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Army Deploys Innovative Battery-Recharging Kit
The Army has begun deploying battery-recharging kits that run on renewable energy to Afghanistan.

Army Assessing Contoured Batteries for Dismounted Soldiers
The U.S. Army is leveraging its annual C4ISR integrated capabilities event at Fort Dix to assess a contoured, rechargeable battery that will allow the Soldier to be more agile in the battlefield.

2010 Cyberspace Symposium: Keynote - DoD Perspective
The full text of the 2010 Cyberspace Symposium keynote remarks from General Kevin P. Chilton and the Honorable William J. Lynn, III can be found in this document.

Fighter Engine Bio-Fuel Testing Underway
An F110 engine that powers the F-16 Fighting Falcon began performance testing June 18th at Arnold Engineering Development Center using a 50/50 blend of JP-8 conventional fuel and a bio-fuel derived from the oil contained in camelina plant seeds.

Army Testing Fuel Cell Technology for Abrams Tank
The U.S. Army is testing fuel cell technology for an auxiliary power unit which can bring more electrical power on board an Abrams tank, according to service officials.

Army Begins Shipping Improved 5.56mm Cartridge
On 23 June 2010, the Army announced it had started shipping its new 5.56mm cartridge, the M855A1 Enhanced Performance Round, to support warfighters in Afghanistan.

Academy's Wave Energy Research Faces Major Test in 2011
In order to harness power from ocean waves it is necessary to create a system that can survive in the open ocean.

CWID Tests Latest in Communications for Warfighters
Airmen and soldiers came together at the Joint Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration to improve and enhance command and control; communications systems; and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities.

Wind Tunnel Explores Dynamics of High-Speed Flight
At the Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center White Oak site wind tunnels are used to simulate airspeed environments to test flight capabilities.

High Efficiency Energy Conversion, Energy Management, and Low Power Systems for Aerospace/Military Electronics - Call for Papers
Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) is the host for this workshop that will be held 14-17 September 2010 at the Rocket Auditorium, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. Abstracts are due 30 July 2010.

New Officer Course Boosts Cyberspace Transformation
Air Force officials allocated $11.7 million to establish a new undergraduate cyber training course for officers.

Senate Confirms Army General to Lead New Cyber Command
Defense officials are lauding the Senate's confirmation of Lt. Gen. Keith B. Alexander, director of the National Security Agency, to also lead the new U.S. Cyber Command.

XM25 Lets Soldiers Eliminate Targets They Can't See
The Army's PEO Soldier showcased the XM153 Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station, the M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun with M2E2 Quick Change Barrel Kit, the lighter weight M240L Medium Range Machine Gun, and the XM25 on 5 May 2010 at Aberdeen.

Aviano Officials Tap Into Earth's Energy
Construction has begun on a $680,000 geothermal plant at Aviano Air Base in Italy, the first of its kind for the U.S. Air Forces in Europe.

Joint Base McGuire Selected to Test Drive New Fuel Truck
The Rampmaster 17.5K is a new vehicle with increased fuel capacity that can help improve the aircraft refueling process. This vehicle offers increased fuel capacity and refuel aircraft at a rate of 1,000 gallons a minute.

General Seeks Better Ways for Defeating IEDs
Three-star general Michael L. Oates is the director of the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization and he recently met with intermediate-level officers to discuss their ideas for pushing information and technology into Afghanistan.

"Radical" Improvements to IED Detection
The chief goal of RADICAL-the Remote-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device Detection Identification and Classification Algorithms effort-is to provide ground forces operating in urban and similarly complex terrain with accurate information on IEDs.

Air Force Officials Continue Plan to Modernize GPS
Today GPS is used in everything from farming and aviation to public safety, disaster relief and recreation, not to mention its military purpose of providing precision navigation and timing to combat forces.

SBIR Directs Energy Towards Laser Based Target ID
Based on their inherent capacity to positively identify a target, while minimizing collateral damage, directed energy laser weapons are desirable for high-precision strike missions from mobile platforms.

Base Study Could Launch Air Mobility Command Closer to Energy Independence
A renewable energy study at six installations may result in a different kind of Air Mobility Command "power projection."

Facility to Enhance Alternative Fuels Research
The Air Force Research Laboratory Assured Aerospace Fuels Research Facility will be dedicated to advancing the research of non-petroleum-based fuels and fuel feed stocks that can be produced domestically to satisfy DoD needs.

New Models for Optimizing Mission Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
With funding from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, engineers at Boston University are working on a theoretical approach to improve automated mission control and decision-making for fleets of unmanned aerial vehicles.

Soldiers Look for Better Reaction Time, Increased Lethality with Modernization
Soldiers from 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 1st Armored Div, used the SUG-V and unmanned aerial systems in offense/defense training scenarios to improve awareness of hostile targets and increase reactiion time and lethality of their fighting vehicles.

Fort Sill Officially Opens Air Defense Artillery School With First Class
The new batch of air and missile defense crew members will be the first to break in the equipment, and they understand their significant roles as the first soldiers to attend the Air Defense Artillery School.

General Views Weapon System Testing at Yuma Proving Ground
Nearly every weapon system used in ground warfare is tested at the 1,300 square mile proving ground, from artillery systems and armored vehicles to unmanned aircraft and technologies used to defeat roadside bombs.

Robot Repair Shop Helps keep Troops Safe
A few Soldiers, Marines and civilians operate a fleet of robots in the fight at the Joint Robotics Repair Detachment, or JRRD, located at Victory Base Complex in Baghdad.

Engineers Perfect Software for Special Ops Aircraft
Previously, gunship crews could only target one of the C-130's guns at a time, but in combat they saw the benefits of being able to target both guns at once.

Soldier Deploys to Iraq to Help Field Laser Defense System for Chinook Helicopters
Chinook helicopters flown by pilots of the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, are the first to be equipped with the laser-based countermeasure system designed to shoot laser energy at incoming infrared missiles.

Solar Array Saves Air Force Energy, Money
A solar-energy array at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, is saving money for the Air Force and decreasing the service's reliance on fossil fuels.

Unmanned Aircraft Systems Leading Flight
The emergence of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles technology in the mid-1990s has made Unmanned Aircraft Systems the weapon of choice for the Army commanders engaged in contingency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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