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Royal Navy Unveils Futuristic Submarine Concept Capable Of Launching Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
August 29, 2017 @ 06:12 PMThe Royal Navy has unveiled a series of futuristic submarine concepts which mimic real marine lifeforms aimed to change the world's future underwater combat environment. British engineers have come up with a concept based on a crewed mothership capable of launching unmanned underwater vehicles shaped like eels and carrying sensor pods which dissolve on demand to avoid enemy detection, and fish-shaped torpedoes sent to swarm against enemy targets
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China Plans Civilian-Military Technology Integration In Sci-Tech Sector By 2020
August 24, 2017 @ 09:38 AMChinas top science authorities published a five-year term plan to integrate innovative military and civilian technologies to explore cost-effective solutions in the science and technology sector. Jointly issued by Chinas Ministry of Science and Technology and the Science and Technology Commission of the Central Military Commission, the plan is to build new research units and think tanks on cutting-edge science projects, ranging from manned-space missions to navigation satellite systems to supercomputers, local media reports
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New DARPA Autonomous Systems Program To Better Manage UAVs, Driverless Cars
August 17, 2017 @ 09:18 AMThe US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has announced a new research program called Assured Autonomy seeking to develop rigorous design and analysis technologies to guarantee safety and to enhance their predictability of autonomous machines likes drones and driverless cars. Assuring systems operate safely and perform as expected, as said in a DARPA press release that it will centre on military autonomous vehicles
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Australian F-35 Fighters Get Home-made Vertical Tail
August 7, 2017 @ 10:15 AMThe third Australian F-35A Joint Strike Fighter has received its Australian made vertical tail as it nears production completion. Victorian based company Marand is an Australian company, one of which is the manufacture of vertical tails
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Airbus Perlan Glider Reaches New Heights, Searching Evidence On Climate Change
August 3, 2017 @ 05:08 PMThe Airbus Perlan Mission II glider has attained its highest ever altitude, rising to 32,500 feet during test flights in southern Argentina. Now in its second season of testing near the Patagonian city of El Calafate, the Perlan 2 team is focusing to eclipse the current world gliding altitude record of 50,727 feet, which milestone was set in 2006 by Einar Enevoldsen and the late Steve Fossett, flying the Perlan 1 glider
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Lockheed Martin’s New $350M Worth Satellite Production Facility Under Construction
August 2, 2017 @ 04:52 PMLockheed Martin is investing $350 million for its new facility to be located on the company's Waterton Canyon campus near Denver that will produce next-generation satellites. The new Gateway Center, slated for completion in 2020, includes a state-of-the-art high bay clean room capable of simultaneously building a spectrum of satellites from micro to macro
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Kuwait Gets World's First Integrated CBRN Centre
July 28, 2017 @ 09:33 AMSaab in collaboration with its Kuwaiti partner Bader Sultan & Bros, delivered the world´s first integrated national CBRN (Chemical biological radiological nuclear) centre, which is now operational in Kuwait. It is the first centre to cover a whole country with fixed and mobile CBRN sensors and units, whilst also providing a unique capability for simulated training, the press release states
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China Sets Up New Defense Research Agency
July 26, 2017 @ 03:07 PMChinas military has set up a defense research agency to develop state-of-the-art weapons such as stealth aircraft and electromagnetic cannons. The new department is reportedly similar to the US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), set up in 1957 by the Pentagon
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US Navy To Commission New Aircraft Carrier
July 21, 2017 @ 03:08 PMThe US Navy will commission its newest aircraft carrier, the future USS Gerald R. Ford Saturday, July 22, at Naval Station Norfolk
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BAE Systems To Design Submerged Vessel Detection Tech Under DARPA Program
July 19, 2017 @ 03:47 PMBAE Systems has won a $4.6 million contract from US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to enable submarines to detect other submerged vessels at greater distances, while minimizing the risk of counter-detection
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The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
