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Military
12
Mar

Computational modeling investigation of pulsed high peak power microwaves and the potential for traumatic brain injury

March 12, 2022
Dagro AM, Wilkerson JW, Thomas TP, Kalinosky BT, Payne JA. Computational modeling investigation of pulsed high peak power microwaves and the potential for traumatic brain injury. Sci Adv. 2021 Oct 29;7(44):eabd8405. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abd8405. Epub 2021 Oct 29. PMID: 34714682; PMCID: PMC8555891. Abstract When considering safety standards for human exposure to radiofrequency (RF) and microwave energy,...
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11
Sep

Pentagon taps industry for nuclear-powered propulsion for its satellites

September 11, 2021
Source: Defense News https://tinyurl.com/7p3p4v3a By Nathan Strout WASHINGTON — The Department of Defense is looking to industry for nuclear-powered propulsion technology to drive its spacecraft, freeing them from the low-energy limitations of current electric and solar-based propulsion systems. Those traditional systems have largely served government space systems well. Once they reach their intended orbit, most satellites don’t...
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28
Apr

US Army Explores Equipping Robots with Living Muscle Tissue

April 28, 2021
Source: Defense One https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2021/04/army-explores-equipping-robots-living-muscle-tissue/173559/ BY BRANDI VINCENT, STAFF CORRESPONDENT, APRIL 22, 2021 A scientist from the Army Research Lab gave a glimpse into its early work with biohybrid robotics. Looking to pave the way for the production of nimble robots that can move more like living creatures than bulky androids, Army Research Laboratory scientists are...
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12
Apr

ASTERX 2021: French Space Forces Reach For Higher ‘Orbit’

April 12, 2021
Source: Breaking Defense https://breakingdefense.com/2021/04/asterx-2021-french-space-forces-reach-for-higher-orbit/ The French military is moving apace in keeping with Paris’s determination to, at a minimum, keep its rank as the third international space power in an increasingly large and competitive club of nations. By  MURIELLE DELAPORTE on April 09, 2021 PARIS: France led its first multinational military space exercise last month,...
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03
Apr

The Military Is Funding Ethicists to Keep Its Brain Enhancement Experiments in Check

April 3, 2021
Source: https://medicalethicshealthpolicy.med.upenn.edu/in-the-news/the-military-is-funding-ethicists-to-keep-its-brain-enhancement-experiments-in-check April 1, 2021 From Future Human: The military has long been interested in what medical ethicist Jonathan Moreno calls “the whole supersoldier business” — using technology to produce bionically or pharmaceutically superior warfighters. Moreno, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, is interested too. Specifically, in one question that keeps gnawing at him: How...
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20
Mar

Elusive Ethics: Robotic Warfare and Autonomous Weapons

March 20, 2021
As the world’s militaries rush to win the AI race, organizations are raising their voices in opposition. https://interestingengineering.com/ethics-of-robotic-warfare-and-autonomous-weapons By Eric James Beyer, Mar 16, 2021 While on patrol in the mountains of Afghanistan in 2004, former US Army Ranger Paul Scharre spotted a girl of about five years old walking curiously close to his sniper team...
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17
Mar

REARMM: Army Holds Modernization ‘Rehearsals’

March 17, 2021
How do you get 35 new technologies into combat units without overwhelming them? Army Futures Command, Forces Command, Materiel Command, and other HQs are trying to figure that out. By SYDNEY J. FREEDBERG JR. on March 15 2021 Source https://breakingdefense.com/2021/03/rearrm-army-holds-modernization-rehearsals/ WASHINGTON: Officials from across the Army are thrashing out how to field a host of...
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16
Mar

Omnispace tests satellite 5G with US military

March 16, 2021
TYSONS, Va. – Omnispace, the company that is redefining mobile communications by building a global hybrid network, today announced the successful demonstration of 5G satellite capability with the National Security Innovation Network (NSIN), along with the Navy and Marine Corps. Omnispace was selected by NSIN in 2020 to pilot its technology in connection with Verizon’s...
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10
Jan

NTIA, Pentagon Move to Tackle 5G Interoperability Complexities

January 10, 2021
Source: https://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2021/01/ntia-pentagon-move-tackle-5g-interoperability-complexities/171291/ By BRANDI VINCENT JANUARY 8, 2021 The aim would be to accelerate the production of an “open 5G stack ecosystem.” The Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration wants feedback on the potential of a new “5G Challenge” it may create to promote interoperability in the burgeoning realm—and support the Defense Department’s ongoing military...
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22
Dec

The military is scrambling to understand the aviation crash risk from a new 5G sale

December 22, 2020
Source: https://www.defensenews.com/2020/12/21/the-military-is-scrambling-to-understand-the-aviation-crash-risk-from-a-new-5g-sale/ By: Valerie Insinna and Aaron Mehta, December 21 at 5:00 AM WASHINGTON — As part of a broader move to boost the 5G industry in the United States, the Federal Communications Commission on Dec. 8 began auctioning a portion of C-band electromagnetic spectrum, a move the committee’s chairman, Ajit Pai, celebrated as “a big day for...
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