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After years of testing and deliberation, the US Army has made the US$1.3-billion decision to select the Bell V-280 Valor tilt-rotor craft to replace the Army’s 2,000 UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopters and 1,200 AH-64 Apache assault helicopters.Contin… Continue reading US Army selects V-280 Valor as replacement for Black Hawk and Apache
Electric vehicle out outfit Canoo has made versatility a key part of its DNA since revealing its mobility pod and underlying skateboard chassis a couple of years back, and a freshly delivered truck for the US Army continues to drive the point home. Bui… Continue reading Canoo’s electric truck for the US Army carries plywood and tactical gear
Electric vehicle out outfit Canoo has made versatility a key part of its DNA since revealing its mobility pod and underlying skateboard chassis a couple of years back, and a freshly delivered truck for the US Army continues to drive the point home. Bui… Continue reading Canoo’s electric truck for the US Army carries plywood and tactical gear
The line between crewed and uncrewed aircraft has blurred even more after a Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopter carried out a demonstration cargo mission as well as a medical “emergency rescue” entirely on its own without anyone aboard or human guidance.Con… Continue reading Black Hawk helicopter flies autonomous “rescue” mission without crew
The US Army has released its outline of what it expects to look like in 2030 after it has reorganized itself to incorporate the lessons learned after 30 years of post-Cold-War conflicts and revolutionary advances in military technology.Continue Reading… Continue reading US outlines its vision for the Army of 2030
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
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 remarkable Zephyr is a stratospheric UAV designed to fly ultra-long endurance missions acting as a solar-powered observation and comms platform. In its latest test, it sailed past its old endurance record two weeks ago, and may still be up there.Co… Continue reading Zephyr UAS smashes its own endurance record, may still be up there
Using a 50-kW high-energy laser weapon, a US Army Stryker combat vehicle acquired, tracked, targeted, and defeated multiple 60-mm mortar rounds and other threats during four weeks of live-fire exercises at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.Co… Continue reading Stryker-combat-vehicle-mounted laser weapon fends off mortar rounds
With its speed and efficiency, 3D printing architecture technology has huge potential for military use, both at home and overseas. The U.SArmy clearly recognizes this and plans to build three 3D-printed barracks that it says will be the largest 3D-prin… Continue reading U.S. Army barracks will be largest 3D-printed structure in the west