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LiquidPiston is testing a 10-kW generator it’s prototyped for the US military, which it claims is just a quarter of the size and weight of the current model the Army uses.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: LiquidPiston, Engine Technolo… Continue reading ‘Inside-out Wankel’ engine powers US Army’s tiny new 10-kW genset
LiquidPiston is testing a 10-kW generator it’s prototyped for the US military, which it claims is just a quarter of the size and weight of the current model the Army uses.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: LiquidPiston, Engine Technolo… Continue reading ‘Inside-out Wankel’ engine powers US Army’s tiny new 10-kW genset
Nobody wants to go anywhere near chemical or biological weapons, so the US Army is testing a robotic Autonomous Equipment Decontamination System that can decontaminate military vehicles exposed to such nastiness without putting soldiers at risk.Continu… Continue reading Cleaning robots keep soldiers from chemical and biological contamination
The US Army is pushing for full deployment of its first hypersonic missiles, with its Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon Battery taking part in Exercise Resolute Hunter 24-2 at Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada along with forces from the Five Eyes alliance.Co… Continue reading US army tests ‘Dark Eagle’ hypersonic missile in the field
In a recent live-fire field test, BAE Systems’ Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System (C-UAS) prototype took out a small fleet of quadcopter drones in spectacular fashion using a Moog modular weapons system.Continue Readi… Continue reading US Army’s AMPV armored fighting vehicle takes on drones
In a recent live-fire field test, BAE Systems’ Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System (C-UAS) prototype took out a small fleet of quadcopter drones in spectacular fashion using a Moog modular weapons system.Continue Readi… Continue reading US Army’s AMPV armored fighting vehicle takes on drones
The US Army is swapping out its Cold War fleet of prop-driven recon planes with ones based on a business jet. Under a new contract, the Army is buying a Global 6500 jet aircraft from Bombardier with options for two more for development prototypes.Conti… Continue reading US Army’s latest reconnaissance aircraft is a Bombardier business jet
In what seems like a paradox, Lockheed Martin has successfully conducted a short-range qualification flight test of its long-range Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) for the US Army at the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.Continue ReadingCategory: Mi… Continue reading Lockheed Martin completes short-range test of long-range missile
A Northrop Grumman command and control system has successfully defended Washington DC and the National Capital Region in a simulated attack. The Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) virtually proved itself against cruise missiles and hijacked aircra… Continue reading UBCS command center defends Washington DC against simulated attack
Based on lessons learned in Ukraine, the US Army has announced that it’s abandoning its current modernization program for its M1A2 Abrams main battle tank in favor of a more fundamentally upgraded version called the M1E3.Continue ReadingCategory: Milit… Continue reading US Army fast tracks Abrams main battle tank modernization