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May 2008

Last week we had exoskeletons…this week it’s bionic arms. And I think this is from the guy who invented the Segway. [Source: All Things Video] Enjoy! – Christian

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At my old job, we used to always joke that it wasn’t news unless the Washington Post, New York Times or AP reported it — even if we’d done the story a month earlier. Well, here’s another case of the “it ain’t news” phenomenon. We’ve been covering the heck out of this issue for more […]

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This article first appeared in Aviation Week’s Ares Weblog. Given Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ order to the service branches to hurry up and get more unmanned aerial vehicles out to the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, theres a scramble afoot to develop and deploy next-generation UAVs as quickly as possible. And the $160 billion Future […]

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The Army, unhappy that the House Armed Services Committee plans to cut $200 million from its top modernization program, plans a June 11 assault on the House side of the Capitol using elements of its Future Combat System. Relax! Its a joke. But the Army really does want to show the Hill just how effective […]

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After last week’s tac-laser test, looks like laser missile defense is moving closer too… From Boeing: The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency achieved another significant milestone for the Airborne Laser (ABL) missile defense program this month by completing the first laser activation testing on the ground at Edwards […]

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