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* A nearly 10-year effort involving Hollywood set designers and military virtual-reality experts has yielded a remarkably convincing simulator for familiarizing Marine Corps troops with their combat equipment. Called the [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Reusable softpacks for squad level M249 machine guns are being used by soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan and UN forces that are deployed at hotspots around the world. The [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * HIT, a Virginia Beach, Va.-based company, is marketing a water purification system in a bottle that was conceived by inventor Michael Pritchard of the United Kingdom. Called, [...]

* In an effort to better protect the heads of soldiers from injury, BAE Systems of Phoenix, Ariz., has developed a sensor that measures helmet acceleration and environmental pressures. Soldiers [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * A ruggedized, helmet mounted video system has been designed by V.I.O. Inc. of Marquette, Mich., for troops on the move. It includes a camera, organic video recorder [...]

SURVEYS SUGGEST that 10 percent of battlefield injuries involve the eyes. One initiative to curb that disturbing statistic is to provide ballistic protection eyewear and prescription inserts to the troops. [...]

Improved capacitive sensors that can be integrated with clothing--a chest belt or shirt--are providing accurate electrocardiogram measurements in a variety of circumstances. For example, the system can be incorporated on [...]

Upgraded ballistic protection goggles are being produced by Panoptx Eyewear of San Francisco. The thicker version of tactical eyewear is now 2.45 mm, which compares to 2.33 mm of the [...]

Troops in Iraq now have access to a voice-to-voice translator that was developed by IWT Inc. and Laguna Industries Inc., two California technology companies. Users, who include Army, Special Forces, [...]

A coalition of military experts from the Army Forces Command, program executive officer for simulation, training and instrumentation and Tank Automotive, Research Development and Engineering Center has devised a trainer [...]

TROOPS RIDING IN up-armored high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles (humvees) and comparable trucks could have the option of exiting rapidly via emergency escape windows. The kits, which rely on existing [...]

The German ground forces are scheduled to receive 30 mobile, digital out of area radio systems, training equipment and accessories by the end of this year. The multi-million dollar procurement [...]

DUPONT HAS ADAPTED its Nomex Limitedwear protective clothing for the Defense Department. The garment is designed to protect soldiers--mechanics and infantrymen--from flash fires. The product, which comes in desert tan, [...]

A PC-based simulator is now allowing soldiers in Israel to conduct high fidelity exercises in their tanks. Called the appended tank crew trainer, the field deployable simulator is being produced [...]

Need to run a laptop, cell or satellite telephone or global positioning system from a military vehicle? No problem, if you have a 24-volt to 12-volt converter. A British firm--AB [...]

A HAND HELD PERISCOPE with variable 4x to 9x zoom is now available for military or law enforcement use. Equipped with an attachment for a flashlight or camera, the SWAT [...]

THE AIR MOBILITY LAB at Fort Dix, N.J., is converting suggestions from company grade officers and non-corns into an array of diverse and useful products. Some examples include: * A [...]

Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan have just received non-lethal crowd-control sets that were assembled by the project manager for close combat systems at Picatinny Arsenal, N.J. The 68 sets are [...]

Army truckers will be benefiting from an armor technology that was developed by DSM Dyneema, of Heerlen, The Netherlands. The company has teamed with Stewart & Stevenson to protect cab [...]