Collaborate Disseminate
No astronaut has set foot on Mars (yet), but that hasn’t stopped Omega, in partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA), from developing the Speedmaster X-33 Marstimer, an analog/digital quartz wristwatch that can track time on the Red Planet as we… Continue reading Omega Speedmaster X-33 Marstimer watch tells time on Earth and Mars
The recent turnabout in Ukraine that saw the Ukrainian forces unexpectedly recapturing a claimed 6,000 km² (2,317 miles²) of territory as the Russian lines collapsed shows that this is a war full of surprises. Not the least of these is that the conflic… Continue reading How the Ukraine drone war is changing the game on the battlefield
Northrop Grumman and the US Air Force have announced that the B-21 Raider strategic heavy nuclear strike bomber will make its public debut at an invitation-only event in the first week of December at Northrop’s Palmdale, California facility.Continue Re… Continue reading B-21 Raider nuclear bomber to be unveiled in December
DARPA has announced that it has given the green light to a new series of field tests at Camp Roberts, California, aimed at producing autonomous off-road combat vehicles that can keep up with crewed ones while driving at speed over rough ground.Continue… Continue reading DARPA tests robotic vehicles that can keep up with human drivers
Lockheed Martin has delivered its most powerful laser to date to the US military’s Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering OUSD (R&E) ahead of schedule for installation in new laser weapon demonstrators designed to engage a … Continue reading Lockheed Martin delivers record 300-kW laser weapon to US military
With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine dragging into its seventh month, a number of oddities are emerging from this odd war. One of the most perplexing is the question of why a major cyber warfare power like Russia has launched so few and such ineffective c… Continue reading Why Russia’s cyber war in Ukraine hasn’t played out as predicted
The US Army’s record-breaking Zephyr 8 uncrewed ultra-long endurance drone demonstration came to an abrupt end on August 18 at 9 pm PDT after an unprecedented 64 days in flight, when an unspecified and “unexpected” event brought the aircraft down over … Continue reading Unexpected end to Zephyr 8’s record-smashing 64-day endurance flight
The age of the ray gun is almost upon us after the US Navy took delivery of a near-operational high-energy tactical laser weapon called the High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system from Lockheed Martin that can… Continue reading US Navy takes delivery of tactical Lockheed Martin laser weapon
The US hypersonic weapons program has reached a major milestone, with a Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) hypersonic cruise missile developed by Raytheon Technologies and Northrop Grumman completing two successful flight tests in a row.Con… Continue reading HAWC hypersonic missile chalks up two successful flights in a row
The future of civilian commercial supersonic travel looks a bit firmer today after American Airlines and Boom Supersonic signed an agreement for the airline to put down a non-returnable deposit towards the purchase of 20 Overture supersonic aircraft, w… Continue reading American Airlines puts down deposit for 20 Boom supersonic aircraft