New high-tech tools help soldiers pinpoint gunfire in Iraq

ANAHEIM, California (AP) -- The Pentagon is rushing into service in Iraq a pair of technologies developed under its advanced research arm: a Humvee-mounted sensor for pinpointing hostile gunfire and a "command post of the future" designed to cut down on combat leaders' travel and streamline decision-making.

The tools come courtesy of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which is known mostly for its imaginative, over-the-horizon work. Current DARPA projects include underwater holograms that disguise submarines and artificial human "tissue" for testing vaccines against biological and chemical weapons.

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nice find,
thanks for sharing this peice of info
hopefully, this can somehow decrease any casualties, the troops are a primary concern, the war's motive is irrelevant.
Cordially
Cyrus