The Republic of China Navy (ROCN) commissioned two new rapid minelaying boats at Zuoying Naval Base in Kaohsiung city on Friday. The two boats were delivered in late 2021 but were put into active service on January 14
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will soon start testing unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) on par with human-piloted vehicles being built under the Robotic Autonomy in Complex Environments with Resiliency (RACER) program. The DARPA RACER programs goal is to develop and demonstrate autonomy technologies that enable unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) to maneuver in unstructured off-road terrain at the limit of the vehicles mechanical systems and at, or beyond, human-driven speeds and efficiencies
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Russias United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) is creating a Virtual Reality (VR) simulator for training technical personnel involved in the servicing the Su-57 and Su-35 aircraft systems. System tests are scheduled to be completed in 2022, A statement from Rostec, the parent of UAC said today
Production activities for the first of 2 new-generation submarines, as part of the U212NFS (Near Future Submarine) acquisition program of the Italian Navy, started January 11 at the Muggiano (La Spezia) shipyard, Fincantieri has announced. The program, which also envisages relevant in-service support, an option for 2 additional units, as well as the creation of a Training Center, is led by OCCAR (Organisation Conjointe de Cooperation en matiere dArmement, the international organization for joint armament cooperation), in line with the most innovative management procedures, through life management and risk management
Collins Aerospace demonstrated potential applications of networking, intelligent sensing, and secure autonomous processing at the tactical edge to support Army modernization and CJADC2 (Combined Joint All Domain Command and Control) initiatives for the Army and joint services. The demonstration took place on December 9 and 14 at the University of Iowa Operator Performance Laboratory in Iowa City, Iowa, Collins said in a release today
BAE Systems announced it signed a new support, sustainment, and readiness agreement with the Norwegian Army for its fleet of 144 CV90 Infantry Fighting Vehicles, securing a new contract model to support the availability and continuous modernization of the fleet. The seven-year agreement with the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation governs the purchase of components and equipment, as well as management and engineering work
General Atomics used two company-owned Avenger Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), each equipped with a Lockheed Martin Legion Pod, to send long-range air threat data captured passively and fused by an advanced sensor algorithm to a Command Center. In the two-hour flight on November 18 last year, the Avengers flew over the high desert of southern California
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Smart Shooter has unveiled SMASH Dragon, an armed drone system incorporating company-developed SMASH Technology for precise target elimination. Presented by the company for the first time, SMASH Dragon is an advanced robotic weaponry payload that can be mounted on different drones and other unmanned aerial platforms