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  • The Invisible Man Kit: How to disappear completely

    Published October 10, 2013

    Ever feel like going invisible? A new invisibility kit promises to deliver the power to disappear -- if you’ve got the cash.

  • 5 Top new techs for Marines

    Published October 03, 2013

    Five amazing new innovations are intend to help Marines and Sailors out-think, outmaneuver and outperform the enemy.

  • Air Force achieves drone fighter jet first

    Published September 26, 2013

    Boeing announced that its first test flight of a F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet modified with unmanned control technology -- drone type tech -- was a success. Could drone fighter jet squadrons be hitting the skies in the not-so-distant future?

  • Fight terrorists, pedophiles with your phone

    Published September 19, 2013

    Two new apps have just been released to arm the average American in these initiatives: The first puts a “Bat-Signal" in your hand to help arrest predators and save children; the second turns your smartphone into a pathogen detector to find threats invisible to the naked eye.

  • 5 amazing sights at the largest weapons show on Earth

    Published September 13, 2013

    It’s where the world’s militaries come to window shop, and everything from missiles and warships to knives and parachutes were on display. From robots and rifles to machine guns and more, here are five of the biggest “reveals” this year.

  • New tech to shoot a Navy SEAL from a torpedo tube

    Published September 12, 2013

    James Bond was loaded into a torpedo tube and fired into the ocean in the 1967 film “You Only Live Twice” -- and now amphibious forces like Navy SEALs are getting exactly the same tech.

  • Top Gear-worthy trucks and more from the world’s largest defense show

    Published September 11, 2013

    Prefer your car to be rocket AND jet powered?  The Bloodhound, in contention for world’s fastest car, the supersonic’s sidekick Supacats and more are making their debut this week at DSEI defense show in London.

  • Will speed-dating and exorcism stop the world’s largest weapons show?

    Published September 10, 2013

    Exorcism, “die-ins,” an “arms-dealer speed dating” ambush: It’s just another day in the life of the international defense trade and the peace protesters that love to loathe them.

  • Tech to defend U.S. forces against chemical weapons

    Published September 05, 2013

    Securing chemical weapons depots in Syria will likely require forces on the ground -- and if the U.S. ends up doing the heavy lifting, American troops may be at risk from them.

  • Tactical Transformers for US forces

    Published August 29, 2013

    Are we less than two years away from tactical vehicles that both drive and fly? The Real Off Road is around the bend for the US military… Two of the world’s top defense innovators, DARPA and Skunk Works, are determined to deliver in 2015.