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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US Army awards contract for microwave weapon to counter drone swarms
January 24, 2023The US Army has awarded Eprius a contract worth US$66.1 million to deliver prototypes of a new microwave weapon called Leonidas that is capable of bringing down entire swarms of enemy drones in a single burst, while leaving friendly aircraft intact. -
Ukraine to get Patriot missiles. Is this a game changer?
January 16, 2023In a remarkable shift in policy, the United States announced on December 21, 2022 that it was supplying Ukraine with the Patriot Missile System to aid in its fight against Russia. Does this mark a major shift in the war? New Atlas takes a look. -
Video: Airbus launches loyal wingman combat drone out of a carrier
December 13, 2022Next-generation fighter jets will go into combat with semi-autonomous wingman drones designed to act as force multipliers. Here's one in development: Airbus has just dropped its Remote Carrier demonstrator out of a cargo plane, for a mid-air launch. -
US hypersonic missile makes first successful operational flight test
December 13, 2022The US Air Force has reached a major milestone, completing the first test of its All-Up-Round AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) hypersonic missile off the coast of Southern California last Friday. -
US Army selects V-280 Valor as replacement for Black Hawk and Apache
December 06, 2022After years of testing and deliberation, the US Army has made the US$1.3-billion decision to select the Bell V-280 Valor tilt-rotor craft to replace the Army's 2,000 UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopters and 1,200 AH-64 Apache assault helicopters. -
Canoo's electric truck for the US Army carries plywood and tactical gear
December 04, 2022Electric vehicle outfit Canoo has endeavored to make versatility a key part of its DNA since revealing its mobility pod and skateboard chassis a couple of years back, and a freshly-delivered truck for the US Army continues to drive the point home. -
B-21 Raider strategic stealth bomber makes its public debut
December 03, 2022In a presentation long on stagecraft and short on hard facts, Northrop Grumman has revealed the US Air Force's long-anticipated B-21 Raider stealth nuclear strategic bomber, which will replace all other heavy bombers in the American inventory. -
Royal Navy awards contract for Europe's largest crewless submarine
December 01, 2022The Royal Navy has awarded a £15.4-million (US$18.9-million) contract to MSubs to build a cutting-edge robotic submarine, called Cetus, that will be the largest in Europe and will be capable of diving deeper than conventional submarines. -
Royal Navy's first Type 26 frigate is launched – very, very slowly
November 25, 2022The first of the Royal Navy's Type 26 City Class frigates, HMS Glasgow, has begun a very slow launch, which will see it shifted onto a special barge before being slowly lowered into the water in an operation that will take days. -
RAF makes world's first military flight entirely on sustainable fuel
November 22, 2022A Royal Air Force Voyager air-to-air refueling tanker made history on November 16, becoming the world's first in-service military aircraft to complete a flight using 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) for both engines. -
AI-driven combat drone can search buildings and execute suicide attacks
November 20, 2022Israeli defence tech company Elbit Systems has launched a lethal, autonomous suicide drone. The Lanius is an agile racing quad with a range of AI-powered scouting, mapping and target classification abilities, and the ability to explode when required. -
Invasion of Ukraine shows artillery still rules the battlefield
November 20, 2022The ongoing war in Ukraine is rewriting the playbook on infantry tactics and strategy in a paradoxical way as the conflict has devolved from high-tech 21st century warfare into an old-fashioned artillery duel. -
Boeing smart beams counter military com attacks in real-time
November 16, 2022As part of a fast-track program to protect military satellite communications (SATCOM), Boeing recently demonstrated its new system at White Sands, New Mexico, that can autonomously detect and counter jamming efforts at the source in real-time. -
Britain test fires its first high-energy laser weapon
November 09, 2022The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced that it successfully test fired Britain's first high-powered, long-range laser directed energy weapon (LDEW), called DragonFire, on October 17 at the Porton Down science park test range in Wiltshire. -
Long-range robotic submarine sweeps the waters for days at a time
November 08, 2022It may look like a fat torpedo, but there's more than meets eye with HII's newly unveiled REMUS 620 medium-class UUV, which is an autonomous robotic submarine that combines artificial intelligence with an operational range of 275 nm (316 mi, 509 km).
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