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The Lockheed Martin Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 Defiant helicopter has completed its first long-endurance flight, with the revolutionary rotorcraft this week flying 700 nautical miles (810 miles or 1,300 km) from West Palm Beach, Florida, to Nashville, Tennes… Continue reading Lockheed Martin’s Defiant helicopter completes first endurance flight
The Lockheed Martin Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 Defiant helicopter has completed its first long-endurance flight, with the revolutionary rotorcraft this week flying 700 nautical miles (810 miles or 1,300 km) from West Palm Beach, Florida, to Nashville, Tennes… Continue reading Lockheed Martin’s Defiant helicopter completes first endurance flight
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and National Security Agency (NSA) have joined forces to publish a joint warning that Russian hackers have targeted defe… Continue reading U.S. government warns that sensitive data is being stolen from defence contractors
DARPA’s Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program has taken another step forward, with a US Army UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter taking to the air over Fort Campbell, Kentucky on February 5 for a 30-minute autonomous flight with no one ab… Continue reading Autonomous Black Hawk helicopter makes first flight with no crew onboard
Heat stroke is one of those things that can really sneak up on a person, potentially resulting in death if not quickly rectified. A new smartwatch-based system is designed to help, by warning its wearer before it’s too late.Continue ReadingCategory: He… Continue reading Smartwatch-based system warns its wearer if they’re getting too hot
Scientists at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research are leading a massive project aimed at developing a universal coronavirus vaccine that can provide protection against all SARS-CoV-2 variants. A handful of newly published studies are reporting s… Continue reading US Army testing universal coronavirus vaccine against all variants
In a step closer to flight tests, the US Navy has conducted a successful live-fire ground test of the First Stage Solid Rocket Motor (SRM) that will be used in the American offensive hypersonic missile system. The October 28, 2021 test at Promontory, U… Continue reading US Navy conducts live-fire ground test of hypersonic missile motor
General Atomics and Boeing have won a US Army contract to prototype their most powerful distributed-gain laser weapon to date: a groundbreaking 300-kW, solid-state, target-tracking beast that could fry enemy missiles and aircraft out of the air.Continu… Continue reading US Army commissions 300-kW, target-tracking laser weapon
Everybody knows sleep is important, but there’s still a lot we don’t understand about what it actually does to the brain – and how its benefits could be boosted. To investigate, the US Army has awarded researchers at Rice University and other instituti… Continue reading Brain-cleaning sleeping cap gets US Army funding
Northrop Grumman and Martin UAV have completed flight tests of an improved version of Martin’s V-BAT unmanned aircraft system (UAS) as part of the US Army’s Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (FTUAS) competition to replace the aging RQ-7B Shadow … Continue reading Flight testing of future tactical drone for the US Army completed