DefenceTalkIn combat and tactical vehicles, Soldiers can access communications systems that display a complete picture of the battlefield. However, these high-tech situational awareness features are viewed through different computer systems, over separate monitors and with little room to spare. Now the Army is looking to replace that “swivel chair” approach to situational awareness by introducing […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-advances-standardized-tactical-computer-48890/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command’s Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Research and Development, will support two new multi-institutional consortia focused on translational and clinical research on post-traumatic stress disorder and chronic effects of mild traumatic brain injury. These collaborative five-year efforts […]https://www.defencetalk.com/consortia-focus-on-ptsd-mild-traumatic-brain-injury-48886/

DefenceTalkA program office here working to provide warfighters with a new ground-based, long-range radar system is ready to move forward after the completion of recent prototype demonstrations. The Theater Battle Control Division’s Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar, or 3DELRR, program office recently evaluated three prototype capability demonstrations during the pre-engineering and manufacturing development phase of the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/long-range-radar-program-heading-to-next-phase-48866/

DefenceTalkNot all military revolutions come with the noisiness and visibility associated with the invention of the tank, jet aircraft or the ballistic missile. In fact, some are not about weapons systems at all, or at least not directly. One of the most important revolutions in military affairs of the last century was the application of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/some-military-implications-of-3d-printing-48843/

DefenceTalkA separate branch dedicated to cyber warfare is being created in the Russian Armed Forces as the Internet could become a new “theater of war” in the near future, a senior Russian military R&D official said. “Cyber space is becoming our priority…the decision to create a cyber-security command and a new branch of the armed […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-military-creating-cyber-warfare-branch-48814/

DefenceTalkDue to resource constraints caused by sequestration, Air Force Space Command has directed the 21st Space Wing to prepare to discontinue operations at the Air Force Space Surveillance System by Oct. 1. Final decisions on all Fiscal Year 2014 budget issues will be made over the next few weeks. By discontinuing operations, the AFSSS would […]https://www.defencetalk.com/usaf-space-command-discontinues-space-surveillance-system-48760/

DefenceTalkResearchers at North Carolina State University have created a new flexible nano-scaffold for rechargeable lithium ion batteries that could help make cell phone and electric car batteries last longer. The research, published online in Advanced Materials, shows the potential of manufactured sheets of aligned carbon nanotubes coated with silicon, a material with a much higher […]https://www.defencetalk.com/battery-design-gets-boost-from-aligned-carbon-nanotubes-48741/

DefenceTalkThe Distributed Common Ground System-Army, or DCGS-A, participated in Enterprise Challenge 2013 at Fort Huachuca, July 15-26, demonstrating collaboration between the Army and industry through technology testing in a tactical environment. “The concepts that we’re proving and the capabilities that we’re demonstrating here at Enterprise Challenge 13 show that we can give decisions makers the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/intelligence-sharing-through-tactical-glasses-highlighted-at-enterprise-challenge-2013-48656/

DefenceTalkThe Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress today of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Qatar of one (1) A/N FPS -132 Block 5 Early Warning Radar (EWR) and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $1.1 billion. The Government of Qatar has requested a possible sale of one (1) […]https://www.defencetalk.com/qatar-requests-anfps-132-block-5-early-warning-radar-48622/

DefenceTalkLockheed Martin successfully operated its full-scale prototype long-range air surveillance radar during a recent capability demonstration to the U.S. Air Force. The Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR) will serve as the principal Air Force long-range, ground-based sensor for detecting, identifying, and reporting aerial targets. This next-generation system will replace the Air Force’s AN/TPS-75 air search […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-martin-completes-long-range-surveillance-radar-demonstration-48628/