Tag: LOCKHEEDMARTIN

Lockheed Martin and Berkeley Bionics have been developing a super soldier exoskeleton for approximately five years, and the gear's Human Universal Load Carrier (HULC) acronym already surpasses the requisite geeky abbreviation expectations. With the technology, which resembles ordinary leg braces, soldiers can effortlessly bear 200 pounds and execute "deep squats, crawls and upper-body lifting ...

Here's a scenario: you're cruising along in your submarine at a depth of 1,200 feet, and one of the fresh-faced midshipmen does a spit-take all over your commanding officer's face after he asks the young cadet to wipe the leaking stopcocks in the engine room. You grab your cell phone to send a text to your buddies ashore: "LOLZ!!1 Swabbie spits on CO, hilarity/the brig ensues." You hit 'send.' No ...

An ongoing, multi-billion dollar satellite upgrade will vastly improve the accuracy of the 38-year-old Global Positioning System (GPS), according to the Los Angeles Times. Scientists and engineers from Boeing Lockheed Martin are currently working on an $8 billion project that would make GPS accurate to within an arm's length, constituting a significant improvement over its current 20-foot margin ...

At any given moment, there are dozens of advanced GPS satellites orbiting the Earth. These satellites help with everything from missile launches and aircraft flight paths to automated teller machines. In a way, it is frightening to think the world depends so much on these complicated devices and their functioning correctly. Now, it looks like paranoia may pay off. According to a report from The ...