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Until now, Apache helicopter pilots were seeing in black and white. New tech just revealed by the U.S. Army allows AH-64 Apache helicopter pilots to see targeting and surveillance data in full, high-resolution color -- helping ensure U.S. attack helicopters continue to dominate. The Army says it is the most advanced tech on any rotorcraft, and ensures that Apaches will be able to accommodate future weapons. Find out more here.![DARPA's bionic arm]()
The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab Modular Prosthetic artificial limb, part of DARPA’s Revolutionizing Prosthetics Program, is among the most sophisticated arms ever made.The artificial limb moves like the real thing, and it can do just about everything. Built over the course of five years, it makes it possible to play the piano, toss a ball, pick up a cup and sip some coffee from it. Click here to find out more.![Navy's Google Glass]()
Get ready, sailor. You could be wearing Google-style glasses soon. The Office of Naval Research is creating a special display that will superimpose computer-generated information onto a sailor’s view of the real world. Find out more here.![Space robo cops]()
STARE (Space-Based Telescopes for Actionable Refinement of Ephemeris) aims to create a constellation of “space cop” nano-satellites such as this one that will operate in low earth orbit. More here.!['Smart' rifle]()
In the action-thriller "The Bourne Legacy," Pentagon black ops assassin Aaron Cross takes down an airborne CIA drone with a rifle from more than a mile away. With TrackingPoint's tech, anyone can perform such a trick. The marriage of technology and weaponry is creating a growing but expensive class of "smart" guns that promises to boost security, improve accuracy -- and make guns even deadlier. For more, click here.![Robot mine hunter]()
Reliant, a robot that operates underwater to protect Navy vessels and American waters from enemy mines, is also a record breaker. Reliant is an AUV -- that’s an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, meaning it can undertake missions fully on its own without a human directing it. Created by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s Acoustics Division and Bluefin Robotics, Reliant recently set a record by successfully completing a 315-mile mission. Find out more here.![Self-assembling M-blocks]()
Is an army of Terminator II style “liquid” androids -- ones that can self-assemble, self-repair and transform -- finally possible? The small cubes called M-Blocks were created by an MIT team led by Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL] research scientist John Romanishin. M-Blocks look like cubes slightly bigger than those that make up a Rubik's Cube. They have no visible parts -- yet they still manage to launch themselves forward. Click here for more.![‘Invisible’ airplanes]()
New stealth technology makes airplanes invisible not only to radar, it renders them hidden to the human eye as well – just like an invisibility cloak in a Hollywood sci-fi thriller. Find out more here.![Wild galloping robot]()
Robot makers at Boston Dynamics have unveiled their latest military-funded creation: a four-legged machine called WildCat that bounds and gallops across the ground in an uncannily animal-like way. A new video shows off the robot's ability to run to at 16 mph (25 km/h) on flat surfaces. Continue reading here.![Fire Scout helicopter can fly itself]()
The U.S. Navy has taken a step closer to deploying a next-generation robotic military helicopter that takes off, lands and flies itself on missions. The MQ-8C Fire Scout helicopter just took its first flight -- that would be flying by itself, without a pilot in the cockpit. The fully autonomous, four-blade, single-engine helicopter has a maximum speed of approximately 140 knots. Click here for more.![Bloodhound]()
Faster than the speed of sound -- and powered by both a jet AND a rocket -- the Bloodhound combines the latest automotive and aircraft technology. The Bloodhound’s engines produce more than six times the total power of a Formula 1 starting grid -- that’s more than 135,000 horsepower. Read more about the Bloodhound here.![Transformer TX]()
The Transformer TX drives like a military ground vehicle and rapidly transforms to fly like a helicopter and can transform back again. Find out more here.![Battlehawk]()
A new “kamikaze” drone that blows itself up -- and takes its target with it -- was revealed at AUSA. Made by Textron System, the Battlehawk is similar to Aerovironment’s widely publicized Switchblade. Both are drones that can be carried in a backpack and hand-launched. And they both represent a movement towards making drones more accessible at a squad level. Click here for the full report.High-tech military gear
Smart guns, robots and drones, oh my! Here are a few of the military's high-tech gizmos and gadgets.
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