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Enhancing Army Combat Effectiveness and Survivability Through Microgrids

Summary As the U.S. Army seeks to improve combat effectiveness and survivability, innovative energy systems are becoming more critical. This…

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Modern Renewable Resources For Alternative Energy Generation

Summary This article explores existing alternative energy capabilities that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) can leverage to ensure technological…

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Breakthroughs in Wearable Molecular Monitoring

Background Homeland defense and security depends on peak performance of field personnel and early detection of exposure to chemical/biological threats….

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The New CBRN Paradigm: Accelerating Development on Both Sides

For over a century, the chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) enterprise focused on chemicals, biological agents, radiological isotopes, and…

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DARPA Invites Proposals for AI Biotechnology Pitch Days Dec. 5-6

DARPA funds the research and development of technologies with the potential for transformational impact, central to delivering on the agency’s…

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Westinghouse Completes Study for First eVinci Microreactor Experiment

Westinghouse Electric Company has completed the front-end engineering and experiment design (FEEED) phase to test a prototype of its eVinciTM…

New Project Will Explore, Secure Ag-IoT Technology

The Agricultural Internet of Things, or Ag-IoT, has grown rapidly in recent years, offering new innovations and improvements to farmers…

U.S. Marines from the Chemical & Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF) participate in a Product Manager Risk Reduction activity at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland in October 2023. (Photos courtesy of JPEO-CBRND)

On Your Mark, Get Set, Detect!

It’s been 20 years in the making, but the Army is about to get its first lightweight, low-cost, man-portable defense…

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ERDC Partners With U.S. Department of State to Develop Innovative Window Solutions

VICKSBURG, Miss. – Inventors from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg, Mississippi, developed a groundbreaking…

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CBRN DRS Nears FOC – It’s Not Easy as 1,2,3

The modern battlespace is dynamic. As conflicts in Ukraine and Israel unfold and perpetual threats from our adversaries loom, we…

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Researchers Use Summit to Track Down Nuclear Fission’s Elusive Scission Neutron

Nuclear fission – when the nucleus of an atom splits in two, releasing energy – may seem like a process…

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DIA Releases Nuclear Challenges Intelligence Overview

JOINT BASE ANACOSTIA-BOLLING–The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has released a new publication describing the current nuclear capabilities of foreign adversaries….