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Intel experts converge for 2012 GEOINT Symposium
In addition to the exhibitions, GEOINT, which is in its ninth year, hosted several keynote speakers, panel discussions and breakout sessions by government, military and private sector leaders. Lt. Gen. Larry D. James, the Air Force’s deputy chief of ISR, was a featured speaker on the Services Intelligence Chiefs panel. He was joined by Maj. [...]
Raytheon to debut target-seeking BattleGuard at US Army Conference
Modular, cost-effective remote weapon station for combat vehicles Raytheon Company will unveil its BattleGuard modular weapon system at the U.S. Army 2012 Maneuver Conference, which runs Sept. 18-19. BattleGuard is an integrated Electro-Optical Infrared and visible sensor with a weapon station that accurately identifies targets beyond the maximum effective range of weapons systems – more [...]
Elbit to Unveil Upgraded Skylark Block II UAV
Elbit Systems of America, LLC will showcase the Skylark I-LE Block II’s capabilities at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International’s (AUVSI’s) Unmanned Systems North America 2012 conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, August 6-9, 2012. The Skylark I-LE Block II offers cutting edge technology designed to assist warfighters, homeland security agents and local civil servants [...]
GD Unveils New Medium-caliber Machine Gun at Joint Armaments Conference
General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), today unveiled a next-generation Lightweight Medium Machine Gun (LWMMG) at the Joint Armaments Conference in Seattle, Wash. Identifying an unmet warfighter need, General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products conducted its own research and development program to develop the LWMMG in just [...]
US Army leaders map way ahead in South Korea
U.S. Army leaders mapped the way ahead in South Korea during a Strategic Planning Conference here, March 29 – 31. Leaders and spouses from the major U.S. Army commands on the Korean Peninsula gathered to discuss many service-wide and peninsula-specific subjects. During the three-day conference at the Dragon Hill Lodge, experts held briefings on subjects [...]
Robot ‘thinks’ its way through obstacle course at Army Science Conference
Smarter, smaller and more mobile robots the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) helped fund captured attendees’ attention at the 27th annual Army Science Conference held in Orlando, Fla., Nov. 29 to Dec. 2. The University of Pennsylvania’s flying robotic platform the “Pelican” perfectly navigated a course on its own, going under, over and around obstacles in [...]
Study of brain hot topic at Army Science Conference
ORLANDO, Fla.: Hundreds of Army medical, science and technology experts gathered to discuss neuroscience and its role in training and materiel development on the third day of the 27th Army Science Conference Dec. 1. “Soldiers are human beings for whom we must consider and account for cognitive, physical and the social ethical domains,” Marilyn M. [...]
Army explores PTSD treatments
ORLANDO, Fla.: Science and technology is leading the approach for treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and those treatments were discussed by medical experts at a topical panel at the 27th Army Science Conference Nov 30. The treatments discussed ranged from cognitive therapy and pharmaceutical treatment to virtual reality. The panel on PTSD comes a day [...]
Army kicks off science conference
ORLANDO, Fla.: The Army’s top scientists, researchers and engineers gathered for the opening of the 27th Army Science Conference Nov. 29 to discuss the latest developments to provide technology-enabled capabilities with the goal to empower, unburden, and protect the warfighter. Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, vice chief of staff of the Army, addressed the attendees live [...]


