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 […]

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Army Research Laboratory’s Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Propulsion made an historic first with its experiment in a gas turbine combustor using X-rays. The data will help advance gas turbine engine designs for higher power density and efficiency, scientists said. “This is the strongest X-ray source in the world,” said Dr. Tonghun Lee, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-researchers-conduct-first-ever-combustion-experiment-with-x-rays-71642/

DefenceTalkHuge advances in biometric collection and database query are now being made with more to come on the horizon, said William Graves, the chief engineer for Program Executive Office Intelligence, Electronic Warfare & Sensors. That’s great news for the intelligence community and for force protection efforts, said Graves, whose office is the lead for all […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-researchers-improving-biometrics-speed-accuracy-for-military-intelligence-security-71552/

DefenceTalkResearchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the University of Maryland have developed for the first time a lithium-ion battery that uses a water-salt solution as its electrolyte and reaches the 4.0 volt mark desired for household electronics, such as laptop computers, without the fire and explosive risks associated with some commercially available non-aqueous […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-umd-researchers-develop-water-based-lithium-ion-batteries-70435/

DefenceTalkJohnny Matheny’s handshake is friendly, confident and firm—though not in the bone-crushing manner favored by some of the alpha types here in the Pentagon. What is remarkable is that Matheny’s proffered hand is not actually his. It is part of a robotic prosthesis researchers hope one day could help transform the lives of countless amputees. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pentagons-research-agency-showcases-future-tech-67452/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Army is moving ahead with research on potential new component-level technologies for future rotorcraft. A team from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory completed the first-ever live-fire test of a rotor blade with individual blade control technology in mid-January. Researchers fired three shots representative of typical ground fire on a 7-foot span, 10-inch chord […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-researchers-explore-future-rotorcraft-technologies-67113/

DefenceTalkFor researchers at the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center (NSRDEC), there just may be no place like dome. Thanks to its new virtual-reality dome, NSRDEC’s Cognitive Science and Applications Team will be better able to study the impact of real-world operational situations on a Soldier’s cognitive abilities and performance. “The new […]https://www.defencetalk.com/virtual-reality-vr-dome-impact-of-real-life-scenarios-on-cognitive-abilities-66871/

DefenceTalkMembers of an Army chemical-biological research team set up biological sensors for an operational demonstration at a U.S. military installation in Osan, South Korea. The Joint United States Forces Korea Portal and Integrated Threat Recognition, also known as JUPITR, a program led by the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense, or JPEO-CBD, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-scientists-improve-biosurveillance-technology-65762/

DefenceTalkNaval Postgraduate School (NPS) Assistant Professor Timothy Chung met with members of NPS’ Advanced Robotic Systems Engineering Laboratory (ARSENL) during a field exercise at Camp Roberts, Aug. 27. Members of ARSENL flew 50 autonomous UAVs breaking their previous record of 30, set just five weeks ago. “I’m very proud of reaching our goal of successfully […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-lab-50-autonomous-uavs-in-flight-65240/

DefenceTalkInstant and easy connectivity for mobile devices is often taken for granted, but modern cellular networks are tied to cell towers. How do you make a call when cell towers are not available? To answer this question, teams from the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Information Directorate, the United States Navy and Lockheed Martin came together […]https://www.defencetalk.com/air-force-research-lab-announces-muos-satellite-communications-testing-in-antarctica-65195/