Firms Pitch Exoskeletons and Body Armor for SOCOM’s Iron Man Suit
Defense firms tried to dazzle special operations officials here in hopes of one day being selected to build the command's futuristic operator suit -- typically...
Navy Will Test its Electromagnetic Rail Gun aboard DDG 1000
The Navy is evaluating whether to mount its new Electromagnetic Rail Gun weapon aboard the high-tech DDG 1000 destroyer by the mid-2020s, service officials said....
DARPA Announces Tasks for DRC Finals
Late last week, DARPA released the final rules document for the DRC Finals. This document includes the list of tasks that robots will have to...
The Company Securing Your Internet Has Close Ties to Russian Spies
Kaspersky Lab sells security software, including antivirus programs recommended by big-box stores and other U.S. PC retailers. (more…)
Russia moves state of the art missiles to borders of Poland and Lithuania.
Russia plans to station state-of-the art missiles in its westernmost Baltic exclave and deploy nuclear-capable bombers to Crimea as part of massive war games to...
China hacks into U.S. weather satellite network
China recently hacked into U.S. weather and satellite systems, forcing cybersecurity teams to seal off vital data, officials said Wednesday. (more…)
Secret U.S. Space Plane To Land After 22 Months In Orbit
This much we know: It's not a bird and it's not exactly a plane. Beyond that, the U.S. Air Force holds all the answers. The...
Why America’s Navy Is So Concerned About These Russian Missiles
Some folks question why the U.S. Navy would need such exotic weapons as the Phalanx and SeaRAM systems, or even electromagnetic rail guns. These Russian-made,...
Shellshock botnet targets Akamai, as well as US DoD networks.
Attackers were quick to capitalized on the Shellshock Bash command interpreter bug disclosed yesterday. Constructing a botnet that is rapidly try to infect other servers, according to...
Feds Threatened to Fine Yahoo $250K Daily for Not Complying With PRISM
A secret and scrappy court battle that Yahoo launched to resist the NSA’s PRISM spy program came to an end in 2008 because the Feds...