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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Watch: Modular tilt-rotor aircraft makes maiden flight
September 11, 2024Piasecki Aircraft's Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System (ARES) tilt-duct VTOL aircraft has completed its maiden flight. On September 6 at Piasecki's West Helipad in Essington, Pennsylvania the autonomous rotorcraft made two tethered hover flights. -
Model 437 Vanguard Loyal Wingman military aircraft makes maiden flight
August 29, 2024Scaled Composites' Model 437 Vanguard Loyal Wingman prototype has taken to the air for the first time. On August 29, 2024, the aircraft took off from Mojave Air and Space Port in California with test pilot Brian Maisler at the controls. -
Watch: USAF's Quicksink weapon tears a ship in half in seconds
August 20, 2024The US Air Force has released video of a ship getting ripped in half, to demonstrate its new Quicksink weapon, which turns an inexpensive dumb bomb into a precision anti-ship missile – and lives up to its name in spectacular fashion. -
Cleaning robots keep soldiers from chemical and biological contamination
August 19, 2024Nobody wants to go anywhere near chemical or biological weapons, so the US Army is testing a robotic Autonomous Equipment Decontamination System that can decontaminate military vehicles exposed to such nastiness without putting soldiers at risk. -
Smart-shell-spewing rapid-fire chain gun showers targets with shrapnel
August 07, 2024Northrop Grumman is developing a layered air defense against drone swarms centered on a new rapid-fire chain gun system armed with self-guided smart ammo that can take out drones at a fraction of the cost of missile defenses. -
Lockheed Martin's 'affordable' new hypersonic missile
August 04, 2024Lockheed Martin has released more details about its Mako hypersonic missile that the company is building for the US Air Force and international customers. The multi-mission missile that flies at Mach 5+ can be launched from a wide variety of aircraft. -
US army tests 'Dark Eagle' hypersonic missile in the field
July 29, 2024The US Army is pushing for full deployment of its first hypersonic missiles, with its Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon Battery taking part in Exercise Resolute Hunter 24-2 at Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada along with forces from the Five Eyes alliance. -
Advanced laser weapon field tests conducted on army vehicle
July 23, 2024In another step toward practical battlefield energy weapons, the UK has for the first time tested a laser weapon mounted on a British Army Wolfhound armored vehicle as part of the Land Laser Directed Energy Weapon (LDEW) Demonstrator program. -
Tempest 6th-gen fighter jet concept features next-gen power and aeros
July 21, 2024At this year's Farnborough International Airshow, Britain, Italy and Japan are showing off the latest concept model of the sixth-generation fighter being developed by the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), highlighting its advanced aerodynamics. -
Light-speed radar can track multiple Mach-20 missiles
July 12, 2024China has just made another move on the hypersonic missile war game board. An incredibly accurate laser-based radar system has been announced that would be able to track objects ripping through the sky at over four miles per second. -
Remembering FLIP, the US Navy’s self-sinking research ship
July 12, 2024There are few things in this world that are literally unique. One of these, in the true sense of the word, is the FLoating Instrument Platform (FLIP), which was a floating barge built for the US Navy that regularly sank itself on end for science. -
First look: DARPA's latest stealth X-Plane will fly this year
July 11, 2024Northrop Grumman has released a photo of the Series Hybrid Electric Propulsion AiRcraft Demonstration (SHEPARD) XRQ-73 stealth drone X-plane that it has built for DARPA and is expected to fly by the end of the year. -
Semi-secret US Air Force long-endurance spy drone breaks cover
July 03, 2024An open-secret American spy plane has broken cover after the US Air Force released photos of its Unmanned Long-endurance Tactical Reconnaissance Aircraft (ULTRA). Built by DZYNE, the semi-classified drone is now confirmed as deployed and active. -
DARPA's next-gen flying wing drone X-plane set to fly this year
June 28, 2024Looking like a miniature B-21 bomber, DARPA has shown off its new Series Hybrid Electric Propulsion AiRcraft Demonstration (SHEPARD) program aircraft. Called the XRQ-73, the long-range hybrid-electric drone is scheduled to fly by the end of the year. -
Watch: USAF shows off cutting-edge X-67A's maiden flight
June 26, 2024The US Air Force has released a video of the maiden flight of its XQ-67A demonstrator drone. Taken on February 28, 2024, the footage shows the autonomous aircraft strutting its stuff in the skies over Gray Butte Field Airport, Palmdale, California.
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