AUGUST 24, 2016, WASHINGTON (Army News Service) - Survival rates are improving for soldiers wounded in combat for several reasons. About 92 percent of Soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan have made it home alive, according to Lt. Gen. Nadja Y. West. That's the highest percentage in the history of warfare, despite the rising severity of battle injuries from increasingly … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2016
NREIP Interns Impact Navy Technologies, Return to College, Plan DoD Careers
AUGUST 24, 2016, DAHLGREN, Va. - Summer NREIP interns who worked on technological programs crucial to national defense and security are heading back to classrooms at universities across the country with a new perspective about the U.S. Navy. In fact, many are envisioning themselves as potential Department of Defense civilian scientists and engineers. First, the college … [Read more...]
Marine Corps to Deliver New Abrams Integrated Display and Targeting System
AUGUST 24, 2016, MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. - Marine Corps Systems Command is modernizing the tank commander’s weapon station on the M1A1 tank by developing a suite of systems that give tank commanders and their gunners a hunter-killer edge over their enemies. The new Abrams Integrated Display and Targeting System, Tank Commander Single Handle and slew-to-cue capability … [Read more...]
Naval Research Laboratory Demonstrates New Technology for Structural Health Monitoring System
AUGUST 24, 2016, WASHINGTON (NNS) - Navy researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have demonstrated new fiber optic sensor technology suitable for an in-situ structural health monitoring system (SHM). This technology enables autonomous monitoring of key structural parameters such as acoustic emission, temperature, and strain. The information can be used to … [Read more...]
Singaporean Leaders Visit and Recognize First Weapons Instructors
AUGUST 24, 2016, MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho (AFNS) - The 366th Fighter Wing welcomed Singaporean Maj. Gen. Mervyn Tan, chief of Republic of Singapore Air Force, and Brig. Gen. Tommy Tan Ah Han, Republic of Singapore Air Force Air Combat Command commander, Aug. 17-20, to recognize the first weapons instructors graduates of the Singaporean Fighter Weapons Instructor … [Read more...]