical hearing protectors, at The National Shooting Sports Foundation’s Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show (SHOT Show®) in Las Vegas beginning January 17. Available in early 2017, the PELTOR Sport Tactical 300 and PELTOR Sport Tactical 500 Electronic Hearing Protectors feature new proprietary 3M […]https://www.defencetalk.com/3m-introduces-new-peltor-sport-electronic-hearing-protectors-at-shot-show-68826/

DefenceTalkThe Army’s been focused on lightening the load carried by Soldiers for some time now, in both equipment and protective gear. The effort has benefited Soldiers in combat units — and it will benefit the female Soldiers who will join combat units in the future, Army leaders told congressmen. “We approach the Soldier protection system […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-wants-lighter-better-protective-equipment-for-soldiers-66928/

DefenceTalkAt U.S. military installations throughout the world, military police monitor force protection sensors, which consist of conventional and thermal imaging cameras, ground surveillance radar and seismic and acoustic sensors. Installations also have chemical biological sensors, but they are operated as an independent system manned by chemical biological specialists in another location. Project JUPITR’s early warning […]https://www.defencetalk.com/project-jupitr-early-warning-system-can-save-lives-66002/

DefenceTalkUS President Barack Obama said Monday he will introduce legislation to beef up and standardize personal data protection on the Internet. “Right now, almost every state has a different law on this, and it’s confusing for consumers and it’s confusing for companies — and it’s costly, too,” Obama told the Federal Trade Commission, the US […]https://www.defencetalk.com/obama-calls-for-stronger-personal-data-protection-61888/

DefenceTalkThe Army National Guard’s first cyber protection team received its new shoulder sleeve insignia here, Oct. 7, during a ceremony conducted by U.S. Army Cyber Command/Second Army. Lt. Gen. Edward C. Cardon, commanding general, U.S. Army Cyber Command, cited the ceremony as a major milestone for Army cyberspace operations, Guard and Reserve forces and for […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-national-guard-activates-first-cyber-protection-team-60787/

DefenceTalkFor the past 100 years of mechanized warfare, protection for ground-based armored fighting vehicles and their occupants has boiled down almost exclusively to a simple equation: More armor equals more protection. Weapons’ ability to penetrate armor, however, has advanced faster than armor’s ability to withstand penetration. As a result, achieving even incremental improvements in crew […]https://www.defencetalk.com/new-ground-x-vehicle-technology-program-aims-to-protect-with-less-armor-60378/