Combat

Uncontrolled hemorrhage (bleeding out) is responsible for 80 percent of combat deaths – people die because we can't plug a simple hole. Now RevMedX, a small Oregon startup, has developed an alternative approach to treat such potentially survivable injuries.

The UK's Ministry of Defence (MoD) and BAE Systems this week announced details of last year's first test flight of the Taranis unmanned combat demonstrator aircraft, which BAE bills as the "most advanced aircraft ever built by British engineers."

The US Navy's top SEAL, four-star Admiral William McRaven, is pushing hard for a modern suit of armor called the Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit (TALOS). Though not exactly an Iron Man suit, it's that ballpark.

A new smartphone-based system is able to determine the location of snipers.

TrackingPoint precision guided rifles make sniper-level accuracy available to the average shooter.

MIT’s Human and Automaton’s Lab is investigating how to stave off boredom in drone pilots and keep them alert.

Fortifications designed to go up quickly find a low-tech solution to coming down quickly.

Oshkosh Defense's new light combat vehicle, the L-ATV, could replace the U.S. Military's Humvee.

BEAR is a robot designed to locate, lift and carry wounded soldiers out of harm’s way without risking additional lives.

BAE Systems has announced a second generation of HEADS sensors, which detect when a soldier has received a concussive blow to the head.

Confederate's eye-popping Wraith and Hellcat motorcycles are joined by the P120 Fighter Combat, an all-American celebration of machined metal that looks like it's been carved from a single hunk of polished aluminium for the next Terminator movie.

The success of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles like the Predator means the US Air Force will, this year, train more virtual pilots than real pilots