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Demining Efforts Improve Technology and Safety of Thailand Borders
Landmines and unexploded ordnance are found throughout the world, often in peaceful countries leftover from conflict decades ago. ... Army Research, Development and Engineering Command's communications-electronics center, or CERDEC, continued global humanitarian demining efforts, including a new yearlong project aimed to improve demining technology and increase border safety in Thailand that began March 29. Members of CERDEC NVESD, partnered with the Thailand Mine Action Center, or TMAC, for an operational field evaluation of the Mini MineWolf mine-clearing system to remove mines along Thailand's borders. more...
Army Innovators Make The Difference For Soldiers
The latest list of the Thomson Reuters' Top 100 Global Innovators includes the U.S. Army for the first time. The U.S. government's heavy investments in innovation, especially as related to matters of national security, made the difference, according to the Reuters website. The U.S. Navy also made the list for the first time. Of the top inventors working for the Army, 13 researchers and scientists from the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command. more...
Secretary of the Army John Mchugh: This Is Why We Own The Night
FORT BELVOIR, Va. -- Secretary of the Army John McHugh received a demonstration of some of the Army's current and future technologies during a visit to the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command's night vision and electronic sensors facility, April 18. "We want to ensure that we invest in innovations that continue to give us the technological edge that our forces need to take on whatever tomorrow's mission might be," McHugh said. more...
Combat Vehicle ID App Means Soldier Training On-The-Go
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md -- Soldiers and civilians alike can now test their knowledge of U.S. and foreign combat vehicles in a new, free Android application released in February. The mobile app ROC-V, which stands for Recognition of Combatants -- Vehicles, was developed by the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center's Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate, or CERDEC NVESD, located at Fort Belvoir, Va, in collaboration with TRADOC Capability Manager Brigade Combat Team -- Mission Command. more...
Army Engineers Design, Build Roadway Threat Detection System
Explosives along roadways remain an unrelenting hazard for deployed Soldiers. U.S. Army engineers have developed a system for detecting possible threats by identifying potential threat locations on unimproved roads. The Shadow Class Infrared Spectral Sensor-Ground, known as SCISSOR-G, could allow Soldiers on a route clearance patrol to achieve greater standoff ranges during missions, said Jim Hilger, chief of the Signal and Image Processing Branch within the U.S. Army Communications--Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center's Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate at Fort Belvoir, Va. more...
Army 'Upcycles,' Reuses Old Gear for New Technologies
Upcycling is not only "en vogue," it is also the right thing to do as Army researchers are championing reuse of drawn-down or demilitarized items to save time, money and the environment. The Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate recently completed a project for the Rapid Equipping Force on reusing discarded Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station imaging sensors for inexpensive, ground-based persistent surveillance systems. more...
Army Engineers Spur Development of Tactical Microgrids
U.S. Army engineers are leading research on tactical microgrids to deliver more efficient power to Soldiers across combat zones. These microgrids are designed and built to provide power independently of traditional grids and to integrate multiple sources of energy for use and storage. The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command is developing microgrid technologies specifically to meet requirements unique to the battlefield, said Christopher Wildmann, an electrical engineer with RDECOM's Communications--Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center at Fort Belvoir, Va. more...
National Security Scholars Experience the Technological Side of Defense at NVESD
The National Security Scholars from the National Youth Leadership Forum (NYLF), eager to continue their exploration of American diplomacy, national security, intelligence, and defense, arrived at Gelini Gate in their finest business attire on a bus from Washington, D.C., poised for an introduction to the defense technology developed at the US Army RDECOM CERDEC Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD). The week-long program affords exceptional high school students the opportunity to experience challenging careers in government service through speakers, seminars, and site explorations, such as the visit conducted at NVESD on October 13th. more...
Technology Team Forges New Path in Afghanistan
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. - American Soldiers serving in Afghanistan face fresh challenges at every turn. But a team of Army technology and engineering experts is now making headway by turning those challenges into opportunities. In January the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command started positioning civilian engineers, technologists and specialists in the same time zone as America's Warfighters to listen to problems and brainstorm solutions. more...
NVESD "STEMs" Interest in Local Lorton Station Elementary School Students
LORTON STATION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Lorton VA - On April 8, 2011 military and civilian subject matter experts (SMEs) from the US Army RDECOM CERDEC Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD), Fort Belvoir, VA, presented Night Vision technologies to students in kindergarten through sixth grade at the Lorton Station Elementary School Career Fair. The area school hosts the career fair to introduce students to different careers and programs of advanced study. more...
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