F-35 maker lands multi-million dollar Army exoskeleton enhancement contract

F-35 maker lands multi-million dollar Army exoskeleton enhancement contract

Famed defense contractor Lockheed Martin has its hands in just about every facet of the American defense apparatus. From the nation’s flag-ship fighter, the F-35, to hypersonic missiles and hardened GPS satellites, the contracting giant’s wide array of specialties are counted on by the U.S. government to maintain the leading edge (or occasionally play catch […]

Watch: DARPA’s new helicopters can fly themselves into and out of the fight

Watch: DARPA’s new helicopters can fly themselves into and out of the fight

Autonomous aircraft, though all but unheard of just a few short decades ago, have changed the face of warfare as we know it. From reconnaissance and intelligence gathering missions to complex strikes against ground targets and even a recent successful air-to-air engagement in a training environment, it’s become clear: the skies over battlespaces of the […]

Watch: DARPA’s new helicopters can fly themselves into and out of the fight

Watch: DARPA’s new helicopters can fly themselves into and out of the fight

Autonomous aircraft, though all but unheard of just a few short decades ago, have changed the face of warfare as we know it. From reconnaissance and intelligence gathering missions to complex strikes against ground targets and even a recent successful air-to-air engagement in a training environment, it’s become clear: the skies over battlespaces of the […]

For a hundred grand you can wear this exo-suit to run errands

For a hundred grand you can wear this exo-suit to run errands

The benefits of robotic exoskeleton technology are easy to imagine. Increased, strength and endurance, the ability to carry heavier armor plating for protection, and as Ripley pointed out in the sci-fi classic “Aliens,” there’s no better way to take on extraterrestrial hive queens. The Department of Defense has been investing money into the TALOS “Iron […]

These robots will change your life sooner than you think

These robots will change your life sooner than you think

Artificial intelligence robots can change your business and your life, according to a recent report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). If you really want to benefit from these robots, the second largest professional services firm in the world says, “strategic investment in different types of AI technology is needed to make that happen.” Here are three incredible […]

Science fiction? Russian company responsible for the AK-47 unveils Star Wars-like fighting vehicle

Science fiction? Russian company responsible for the AK-47 unveils Star Wars-like fighting vehicle

This week, state-owned Russian defense firms have set the internet ablaze with claimed new technologies being rolled out within the nation’s struggling military-industrial complex. Despite the U.S. led sanctions stifling the Russian economy so thoroughly that they’ve chosen to defund or significantly limit endeavors commonly considered necessary to the Russian defense apparatus like the refit […]

Russia claims its unmanned drone-tank has seen combat in Syria — but has it?

Russia claims its unmanned drone-tank has seen combat in Syria — but has it?

Russia has been providing Bashar al Assad’s Syrian regime with direct military support throughout the past seven years of the nation’s ongoing civil war, which has provided Russia with a testing ground to feature some of their more advanced weapons systems and platforms. Everything from Russia’s latest cruise missile, the Kalibr, to their oft-touted but […]

Domo Arigato, Mr. Interrogato: A.I. in the role of intelligence gathering

Domo Arigato, Mr. Interrogato: A.I. in the role of intelligence gathering

As advances in artificial intelligence (A.I.) and robotics have progressed at breakneck speed in recent years, it is no secret that law enforcement and the military are eager to find ways to take advantage of this. But the heavily armed drones capable of delivering death from above or the bomb-clearing robot used against IEDs and […]

The Method 2 Robotic Exoskeleton makes science fiction a reality

The Method 2 Robotic Exoskeleton makes science fiction a reality

The idea of wearing a robotic exoskeleton to increase an individual’s combat capabilities isn’t a new one in science fiction.  I grew up watching cartoons like Exo-Squad and movies like Aliens, where Sigourney Weaver taught me that hell hath no fury like a woman wearing a hydraulic exo-suit.  The Fallout series of video games relies […]