Pentagon teams up with Apple and Boeing to develop wearable tech

US Defence Secretary Ash Carter awarded $75m (£48.7m) on 28 August, to help a consortium of high-tech firms and researchers develop electronic systems packed with sensors flexible enough to be worn by soldiers or moulded onto the skin of a plane. Aug 29, 2015

Drone contraband prison plot foiled

Maryland officials said they foiled a plot to use a drone to sneak contraband items into maximum-security state prisons in western Maryland on 24 August. Two suspects were arrested 22 August, after being spotted in a vehicle on a property adjacent to the Western Correctional Institution and the North Branch Correctional Institution near Cumberland. Aug 25, 2015