marines

11.22.09

When the DoD's Fantasy Projects Get Real: DARPA Monitors Student Minds, SOCOM Wants Robo-Go-Fast Boats, And More

By Stuart Fox Posted 11.12.2009 at 2:59 pm 4 Comments

Three times a year, the Department of Defense (DoD) solicits help from the small business community to transform their high-tech research projects into actual, usable products. While the businesses use this opportunity to fight for some of that sweet, sweet government pork, for us, it's a chance to get a look at the next generation of advanced military gear. With the new solicitations out today, we're counting down the most intriguing projects that the DoD wants to get out of the lab and onto the battlefield.

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Augmented Reality Goggles Make Marine Mechanics More Efficient

Jarheads work almost 50 percent faster wearing heads-up display goggles that replace technical manuals

By Jeremy Hsu Posted 10.26.2009 at 2:26 pm 2 Comments

New augmented reality goggles are helping Marine mechanics perform maintenance on vehicles in about half the usual time. The futuristic headgear displays precise instructions on top of real-world settings, and shows how to complete certain tasks, such as wiring up an ignition coil.

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Company Last Seen Making Lightning Guns Is Now Attaching Lasers To Planes

By Dan Smith Posted 07.31.2009 at 1:00 pm 14 Comments

We at PopSci appreciate new weapons. And lasers. And laser weapons. Which is why we're excited to tell you that the Navy and the Marines have given a company called Applied Electronics about a million dollars to attach lasers onto planes. The weapons would be ultra-short-pulse (USP) lasers, which shoot beams of frequent-pulse light that create a path through the air, via which bolts of electricity can travel toward a target.

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Semper Fly: Marines in Space

A proposed suborbital space transport will put boots on the ground anywhere in the world in two hours or less. But can it overcome huge technological-and political-hurdles?

By David Axe Posted 12.18.2006 at 2:00 am 0 Comments

For a look at a prototypical Space Marine mission, launch the photo gallery.

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