At next week's Paris Air Show , the U.S. military hopes to get a good look at the latest technology designed to protect low-flying aircraft against small arms and shoulder-fired missiles, a persistent threat to our helicopters throughout the Afghanistan and Iraq campaigns
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Feed SubscriptionThe Bulletproof Dog That Stormed Bin Laden’s Lair
If you see this dog coming for you, run. Thanks to his extensive training--and customized body armor that can cost upwards of $30,000--he's bulletproof, can hear through concrete, and can record high-def video of missions, even in the dead of night
Read More »CSI Islamabad: The DNA Identity Test Of Osama Bin Laden
Osama Bin Laden has been proclaimed dead from a gunshot wound to the head.
Read More »What The Scandal Of "Three Cups of Tea" Author Greg Mortenson Is Really About
Forget lying in a memoir, we should be talking about what it means that Mortenson's Central Asia Institutes in Pakistan and Afghanistan are failing. The 60 Minutes expose of much-lauded author and social entrepreneur Greg Mortenson (Three Cups of Tea; Stones into Schools) is rocketing around the web
Read More »Iran Cracking Down Online With "Halal Internet"
Introducing a nationwide intranet that one high-ranking official calls a "Halal Internet." In: censorship and e-banking. Out: sex and profanity. The Iranian government, wary from the internet-driven 2009 demonstrations and the recent Arab revolutions, is planning to wall-off much of the country's online access.
Read More »The 10 Most Innovative Companies in Energy
01 / SolarCity > > For being the nation's leading installer of rooftop solar panels. In sum, SolarCity has placed more than 10,000 solar rooftops--10% of the total in the U.S.
Read More »War-Zone Videos Get On-Demand Treatment in New Defense Department Project
A new $29 million Defense Department project makes viewing military intelligence from Afghanistan as easy as ordering a movie from Netflix. The Department of Defense is unveiling a Netflix Instant-style system for military intelligence that will allow military personnel around the world to view war-zone footage. Called the National System for Geo-Intelligence Video Services (NVS), the closed-access system will be accessible only by American and coalition troops and military employees.
Read More »Best Courses 2011: Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans With Disabilities
Syracuse University Taught by: Michael Haynie Michael Haynie wouldn't dream of reality-checking his students with the possibility of failure. He teaches disabled veterans, whose confidence was shattered along with their bodies.
Read More »Afghanistan’s Enterprising Women
Even in the most favorable business climate, starting a company is no small feat.
Read More »Afghanistan’s Enterprising Women
Even in the most favorable business climate, starting a company is no small feat. Imagine daring to set up shop as a woman under the Taliban regime.
Read More »U.S. Military Links Alternative Energy Research to Lives–and Dollars–Saved
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--Flexible solar cells now power communications equipment used by U.S. Marines fighting in Afghanistan's Helmand Province, enabling them to shed 315 kilograms worth of batteries while on foot patrol. But an F-16 fighter jet flying over Miramar training base in California burns 105 liters of jet fuel a minute with its afterburners engaged whereas the C-17 cargo consumes 11,350 liters an hour
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