USCGC Polar Star Departs for Antarctica Resupply
As the thoughts of children around the world turn expectantly toward happenings at the North Pole this holiday season, the …
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F-35Cs Complete Successful Sea Trials Early | Video
Lockheed Martin recently released this video of F-35C sea trials aboard the USS Nimitz (CVN 68), now the Navy’s oldest …
Face and Hand Transplant Advances
When the first face transplantation surgery was performed in Paris, France, in 2005 on a female victim of a dog …
Nuclear Power in Aircraft Carriers
It has been a little over half a century since the first nuclear-powered warship, the submarine USS Nautilus, signaled that …
DARPA Seeks Drone-carrying Airborne Mothership
DARPA recently released a Request for Information (ROI) on “concept feasibility, unique and enabling platform technologies, system architectures, concepts of …
U.S. Armor Developments: After Abrams
The follow-on to the Abrams was to have been part of the Army’s Future Combat Systems (FCS), a family of …
Better Treatments, Better Outcomes for Veterans with Hepatitis C
In 1989, when hepatitis C virus (HCV) was confirmed as a distinct genus of disease-causing virus, it was already known …
PowerArmor Solar Panels Provide Ballistic Protection Along With Electricity
IDG Europe has introduced a new solar panel system that provides ballistic protection along with electrical power, and is lighter …
U.S. Armor Developments: Abrams, the Game-changer
“The Task Force guidance was a back-to-basics philosophy in tank design – no gold plating, no sophisticated, futuristic technology that …
The Decorated Family Program Brings Christmas Cheer to Military Families
The holiday season can be a lonely time for a family with a service member deployed somewhere around the world. …