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US Army prepping robotic combat vehicles for big test with soldiers in 2022
The Army is taking receipt of robotic combat vehicle prototypes in order to prep them ahead of a major company-led evaluation at Fort Hood, Texas, next year.
By Jen Judson
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The US Air Force wants to buy a big robot to help with bomb disposal
FLIR, which won a similar competition for the Army, thinks it is the company to beat.
Soldiers, Marines try out new device that puts ‘mixed reality,’ multiple functions into warfighter’s hands
The system melds navigation, targeting, situational awareness and communications into a single device with advanced thermal and night vision.
By Todd South
ISIS snipers using US thermal devices
How ISIS got the thermal devices is unknown, but Iraq and Syria are known for illicit arms markets.
By Shawn Snow