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Army seeks wind-measuring devices to aid snipers
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Apr 27The Pentagon is seeking partners to help create a sensing device to measure winds to help snipers fire on target, according to Nextgov. The wind-detectors should help snipers measure crosswinds as far as 1,500 meters away. The ultimate goal is to creat... »
Pentagon seeks technology to track gestures for use in helicopters
Washington Business Journal
Apr 26The Pentagon is attempting to build low-cost intelligent systems where pilots could direct helicopters with head movements, according to Nextgov. The army is seeking partners to help "determine the feasibility of using gaming or other low cost technolo... »
Pentagon creates new espionage unit
Virginia Politics
Apr 23The Pentagon is planning to ramp up its spying operations against high-priority targets such as Iran under an intelligence reorganization approved last week by Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, a senior defense official said Monday. Read full article »
Pentagon launches regenerative medicine tech program
Washington Business Journal
Apr 19The Pentagon has launched the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine II to support experiments to heal combat injuries using engineered cells and artificial organs to repair damaged tissues, according to Nextgov. The $75 million project aims t... »
Pentagon condemns L.A. Times photos of U.S. troops posing with dead Afghan insurgents
The Washington Post Politics
Apr 18KABUL-The Pentagon announced Wednesday that it is investigating newly published photographs from 2010 that show U.S. soldiers posing with the dismembered body parts of Afghan insurgents. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta “strongly rejects the conduct depi... »
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Military pushes forward with 9/11 trial at Guantanamo
Politico Top 10 Blogs
Apr 04The Pentagon indicated Wednesday that it's ready to proceed, again, with military trials for five alleged conspirators in the September 11 attacks. A Defense Department statement said the official who oversees military commissions, Bruce MacDonald, for... »
Pentagon wants more money for Israel's Iron Dome
StarTribune.com Blog o' Things
Mar 27The Pentagon says it will ask Congress for more money for Israel's anti-rocket system known as the "Iron Dome." »
BRAC 2013 may be DOA
The Washington Post Federal Eye
Mar 22The Pentagon’s proposal to begin a new round of base closings in the 2013 budget may be over before it started. Sen. Claire McCaskill, (D-Mo.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Readiness and Management Support subcommiteee, announced Wednesday tha... »
How Much Would You Pay For The Universe?
The Daily Dish
Mar 18Neil deGrasse Tyson recalls NASA's beginnings and argues that the space program deserves more government money: Matt Honan is swayed by Scrunchthethird's supercut above: It's beautifully cut, with all kinds of archival space footage and a compendium of... »
Budget Reax: Obama's "Rosy Scenario"
The Daily Dish
Feb 14Ryan Avent explains how to read the document: In the best of times, the budget document is best understood as a political document, used to frame administration priorities in a way that might possibly inform actual legislation, if the president... »
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