Military

Unmanned seaplane shape-shifts to fly steadily

cnet (CBS) Military Tech - Mon, 08/30/2010 - 17:15

The EUREKA E! 3931 ASARP project is testing a UAV whose wing and tail tabs move to counteract wind in the hopes that it can improve maritime search-and-rescue operations.

Originally posted at News - Cutting Edge

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U.S. contracts fund next-gen satellite imagery

cnet (CBS) Military Tech - Mon, 08/09/2010 - 16:50

GeoEye and DigitalGlobe, which count Microsoft and Google as clients, stand to earn more than $3 billion each for long-term projects focused on improving satellite photographic abilities.

Originally posted at Deep Tech

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DARPA 'exascale' supercomputer in the works

cnet (CBS) Military Tech - Mon, 08/09/2010 - 15:55

To develop an exaflop computer, a thousand times faster than today's fastest supercomputers, the government agency is tapping chipmakers Intel and Nvidia, among others.

Originally posted at Nanotech - The Circuits Blog

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Making and breaking codes at the NSA museum

cnet (CBS) Military Tech - Fri, 08/06/2010 - 06:00

Road Trip 2010: CNET reporter Daniel Terdiman stops in on the National Cryptologic Museum and sees a bit of the history of codes and codebreaking.

Originally posted at Geek Gestalt

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Cyber Command chief details threats to U.S.

cnet (CBS) Military Tech - Thu, 08/05/2010 - 11:41

Keith Alexander says to protect military networks government must focus on several key areas, including hunting for malware and working with stakeholders.

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Inside the Navy's next-generation destroyer

cnet (CBS) Military Tech - Wed, 08/04/2010 - 06:00

Road Trip 2010: CNET reporter Daniel Terdiman stops in on Raytheon's Integrated Defense Systems facility in Rhode Island and got the low-down on the DDG 1000, the U.S. Navy's most advanced destroyer ever.

Originally posted at Geek Gestalt

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At Raytheon, where engineering rules

cnet (CBS) Military Tech - Tue, 08/03/2010 - 12:14

Road Trip 2010: The defense giant encourages openness among its 40,000-plus engineers as it tackles tech issues in areas from missiles to radar to semiconductors.

Originally posted at Geek Gestalt

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U.S. military cyberwar: What's off-limits?

cnet (CBS) Military Tech - Thu, 07/29/2010 - 15:43

Ex-NSA and CIA head tells Black Hat crowd that rules for when military can attack foreign networks might exempt power grids and financial networks.

Originally posted at Privacy Inc.

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Army building robotic tentacles to handle IEDs

cnet (CBS) Military Tech - Tue, 07/27/2010 - 13:45

The military is developing snakelike tentacle robots to manipulate IEDs and take part in search and rescue missions. Cobra Commander would be pleased.

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Smart earplugs know when it's too loud

cnet (CBS) Military Tech - Tue, 07/27/2010 - 08:00

Now in use by the military, intelligent earplugs that automatically filter out the clamor when it reaches dangerous levels are being adapted for offshore drilling and other noisy jobs.

Originally posted at Crave

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Transcript: Wikileaks Afghanistan docs 'alarming'

cnet (CBS) Military Tech - Mon, 07/26/2010 - 15:53

In a Monday briefing, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says it's "alarming" to find so many "top-secret documents" from the U.S. military in Afghanistan publicly available, thanks to the document-sharing site.

Originally posted at Privacy Inc.

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Farnborough: Where aviation struts and cuts deals

cnet (CBS) Military Tech - Mon, 07/26/2010 - 06:00

At long-running air show, aircraft makers strut their stuff while customers spend $47 billion. On display: Airbus' A380 and A400M, unmanned aircraft, and more.

Originally posted at Deep Tech

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Robot Toyota lift truck performs unmanned tasks

cnet (CBS) Military Tech - Thu, 07/22/2010 - 14:45

The U.S. Army Logistics Innovation Agency hosted demonstrations at Fort Lee, in Virginia, of an MIT-developed prototype unmanned robotic Toyota lift truck.

Originally posted at The Car Tech blog

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Raytheon's killer laser takes aim

cnet (CBS) Military Tech - Wed, 07/21/2010 - 06:00

Raytheon shows the world how it used a high-powered laser, combined with a Phalanx Close-in weapon system, to shoot four down unmanned aerial vehicles.

Originally posted at Geek Gestalt

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Working to make combat soldiers' lives easier

cnet (CBS) Military Tech - Wed, 07/21/2010 - 06:00

Road Trip 2010: BBN Technologies is often said to be the place that invented the Internet. Now it's owned by Raytheon and working on innovations designed to protect combat troops, and help them communicate.

Originally posted at Geek Gestalt

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Inside the world's most advanced submarine

cnet (CBS) Military Tech - Mon, 07/19/2010 - 06:00

Road Trip 2010: Aboard the Virginia class sub, North Carolina, CNET reporter Daniel Terdiman sees how the Navy has taken submarines and added servers, wireless networking, and digital periscope visualization.

Originally posted at Geek Gestalt

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G.I. smash! Army tests HULC robotic exoskeleton

cnet (CBS) Military Tech - Sat, 07/17/2010 - 08:00

Lockheed Martin's HULC robot suit can give soldiers superhuman strength. But can they take on an Alien queen with it?

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Unmanned stealth plane may pick its own targets

cnet (CBS) Military Tech - Fri, 07/16/2010 - 08:00

Britain's Taranis unmanned stealth aircraft can supposedly fly halfway around the world and choose targets by itself. Sound like a movie?

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At iRobot, moving way beyond the Roomba

cnet (CBS) Military Tech - Thu, 07/15/2010 - 06:00

Road Trip 2010: CNET reporter Daniel Terdiman stops in on the maker of the hit robotic vacuum cleaner and learns what the company has in store for the future of military and home robotics.

Originally posted at Geek Gestalt

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Korean machine-gun robots start DMZ duty

cnet (CBS) Military Tech - Wed, 07/14/2010 - 14:42

Samsung's SGR-1 robot has already starred in an action film. Now the machine gun-toting badass is taking on intruders along Korea's DMZ.

Originally posted at Crave

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