AUGUST 4, 2022 - Colloquially called drone ships, multiple unmanned platforms participated in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, in concert with manned platforms. Unmanned and remotely operated vessels extend the capability of interconnected manned platform sensors to enhance capacity across the multinational forces. Unmanned Surface Vessel Division One (USVDIV-1) … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2022
Emergency Management Team Shares Hurricane Readiness Tips
AUGUST 3, 2022 - Violent winds that gust up to 170 mph slam into the building tearing the roof off. Trees and homes are destroyed. Hangars protecting the F-22 Raptor sustain significant damage. This was the reality in October 2018 when Hurricane Michael slammed into Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, causing mass devastation. “Our base took a beating,” Col. Brian Laidlaw, … [Read more...]
New Projects for DOD’s Innovate Beyond 5G Program
AUGUST 3, 2022 - The Department of Defense’s Innovate Beyond 5G (IB5G) Program recently kicked off three new projects that continue to advance DoD collaborative partnerships with industry and academia for 5G-to-NextG wireless technologies. “The DoD has a vital interest in advancing 5G-to-NextG wireless technologies and concept demonstrations,” said Dr. Sumit Roy, IB5G … [Read more...]
Warfighters to Get Lightweight See-Through Display
AUGUST 3, 2022 - Vuzix Corporation, a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technology and products, is pleased to announce that the Company has signed an agreement with L3Harris Technologies to develop a customized waveguide-based optics engine that is intended to be used in headborne systems designed for military applications. This initial … [Read more...]
U.S. Drone Strike Kills al-Qaida Leader
AUG. 3, 2022 - Ayman al-Zawahiri, one of the perpetrators of the 9-11 attacks that killed almost 3,000 people in New York, at the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania, was killed by U.S. drone missiles in Afghanistan's capital, President Joe Biden announced yesterday. Zawahiri was killed in an over-the-horizon operation in downtown Kabul, where he was residing as a guest of the … [Read more...]