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Finding IEDs With ‘Metal Detectors On Steroids’

Pfc. Nikko Williams, 3rd Platoon, Battle Company, 5th Battalion 20th Infantry Regiment, Task Force 1st Squadron 14th Cavalry Regiment, uses a Minehound to search for weapons caches in an orchard...

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Robotics Rodeo!

More than 40 vendors and representatives from five universities demonstrated various technologies during the 2012 Robotics Rodeo at Fort Benning, Ga., The Rodeo's third installment, a 10-day event that...

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Battlefield Technology ON the Battlefield

Believe it or not, there exists a group of scientists at Bagram Airfield who analyze all evidence collected from improvised explosive device (IED) operations around Afghanistan.  It’s called the...

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CSI: Afghanistan

The Afghanistan Captured Material Exploitation Unit, or ACME, investigates from the front lines using cutting edge technology.  Their techniques are similar to the scripted crime scene investigators...

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Meet the Scientists: Dr. Jesse Moran

Meet the Scientists is an Armed with Science segment highlighting the men and women working in the government realms of science, technology, research and development.  The greatest minds working on the...

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New Padding, Perhaps?

New Army studies of the padding inside combat helmets are expected to reveal new insights on ways to prevent shock waves from a detonated improvised explosive device, for example, from damaging...

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