Thursday, December 17, 2009


This robot is based on the ”Spinner” robotic vehicle and will have six giant tires and will be able to drive over anything even when flipped over. It is designed to carry any type of weapons and is able to drive its self or by remote to enemy territory.

The Isreali have invented the Smart Arrow that defines the spy weapon. When fired, the Smart Arrow embeds itself into a surface and starts transmitting video for up to seven hours. The range is 300 meters and can transmit at 25/fps with a 60 degree field of view. It sends the video to a hand held device and the arrow can swivel to grab shots through a door or window.
The CBU-97 consists of an SUU-66/B tactical munition dispenser that contains 10 BLU-108 submunitions. Each submunition contains four hockey-puck-shaped sensor-fused projectiles called Skeets. These detect targets, such as tanks, armored personnel carriers, trucks and other support vehicles, and fire an explosively formed penetrator.

The Tactical High-Energy Laser, or THEL, is a laser developed for military use, to shoot down missles from incoming enemys.

Friday, December 11, 2009

In fact, the Pentagon is now extending its desire to manage information all the way to a soldier’s brain, where DARPA and other research agencies are seeking to exploit neuroscience in pursuit of better battlefield technology. This year DARPA started a project called the Cognitive Technology Threat Warning System more catchily dubbed Luke’s Binoculars that combines advanced optics with an EEG system that monitors brain wave activity in the prefrontal cortex. Certain patterns of activity suggest that the brain has subconsciously detected a threat, and the system will alert the soldier immediately instead of waiting for his conscious mind to finish digesting the entire scene. DARPA anticipates field-testing a prototype in 2010.

Thursday, December 3, 2009


Dragon Skin is a type of ballistic vest made by Pinnacle Armor. It is currently produced in Fresno, California. Its characteristic two-inch-wide circular discs overlap like scale armor, creating a flexible vest that allows a good range of motion and can allegedly absorb a high number of hits compared with other military body armor. The discs are composed of silicon carbide ceramic matrices and laminates, much like the larger ceramic plates in other types of bullet resistant vests.

Starstreak is a British short range surface-to-air missile manufactured by Thales Air Defence Limited in Belfast. It is also known as Starstreak HVM where HVM stands for "High Velocity Missile". After launch the missile accelerates to approximately Mach 3.5 which is about 2664.2 mph, at which point it launches three laser beam riding submunitions. The use of three submunitions increases the likelihood of a successful hit on the target. Starstreak has been in service with the British Army since 1997.