Army’s small helicopter of the future may have flown in Alabama today

By Lee Roop | lroop@al.com

“After long, grueling wars in the Mideast that pushed its current helicopters to the max and beyond, the Army is on a mission to upgrade to new helicopters with the latest innovations in technology and electronics.”

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Army Wants to Automate Base Access With Facial Recognition at Drive-Thru Checkpoints

The proposed system uses a reliable form of facial biometric identification but would need to control for variables like weather and low light.

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Army probes missing rifle from National Guard unit deployed to the Capitol

By NATASHA BERTRAND, ANDREW DESIDERIO and LARA SELIGMAN

“The Army has dispatched its in-house criminal investigative arm to probe the potential theft of a rifle from the D.C. National Guard while the unit was training in Virginia three weeks ago, an Army spokesperson confirmed…”

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Naval Academy Seeking Student Vaccines for Summer Training

“The U.S. Naval Academy is developing plans to begin vaccinating midshipmen this month so students can deploy to ships and with Navy teams as part of their training this summer, Vice Adm. Sean Buck told Congress…”.

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