US Navy – The Naval Undersea Warfare Center believes it has a winner in the Spartan, an unmanned surface vehicle designed for an array of high-risk missions including intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and mine warfare in the littorals.

• Sea Power: Spartan Unmanned Surface Vehicle Envisioned for Array of High-Risk Missions

Background – Marine of the Future – The US Army opened its Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies at MIT last month. They are working on some very interesting projects for the poor bloody infantry. Starship Troopers may be closer than we thought???Please, read what the dream is, and we’ll check back from time to time to see what the reality becomes???

• Reuters: Army, MIT Unveil Futuristic Soldier Center
• Associated Press: Future soldier to have massive network
• Boston Globe: Immense potential lies in amazingly small things
• Wired: Uber-Soldier Needs Much Debugging