Radar-in-a-backpack can keep soldiers from being ambushed

Source: FOX News

The world’s first radar kit to fit into a backpack heralds a new class of surveillance that, in spite of its small size, is still capable of tracking a person to within a kilometer. In all weather conditions ...
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Army Tests Blimp-Kite Hybrid 'Helikites' - PostChronicle.com

Source: The Post Chronicle

For military bases too small to keep blimp-like aerostats, the U.S. Army is testing "Helikites," a half-kite, half-blimp aircraft for low-level surveillance. An aircraft that combines the properties of a blimp ...
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‘Battle-Kites’ Eyed for Afghan Spy Duty

Source: Wired

The Pentagon’s fondness for bigger, blinged-out blimps hasn’t exactly gone as planned. The Navy recently “deflated” plans for their MZ-3A airship. The Air Force’s ambitious mega-blimp endeavor has been all but cancelled. And the Army’s HALE-D airshi ...
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Part blimp, part kite: Military testing Helikite for use over Afghan skies

Source: Stars and Stripes

The military is testing part-blimp, part-kite Helikites as another option for aerial surveillance, as this one is shown flying in June of 2007. YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — The U.S. military is testing high-tech “battle kites” as a method of lifting communic ...
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