130514-N-ZZ999-004 ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 14, 2013) An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator launches from the aircraft carrier USS George...
U.S. Navy
innovation

Navy's X-47B drone completes first carrier takeoff 

FANG
DARPA
darpa

Military shows off world's first crowdsourced tank design

The building housing “Unit 61398” of the People’s Liberation Army is seen in the outskirts of Shanghai, Tuesday Feb. 19, 2013. Cyberattacks that stole...
AP
china

China says US-based hackers target its websites

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Part of Bit9's blog about the hack.
Bit9
hackers

Hackers breached security firm Bit9, then attacked its customers

Navy binoculars
U.S Navy / Tiffini M. Jones
binoculars

Navy plans binoculars that scan enemy's face from 600 feet

Biofilm
Phanindhar Shivapooja and Qiming Wang
innovation

Material will allow ships to shake off scum

Computer keyboard
Reuters file
stuxnet

Iran beefed up cyber capabilities after Stuxnet: US general

he ACTUV robot ship is designed to track enemy submarines for up to 90 days at sea.
DARPA
robot

Watch a futuristic robot ship track enemy subs

Image of water, looking up.
DARPA
innovation

Navy wants drones stashed on the seafloor

Lantos Technologies demonstrated its 3-D ear scanning technology at CES 2013 in Las Vegas.
Jeremy Hsu / TechMedia Network
ces-2013

3-D ear scanning enables custom headphones

Gary McKinnon, in July 2005, making his way into a London courthouse.
Getty Images file
hacker

UFO hacker won't be tried in Britain for Pentagon, NASA crimes

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Image of test flight
U.S. Army
innovation

Black Hawk helicopter flies all by itself

Smart material
Jacqueline McBride / Lawrence Livermore National Lab
Military

Nanotech 'second skin' could protect soldiers from chemical threats

Image of UAV targeted by ADAM
Lockheed Martin
innovation

Ground-based laser zaps rockets in tests

Iron Dome
Amir Cohen / Reuters
defense

How Israel's 'Iron Dome' intercepts incoming rockets in Gaza conflict

President Barack Obama, on Nov. 14, 2012.
AP / Charles Dharapak
cybersecurity

Obama signs security cyber-operations guidelines: official

Operation Supply Drop
Operation Supply Drop
operation supply drop

For troops at war, relief arrives in a package of video games

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Roboboat
U.S. Navy / Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Scott Youngblood
robots

Navy robot boat missiles sink attack swarms

Military

Military looks at lasers for hack-proof radio

One of the recurring challenges for the military is to send a message without anyone else listening in. Communicating via a laser...

CHAMP in action
Boeing / Air Force Research Laboratory
weapons

Boeing's new missile takes down electronics without touching them