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Report: DoD Developing More Robotics, Advanced Weapons, Vehicle Tech Going Forward

Report: DoD Developing More Robotics, Advanced Weapons, Vehicle Tech Going Forward - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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military in trainingFollowing a recent Defense Department announcement that it is developing a laser weapon against enemy drones, The Telegraph listed Tuesday 10 other “weird” U.S. military weapons and gadgets in the pipeline.

Rosa Prince reports on the following equipment that will soon be used in the battlefield, leveraging technologies that range from robotics to advanced weaponry and vehicle systems:

Vehicles:

  • Transformer TX Real Off-Road: ground vehicle convertible to helicopter
  • AH-64 Apache attack helicopters: has full, high-resolution color for targeting, surveillance images

Robots:

  • Reliant Autonomous Underwater Vehicle: anti-mine robot vehicle
  • Wildcat robot: mimics animal movement to support ground combat

Weapons:

  • Magpul Folding Machine-Gun-9: U.S. Secret Service weapon disguised as laptop battery
  • Armatix Digital Revolver: electronic safety controlled via a wristwatch-like device
  • M32 Multiple Grenade Launcher: includes rounds that capture aerial video
  • Corner Shot 40mm Grenade Launcher: barrel has horizontal extension with digital camera

Others:

  • Navy’s Google Glass: shows superimposed computer-generated data
  • Satellite traffic cops: protects space assets from space junk
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