A video found on internet shows a Russian-made armoured infantry fighting vehicle BMP-1 used by the Syrian rebels upgraded with an armour package. The video was released on December 17, 2013 by the insurgent grouping Jaish al-Islam. The video was taken during a military operation by the Syrian rebels against buildings in the suburbs east of Damascus.
Saturday, January 18, 2014 02:09 PM

More than 400 United States Marines and sailors deployed Jan. 13-15 to Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan, to participate in Artillery Relocation Training Program 13-4 with M777A2 155mm lightweight howitzers. The program is a 17-year-old regularly scheduled training cycle, which is designed to enhance the combat readiness of U.S. Marine forces in support of the U.S.-Japan Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security. Friday, January 15, 2013 11:37 AM

Draganfly Innovations presents two new multirotor drone helicopters, the Shadow and the Guardian. These quadrotor aircraft are built to carry high megapixel cameras and transmit the live video feed back to the operator. Both aircraft share the same frame, with the Guardian sporting more powerful motors and a larger battery, giving it a higher payload capacity.
Thursday, January 16, 2013 10:59 AM

The United States Picatinny Arsenal has developed a second screen for the CROW Remote weapon station allows more senior crew members typically situated in the front of a vehicle to lend their judgment to a gunner who may only have a year or two of experience under his belt.
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Tuesday, January 14, 2013 11:21 AM

Advanced Tactics Inc., a small aerospace company, released details about its AT Transformer vehicle technology and announced that a full-scale technology demonstrator has completed its first driving tests. The AT Transformer technology makes possible the world’s first roadable, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft.
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Saturday, January 11, 2013 09:13 AM

Some special operations medics in Afghanistan now have a new device that helps save soldiers with the most common cause of preventable death in combat: a traumatic pelvic wound. Unlike a hemorrhage in the arm or leg where a tourniquet can be used to shut off bleeding, there was no way until recently to do the same for wounds in the lower torso, which can kill a person in a matter of minutes.
Wednesday, January 8, 2013 11:17 AM

Army Recognition chief editor has the chance to make flying in test in China with the Chinese Hunting Eagle military Gyrocopter from the Defence Company Shaanxi Baoji Special Vehicles. A gyrocopter is a type of rotorcraft that uses an unpowered rotor in autorotation to develop lift, and an engine-powered propeller, similar to that of a fixed-wing aircraft, to provide thrust.
Tuesday, January 7, 2013, 09:16 AM

Larson Electronics has created a new fully customizable trailer mounted pneumatic light tower ideal for mobile lighting needs. The PLM-30-TLR Trailer Mounted Pneumatic Light Tower from Larson Electronics is a 30 foot extendable pneumatic light tower that can be equipped with high output LED, HID, Halogen, or Metal Halide light fixtures.
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Tuesday, December 10 2013 10:21 AM

High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs) were among the first vehicles to enter conflict zones in Iraq and Afghanistan. When it became clear this would be a different kind of war, one where tactical vehicles like HMMWVs would need added protection, engineers developed bolt-on armor kits to increase crew survivability.
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Thursday, December 5, 2013 07:24 AM

Two of the three vehicles in the Army's ULV "Ultra Light Vehicle" program have now entered survivability testing in Nevada and Maryland, to evaluate both their blast and ballistic protection capability. The third vehicle remains at the Army's Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center, known as TARDEC, for testing there.
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Saturday, November 30, 2013 10:29 AM

Worldwide Aeros Corp. (Aeros) an innovative, FAA-certified LTA manufacturer, has designed, manufactured, and is in the process of incorporating a new solution for rapid situational awareness and mobility into the 2014 General Services Administration Catalog.
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Monday, November 25, 2013 01:00 PM

HYSKORE® Announces Ten Ring® Portable Shooting Bench, the Ultimate Shooting Platform for Long Range Shooters and Varmint Hunters. The Ten Ring® Portable Shooting Bench is a full-featured portable gun support system that adapts to the unique geometry of AR15 and AK47 style weapons and long range precision bolt action rifles
Monday, November 25, 2013 11:58 AM

Garmin Tactix is a new Special Operations and military watch from Garmin built to exacting specifications required by special operations according to the Heart Rate Watch Company.
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Friday, November 15, 2013, 09:38 AM

The U.S. Army has begun introduction of a new vehicular intercom system designed to offer soldiers 21st century communications features inside a variety of vehicles. A recent milestone decision by the Army’s program executive officer for enterprise information systems (PEO EIS) gave the go-ahead for procurement of the Army-Navy/Vehicle Inter Communications 5 system, or AN/VIC-5 (V).
Thursday, October 10, 2013, 11:43 AM

United States Army researchers are responding to a request from the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) for technologies to help develop a revolutionary Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit. The Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit, or TALOS, is an advanced infantry uniform that promises to provide superhuman strength with greater ballistic protection.
Thursday, October 10, 2013, 11:43 AM

HGH Infrared Systems introduces Spynel-U 360° thermal camera in the Security and Military markets. This new intrusion detection and tracking system is the latest in the Spynel series, high resolution panoramic sensors for 24/7 Wide Area Surveillance.

Thursday, September 19, 2013, 11:59 AM

A prototype military vehicle undergoing testing at the U.S. Army TACOM complex in Warren could soon lead to a lighter, more fuel-efficient armored truck for U.S. troops sent to the battlefield. The Ultra Light Vehicle, or ULV, weighs 6,350 kg (14,000 pounds), about one-third of the weight of similar military vehicles, yet will be capable of a top speed of 112 km/h (70 mph).
Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 11:17 AM

Two new electronic systems from Meritor, Inc. (NYSE: MTOR) are keeping military vehicles rolling through various terrains and extreme conditions with outstanding traction and mobility.
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 10:58 AM

In their quest for better helmet technologies to keep Soldiers and Marines safe on the battlefield, researchers at Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center here are making a "HEaDS-UP" play. Helmet Electronics and Display System-Upgradeable Protection, or HEaDS-UP, has been a four-year effort at Natick to provide mounted and dismounted troops with a more fully integrated headgear system.
Saturday, September 14, 2013, 02:40 PM

Lt. Col. Shawn Lucas, the PEO Soldier program manager for individual weapons at Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., said the XM25 is currently in the "engineering and manufacturing development phase," not yet ready for fielding. The XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement weapon system is now in development. But by this time next year, the system may have moved into low-rate initial production and if so, will lose the experimental "X" prefix. Monday, August 19, 2013, 05:08 AM

BAE Systems has introduced one of the smallest multispectral sensors available for unmanned systems — an innovation that will help improve soldier situational awareness by reducing the time required to identify targets. On today’s battlefield, soldiers need the ability to process, understand, and engage with their environment at any time, under any condition or circumstance.
Friday, August 16, 2013, 04:19 AM

Cognitive Radio (CR) has been an intensive topic of research in recent years. Its main applications range from the utilization of TV white spaces to interoperability between large communication systems in all layers. Tactical communication systems that have to operate in hostile radio environments with interference, jamming and rapidly changing network topology share many common challenges with civilian cognitive radio. Thursday, August 1st, 2013, 6:00 AM

An equipment specialist with Product Manager Soldier Clothing and Individual Equipment, or PM SCIE, is trying to answer that question. Darren Bean has been working at the Natick Soldier Systems Center since November 2012 on the M320GL Holster Soldier Enhancement Program, or SEP. When the M320 40 mm grenade launcher began replacing the M203 in 2009, it put a new and more lethal weapon into the hands of the Soldier. Tuesday, July 30, 2013, 11:59 AM

After successful stringent tests that program experts say well exceeded initial requirements, the Marine Corps is getting ready to field its new enhanced combat helmet. In the first quarter of fiscal 2014 the first of thousands of ECHs will be issued to warfighters bound for deployment.
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Tuesday, July 30, 2013, 10:51 AM

The ADS is the first assault rifle in the world to fire equally well both in and out of the water. Notably, it is as good as the latest models of Kalashnikov-type assault rifles, while being smaller in size. In 2007, a Tula-based arms producer managed to produce an amphibious assault rifle, the result of nearly 6 decades of research and development.
Saturday, July 27, 2013, 11:24 AM

Imagine making a tank invisible with a cloaking device that is capable of masking the vehicle’s infrared signature to enemy eyes, and the significant advantages this would hold on the battlefield.
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013, 09:55 AM

United States Marines are testing prototypes of the new Marine Austere Patrolling System (MAPS) at an End User Evaluation from July 17-24 in Camp Pendleton, Calif. The Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) developed MAPS as an individual, wearable power management and distribution system, enabling Marines to patrol longer without resupply.
Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 04:05 PM

The U.S. Army has transferred to France technical test data on a rocket-propelled grenade defense system that is vital to its military operations in Mali, officials announced.
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Thursday, July 11, 2013, 11:59 AM

Russia has for the first time demonstrated the short-to-mid-range air defense platform 50R6A Hero ‘Vityaz,’ which will replace older variants of the S-300 system due to be scrapped soon.
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Tuesday, July 2, 2013, 11:55 AM

US Army soldiers from B Battery, 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery (ADA) have conducted a counter-rocket, artillery and mortar (C-RAM) live-fire exercise at Thompson Hill Range at Fort Sill in Oklahoma, US. Supervised by instructors and contractors from D Battery, 2nd Battalion, 6th ADA.
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Thursday, June 13, 2012, 11:15 AM