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New DARPA Autonomous Systems Program To Better Manage UAVs, Driverless Cars

August 17, 2017 @ 09:18 AM

The 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
Australian F-35 Fighters Get Home-made Vertical Tail

August 7, 2017 @ 10:15 AM

The 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
Airbus Perlan Glider Reaches New Heights, Searching Evidence On Climate Change

August 3, 2017 @ 05:08 PM

The 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
Lockheed Martin’s New $350M Worth Satellite Production Facility Under Construction

August 2, 2017 @ 04:52 PM

Lockheed 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
Kuwait Gets World's First Integrated CBRN Centre

July 28, 2017 @ 09:33 AM

Saab 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
China Sets Up New Defense Research Agency

July 26, 2017 @ 03:07 PM

Chinas 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
US Navy To Commission New Aircraft Carrier

July 21, 2017 @ 03:08 PM

The US Navy will commission its newest aircraft carrier, the future USS Gerald R. Ford Saturday, July 22, at Naval Station Norfolk
BAE Systems To Design Submerged Vessel Detection Tech Under DARPA Program

July 19, 2017 @ 03:47 PM

BAE 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
Slovakian Army Deploys Saab's Carl-Gustaf M4 System

July 19, 2017 @ 11:24 AM

Slovakia has received Carl-Gustaf M4 multi-role weapons from Saab, becoming the first country to deploy this new weapon. Slovakias defence ministry decided to acquire the new Carl-Gustaf M4 system in order to further strengthen their defence capability, the company announced Tuesday
Airbus Tests Unmanned Jet-Propelled Demonstrator, Sagitta

July 19, 2017 @ 10:52 AM

Airbus has successfully tested an unmanned jet-propelled demonstrator with the project name Sagitta. The UAV flew autonomously for around seven minutes over the test site in Overberg, South Africa, on a pre-programmed course

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