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DARPA Seeks Robot Enthusiasts (and you) to Face Off for $2M Prize!
Hardware, software, modeling and gaming developers sought to link with emergency response and science communities to design robots capable of supervised autonomous response to simulated disaster As iconic symbols of the future, robots rank high with flying cars and starships, but basic robots are already in use in emergency response, industry, defense, healthcare and education. [...]
U.S., Afghan Forces Sign Special Operations Agreement
An agreement signed here today begins a process for Afghan national security forces to take the lead on special operations in Afghanistan. Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen, commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan, and Afghan Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak signed a memorandum of understanding that means Afghan special operations units will lead the way [...]
Pentagon Looks to Expand Military Ties With Brazil
Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, on his way back from Brazil today, said he hopes to expand military-to-military relations with the country he said is “clearly, an economic engine globally.” The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said he was pleased with “wide-ranging” discussions he had with Brazilian Defense Minister Antonio Celoso Amorim and [...]
DARPA Tests New Robotic Suspension System
The use of ground robots in military explosive-ordinance-disposal missions already saves many lives and prevents thousands of other casualties. If the current limitations on mobility and manipulation capabilities of robots can be overcome, robots could potentially assist warfighters across a greater range of missions. DARPA’s Maximum Mobility and Manipulation (M3) program seeks to create and [...]
DOD Develops Cyberspace Rules of Engagement
Whether by land, sea or air, Defense Department leaders have long crafted rules of engagement to determine how, where and when forces can attack the enemy. They expect soon to complete the same for their newest domain: cyberspace, the assistant secretary of defense for global strategic affairs said today. “We are working closely with the [...]
DOD Demonstrates Non-Lethal, Directed-energy Prototypes
A state-of-the-art millimeter-wave system developed by the Joint Non-lethal Weapons Directorate gives warfighters something more persuasive than shouting but less harmful than shooting when dealing with potentially hostile crowds, Defense Department experts said during a recent demonstration. At a training area on Marine Corps Base Quantico in northern Virginia, members of the media gathered March [...]
On-Demand Satellite Imagery Envisioned for Frontline Warfighters
DARPA seeks expertise from mobile phone, medical pneumatics, industrial machinery, optics and automobile racing communities to build inexpensive, “disposable” satellites for timely overhead imagery Today, the lowest echelon members of the U.S. military deployed in remote overseas locations are unable to obtain on-demand satellite imagery in a timely and persistent manner for pre-mission planning. This [...]
Pentagon Releases Roadmap to Transform Energy Use
The Department of Defense released today the Operational Energy Strategy Implementation Plan. The plan establishes seven specific targets and associated near-term activities keyed to the goals of the Operational Energy Strategy, which was released in June 2011. Together, the Strategy and Implementation Plan found at http://energy.defense.gov will serve as a roadmap to transform the way [...]
Experts Testify On DOD Missile Defense System
Technical challenges remain for the complex ballistic missile defense system designed to protect the United States and its allies, but the capability is crucial to the nation’s defense posture, experts told a congressional panel this week. Bradley H. Roberts, deputy assistant secretary of defense for nuclear and missile defense policy, Army Lt. Gen. Patrick O’Reilly, [...]
