DefenceTalkThe Air Force Research Laboratory Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation office has invested $15 million upgrading a decades-old workhorse to make it relevant for 21st century warfighter challenges. AFRL’s Autonomous Aircraft Experimentation team is using a highly modified Air Force Test Pilot School NF-16, an aircraft recently designated the X-62, to accelerate the development of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/modified-x-62-helps-accelerate-tactical-autonomy-development-79236/

DefenceTalkThree Army technologies were in play at the recently conducted Army Expeditionary Warfighter Experiment, or AEWE, on Fort Benning, Georgia. “AEWE is [Training and Doctrine Command, or TRADOC] live, prototype experimentation campaign,” said Harry J. Lubin, chief of the experimentation branch, Maneuver Center of Excellence. This year, 66 industry and military technologies participated in AEWE. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-warfighter-experiment-highlights-new-technologies-63430/

DefenceTalkHard armor inserts are worn inside the fronts, backs, and sides of outer tactical vests and provide advanced torso protection against increased threats on the battlefield. For more than four decades, BAE Systems has partnered with customers worldwide to develop affordable, practical solutions to protect warfighters in harm’s way and bring them home safely. Under […]https://www.defencetalk.com/more-body-armor-headed-to-warfighters-on-the-battlefield-49822/

DefenceTalkAfter a dozen years of continuous combat in Southwest Asia, the term “warfighter” is in danger of being devalued by our political culture. In our eagerness to honor all those who serve, we make it sound like everybody who dons a military uniform is subject to the same risks, and burdened by the same sacrifices. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/combat-rescue-helicopter-air-force-backing-away-from-its-bravest-warfighters-49707/

DefenceTalkThe Army displayed energy-efficient technologies in the Pentagon courtyard that are used or being developed to make Soldiers more effective on the battlefield. The G-4 Operational Energy team hosted the event Nov. 14, showcasing technologies such as a rigid wall shelter, an Integrated Soldier Power/Data System, generators and portable solar panels. Army leaders who toured […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-showcases-energy-efficient-technologies-for-warfighters-49663/