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11.23.09

U.S. Army Plans to Send Giant Spy Blimp to Afghanistan

By Anna Maria Jakubek Posted 09.23.2009 at 5:38 pm 13 Comments

LEMV: Not Your Father's Blimp: Lockheed Martin

Next time you're in Afghanistan, make sure to keep an eye out for the U.S. Army's Space and Missile Defense Command's giant blimp-like surveillance airship.

The Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle (LEMV), as it's called, will be 250 feet long, autonomous, and able to float at up to 20,000 feet for an impressive three weeks at a time. As for its surveillance capabilities, a 40-foot-long stretch behind the cockpit will house a selection of spy gear, including a motion sensor and radar.

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Monitoring Soldiers' Brains in the Field

Scientists are working on a device that will quickly assess whether a soldier has incurred a serious brain injury

By Gregory Mone Posted 04.18.2008 at 10:37 am 0 Comments

As many as 320,000 U.S. troops may have sustained brain injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan, yet less than half of them were evaluated by doctors. But now the Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Pentagon is funding a project to develop a device that would do on-site testing for brain trauma, and be tough enough to hold up in a war zone.

The gadget, which is being developed by neurosurgeon Jamshid Ghajar and his team at Weill Cornell Medical College, will use eye-tracking technology to measure the brain's health.

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