Pentagon investing millions in battlefield rapid disease detection
The handheld device will reportedly be able to test blood or fluid samples on future battlefields without needing refrigeration or temperature control.
By Hope Hodge Seck
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Marines’ new mortar, rocket simulator delivers training with no blast
The Marine Corps is rolling out training simulators to spare Marines from excessive blast exposure.
By Todd South
After deaths at ammo plants, lawmakers to quiz US Army leaders on modernizing production
A planned House hearing comes in the wake of a series of explosions and fires that have killed and injured nearly a dozen workers at munition plants in recent years and led to a previously unreported investigation by the House Armed Services Committee.
By Joe Gould
Can working dogs learn to detect COVID in humans? The Army is working to find out
Researchers use tightly sealed capsules capable of holding hazardous substances that can be detected safely by each dog.
By J.D. Simkins
Feds say company provided subpar steel for US Navy subs
For decades, the U.S. Navy’s leading supplier of high-strength steel for submarines provided subpar metal because one of the company’s longtime employees falsified lab results.
Army tweaks new goggles to scan for fevers
Five seconds was all it took for the goggles to detect the forehead and inner eye temperature of troops.
By Kyle Rempfer
Gold Star mothers group may consider adjusting membership rules in age of coronavirus
“Our membership organization will need to change criteria and guidelines on how we operate,” Mona Gunn, president of American Gold Star Mothers Inc. told Military Times. “It is something we may want to consider looking at.”
By Howard Altman
AMMO Inc. launches armor piercing ammunition line for military and LE customers
AMMO, Inc. has announced the operational launch of its patented Hard Armor Piercing Incendiary (HAPI) and Armor Piercing (AP) ammunition manufacturing line.
By Press Release
Illegally sold Chinese surveillance equipment installed at military installations, feds say
A Long Island firm sold tens of millions of dollars in Chinese-made surveillance and other sensitive security equipment to customers, including the U.S. military to use on aircraft carriers, by falsely claiming the goods were manufactured in America, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
Nobel laureate wants to kill off killer robots
In mid-November the parties to the Convention on Conventional Weapons will begin meeting in Geneva and they could start talks over limiting lethal artificial intelligence devices.
By Edith M. Lederer, The Associated Press
This top military working dog is a Purple Heart recipient with nearly 100 Marine combat patrols under his collar
Sgt. Yeager, a Marine improvised explosive detection dog, was awarded the Purple Heart after an explosion in Afghanistan took out part of his ear.
By Shawn Snow
Service members are being duped into buying nonexistent vehicles
The scam continues a longstanding battle between service member and competent auto purchases.
By J.D. Simkins