Future soldier technology (modified thread)

[bob225]

Russia Says Its Body Armor Will Stop .50-Caliber Bullets. Sure It Will.

Let's consider the logistics, shall we?

www.popularmechanics.com

 

[GARGEAN]

I like how even in quiz those stoopid russians have no chance for success.

 

[marauder2048]

New xm25 if you look at the requirements, and know the backstory, it's obvious they're floating the DOD owned xm25 tdp to multiple contractors to see who can build it cheapest or if someone can do something better fast.

 

[Grey Havoc]

That last sentence is odd, since the XM25 TDP was supposed to have been transferred to the government as part of a legal settlement last I heard.

 

[jsport]

Army selects eight counter-drone systems for the joint force

An Army assessment has narrowed down the number of counter-drone systems that will continue receiving investment from the joint force as the Pentagon looks to reduce redundancy.

www.defensenews.com

 

[jsport]

Navy adopts battlefield blood transfusion technique from Army Rangers

A critically-injured service member can now receive fresh blood from a buddy right on the battlefield, instead of waiting for a medevac.

taskandpurpose.com

 

[bobbymike]

Army Taking Serious Look at Composite Cartridges

Army Taking Serious Look at Composite Cartridges

www.nationaldefensemagazine.org

 

[jsport]

The Military Wants To Produce Water From Air. Here’s the Science Behind It

The key is the right combination of elements in porous crystal structures, and the AI-powered search is on.

www.defenseone.com

 

[jsport]

US Army Creates Quantum Sensor That Detects Entire Radio-Frequency Spectrum

Breakthrough could help the military fight in the electronic spectrum.

www.defenseone.com

 

[bobbymike]

Army Bolstering Weapons Portfolio

Army Bolstering Weapons Portfolio

www.nationaldefensemagazine.org

 

[GARGEAN]

http://www.niistali.ru/?sphrase_id=5639#430

Titbit about that "new russian armor that can't work". Level 6A (strangely they use old GOST metric, which doesn't contain .50 protection. Max one is 6A, protection against 7,62x54R B-32 API bullet at point blank) is achieved with usage of boron carbide based ceramic + UHMW polyethylene.

 

[bobbymike]

Mortar systems keep pace with modernization efforts

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. -- While much attention has focused on the U.S. Army’s ability to achieve greater distances with artillery and missiles, mortar...

www.army.mil

 

[tequilashooter]

В России приступили к разработке боевой экипировки 4-го поколения

Российская оборонная промышленность приступает к разработке боевого костюма нового поколения, способного надежно защитить солдата в бою и обеспечить максимально комфортные условия для выполнения любого боевого задания. Новый комплект боевой экипировки 4-го поколения «Сотник» будет проектироваться

24gadget.ru

According to Industrial Director of cluster group " Pocтeх" ,Бeкхaн Oздoeв, the new structure of the polymer fiber armor of " Coтник" ,the composition of which is unique propietary technology of the Company, will be capable to block 12,7 mm rounds from a Browning machine gun !

Popular Mechanics (США): Россия говорит, что ее новый бронекомплект остановит пулю калибра 12,7 мм

Военный эксперт отреагировал на заявление компании «Ростех» о том, что новый перспективный боевой комплект «Сотник» может выдержать попадание крупнокалиберной пули. Автор пытается понять, насколько это возможно. Ведь конкурирующий с «Сотником» модульный бронежилет армии США выдерживает попадание...

vpk.name

The Director has added that the company is developing also new generation of shock absorber structures for "Coтник" capable (very likely with the aid of the in-built exoskeleton) to disperse the energy that the body the protected soldiers will receive from those high caliber rounds and explosions.

https://z5h64q92x9.net/proxy_u/ru-en.en.d6ecb4a3-602d105b-11c8036e-74722d776562/https/rg.ru/2021/02/17/reg-urfo/novaia-boevaia-ekipirovka-mozhet-poluchit-funkciiu-elektroobogreva.html

Russian military personnel can get combat equipment with the function of electric heating. A demonstration of the innovative equipment SLEV-1 took place at the gathering of senior officers of the Central military district in the Sverdlovsk region.

According to the press service of the Central military DISTRICT, the set of an Autonomous local electric heating system is put on underwear under standard equipment and does not restrict the movement of a serviceman.

"The duration of continuous Autonomous heating on a single battery is at least 12 hours at maximum power," the report says.

In total, the Central military DISTRICT received about 1,000 sets of SLEV-1s, which will be distributed to special forces units.

According to TASS, the new equipment can be included in the set of protective equipment "Sotnik", which should replace the "warrior" in 2025.

 

[bobbymike]

Army’s Infantry Squad Vehicle undergoes tests at Arizona’s Yuma Proving Ground

The unarmored vehicle will be light enough to be sling loaded under a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter and small enough to fit inside a CH-47 Chinook helicopter.

www.armytimes.com

 

[jsport]

Why It's Going to Be Much Harder to Make Expert Under the Marines' New Rifle Qual Standard

Under the current standard, 65% of Marines qualify as expert; only 6% will do so with the new Annual Rifle Qualification.

www.military.com

 

[jsport]

Army Taking Serious Look at Composite Cartridges

Army Taking Serious Look at Composite Cartridges

www.nationaldefensemagazine.org

 

[jsport]

The Air Force is developing spray-on tech to make you heal like Wolverine

Though it is still in development, the spray has the potential to reprogram human cells to heal wounds five times faster than usual.

taskandpurpose.com

 

[Rickshaw]

The Air Force is developing spray-on tech to make you heal like Wolverine

Though it is still in development, the spray has the potential to reprogram human cells to heal wounds five times faster than usual.

taskandpurpose.com

Interesting. I can see real potential in this, both for the military and for civilian use.

 

[bobbymike]

Developers, Soldiers Team Up to Refine Next-Gen Tech

Many of the most important capabilities on the future battlefield will depend on getting data and information to and from soldiers at t

www.ausa.org

 

[jsport]

To Defeat Enemy Drone Swarms, Troops May Have to Take a Back Seat to Machines, General Says

All branches of the U.S. military have expressed interest in using artificial intelligence for faster target recognition.

www.military.com

 

[jsport]

Tactical Naps, Caffeine Jolts: Military Sleep Study Recommends New Policies for Better Troop Rest

Active-duty service members suffer from sleep deprivation at a rate roughly double that of the civilian population.

www.military.com

 

[Bottleship]

http://www.niistali.ru/?sphrase_id=5639#430

Titbit about that "new russian armor that can't work". Level 6A (strangely they use old GOST metric, which doesn't contain .50 protection. Max one is 6A, protection against 7,62x54R B-32 API bullet at point blank) is achieved with usage of boron carbide based ceramic + UHMW polyethylene.

http://www.niistali.ru/?sphrase_id=5639#430 - "Interpolitech 2010"

2a, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5a, 6, 6a - old standart (to 2014)
Br 1, Br 2, Br 3, Br 4, Br 5, Br 6 - modern standart
Br 6: 12.7 mm (steel heat-strengthened core), 48.2 g (744 gr), 830 mps (2690 fps)

 

[bobbymike]

DARPA Seeks TO Assess Feasibility of portable personal air mobility systemS

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Small Business Programs Office (SBPO) is issuing an SBIR/STTR Opportunity (SBO) inviting submissions of innovative research concepts in the tec…

www.dsjournal.com

 

[bobbymike]

JUST IN DARPA Researching Less Cumbersome Personal Protective Equipment

JUST IN DARPA Researching Less Cumbersome Personal Protective Equipment

www.nationaldefensemagazine.org

 

[bobbymike]

The Army’s New Goggles Let Soldiers See Right Through Walls

Now, infantry troops will know exactly where they're going on the battlefield.

www.popularmechanics.com

 

[bobbymike]

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1561698100703080&id=300178700188366

View: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1561698100703080&id=300178700188366

 

[dan_inbox]

Marom Dolphin's Wild Goose motorized load carrier exoskeleton.
20km autonomy before swapping battery, exists in 2x2 (60kg) or 4x4 (120kg)
at https://marom-dolphin.com/products/wild-goose-motorized-external-skeleton#



Where were those during my endurance and beret treks?

 

[jsport]

View: https://youtu.be/MFwVcAqI1UA?t=174


As the US Army becomes a mostly tgt designation force w. this type of Sitawarn/tgting capability, systems like M-109 will be overwhelmed. A next gen SPH which doesnt seem to be in the Army's conversation, but is more important than an Abrams or Bradley replacement .

 

[Grey Havoc]

Ultrasound Reads Monkey Brains, Opening New Way To Control Machines With Thought - Slashdot

sciencehabit shares a report from Science Magazine: The most advanced mind-controlled devices being tested in humans rely on tiny wires inserted into the brain. Now researchers have paved the way for a less invasive option. They've used ultrasound imaging to predict a monkey's intended eye or...

science.slashdot.org

 

[jsport]

The Pentagon finally wants to make jetpack soldiers a reality

DoD is considering a “portable personal air mobility system” that could be used on special operations, search and rescue, and logistics missions.

taskandpurpose.com

 

[jsport]

Autonomous Drones Proved Themselves in Army Ammo Resupply Tests. Now, the XVIII Airborne Wants In

Soldiers with the service's EXFOR, at Fort Benning, just completed the Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiment (AEWE) 2021.

www.military.com

 

[shin_getter]

Microsoft wins U.S. Army contract for augmented reality headsets, worth up to $21.9 billion over 10 years

The Army HoloLens deal comes a year and a half after Microsoft received a cloud contract from the Pentagon, which Amazon has been challenging in federal court.

www.cnbc.com

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

HoloLens for 120,000 Army personnel: Microsoft inks $21.9 billion deal

Was originally pegged at $480 million in 2018, follows scrutiny over other DOD deals.

arstechnica.com

*personal impression: AR/VR hits jackpot after decades in the wildness? No longer the "amusing nerd toy" but serious business!

 

[shin_getter]

Development objectives

https://mk0uploadvrcom4bcwhj.kinstacdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Army-AR-Objectives.pdf

Supposed Radio

https://cdn.silvustechnologies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/StreamCaster-4200-Enhanced-Datasheet.pdf

US Army Integrated Visual Augmentation System Mounted Amplifies Capabilities | Soldier Systems Daily

“IVAS is more than just a goggle, it's changing the way we fight.” - MAJ Kevin Smith, PM IVAS Platform Integration DRI JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCORD, WA – Th ...

soldiersystems.net

Army Makes Gargantuan Bet On New Augmented Reality Goggles For Its Soldiers

Augmented reality headsets could give individual Army soldiers unprecedented situational awareness and immediate access to critical information.

www.thedrive.com

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Not sure whether IVAS have greater impact on situation awareness for AFV operators (which already have battle management systems) or infantry.

 

[tequilashooter]

Rostec presented new combined reconnaissance devices for special forces

New combined optoelectronic observation and reconnaissance devices, intended for special forces, were developed by specialists of the TsNII "Cyclone". This was reported in a press release issued by Rostec. The new device allows you to recognize people and equipment at a distance

en.topwar.ru

"New combined optoelectronic observation and reconnaissance devices intended for special forces have been developed by specialists from TsNII "Cyclone". This was reported in a press release issued by Rostec.

The new device makes it possible to recognize people and equipment at a distance of several kilometers, regardless of the time of day and weather. It is produced in two versions: "Sych-PR-S" medium-range and "Sych-PR-D" long-range. The device itself combines the functions of a thermal imager, TV and laser rangefinder and is equipped with a digital magnetic compass with a satellite navigation system. The laser rangefinder works at a distance of up to 5 km.

The difference between the devices lies in the thermal imaging channels.

(...) Sych-PR-D uses a cooled thermal imager operating in the spectral range of 3-5 nm, Sych-PR-S uses an uncooled thermal imaging channel operating in the 8-12 nm range

- said in a statement.

Thus, the declared detection range for the "long-range" version is 3 km for a person and 4 km for a passenger car. For the "medium" version - 1,5 and 2,5 km, respectively.

At present, the SYCH-PR devices have passed the stage of factory tests and passed to acceptance tests. Serial production is scheduled to begin before the end of the year.

Both devices are part of the Sych line of electronic optics manufactured by the Cyclone Central Research Institute."

 

[aonestudio]

Army Wants to Replace the Cold War-Era TOW Missile with a New Longer-Range Tank Killer

Army maneuver officials want to replace the TOW missile with an advanced projectile that can kill enemy tanks at more than twice the range.

www.military.com

 

[bobbymike]

Army's Precision Grenadier Program Is About to Face Its First Real Test

Army Futures Command will soon decide whether weapons officials will get another shot at equipping infantry squads with a precision airburst weapon.

www.military.com

 

[aonestudio]

Super Fabric to Protect Soldiers From Chemical and Biological Agents

All sorts of exciting projects are being cooked up over at DARPA, with the scope of the agency’s research going from nuclear thermal propulsion for space rockets to… clothing fabrics.

www.autoevolution.com

FLIR wins US DARPA contract to develop revolutionary new protective fa

FLIR Systems announced on April 12 that it has won a contract with the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to rapidly develop novel

www.armyrecognition.com

 

[bobbymike]

Your squad’s newest weapons: armed drones, shoulder-fired missiles and air-bursting munitions

To prepare for near-peer conflict, where squad-level soldiers would face increased firepower and have to handle a greater variety of threats, the Army is working to improve the weapons they need to prevail.

www.armytimes.com

 

[bobbymike]

Dear military, please invest in this dude’s lightsaber

Imagine a world with real-life lightsaber battles.

www.militarytimes.com

 

[robunos]

Dear military, please invest in this dude’s lightsaber​

Imagine a world with real-life lightsaber battles.

www.militarytimes.com

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YyBtMxZgQs


cheers,
Robin.