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Special Operations

July 2022

Lessons from Ukraine: Exploring Technology for SOCOM’s Urban Missions

By Mikayla Easley
U.S. Special Operations Forces know from experience in places like Iraq and Afghanistan that urban combat presents a host of tactical and logistical challenges. Russia’s struggles in Ukraine not only reinforce that fact but provide important data that industry can use to develop technology to support future U.S. missions.
Combat Survivability

June 2019

New Stretcher Can Isolate Wounded on Battlefields

By Mandy Mayfield
Navy News

December 2018

Experts Outline Steps to Address Threats to Aircraft Carriers

By Mandy Mayfield
The United States needs to boost its defense industrial base and take other measures to deal with the threats that its aircraft carriers face from peer adversaries, experts said Dec. 11.
Special Operations

May 2018

Special Operations Command Needs New Tech to Take On Russia, China

By Vivienne Machi
TAMPA, Fla. — Special Operations Command is seeking new and improved technologies to enable a pivot toward combating near-peer competitors while maintaining a superior edge in the counter-insurgency fight, command leaders said May 22.
Land Forces

May 2018

New Design to Reduce Weight of Handheld Shields

By Vivienne Machi
Honeywell has partnered with a designer of body armor and tactical protective gear to develop a new design for its Spectra Shield ballistic protective material which can reduce the weight of handheld shields by up to 20 percent.
Robotics and Autonomous Systems

April 2018

Russia Rolling Ahead with Unmanned Ground Combat Vehicles

By Connie Lee
Russia is moving forward with efforts to develop semi-autonomous unmanned ground vehicles that could be used in combat against U.S. and NATO forces, according to one expert.
Land Forces

October 2017

Army to Equip Brigade of Abrams with Active Protection System by 2020

By Yasmin Tadjdeh
The Army plans to equip a brigade of Abrams main battle tanks with the Trophy active protection system by 2020, a service official said Oct. 9.
Air Power

March 2017

F-35 vs. A-10 Flyoff Poses More Questions

By John Venable
The only thing comparison tests will prove is what we already know.
Energy

June 2016

Navy, Marines Pursuing Energy-Saving Projects

By Allyson Versprille
The Navy and Marine Corps are pursuing new energy-efficient capabilities that could help save lives and increase resiliency to adversaries’ attacks on their power grids, a Navy official said.
Marine Corps News

November 2015

Marines Select BAE, SAIC to Build Amphibious Combat Vehicle Prototypes

By Allyson Versprille and Jon Harper
The Marine Corps on Nov. 24 chose BAE Systems and SAIC to build 32 prototypes of a new fighting vehicle designed to replace its fleet of aging amphibious assault vehicles.