Time’s not quite up: Doomsday Clock remains at 90 seconds to midnight

Despite a 2024 so far marked with serious conflicts, climate uncertainty and the rapid ascension of AI technologies, the famous Doomsday Clock has remained paused at 90 seconds to midnight, the same time as last year.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTa… Continue reading Time’s not quite up: Doomsday Clock remains at 90 seconds to midnight

Time’s not quite up: Doomsday Clock remains at 90 seconds to midnight

Despite a 2024 so far marked with serious conflicts, climate uncertainty and the rapid ascension of AI technologies, the famous Doomsday Clock has remained paused at 90 seconds to midnight, the same time as last year.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTa… Continue reading Time’s not quite up: Doomsday Clock remains at 90 seconds to midnight

Silent Arrow to develop motorized, disposable, heavy transport drone

Aerospace company Silent Arrow has been awarded a contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory’s innovation arm AFWERX to develop a heavy payload, long-range motorized version of its GD-2000 glider drone capable of flying 300 nm (350 mi, 560 km).Conti… Continue reading Silent Arrow to develop motorized, disposable, heavy transport drone

In a world-first, T-600 heavy lift drone launches anti-sub torpedo

A recent NATO exercise in the waters off the coast of Portugal saw naval drones reach a new level. As part of the exercise, a BAE Systems/Malloy Aeronautics T-600 heavy lift Uncrewed Air System (UAS) air launched an inert Sting Ray training torpedo.Con… Continue reading In a world-first, T-600 heavy lift drone launches anti-sub torpedo

THOR microwave weapon hammers drone swarms in demo test

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

OXYJUMP NG makes crazy high-altitude parachute jumps safer

Raytheon Technologies subsidiary Collins Aerospace has come up with a new oxygen system for special forces soldiers making insanely high parachute jumps from up to 33,000 ft (10,000 m) that automatically adjusts itself as they plummet at 126 mph (203 k… Continue reading OXYJUMP NG makes crazy high-altitude parachute jumps safer

Northrop Grumman’s anti-radiation missile takes out radar target

Northrop Grumman has completed its fifth consecutive successful test of the US Navy AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Extended Range (AARGM-ER) and the first against a target simulating an advanced operational defense system.Continue Readi… Continue reading Northrop Grumman’s anti-radiation missile takes out radar target