ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Feb. 17, 2016) - Each year, the U.S. Army conducts a series of technology demonstrations known as the Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiments, or AEWE. The event is the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command's live, force-on-force experiment. AEWE places technologies under development by industry and Army researchers into the hands of Soldiers … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2016
Air Force Continues to Improve Care in the Air
February 17, 2016 - The Air Force is committed to research and development for advancements in en route patient care. The Air Mobility Command Surgeon General’s office and researchers across the Air Force, to include the 711th Human Resource Wing at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, have been working together to improve how the Air Force provides care in the air. The … [Read more...]
Cockroach-Inspired Robotics Research Opens New Doors for Missions
ADELPHI, Md. (Feb. 16, 2016) - Supported by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, University of California-Berkeley researchers have developed a small, crawling robot that mimics a cockroach's ability to squeeze through confined spaces. A report by UC Berkeley researchers Dr. Kaushik Jayaram and Dr. Robert Full is featured in the latest edition of Proceedings of the National … [Read more...]
From Secret Caves to Norwegian Rails: Marines Move Equipment Across Norway for Cold Response
February 16, 2016, HELL, Norway - The Norwegian Home Guard and U.S. Marines moved main battle tanks, amphibious assault vehicles, artillery, and equipment forward to one of the largest live-fire ranges in Norway Feb. 12 in preparation for Exercise Cold Response 2016. “The rail operations provide a quick and easy mode of transportation to move around for Cold Response 16,” … [Read more...]
Commission Voices Concern Over 2016 Budget Cuts
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Feb. 16, 2016) - The decision to draw down the Army budget and end strength was based on a set of assumptions that has proven to no longer be true, said now-retired Gen. James D. Thurman. "I think we have major warning signs in front of us right now," Thurman said, while testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Feb. 11. "Not … [Read more...]