by Allen McDuffee | Mar 17, 2014 | Monitor
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is building technology that will allow the military to capture solar power in orbit and project it back down to Earth.
by Robert Beckhusen | Feb 4, 2013 | Monitor
Take a close look, because the next generation of military binoculars are being developed to scan and recognize your face from more than 650 feet away.
by Spencer Ackerman | Jan 28, 2013 | Monitor
The Pentagon bomb squad doesn’t know how fast unexploded insurgent bombs take to degrade. Science suggests at least a year, and maybe longer.
by Noah Shachtman and Robert Beckhusen | Jan 25, 2013 | Monitor
If the latest crop of biometric systems work as advertised, they may be able to identify you without you ever knowing you’ve been spotted, with more accuracy, and from farther away. Here are 11 projects.
by Robert Beckhusen | Dec 24, 2012 | Monitor
Get ready to break out the eyeliner and the candelabras, because the Army is going goth with materials so dark, they can absorb 99 percent of all light.