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Army scientists have a blast with aluminum nanoparticles
Jun 13, 2018 (SPX)
Researchers from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and Texas Tech University demonstrated up to 30-percent enhancement in the detonation velocity of the explosi...
Navy taps Hexagon Federal for 'ruggedized' hardware
Jun 13, 2018 (UPI)
Hexagon Federal's line of Ruggedized Marine Hardware includes workstations, displays and consoles "that are able to withstand harsh environments," the company s...
Thai junta seeks $10 billion in new security budget
Jun 07, 2018 (AFP)
Military spending has risen since former army chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha seized power from the civilian government in 2014, fitting a pattern of Thai generals gene...
Tanks for the ride: US soldier steals armoured vehicle
Jun 06, 2018 (AFP)
In scenes that drew comparisons with the anarchic Grand Theft Auto videogame series, the vehicle tore through streets, ignoring traffic signals -- and the screa...
Army taps AM General for 300 Humvees
Jun 01, 2018 (UPI)
The South Bend, Ind., manufacturer can also deliver optional equipment under the terms of the contract modification, the Defense Department said Thursday. The d...
Oshkosh tapped for tactical vehicle support
May 29, 2018 (UPI)
The contract, from Marine Corps Systems Command, is valued at more than $43.2 million under the terms of an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract. T...
L3 tapped by Army for enhanced night vision goggles
May 17, 2018 (UPI)
The contract, from the U.S. Army Contracting Command, was announced Wednesday by the Defense Department and enables L3 Technologies to provide "enhanced night v...
Leidos tapped for services as unconventional weapons gain prominance
May 15, 2018 (UPI)
The contract award from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency was announced Monday by the Defense Department and enables Leidos to support multiple programs under...
Marine Corps contracts for enhanced combat helmets
May 10, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $45.2 million. The contract is a modification to a previous award under the ter...
BAE Systems tapped for HERCULES recovery vehicles
May 08, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $120.4 million, which is a modification to a previous Pentagon award from 2017 w...
General Dynamics to provide display optoelectronics for U.S. Army
May 07, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $13 million under the terms of a firm-fixed-price contract. The press release in...
ContiTech to provide Saudi Arabia, Kuwait with Abrams tank parts
May 03, 2018 (UPI)
The deal was announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense. More than $23.9 million will be obligated to ContiTech USA under the terms of a firm-fixed-price ...
Army taps Tecmotiv USA for tank engine overhauls
May 02, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $145.6 million under the terms hybrid cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price ...
Marines tap Heckler and Koch for M27s, spare parts
Apr 30, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $29.4 million under the terms of a five-year, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery, in...
AI helps soldiers learn many times faster in combat
Apr 30, 2018 (SPX)
At the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, scientists are improving the rate of learning even with limited resources. It's possible to help Soldiers decipher hints o...
In New Guinea, human thigh bone daggers were hot property: study
Apr 24, 2018 (AFP)
But why use human bone when equally lethal daggers were made from the shin bones of large, flightless birds called cassowaries -- abundant, and easier to catch ...
A heavyweight solution for lighter-weight combat vehicles
Apr 17, 2018 (SPX)
The April 15 issue of Scripta Materialia describes the process in detail and the testing of joints created using the new technique. The peer-reviewed journal co...
Army researchers conduct first-ever combustion experiment with X-rays
Apr 16, 2018 (SPX)
"This is the strongest X-ray source in the world," said Dr. Tonghun Lee, an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering Universi...
Orbital ATK receives $115M to produce Army ammunition
Apr 11, 2018 (UPI)
The 5.56mm, 7.62mm and .50 caliber ammunition will be manufactured at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Independence, Mo., which is owned by the U.S. gover...
DARPA Announces First Annual Electronics Resurgence Initiative Summit
Apr 10, 2018 (SPX)
ERI, which received an additional $75 million allocation in the FY18 budget, calls for innovative new approaches to microsystems materials, designs, and archite...
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