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Mini MineWolf is a remote controlled earth tilling system capable of clearing mines that target both humans and vehicles and are buried in the ground to a depth of 25cm, or just under 10 inches. CERDEC NVESD HD R&D partnered with the Thailand Mine Action Center, or TMAC, for an operational field evaluation of the Mini MineWolf mine clearing system in an effort to remove mines along Thai borders.

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Demining efforts improve technology and safety of Thai borders

FORT BELVOIR, Va. (May 13, 2013) — Landmines and unexploded ordnance are found throughout the world, often in peaceful countries leftover from conflict decades ago. Researchers from the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command’s communications-electronics center, or CERDEC, continued global humanitarian demining efforts, including a new yearlong project aimed to improve demining technology and [...]

May 15, 2013 0

The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command Field Assistance in Science and Technology-Center's modified "batwing" design provides multiple tools for remote counter-improvised explosive device operations, including a hook for grabbing or cutting command wire, a rake for breaking up soil, and a spade for moving and digging up items.

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Army engineers enhance EOD Soldiers’ safety with batwings

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — U.S. Army engineers in Afghanistan recently designed and fabricated a tool to help Soldiers investigate possible improvised explosive devices from a safer distance. Capt. Chad M. Juhlin, commander of the 53rd Ordnance Company (EOD), said his Soldiers needed an attachment for use with the iRobot 310-SUGV when searching for improvised [...]

May 13, 2013 0

Stephen Marotta, principal investigator with the Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center, watches as Stephen Horowitz, a Ducommun Miltec engineer, displays a fully functional prototype MEMs sensor being developed to monitor vibration in support of missile health monitoring.

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Engineers work to better monitor missile health

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (May 13, 2013) — The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command’s aviation and missile center is leveraging micro-electro-mechanical systems research in a new application to detect potentially damaging vibrations encountered by missiles during handling, transport and operation. Stephen Marotta, Engineering Directorate project principal investigator, said MEMS research has been ongoing at [...]

May 13, 2013 0

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Assistant secretary: Work smarter to fill capability gaps

DETROIT ARSENAL, Mich. — (April 9, 2013) A senior Army leader visited the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command’s tank and automotive center to meet with workers and outline her vision for the future. Assistant Secretary for the Army (Acquisition, Logistics & Technology) and Army Acquisition Executive Heidi Shyu spoke with the U.S. Army [...]

April 24, 2013 0

RDECOM Field Assistance in Science and Technology-Center, or RFAST-C, engineers and technicians discuss prototype integration facility capabilities with senior noncommissioned officers from the 18th Engineer Brigade at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, in June 2012.

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Army team spans globe for science, technology solutions

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — U.S. Army science advisors are embedded with major units around the world to speed technology solutions to Soldiers’ needs. The Field Assistance in Science and Technology program’s 30 science advisors, both uniformed officers and Army civilians, provide a link between Soldiers and the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command’s [...]

April 23, 2013 0

ECBC is working with the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense on the four-year JUPITR project that will begin testing on the Korean peninsula in June.

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Improved biosurveillance capabilities for U.S. Forces Korea

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — A portal, a duel and a kraken that springs to life. No, it’s not the latest science fiction movie. It’s an advanced technology demonstration that’s just getting started. The Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense is working with the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command’s Edgewood [...]

April 11, 2013 0

Anna Locke, electrical engineer and project manager at AMRDEC's Prototype Integration Facility, describes modifications to the Common Missile Warning System during a 2009 tour of the facility.

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Army aviation engineer has exciting career

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. — From an early age, Anna Locke wanted to be an engineer. “Since I was just a child, I remember hearing stories of my father’s efforts to help our Soldiers as an engineer for [the Department of Defense]. I thought he had the most interesting job in the world,” Locke said. “I [...]

April 10, 2013 0

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Alabama honors Army aviation directorate

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. — The Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center’s Engineering Directorate has received an Alabama Performance Excellence Award. The award is administered by the AlaQuest Center for Performance Excellence, which assists organizations to achieve excellence and efficiency through training and education, workforce development and best practice sharing. Former ED director Patti [...]

April 10, 2013 0

U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command Director Dale Ormond talks with employees at a March 27 town hall meeting at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.

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RDECOM director holds global town hall

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — In a first-ever global virtual town hall meeting, U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command leadership met with more than 10,000 of its federal employees March 27. Director Dale A. Ormond appeared on video teleconference screens from Alabama to Massachusetts and beyond to discuss the impact of a coming furlough [...]

April 10, 2013 0

Christopher Doona and other researchers at Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center were awarded a total of 20 patents in 2012, helping the Army make Thomson Reuters' Top 100 Global Innovators.

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NSRDEC patents help Army into ‘Top 100 Global Innovators’

NATICK, Mass. (April 1, 2013) — The U.S. Army and Navy were named among Thomson Reuters’ Top 100 Global Innovators for 2012. This is the first time any government agency has ever made this list. Leaders are chosen using a propriety program based on metrics regarding each company’s multiple innovative patents. The Natick Soldier Research, [...]

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