Military
The military has been a key driver of technology throughout history and the 21st century is no exception. Drones, GPS and the internet itself are just some of the transformative technologies originally developed for the military that have found commercial applications, and the list continues to grow.
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USAF completes ground tests of hypersonic flight research rocket
The US Air Force has completed ground test firings at Cecil Spaceport in Jacksonville, Florida, of a new rocket designed to provide affordable access to hypersonic flight conditions to accelerate development of the technology. -
F/A-18 Super Hornet gets service-life-extending sensor pod
The US Navy's F/A-18 Super Hornet supersonic tactical fighter received a new lease on life in late 2019 when a Block III version of the aircraft flew for the first time equipped with an Infrared Search & Track (IRST) Block II pod. -
Lockheed Martin to develop ground-launched hypersonic missile
Lockheed Martin has been awarded US$31.9 million by DARPA for further development of a ground-launched hypersonic missile. The contract allows the defense company to begin the Weapon System Integration program for the boost-to-glide weapon system. -
Rolls-Royce developing advanced jet engine to power Tempest fighter
Rolls-Royce has revealed the radical state-of-the-art jet engine that will power the UK's Tempest fighter plane when it enters service in 2035. The new engine will provide unprecedented amounts of electricity to power future energy weapons. -
Statistics show how the Luftwaffe could have won the Battle of Britain
Could the German Luftwaffe have won the Battle of Britain in 1940? A team of mathematicians at the University of York used a statistical technique to determine if Germany could have defeated Britain if different decisions had been made. -
US Navy wants to teach robotic ships to talk
The US Navy is not only developing robotic warships, but it also wants to teach them how to speak. In a request for proposals, the Navy has outlined how it wants its USVs to be able to have verbal radio communications with the crew of other ships. -
US forces counter simulated missile attack in first test of new tech
The combined American armed forces recently used a new command and control technology to identify and defeat a simulated cruise missile attack on the United States by collecting, analyzing, and sharing large amounts of data in real-time. -
Lockheed Martin successfully tests new long-range missile
Lockheed Martin has completed a successful test of its Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) on the first go. Being developed for the US Army's PrSM program, the next-generation long-range missile was launched from the White Sands Missile Range. -
Smart vehicle-camera system designed to spot IEDs
Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) can be difficult for soldiers to detect, as they're made in a variety of shapes and sizes, and are typically buried in the road. A new vehicle-mounted system, however, is designed to "spot the signs" of IEDs. -
DSG's supercavitating underwater bullets annihilate ballistics tests
Regular bullets decelerate so quickly in water that they only make it a few feet. But Norway's DSG has used the drag-reducing abilities of supercavitation to produce some extraordinary projectiles that'll hit submerged targets up to 200 feet away. -
Lightweight airborne sonar tracks multiple submarines
Leonardo's ULISSES sonar system recently completed a live sea trial off the coast of Italy. By processing signals from up to 64 sonobuoys and dipping sensors, it was able to accurately locate multiple, simulated submarines. -
Airbus' VSR700 drone copter prototype makes maiden flight
Airbus Helicopters' VSR700 unmanned naval helicopter prototype recently successfully completed its maiden flight. On November 8, 2019, at a drone test center in the south of France, the aircraft carried out a series of tethered flights.
