RIA Novosti hi-tech Russian military research center has unveiled what appears to be a prototype of a next-generation combat suit. The stunning gear, resembling Star Wars outfits, will be worn by Russian soldiers on future battlefields. The prototype features a helmet covering the soldier’s face and cutting-edge body armor. The next-generation combat gear also includes a powered exoskeleton to help increase performance and stamina while fighting.
The Army's Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC) and Army Research Lab demonstrated a prototype — an "augmented reality" heads-up display that could help soldiers tap into sensors and other data.
Called Tactical Augmented Reality (TAR), the technology is the latest evolution of the Army's effort to network soldiers together and give them "situational awareness" on the battlefield—where they are, where their friends are, where the adversary is, and everything else they need to know for their mission, tied into tactical communications, the technology straight out of first-person shooter games. Over the past few years, CERDEC, ARL, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency have been working on the core technologies to make augmented reality work on the battlefield, including the development of a platform called the Heads Up Navigation, Tracking and Reporting (HUNTR) system.
CERDEC's Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), U.S. Army Research Laboratory, and U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research Development and Engineering Center together developed and demonstrated it.
Tactical Augmented Reality provides sensor imagery with integrated mapping, navigation and 3D surface models for greatly enhanced operational maneuver and fires. This capability increases the Soldier's ability to maneuver the battlefield and enhances survivability in dangerous operations.
The SDB II™ bomb, a Raytheon program for the U.S. Air Force, will provide the capability the requirement for an all-weather solution that enhances warfighters' capabilities when visibility is limited to the warfighter.
Poor weather and battlefield obscurants continue to endanger warfighters as adversaries rely on these conditions to escape attacks.
The seeker works in three modes to provide maximum operational flexibility: millimeter wave radar to detect and track targets through weather, imaging infrared for enhanced target discrimination and semi-active laser that enables the weapon to track an airborne laser designator or one on the ground.
This powerful, integrated seeker seamlessly shares targeting information among all three modes, enabling the weapon to engage fixed or moving targets at any time of day and in all-weather conditions. The SDB II bomb's tri-mode seeker can also peer through battlefield dust and debris, giving the warfighter a capability that's unaffected by conditions on the ground or in the air.
The weapon can fly more than 45 miles to strike mobile targets, reducing the amount of time that aircrews' spend in harm's way. Its small size enables the use of fewer aircraft to take out the same number of targets as previous, larger weapons that required multiple jets. The SDB II bomb's size has broader implications for the warfighter and taxpayers, as it means fewer attacks with less time spent flying dangerous missions.
The U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy have begun SDB II bomb integration activities on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft. Raytheon will complete integration on the F-15E Strike Eagle in 2017.
At just over 200 pounds, Raytheon’s SDB II is a bomb that still packs a punch – and it’s just completed an important wind tunnel test.
Setup of the IBCS S-280, Engagement Operations Center. These shelters offer the speed and flexibility needed to conduct critical Integrated Air and Missile Defense Operations while offering better protection to soldiers.
Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS)
is a revolutionary command-and-control (C2) system developed to deliver a single, unambiguous view of the battlespace. This significantly enhanced aircraft and missile tracking improves the ability of combatant commanders and air defenders to make critical decisions within seconds.
In addition, the IBCS modular open systems architecture allows “any sensor, best shooter” operations to optimize limited resources and facilitate flexible defense designs.
S-280 Engagement Operations Center for the Integrated Battle Command System:
-Enables commanders to tailor organizations, sensors and weapons to meet the demands of diverse missions, environments and rules of engagement not achievable today.
-Provides wider area surveillance and broader protection areas by networking sensors and interceptors as opposed to simply linking them.
-Replaces seven legacy C2 systems with a net-centric C2 to reduce single points of failure and increase the flexibility for deploying smaller force packages.
-Creates standard approach across forces to eliminate multiple logistics tail and change training paradigm.
-Allows affordable integration of current and future sensors and weapons systems and modernization efforts.
-Establishes the means for connecting complementary and coalition systems for joint and cooperative multinational missile defense
Dedicated teams at the Saylor Creek Training Range help aircrew to train on moving targets by operating remote control vehicles from a distance. These vehicles range anywhere from full-size humvees to motorcycles.
Saylor Creek is a 110,000-acre bombing and training range in southern Idaho. It is associated with Mountain Home Air Force Base, located 25 miles north of the range, but is used by aircrews from other bases as well. The range is primarily used by flying forces training for air to ground warfare, and is covered with simulated hostile radar facilities, most of which are moveable electronic "threats," like those used on the Nellis Range in Nevada and elsewhere. Simulated surface to air missile batteries, employing "Smokey SAM" simulated rockets, are in use on the range. Visual targets, electronic warfare training, and live bombing are also components of the range's function. The Air Force has made numerous attempts to expand the range, efforts normally defeated by opposition from environmental groups and locals.
DARPA's High-Assurance Cyber Military Systems (HACMS) program is creating technology for the construction of safe and secure cyber-physical systems. Taking a fundamentally different approach from the inadequate methods used today by the software community, the program has adopted a clean-slate, formal methods-based approach to enable semi-automated code synthesis from executable specifications. HACMS has already transitioned some of its technology to both the defense and commercial communities.
Today's world is a network of interconnected, embedded computer systems with components ranging in size and complexity from large supervisory control and data acquisition systems that manage physical infrastructure such as electrical grids and dams, to smaller but still critical systems inside airplanes, satellites, medical devices, computer printers and routers, and handheld devices such as cell phones and radios. Researchers and hackers have shown that these kinds of networked embedded systems are vulnerable to remote attack, and such attacks can cause not just data loss or but significant physical, economic, and strategic damage.
In the current video HACMS software is used to protect the unmanned MH-6 Little Bird helicopter from malware-based hack attempts.
In one of the most significant tests of autonomous systems under development by the Department of Defense, the Strategic Capabilities Office, partnering with Naval Air Systems Command, successfully demonstrated one of the world’s largest micro-drone swarms at China Lake, California, demonstrating advanced swarm behaviors such as collective decision-making, adaptive formation flying and self-healing.
Military strategists have high hopes for such drone swarms that would be cheap to produce and able to overwhelm opponents' defenses with their great numbers.
The test of the world's largest micro-drone swarm in California in October included 103 Perdix micro-drones measuring around six inches (16 centimeters) launched from three F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets.
THE Mi4S INTEGRALLY SUPPRESSED RIFLE!*
The popular and versatile .300 Blackout cartridge already packs a punch in TrackingPoint’s recent M400XHDR. Now, this same caliber and lightweight AR platform provides the foundation for TrackingPoint’s most advanced PGF yet: the Mi4S. The Mi4S Integrally Suppressed Rifle features both supersonic and subsonic capabilities, Gen-2 night vision, lightning-fast 1 second calculated target lock time, and an integrally suppressed barrel that allows for faster follow-up shots against multiple targets with significant reductions in both sound and recoil when using subsonic ammunition. The combination of whisper-quiet stealth capability, superior stopping power and rugged dependability make the Mi4S the perfect choice for dispatching feral hogs, coyotes and other predators, not to mention its potent home defense applications.
*OWNING A SUPPRESSOR
Suppressors are legal but are regulated by federal law and on a state-by-state basis by the National Firearm Act (NFA) branch of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE). Individuals purchasing a suppressor must complete and file a Form 4 to transfer an NFA item from a dealer’s inventory to an individual. Wait times can vary.
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The MG 3 is a German general-purpose machine gun chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge. The weapon's design is derived from the World War II era MG 42 universal machine gun that fired the 7.92×57mm Mauser round
The MG 3 was standardized in the late 1950s and adopted into service with the newly formed Bundeswehr, where it continues to serve to this day as a squad support weapon and a vehicle-mounted machine gun. The weapon and its derivatives have also been acquired by the armed forces of over 30 countries. Production rights to the machine gun were purchased by Italy (MG 42/59), Spain, Pakistan (MG 1A3), Greece, Iran, Sudan and Turkey.
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Ship-to-Shore Maneuver Exploration and Experimentation (S2ME2) Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX) 2017 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California where Marines and sailors field-test more than 50 new technologies, everything from swarming unmanned surface vessels to self-driving Amtracs. The resulting force of these technological capabilities will integrate operations across all domains to include information and cyberspace. S2ME2 ANTX brings industry, academia, and the Naval Research Development Establishment (NR&DE) and Research and Revelopment (R&D) organizations that are invited to demonstrate emerging technology/ engineering innovations that address priority US Navy and Marine Corps missions.
Technologies shown include Autonomous AAV, Multi-Utility Tactical Transport (MUTT) family of systems, various UAVs, V-Bat.
First Marines Expeditionary Forces (I MEF) integrate various unmanned and rapidly prototyped technologies during the S2ME2 Advanced Naval Technology Exercise 2017.
Commander of U.S. Naval Forces Vice Adm. Thomas S. Rowden and Maj. Justin Gogel talks about the technology prototypes featured at the Ship-to-Shore Maneuver Exploration and Experimentation Advanced Naval Technology Exercise 2017 and how they could impact the future of warfare.
ANTX is conference to harness competition among defense firms and government agencies to advance United States Marine Corps amphibious operations capabilities. A Multi-Utility Tactical Transport is tested on Red Beach on board Camp Pendleton, Calif. during the Advanced Naval Technology Exercise 2017 [CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (Apr. 21, 2017)].
21:37 - Advanced Naval Technology Exercise Tests MUTTs for Marine Corps Equipment Carrier: Greg Kreafle Interview
22:42 - Vice Admiral Tom Rowden Interview
23:41 - Maj. Justin Gogel Interview
Credits: Aaron Lebsack, Sgt. Brian Burdett, John Williams, Lance Cpl. Jamie Arzola, Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Martin Wright, Cpl. Dana Beesley and Sgt. Remington Hall.
Kevin MacLeod - Chase / Intuit256 / Clash Defiant / Hand Balance Redux / Ominous Intro Music: http://incompetech.com
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A railgun is an electromagnetic projectile launcher based on principles similar to those of the homopolar motor. A railgun uses a pair of parallel conductors, or rails, along which a sliding armature is accelerated by the electromagnetic effects of a current that flows down one rail, into the armature and then back along the other rail.[2]
Railguns are being researched as weapons that would use neither explosives nor propellant, but rather rely on electromagnetic forces to impart a very high kinetic energy to a projectile, (e.g. APFSDS). While explosive-powered military guns cannot readily achieve a muzzle velocity of more than about 2 km/s, railguns can readily exceed 3 km/s, and perhaps exceed conventionally delivered munitions in range and destructive force. The absence of explosive propellants or warheads to store and handle, as well as the low cost of projectiles compared to conventional weaponry come as additional advantages.[3]
Nevertheless, any cost-benefit analysis between chemical propellant and electromagnetic (EM) propulsion systems for weapons applications should also factor in the reliability and survivability of the EM power supply that must be co-located with the projectile launch system. In addition, many arguments in favor of EM guns revolve around the questionable assumption that greater muzzle velocity is always better.[4] Parametric relationships between range, payload weight, and launch velocity show that this is not a strong argument for many suggested EM gun applications.[5] For example, due to lower aerodynamic drag at launch, a slower but heavier projectile may actually fly farther than a lighter faster one, making the velocity limitations of chemical propulsion perfectly acceptable. In addition, explosive fragmentary warhead lethality is largely unaffected by velocity and does not require more demanding hit-to-kill guidance electronics that may not survive extremely high gun launch accelerations. Significantly, Explosively Formed Penetrator (EFP) and shaped charge warheads already drive what is technically a kinetic energy penetrator to velocities well in excess of EM gun launch capabilities, up to 8km/sec for a shaped charge, upon detonation with the target; and it has been demonstrated that with respect to armor penetration, increased impact velocity much above 2 km/sec does not necessarily result in a deeper hole; (although the crater may be wider as more energy is deposited with increased impact velocity).[6]
In addition to military applications, NASA has proposed to use a railgun from a high-altitude aircraft to fire a small payload into orbit;[7] however, the extreme g-forces involved would necessarily restrict the usage to only the sturdiest of payloads.
An F-16 Fighting Falcon engine is tested in full afterburner at the Engine Test Cell Facility, commonly referred to as the "Hush House". The General Electric F110-GE-100 turbofan produces close to 29,000 pounds of static thrust in afterburner.
The initial powerplant selected for the single-engined F-16 was the Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-200 afterburning turbofan, a modified version of the F-15's F100-PW-100, rated at 23,830 lbf (106.0 kN) thrust. During testing, the engine was found to be prone to compressor stalls and "rollbacks", wherein the engine's thrust would spontaneously reduce to idle. Until resolved, the Air Force ordered F-16s to be operated within "dead-stick landing" distance of its bases. It was the standard F-16 engine through the Block 25, except for new-build Block 15s with the Operational Capability Upgrade (OCU). The OCU introduced the 23,770 lbf (105.7 kN) F100-PW-220, later installed on Block 32 and 42 aircraft: the main advance being a Digital Electronic Engine Control (DEEC) unit, which improved reliability and reduced stall occurrence. Beginning production in 1988, the "-220" also supplanted the F-15's "-100", for commonality. Many of the "-220" engines on Block 25 and later aircraft were upgraded from 1997 onwards to the "-220E" standard, which enhanced reliability and maintainability; unscheduled engine removals were reduced by 35%.
The F100-PW-220/220E was the result of the USAF's Alternate Fighter Engine (AFE) program (colloquially known as "the Great Engine War"), which also saw the entry of General Electric as an F-16 engine provider. Its F110-GE-100 turbofan was limited by the original inlet to thrust of 25,735 lbf (114.5 kN), the Modular Common Inlet Duct allowed the F110 to achieve its maximum thrust of 28,984 lbf (128.9 kN). - To distinguish between aircraft equipped with these two engines and inlets, from the Block 30 series on, blocks ending in "0" (e.g., Block 30) are powered by GE, and blocks ending in "2" (e.g., Block 32) are fitted with Pratt & Whitney engines.
The Increased Performance Engine (IPE) program led to the 29,588 lbf (131.6 kN) F110-GE-129 on the Block 50 and 29,160 lbf (129.4 kN) F100-PW-229 on the Block 52. F-16s began flying with these IPE engines in the early 1990s. Altogether, of the 1,446 F-16C/Ds ordered by the USAF, 556 were fitted with F100-series engines and 890 with F110s. The United Arab Emirates’ Block 60 is powered by the General Electric F110-GE-132 turbofan with a maximum thrust of 32,500 lbf (144.6 kN), the highest thrust engine developed for the F-16.
The Family of Weapon Sights - Sniper (FWS-S) uses thermal sensor technology to provide extended lethality and exceptional observation that cuts through haze, fog, smoke and rain day or night.
Boston Dynamics' Handle is a research robot that unlike the previous robots that could only ran, jumped or walked, this two-legged monstrosity gets around on small wheels. Even with the adjustment, shows clearly how it can still get down stairs, navigate down a snowy hill, and pull off impressive leaps even while moving.
It stands 6.5 ft tall, travels at 9 mph and jumps 4 feet vertically. It uses electric power to operate both electric and hydraulic actuators, with a range of about 15 miles on one battery charge. Handle uses many of the same dynamics, balance and mobile manipulation principles found in the quadruped and biped robots build, but with only about 10 actuated joints, it is significantly less complex. Wheels are efficient on flat surfaces while legs can go almost anywhere: by combining wheels and legs Handle can have the best of both worlds.
Propper takes the safety of first responders seriously, and they’re showing it with the Switch Vest which has been designed specifically for EMTs in mind. Skip Church explains its features.
U.S. Navy’s requirements for effective rapid-fire takeoff and recovery of combat jets from the deck of an aircraft carrier are critical. The ability to carry air power anywhere in the world, and both launch those aircraft to flight speed and bring them to a stop over extremely short distances, has been essential to carriers’ decades-long dominance of naval warfare. To help provide similar capabilities—minus the 90,000-ton carriers—to U.S. military units around the world, DARPA’s SideArm research effort seeks to create a self-contained, portable apparatus able to horizontally launch and retrieve unmanned aerial systems (UASs) of up to 900 pounds.
In December 2016, Aurora Flight Sciences successfully tested a full-scale technology demonstration system that repeatedly captured a 400-pound Lockheed Martin Fury UAS accelerated to representative flight speeds via an external catapult. The system is capable of recovering aircraft up to 1,100 pounds, exceeding DARPA’s design objectives.
SideArm fits in the footprint of a standard 20-foot shipping container for easy transport by truck, ship, rail, C-130 transport aircraft, and CH-47 heavy-lift helicopter. The small-footprint system is designed to operate in truck-mounted, ship-mounted, and standalone/fixed-site facilities. A crew of only two to four people can set up or stow the system in minutes.
SideArm owes its small size to combining its launch and capture equipment into a single rail that folds for transport. Rather than using a traditional capture method that uses a net to catch the UAS, the system snags a hook on the back of the vehicle and directs the hook to travel down the rail. This approach provides slower, more constant and controlled deceleration, which is safer for the vehicle.
“SideArm aims to replicate carriers’ capability to quickly and safely accelerate and decelerate planes through a portable, low-cost kit that is mission-flexible, independent from local infrastructure, and compatible with existing and future tactical unmanned aircraft,” said Graham Drozeski, DARPA program manager. “We’ve demonstrated a reliable capture mechanism that can go anywhere a 20-foot container can go—the DARPA-worthy challenge we had to overcome to make SideArm’s envisioned capabilities possible. We are pleased with the progress we’ve made enabling a wide variety of sea- and land-based platforms with persistent intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) and strike capabilities.”
SideArm is part of DARPA’s individual investment in Phase 1 research for Tern, a joint program between DARPA and the U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Research (ONR). Now that demonstration of the capture system is complete, DARPA is working to identify potential transition partners and exploring using SideArm with other UAS platforms.
Matt Hurt from Daniel Defense arrives at Range Day of SHOT Show 2017 with their new DD5V2 and DDM4V7S rifles.
DANIEL DEFENSE DD5V2
The new DD5V2 is a groundbreaking, performance-driven platform engineered from muzzle to buttstock. Incorporating over a decade of expertise from industry-leading Daniel Defense engineers and designers, the DD5V2 establishes a whole new standard in the .308 platform. With innovative features like a 4-bolt connection system utilizing a unique barrel extension, an optimized upper receiver, an improved bolt carrier group, ambidextrous controls, a configurable modular charging handle, and a cold-hammer-forged barrel, the DD5V2—although built around a traditional AR platform— establishes a new tradition in 7.62 rifles. It also features a Geissele SSA two-stage trigger for precise fire control. Even with all of these features, plus a DD Superior Suppression Device and 15” Picatinny top rail, the DD5V2 weighs only 8.6 lbs. The new DD5V2 will be sure to deliver the accuracy, reliability, and durability expected from Daniel Defense.
DANIEL DEFENSE V7®
The Daniel Defense V7 is the first rifle in the DDM4 lineup to feature the M-LOK® attachment technology with the Daniel Defense MFR XS 15.0 rail. Built around a Cold Hammer Forged, 16” barrel, the V7 has a DD improved Flash Suppressor to reduce flash signature. The mid-length gas system provides smooth and reliable cycling under any condition and reduces both perceived recoil and wear on moving parts. A free-floating MFR XS 15.0 handguard offers incredible weight savings as well as superior cooling, ergonomics, and modularity while maintaining the strength and durability expected from Daniel Defense. With the M-LOK attachment points that run along 7 positions and an uninterrupted 1913 Picatinny rail on top, the V7 has plenty of room for the sights, optics, and accessories the user may require. The rifle is finished off with the rugged and comfortable Daniel Defense Buttstock and Pistol grip.
Highlights of new rifles at SHOT Show 2017 Booths:
A06 Arms - AR10
Spencer Thomas from Alpha 06 Arms shows off their AR10 308 rifle.
TriTech Tactical - Pistol Grip
Chad Gambrell gives us the details of the TriTech Tactical Pistol Grip that turns the once wasted space inside your AR’s pistol grip into a magazine holder.
LWRC International - REPR MK-II rifle
Adam McMillan shows off the LWRC International REPR MK-II rifle. LWRC International ups its game with the REPR MK-II rifle.
FN America - FN 15 Tactical II
J.P. Reconu from FN America introduces their updated FN 15 II rifle with new features at SHOT Show 2017.
