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Army tests solar

The Army’s Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center runs two solar projects that emphasize soldier-portable systems.

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Fighter helmet provides 'see-through' display

Using a helmet-mounted display that projects computer-createdsymbols directly on the helmet’s visor, F-35 pilots will also be ableto see a 360-degree infrared image of the ground beneath them duringnight flights.

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Building trust into integrated circuits

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Marines try plug and play SIM

The Marine Corps Warfighting Lab looks to simulation to help build warfighting skills

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Blue force blues

U.S., allies try to reduce fratricide with improved coalition combat identification.

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Following the Sun

The defense sector explores solar energy as a way to power field operations.

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Swarms of small satellites could provide the edge

If DARPA has anything to do with it, the U.S. military’s space future will be built around small, fast and agile satellite systems rather than the big, slow and ponderous systems it now relies on.

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Standard for unmanned systems..

One such set of standards is specified in the Navy’s Unmanned Surface Vehicle Master Plan: the Joint Architecture for Unmanned Systems which specifies data formats and communication methods for unmanned systems.

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Serving those who served

Serving those who served-Hire a Hero uses social networking to help veterans

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Congress wants closer eye on threats in orbit.

Almost a year after China used anti-satellite technology to explode the Fengyun 1C, its own weather satellite, Congress chose to up the ante on satellite protection.

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Rough seas ahead for usv

Unmanned surface vehicles might be the Navy’s future, but they have obstacles to overcome.

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Innovation's biggest hurdle

Editor's Note: Innovation's biggest hurdle

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Innovation on demand

The Rapid Reaction Technology Office looks for answers on the double

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First-person no-shooter

Sandia Labs develops a video game to teach ‘nonkinetic’ interaction skills

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Air Force to advance small UAVs and systems

The Air Force is preparing a new research and evaluation program aimed at improving small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology and moving new systems into production quickly.