By David Crane
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August 13, 2010
Anyone who’s been reading DefenseReview (DR) for any length of time knows [...]
The following is a BAE Systems Press Release
Farnborough International Airshow 2010 – In today’s military conflicts, science and technology often play a vital role in transforming an innovative idea into a practical advantage for the soldier. BAE Systems is seeking to do just that with its new Ultra Lightweight Warrior (ULW) system of innovative body armor, [...]
By David Crane
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July 29, 2010
Updated on 8/04/10.
God, I love laser weapons. I really do. They represent the future, they represent high-technology (high-tech), and, let’s face it, they represent fun. I mean, what could be more fun than blasting an enemy combatant (military scenario) out of his socks with [...]
By David Crane
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July 20, 2010
Updated on 7/22/10
On July 14, 2010, the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Center/Soldier Systems Center awarded Lockheed Martin a $1.1 million contract to field a few test articles of the Lockheed Martin / Berkeley Bionics Human Universal Load Carrier (HULC) (pronounced “Hulk”) hydrolic-powered anthropomorphic soldier exoskeleton system. [...]
By David Crane
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All photos contained in this article were taken by DefenseReview.com, and are copyrighted. DefenseReview.com owns the copyright on these photos. The photos were shot with Canon PowerShot S90 10-megapixel digital camera (still camera with video capability).
June 24, 2010
Updated on 8/13/10
Anyone who’s been reading DefenseReview for the last few years [...]
By David Crane
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June 2, 2010
In their ongoing efforts to upgrade/improve and/or replace the Colt SOPMOD M4/M4A1 Carbine with the “Next Carbine”, the U.S. Army Contracting Command just issued a sources sought notice/solicitation (Solicitation Number: W15QKN-10-X-0455) on May 27, 2010 requesting information on potential weapon capabilities for an “Individual Carbine” as part of [...]
By David Crane
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May 3, 2010
Updated on 5/03/2010
Within the last couple weeks, British newspapers have published stories on two Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) programs under the Prompt Global Strike (PGS) initiative, who’s purpose is to enable the United States to launch precision conventional weapon strikes anywhere in the world [...]
By David Crane
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March 23, 2010
One of the reasons why it’s so dangerous to mess with the United States militarily is that, while we Americans value hard work–which makes us formidable, in itself,–we’ve always exhibited and enjoyed a very healthy combination of inherent creativity/inventiveness and laziness, in the sense that if there’s [...]
By David Crane
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January 25, 2010
DefenseReview is back from SHOT Show 2010. We’ll be publishing new articles and photos on the latest tactical tech/hardware from the show, this week.
So, stay tuned.
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By David Crane
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October 15, 2009
There’s a scene at the beginning of the 1985 film Real Genius showing a fictional “Crossbow Project” demonstration video of some unlucky bastard (perhaps a third-world dictator or politician?) getting instantly vaporized by a space-based laser weapon fired from a satellite. The video is being shown [...]
