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The New York City Police Department recently deployed new technology for the canine unit to help prevent terrorist attacks — and keep the Big Apple’s subway system safe. The technology is called TREDD, which stands for “Transit Enhanced Detection Dog.” Read More …
The U.S. Army has agreed to provide one of its two robotic dogs to help an American nonprofit clean up mines and other ordnance in Ukraine, according to a person familiar with the decision, as the war-torn nation faces a Read More …
U.S. Army unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) experts are asking Teledyne FLIR LLC to provide technical support for enhanced robotic payloads for the company’s medium unmanned manned ground vehicles (UGVs) under terms of a $78.6 million five-year contract announced Tuesday. Officials Read More …
U.S. special operations forces need a tool that can both jam radio frequencies to stop roadside bombs from exploding as well as neutralize drone threats by land, air and sea — and it has to be small. That’s what Special Read More …
DASA is searching for Counter-IED technologies that use novel Radio Frequency (RF) techniques DASA has launched a new Innovation Focus Area (IFA) called Countering IEDs by Novel Technology and Techniques. Seeking novel electronic technologies that can counter Improvised Explosive Devices Read More …
Doing Business with the Ministry of Defence – Over the next decade the MOD is committed to spending over £190 billion on equipment and support in order to fulfil a diverse range of requirements, including everything from military fighting vehicles Read More …
An unexploded bomb is a terrible threat, and the Air Force is investing in armored vehicles with powerful lasers and robot arms to safely clear them off runways. In February, the service branch announced that in the fall of 2022 Read More …
NATO Allies are launching a ground-breaking initiative to sharpen the Alliance’s technological edge. On Thursday (7 April 2022), Allied foreign ministers approved the Charter of the Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic – or DIANA. “Working with the private Read More …
Researchers from the Department of Organic Chemistry at the IISc have developed a paper-based sensor for detecting tiny volumes of hydrogen peroxide, a chemical used widely in household and healthcare products like hand sanitiser as a disinfectant, in rocket fuel Read More …
Calculating the forces during an explosion is a difficult task – especially when it occurs inside a building as the directional sensors may not be correctly positioned to account for the various reflections that take place. This new sensor can Read More …
