by Allen McDuffee | Feb 26, 2014 | Monitor
Image: Darpa Darpa has taken on a new role in military procurement: quality control. The military’s research agency is developing a device to detect used and counterfeit electronic components in the Pentagon’s supply chain, hoping to get a handle...
by Allen McDuffee | Feb 24, 2014 | Monitor
In Silicon Valley, walking around with an augmented reality display on your face makes you a glasshole. But on the battlefield, similar technology will soon turn U.S. soldiers into a lethal cross between the Terminator and Iron Man.
by Allen McDuffee | Jan 17, 2014 | Monitor
Photo: GATR Technologies The Pentagon has seen the future of communications, and it is… inflatable. It makes sense, if you think about it. Pentagon brass want the military of tomorrow to be nimble and easily deployed, which means its equipment must be as well....
by Wired Staff | Oct 22, 2013 | Monitor
The U.S. Army’s carbon fiber exoskeleton foot has allowed soldiers with badly injured legs get back on their feet. Now it’s coming to the rest of us.
by Allen McDuffee | Oct 11, 2013 | Monitor
Army researchers are developing an advanced military uniform that would turn a special ops commando into Iron Man.