“The powder used now in most ammunitions can be tweaked, so it runs at a higher pressure, but the guns can’t handle it,” Michlin said. “That’s why we designed the new breech, so we can take existing ...

Naval Research Laboratory The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory operates as the Navy’s full-spectrum corporate laboratory, conducting a broadly based multidisciplinary program of scientific research and ...

The science and technology community employed by the Department of Defense uses the abbreviation TRL in reference to “technology readiness level.” It’s a helpful knowledge-based standard and shorthand ...

Are you an entrepreneur or business wondering how to license technology from defense laboratories? If so, you’re in the right place. The Department of Defense invests over $70 billion on research and ...

U.S. Army researchers have packed a net into a 40mm grenade so they can take down enemy drones. The new invention, which was patented on Tuesday, brings high-tech engineering to the tried-and-true ...

UPDATE: On September 10, U.S. Army researchers Adam L. Foltz and James E. Burke were issued U.S. Patent 10,408,579 for their directed energy modifications to the blank firing adapter used on M4 rifles ...