Freezing temperatures. Snow piled high across a barren landscape. A winter sun that barely rises above the horizon. In other words, perfect conditions to test Arctic technology for use by special forces. The U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and Norwegian […]
CRREL Teams Up with Special Forces to Test Autonomous Technology in Norway Read More »
A team from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) recently played a key role in a major Army exercise called Project Convergence Capstone 5 (PC-C5). During this event, ERDC’s Robotics for Engineer Operations (REO) put their robotic
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In Crane, Indiana, researchers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) are assisting in a critical battle against time and nature. Within the vast expanses of Crane Army Ammunition Activity (CAAA), lie thousands of Earth Covered Magazines
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The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) is advancing energy resiliency and reliability by using hydrogen as a sustainable, renewable energy source. ERDC-CERL is spearheading research and development efforts to integrate hydrogen energy
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The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new Watercraft and Ship Simulation Facility located next to its Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL) in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Developed by ERDC-CHL, the Watercraft and Ship Simulator
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Taylor Adams, senior geotechnical engineer along with the geotechnical and geology branch is at the forefront of using new technology to further the Corps of Engineers’ mission. “We’re working ahead of the game to increase our understanding of this new
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The U.S. Army is taking a giant leap into the future of military construction with the debut of its first-ever additively constructed (3D-printed) Army barracks in Fort Bliss, Texas, and the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) played
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has awarded UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography $40 million over five years to support the Coastal Data Information Program (CDIP) as it reaches its 50th year. Established in 1975, CDIP monitors
For decades, engineers and disaster-response planners have evaluated levee vegetation health – a key indicator of a levee’s ability to withstand an overtopping event – by visually grading vegetation on a simple three-option scale: good, average or poor. Researchers from
ERDC Looks to Modernize Flood Models with Levee Vegetation Index Read More »
A researcher with the U. S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory (EL) is receiving recognition for his role in protecting the environment. Taylor Rycroft, a research environmental engineer, was named the 2024 USACE Researcher of the
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