The Asteroid Threat: The Sentinel Project
Because NASA isn’t budgeting the $450 million estimated to mount a satellite mission such as former astronaut and chairman of …
Research & Development
The Asteroid Threat: Understanding the Stakes
Former astronaut Ed Lu, the chief executive of the B612 Foundation, a northern California group attempting to build the privately …
SOCOM Clarifies SOF Experimentation Plans
United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) representatives have clarified near term plans to continue a collaborative industry experimentation program. Emerging …
The Asteroid Threat: The Search for City and Planet-killers
On May 31 asteroid 1998 QE2 – not named after the cruise ship, but nine Queen Elizabeth 2 ship-lengths in …
TechWatch: Making Electronics Waterproof
More than a decade of combat in Southwest Asia raised many new problems and led to new solutions for U.S. …
Marine Corps Explores Future Route Reconnaissance and Clearance (R2C) Capabilities
The United States Marine Corps is exploring a range of future route reconnaissance and road clearance capabilities under a business …
National Ballistic Missile Defense
Ballistic missile defense (BMD) – and especially the subcategory of national missile defense (NMD) – has become a topic of …
Reinvigorating Research and Development
The United States emerged from World War II as a global leader in technology, replacing defeated Germany and being challenged …
SOF Ground Vehicles
The early months of 2013 find the greater U.S. special operations forces (SOF) community facing a number of recent and …
Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit (TALOS) Request Elicits Response From RDECOM, Others
The May 15 Request for Information (RFI) by U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) for a Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit …