The Army recently awarded a $35.6 million contract to HWI Gear to produce the service's legacy Army Combat Glove. It has been hard to keep track of how many different styles of fire-resistant gloves ...

If you’ve ever used a GPS to navigate your way home, cooked some quick meal with a microwave, or taken a drone out for a flight, you have used something that began as military technology. And if the ...

(CNN) — The U.S. Army has been working for about two years on outfitting its soldiers with smartphones, but one obstacle to this technological upgrade likely will be familiar to anybody who has tried ...

The nomex CVC (or aviator if you prefer) gloves are something of a polarizing piece of clothing. They can be expensive (if you're buying your own), and flimsy (they were built for aviators, not coal ...

The U.S. military has made a concerted effort in studying ways to improve tactility in hand protection, including ways to ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (June 5, 2013) -- Phil Rice tests and replaces critical filter systems at chemical laboratories at the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command's chemical ...

The Army's mad for smartphones. It's testing Android devices it bought from the local electronics store to see how they operate on its experimental, homebrewed data network. And one thing it seems to ...

FORT CARSON, Colo. -- Puddles of sweat begin to form as the sound of 50-ounce gloves hitting a punching bag echo throughout the gym. A buzzer goes off. That's the signal to the drenched-in-sweat Sgt.

There are pros and cons to finding the right pair of winter gloves. The challenge comes between sacrificing warm hands or dexterous fingers. For civilians, the choice between form and function might ...

Get cold hands, but hate wearing gloves? Then there might soon be a technology that can help you. The US Army is developing an arm heater that allows people to go glove-free in freezing conditions, ...