The Defense Department has officially given the thumbs up to Apple devices running iOS 6 — paving the way for iPhones and iPads to become standard issue around the Pentagon. The move was hardly shocking. In fact, the Wall Street Journal had it on…
The US Navy’s quieter way to spy, the Ion Tiger, just bested its own 2009 flight record with a key assist from liquid hydrogen. The unmanned aerial vehicle had previously relied on 5000-psi compressed hydrogen for fuel, but for its latest flight t…
The US Navy has officially introduced unmanned aircraft along with eight newly manned helicopters into its squadron, making it the latest military branch after the Army and the Air Force to embrace the drone. Indeed, ten of the 18 aircraft to be d…
Creating a mobile ad hoc network is tricky when rounding people up for a game or two, let alone when linking thousands of soldiers whose lives are at stake. DARPA has had enough trouble getting such large-scale networks off the ground that it just…
Thermal imaging cameras are highly useful tools for military and law enforcement types, letting them see humans inside buildings or land a helicopter in the fog. High-definition models are too heavy for servicemen to tote, however, so DARPA and a …
Before satellites, getting from A to B without radio signals involved cumbersome inertial systems found only on advanced civilian and military aircraft. Those are still the best backup for GPS, and working with the University of Michigan, DARPA has f…
Google chairman Eric Schmidt is worried about the future of internet openness in Burma (also called Myanmar), one of the least-connected countries in the world. In a post on his Google+ page published Sunday, Schmidt describes some of…
After intense lobbying by a US Senator, the Secretary of State, and the US Attorney General, Singapore will conduct an official coroner’s inquiry into the unexpected death of American engineer Shane Todd, starting on May 13.
Todd told…
Large deposits of rare earth metals — difficult-to-mine materials that are needed in many personal, commercial, and military electronics — have been discovered in Japan, possibly chipping away at China’s near monopoly on t…
One of China’s most elite and prestigious research universities appears to have a working relationship with the military unit that’s said to be behind recent cyber-espionage attacks on US companies and government agencies. Reuters has…
