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Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2005 John McHale	BAE Systems selects Thermite for Bradley A3 training solution The Bradley A3 Embedded Tactical Trainer gives U.S. Army soldiers simulation in the vehicle instead of the classroom.
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Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2007 Courtney E. Howard	Flexible and Wearable Display Technologies Are Critical to Today's Dismounted Soldiers The U.S. Department of Defense is increasingly investing in the advancement of display technology for military applications. The U.S. Army, in particular, is a driving force in the acceleration of display technology for defense environments.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2005 John McHale	Wearable computers and the military: The smaller the better Demand for wearable computers in the military appears to be growing, and large-volume orders are not far away. Pilot production exercises which are now occuring should precede full deployment.
Defense Update Issue 4, 2004	Future Force Warrior Infantry Combat Suite Future Force Warrior is designed as an integrated "system of systems," as part of the army transformation to a soldier-centric force which will complement and fully integrate with the Future Combat Systems.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2006 Courtney E. Howard	Future Force is on the Move Tomorrow's warfighters are here today, years earlier than initially anticipated. The U.S. Army's Future Force Warrior program, under the umbrella of the organization's Future Combat Systems project, received a significant boost from an advanced technology demonstration last month.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2006 Courtney E. Howard	Fueling the Future The U.S. Army is tapping various electric and electronic power-supply technologies for next-generation Future Combat Systems soldiers and vehicles.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2005 John McHale	U.S. Army's Pivotal Land Warrior System Close to Fielding General Dynamics C4 Systems is integrating as many as 500 Land Warrior ensembles and Stryker integration kits into a Stryker experimental battalion to conduct special tests.
National Defense October 2010 Eric Beidel	Army Makes New Attempt To Field Networked Soldier System The Army is making another attempt to connect infantrymen to the battlefield network with a wearable system of hands-free computers and radios.
National Defense April 2011 Eric Beidel	Army Shifts Focus to Dismounted Soldiers Army leaders say soldiers are the service's greatest weapon, and they are asking industry to shift their focus from platform to person and consider the infantryman first as it plans investments in new technology.
Popular Mechanics May 2007 Shachtman & Coburn	The Army's New Land Warrior Gear: Why Soldiers Don't Like It There's a half-billion dollars invested in the gear hanging off the heads, chests and backs of the soldiers. But do the soldiers find all the high tech gear useful?... The global battlefield...
National Defense August 2010 Eric Beidel	An Off-the-Shelf Soldier Suit That Can Change Parts Many countries, including the United States, have their own programs for developing soldier devices. But they can take two or three years to come to fruition, and the cost goes up the longer it takes.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2007 Courtney E. Howard	Rugged Computers Under Fire Technology companies continue to advance ruggedization and computing technologies to serve the needs of today's warfighter in the field.
National Defense March 2012 Eric Beidel	Soldier Energy Needs Outpacing Technology, Policy The military over the past decade has been grappling with the issue of power and its effects on everything from the mundane -- like microwaves and coffee pots -- to the sustainment of troops on foot patrols.
National Defense October 2015 Jon Harper	The Army Wants to Power Up Dismounted Soldiers As the demand for power for dismounted troops grows, U.S. military researchers and industry are looking for cutting edge technologies to both supply energy and lighten soldiers' loads.
National Defense December 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Troops in The Digital Age, Disconnected As surprising as it may seem in today's wired culture, troops in combat zones do not have easy access to information.
National Defense March 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Army `Land Warrior' Not Yet Ready For War, Gears Up for Next Tryout After a disappointing evaluation by users of a new high-tech soldier ensemble, the Army is redesigning portions of the system to make it lighter and easier to use, officials said.
National Defense October 2011 Eric Beidel	Exoskeletons, 'Smart' Parachutes Could Reduce Soldiers' Loads Soldiers are used to carrying the equivalent of another human being with them wherever they go. The vest can account for about 35 pounds of that load, but body armor is only the beginning.
National Defense December 2014 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Industry Shows Off New Army Combat Simulation Tools Soldiers could face a myriad of threats in the coming years, and simulation training can affordably and reliably keep them ready for a multitude of situations.
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National Defense July 2004	Army, First Responders Getting the Hook Soldiers and first responders soon will get the hook, literally. In this case, the hook is an Army Natick Soldier Center-designed device that will be used to scale walls and buildings and board boats.
National Defense February 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Soldiers on the Move Have Yet to Profit From Information Age Army combat brigades during the past two years have been outfitted with the latest communications and networking technology. But the improved connectivity has yet to filter down to the small mobile units below the battalion level.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2008 John McHale	Military turning toward COTS displays Military designers are realizing they can reap major performance benefits at half the cost if they start using commercial off the shelf displays, especially in command-and-control applications
National Defense May 2007 Stew Magnuson	Army Wants to Make `Every Soldier a Sensor' The new Every Soldier is a Sensor campaign encourages all soldiers to be aware of unusual surrounding and report all that they see.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2007	Aero Simulation Partners with Quantum3D to Upgrade Navy Training and Mission-Rehearsal Tool ASI management selected the Quantum3D IDX 3000 system, Facets Models, and related database environments to aid in the system upgrade of the U.S. Navy's landing signal officer trainer (LSOT).
National Defense February 2011 Eric Beidel	Army Looks Ahead To Next Generation Of Body Armor And Helmets The Army is investigating ways to make its forces more agile in their protective gear by reducing the weight of its systems and looking at the grains, powders and other ingredients used in body armor at the microscopic level.
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National Defense October 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Security Policies Deny Soldiers Access To Critical Information, Army Contends The Army's latest advances in networking technology are being slowed by security policies that restrict soldiers' access to information.
National Defense October 2011 Eric Beidel	New Fabrics Promise Better Fire Protection For IED-Battered Troops Scientists at the Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center know that pockets can save lives and that sewing them onto the Army uniform at an angle can curb injury after an explosion by channeling flames away from the face.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2007	L-3 Link Upgrades USN P-3C Tort Visual System with Quantum3D Independence The Independence IDX 2500 ER Image Generator from Quantum3D will be part of an upgrade L-3 is performing on the P-3C Tactical Operational Readiness Trainer (TORT) for the U.S. Navy.
National Defense February 2012 Eric Beidel	Avatars Invade Military Training Systems The influence of video games on military training has been substantial, and the military's interest in avatars -- for soldiers and other actors in simulations -- is growing.
National Defense June 2005 Robert H. Williams	Military Seeks Flexible, Thin Computer Screens The Army Research Laboratory has partnered with another researcher in a $44 million deal to develop computer displays that can be incorporated as part of a soldier's uniform.
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