Entries by William Finn

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The Great Mysterious Landpower Robot Revolution  

Everyone knows that unmanned systems will change everything for land forces.  However, no one is sure what those changes will be. “It is, of course, impossible to predict exactly how the Landpower robot revolution will unfold.” The above quote was written by Dr. Steven Metz, the Director of Research at the Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) […]

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Top Tech Trends in 2015 [VIDEOS]

I recently viewed a lot of “Top Tech Trends in 2015” videos and I am depressed.  Not because the videos lacked typical tech-evangelist optimism. No, I am dispirited, because of sad similarities that afflicted so many videos. Most “Top Tech Trends” videos can be categorized into 2 types.  One type is blatantly self-serving. “Everybody will […]

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New Defense Budget [TABLE SUMMARY]

Congress overcame its perpetual gridlock and actually passed a Defense budget. In today’s political climate, a budget for the entire fiscal year was no sure thing.  For example, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is only funded to February. This is good news for Defense vendors who have suffered under budget uncertainty. Take a look at table […]

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The Return of the IED

Thanks to Islamic State, the IED danger has just gotten worst in Iraq, one of the most heavily mined countries in the world. The following story originally appeared in the Counter-IED Report. ISIS’s latest threat: laying landmines Militants from the group calling itself Islamic State (IS) are booby-trapping land and buildings with improvised explosive device […]

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Amazon dreams of UAVs, but uses UGVs

With a great deal of fanfare, Amazon announced last spring that it intended to use Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) for deliveries. While UAVs delivering books and DVDs remains a fantasy, in the real world the under appreciated Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) are doing the hard work of stacking holiday goods.  The story below originally appeared […]

Happy Thanksgiving from AMREL!

At this time of year, AMREL wishes to thank you for trusting us with your rugged computer needs.  We appreciate the faith you have shown in us and our offerings. We will work hard during the coming months to demonstrate that your trust is well founded. We also wish to extend our special appreciation to […]