[ad_1] Manufacturers of counter-drone gear got a rare chance this week to show off their wares and get feedback from U.S. soldiers who’ve had to fight off enemy drones overseas. They gathered from July 31 to Aug. 8 in Fort Drum, New York, bringing everything from small arms to directed-energy weapons to “Operation Hard Kill,” ...

Introduction: A Beacon of Hope In times of conflict, the light, which is seen as being at the end of the tunnel, is often from sources that are not considered. Muslim Aid is an organisation through which a lot of people around the world received a ray of hope. It has been quite helpful in ...

[ad_1] HONOLULU—Corrosion of military aircraft and vehicles is a multi-billion dollar problem for the Pentagon. But a local technology company says they’ve figured out a way to overcome it using nanotechnology—and now Lockheed Martin has partnered with them to develop and use the coating on the aircraft it makes for the military. “Aircraft that fly ...

[ad_1] Nikita Dutt, a second-year student at the University of California, Davis, didn’t come to college to work with young children. But since September, she’s spent a couple of hours per day as a tutor through the California Volunteers College Corps, a state-funded partnership program that places college students into paid internships. She earns $700 ...

[ad_1] SMEs account for the majority of businesses worldwide and are important contributors to job creation and global economic development. They represent about 90% of businesses and more than 50% of employment worldwide. Formal SMEs contribute up to 40% of national income (GDP) in emerging economies. These numbers are significantly higher when informal SMEs are ...

[ad_1] Army aviators juggle a lot of information to make sure their helicopters are ready to fight. So the 4th Combat Aviation Brigade recently coded up a tool to help. “They’ve got a maintenance program of record that gives them good information. They’ve got the mission program of record that tells them what they’re supposed ...

[ad_1] The Pentagon has unveiled plans for the next stage of the U.S. defense-technology pact with Britain and Australia, including loading AI on submarine-hunting planes and launching exercises to test out unmanned gear. This second “pillar” of AUKUS will aim to develop a host of new technologies, including AI and autonomy, electronic warfare, hypersonics, and ...

[ad_1] JAKARTA, Indonesia—The U.S. wants to help shore up Indonesia’s military cyber defenses and space capabilities as part of a newly upgraded defense cooperation plan, defense officials announced Thursday. “As we train with allies and partners, we want to make sure that we’re helping them bring their capabilities along as well,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ...