Collaborate Disseminate
When the first of the Royal Navy’s Dreadnought-class nuclear missile submarines takes to the sea late in this decade, it will be steered by the same fly-by-wire technology used in aircraft. Called the Active Vehicle Control Management (AVCM) system, it… Continue reading Britain’s Dreadnought-class missile submarines will use fly-by-wire
The Royal Navy is ready to begin operational training of its new Merlin “Crowsnest” Airborne Surveillance And Control (ASaC) helicopter as it prepares for the aircraft’s first deployment aboard the supercarrier HMS Queen Elizabeth later this year.Conti… Continue reading The Royal Navy’s Crowsnest helicopter readies for carrier deployment
In a move that would please the fictional Star Trek engineer Mr. Scott, CERN is working on ways to store and transport antimatter. Sorry, this isn’t to power any starships secretly under construction, but as a way to better study antiprotons to learn m… Continue reading CERN is building containers for storing and transporting antimatter
The US Navy has given Raytheon Missiles & Defense the go ahead on production of the latest Block of the venerable Tomahawk cruise missile. The Block V variant will start work later this year, giving the missile a life extension of 15 years plus increas… Continue reading US Navy green lights production of Block V Tomahawk cruise missile
The Royal Navy has officially received a new autonomous vessel. The Maritime Demonstrator For Operational eXperimentation (Madfox) will go through a year of testing by the Royal Navy’s Autonomy and Lethality Accelerator, NavyX, before entering regular … Continue reading Royal Navy takes delivery of new robotic Madfox boat
If you were worried about asteroid 99942 Apophis hitting the Earth in 2068, you can relax for at least another century. A new survey by NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) has confirmed that the probability of it colliding with us then … Continue reading Asteroid 99942 Apophis won’t hit the Earth in 2068 after all
ESA has unveiled a spherical robot that may one day be used to explore caves on the Moon. Called the Descent And Exploration in Deep Autonomy of Lunar Underground Structures (DAEDALUS) robot, the spelunking rover is being designed as part of the Lunar … Continue reading Spherical spelunker robot designed to roll around in lunar caves
Lockheed Martin and Omnispace are teaming up to consider jointly developing the technology needed to deliver 5G connectivity on a global scale. The new strategic interest agreement is aimed at combining a constellation of non-geostationary orbital sate… Continue reading Lockheed Martin and Omnispace pursue global 5G hybrid network
NASA says it plans for its Ingenuity Mars helicopter to make its first flight on the Red Planet on April 8 or later, depending on weather conditions and preflight tests. If successful, it will be will the first powered, controlled flight on another pla… Continue reading NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter readies for first flight on Mars
A new study by researchers at Carleton University, Michigan State University and Colorado State University, in conjunction with the US National Park Service has found that the sounds of nature are not only pleasant, but can have a variety of health ben… Continue reading Studies suggest nature sounds improve your health