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Local military bases use technology to identify soldiers’ injury risk
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Local military bases are using advanced technology to identify soldiers’ injury risks. Through a jump scan and force plate technology, Sparta Science measures a soldier’s fitness level, injury risk and rehab success. Computers collect the data, then Sparta Science’s team looks at how military members move. From there, they can create …
Navy Rushes ‘Unprecedented’ 1,600 Reservists To Shipyards As COVID Guts Workforce « Breaking Defense
A dock at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard is flooded during the undocking of the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS City of Corpus Christi. WASHINGTON: The Navy has lost 50,000 workdays a month at its four public shipyards during the COVID-19 crisis, sparking concerns over delays in repairing and refitting nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines. …
LogX: DARPA Aims to Fix Supply Chain « Breaking Defense
A National Guard fuel convoy at the National Training Center on Fort Irwin, Calif. DARPA plans to use machine learning and agile software development to remake the Defense Department’s logistics and supply chain operations. The goal of the $55 million, 43-month program is to move from a lumbering behemoth that often puts the wrong parts …