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Aerospace startup Polaris Raumflugzeuge has been awarded a contract by the German government’s Bundesamt für Ausrüstung, Informationstechnik und Nutzung der Bundeswehr (BAAINBw) (Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Ser… Continue reading German govt awards contract to develop Linear AeroSpike rocket engine
A team of researchers led by Ohio University Professor of Physics Saw Wai Hla has captured the first X-ray “image” of a single atom, allowing scientists to study materials and their chemical states with greater resolution than ever before.Continue Read… Continue reading Quantum needle snaps first X-ray image of a single atom
Taking a plot point from the 1990 Sean Connery thriller The Hunt for Red October, DARPA is working on a super-silent submarine drive that has no moving parts and provides propulsion through the water using magnets and electricity.Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading DARPA launches program in quest for “Red October” silent submarine drive
Roshel Smart Armored Vehicles has rolled out its Senator Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) armored fighting vehicle at the CANSEC show in Ottawa. Based on the Ford F-550 pickup truck, it’s been specially modified to withstand mine blasts and balli… Continue reading F-550-based Senator MRAP armored car built to survive road blasts
In a world first, the United States, Britain, and Australia have carried out an exercise at Salisbury Plain, England under the AUKUS agreement to field test drones equipped with jointly developed autonomy and artificial intelligence systems capable of … Continue reading US, UK, and Australia test AI drones in world-first exercise
When ESA’s Juventas CubeSat lands on Dimorphos in 2026 to assess the aftermath of last year’s spectacular collisions with NASA’s DART spacecraft, its GRAvimeter for small Solar System bodies (GRASS) instrument will directly measure the asteroid’s gravi… Continue reading ESA tests tiny instrument to measure asteroid’s tiny gravity
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has countered the emerging threat of drone swarms, using the Tactical High-power Operational Responder (THOR) to take out multiple targets.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: US Air Force, drones… Continue reading THOR microwave weapon hammers drone swarms in demo test
In one of the more stomach-churning studies, a team led by the University of Cambridge has probed poo from two ancient toilets in Jerusalem and discovered traces of a microorganism called Giardia duodenalis, which causes diarrhea in humans.Continue Rea… Continue reading Royal flushes shed light on parasites behind ancient tummy troubles
After Virgin Orbit vanished in bankruptcy court, Virgin Galactic announced its first spaceflight in two years as the Unity 25 mission rocketed to an altitude of 54.2 miles (87.2 km) on May 25, 2023 in the skies over Spaceport America, New Mexico.Contin… Continue reading Virgin Galactic blasts into space after two-year hiatus
Sir Richard Branson’s space launch company Virgin Orbit has closed its doors and ceased to exist after the United States Bankruptcy Court in the District of Delaware broke it up and sold off its assets to bidders. This comes after a failed attempt to c… Continue reading Virgin Orbit crashes out of the space race as assets are sold off