Collaborate Disseminate
Israeli defense company Plasan Sasa has rolled out its Wilder ground vehicle at the Eurostory 2022 defense exhibition in Paris. Designed for military patrols and special forces, the 3.7-tonne armored 4×4 provides NATO Stanag 4569 Level 2 protection.Con… Continue reading Wilder off-road combat patrol vehicle offers remote drive-by wire
At the Eurosatory 2022 defense and security exhibition in Paris, Rheinmetall has revealed its next-generation main battle tank concept, the KF51 Panther, which combines relative light weight and a smaller size with increased lethality.Continue ReadingC… Continue reading Rheinmetall main battle tank concept combines lethality and mobility
An international team of scientists and cartographers has released the most detailed map ever of the seafloor of the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica. It covers 48 million km² (19 million miles²) and includes the deepest spot yet found in the regi… Continue reading New map reveals deepest spot in Southern Ocean around Antarctica
SpearUAV has released its Ninox 103 UW Sub-to-Air encapsulated autonomous quadcopter, which it claims is the first loitering drone that can be launched from a submarine and other submerged platforms for immediate beyond-line-of-sight situational awaren… Continue reading First quadcopter drone that can be launched from a submarine underwater
Milrem Robotics has rolled out its latest THeMIS Observe battlefield robot variant based on its modular THeMIS UGV platform, with an emphasis on Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), as part of the EU’s fourth iMUGS project demonstration… Continue reading Unmanned combat robot disarmed for reconnaissance duties
The construction of America’s next-generation strategic nuclear missile submarine has formally begun as the keel was ceremonially laid for the future USS District of Columbia (SSBN 826) at Electric Boat’s facility in Quonset Point, Rhode Island.Continu… Continue reading Keel laid for US Navy’s next-generation nuclear missile submarine
For the first time, the US Air Force has successfully recovered a reusable rocket sled traveling at hypersonic speed. The test in late March 2022 was part of the Air Force’s Hypersonic Sled Recovery (HSR) project and successfully brought a sled traveli… Continue reading Reusable hypersonic rocket sled recovered after Mach 5+ run
HD Hyundai has announced that the Prism Courage, a 122,000 tonne ultra-large natural gas tanker operated by its subsidiary Avikus, has become the first large ship to make an ocean passage of over 10,000 km (6,210 miles) under autonomous control.Continu… Continue reading Massive LNG tanker sails itself across the Pacific in shipping world first
NASA has awarded service contracts worth up to US$3.5 billion through 2034 to Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace to provide new space suits to the agency and private firms, for use on the International Space Station (ISS) and on the Moon.Continue Readin… Continue reading NASA awards contracts for next-generation space suits it’ll rent
A team led by Jeremy McCormack at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology has found evidence that competition with great white sharks may have contributed to the extinction of the megalodon, the largest shark that ever lived.Continue Rea… Continue reading Competition with great whites may have led to megalodon extinction