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Photos: Tech wins big in US Army 'best inventions' awards
Photo The OSRVT A-kit allows soldiers "to egress vehicles faster and more safely in case of an emergency", the Army says, "and also enhances situational awareness with unmanned aerial vehicle surveillance for mission planning, intelligence... [30 Sep 2009]
Photos: Virtual fighting force takes over shopping centre
Photo Colonel Paul Meldon, seen sat in the buggy here, the commander of regional recruiting for London said in a statement: "While one might not expect to see a soldier ordering a Subway or a pair of military fatigues striding... [21 May 2009]
Photos: From reel-to-reel to Blu-ray
Photo The 1990s also saw the advent of rewritable CDs, while the trusty recordable tape continued to soldier on. Audio visual technology stalwart TDK showed off its history with its TDK Life on Record trailer, which rolled in... [17 Sep 2008]
Photos: Robot warriors engage in battle
Photo The Mindsheet team's entry is centred around a radio-controlled buggy that is carried to battle on a soldier's back. It's small and compact, which would please any soldier saddled with the task of... [06 May 2008]
Photos: Eye in the sky to spot 'friendly fire'
Photo A soldier operates one of the specialist vehicles that control the system. UK troops on the ground are to get an eye in the sky that will help save lives by reducing 'friendly fire' and the number of air attacks. [03 Apr 2008]
Photos: Flying robots, Colossus codebreaker, virus art
Photo And sticking with the military theme, the Future Soldier event at London's National Army Museum showcased holographic quantum technology and acoustic sniper sensors. Security software firm MessageLabs turned cyber... [27 Mar 2008]
Photos: Talons, Eagles and Enforcers - the tech behind war
Photo The Future Soldier event at London's National Army Museum blew open the UK's arsenal of the future. Cobham's Eagle close combat radio, shown here, uses state of the art technology to provide a full duplex networked radio... [26 Mar 2008]
Photos: MoD tracks with deadly accuracy
Photo A UK army soldier tests out the surveillance system and range finder (SSARF). The Ministry of Defence has just signed a £30m contract with Thales UK to take charge of the devices, which have built-in GPS, thermal imaging... [18 Feb 2008]
Photos: Power-generating leg brace goes for a walk
Photo It allows a soldier to communicate, navigate and get home safely. Researchers from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia have developed a device worn much like a knee brace that generates electricity from the... [11 Feb 2008]
Photos: MoD unveils £80m IT health programme
Photo The memory stick is still under development but the MoD envisages it will be incorporated into a soldier's dog-tag to make sure it doesn't get lost. It currently takes around 20 minutes to transfer a... [02 Aug 2007]
Five questions to ask before moving to Vista
News Security updates from Microsoft on Windows 2000 end in 2010 while XP will soldier on until 2014. Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system has been around since November of last year and many businesses are still to... [19 Jul 2007]
Battlefield tech under UK and US spotlight
News He said: "How do you design and deploy tactical networks and mobile systems, tie in sensor and support systems and support the soldier? RFID tags and other tracking devices linked to coalition systems are one way that... [21 Sep 2006]
US vets sue government over data theft
News Vietnam Veterans of America said the National Gulf War Resource Center, Radiated Veterans of America, Citizen Soldier and Veterans for Peace are the other groups involved in the legal action. The US Department of... [07 Jun 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 19.05.06
Round-Up Only as the item went on air did the horrible truth strike Goma who clearly decided it was better to soldier on than admit the truth live on television. There's really only one place to begin this week and that's with... [19 May 2006]
Army tests RFID to beat 'friendly fire'
News And while many of the technologies are bulky at the moment, similar technologies for individual troops could soon be on the horizon: "As these technologies progress they all progress towards miniaturisation and that's good for the... [20 Oct 2005]
