WASHINGTON, May 23, 2014 - A DOD-funded smartphone app whose tools have been used in their physical form for a decade to treat patients with anxiety, stress, negative thinking and more is now available free to the public, and it’s being studied for use in those with more serious psychological health problems, experts involved in the app’s funding and use … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2014
Researchers Enable Next Generation of Army’s Construction Simulation
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (May 23, 2014) - U.S. Army researchers are developing technologies to enable the next generation of simulators for training uniformed construction and combat engineers. Virtual training and simulation experts from the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, known as RDECOM, along with industry partners, have made significant … [Read more...]
Marine Corps Seeks Volunteers for Ground Combat Arms Training and Research
May 23, 2014, FORT MEADE, Maryland - The Marine Corps will begin accepting male and female Marine volunteers to stand up an integrated task force as part of a deliberate, measured and responsible approach to integrating women into ground combat arms units and occupational specialties per Maradmin 252/14. The Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, which was previously … [Read more...]
Military Uses Remotely Piloted Aircraft Ethically
ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT, May 23, 2014 - Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey bristles when he hears someone use the word drone. “You will never hear me use the word ‘drone,’ and you’ll never hear me use the term ‘unmanned aerial systems,’” the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today. “Because they are not. They are … [Read more...]
DARPA Innovations Advance National Security
WASHINGTON, May 22, 2014 - The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Information Innovation Office, or I2O, is hosting DARPA Demo Day 2014 in the Pentagon’s courtyard today to highlight the agency’s ongoing contributions to preserving and expanding the Defense Department’s information technology superiority. The Pentagon event has a focus on … [Read more...]