Ambitious technical programs including Future Combat Systems are posing engineering development challenges in all facets of the U.S. military. Our features, podcasts, videos and photos below reveal how materials, automation, sensors and simulation technologies are creating a new breed of soldier.
Future Soldier Will Generate Power The American soldier of the future will be garbed in an array of lightweight nanoscale materials that will provide ballistic protection and produce power through solar energy. Full Story
Military Broadens Use of Virtual Reality The military’s use of virtual reality technology goes far beyond war game simulation. Applications are being developed in advanced training, virtual engineering and command and control operations. Full Story
Virtual Reality Helps Treat PTSD Scientists at the University of California’s Institute for Creative Technologies have developed a VR-based system to help treat returning soldiers struggling with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Full Story
Military MULE When it comes to autonomous navigation, DARPA Urban Challenge vehicles and the Future Combat Systems Program's Multifunctional Utility/Logistics and Equipment (MULE) Vehicles have plenty in common. Full Story
Future Combat Systems Experiment 1.1 Watch this video of Future Combat Systems Experiment 1.1, which included Class 1 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and Small Unmanned Ground Vehicles (SUGV), performed in the New Mexico desert early in 2007. Watch Now
Synthetics Are Booted as Combat Materials Hear clothing expert Mitch Driggers describe new materials combinations that will protect American combat soldiers in Iraq from fires caused by improvised explosive devices. 10:41 Listen Now
Virtual Reality: The New Weapon In Product Design
Mark Bryden, associate professor of mechanical engineering at Iowa State University, gives his take on how immersive virtual reality technology is changing the way products are designed in both the military and mainstream engineering. 8:56 Listen Now
Navigating DARPA's Urban Challenge Ten teams in the 2007 Urban Challenge made use of a positioning and orientation system from Applanix Corp. Louis Nastro, Applanix's director of land products, explains how these systems have evolved to give positioning accuracies down to a few centimeters. 7:32 Listen Now
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