Tag: Air Force, Aviation, drones, MILITARY, navy, Robots, transportation, weapons
What’s in the US military’s historic lost and found: nukes, jets, and drones
For roughly 24 hours, between the afternoon of September 17 and the evening of September 18, the United States Marine Corps couldn’t find...
The Air Force used microwave energy to take down a drone swarm
In the desert plain south of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and just north of the Isleta Pueblo reservation, the Air Force defeated a swarm of...
Stunt or sinister: The Kremlin drone incident, unpacked
Early in the morning of May 3, local Moscow time, a pair of explosions occurred above the Kremlin. Videos of the incident appeared to show...
AI should never be able to launch nukes, US legislators say
Last week, Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) introduced the Block Nuclear Launch by Autonomous Artificial Intelligence Act alongside Sen. Edward Markey...
Australia wants a laser weapon powerful enough to stop a tank
On April 4, Australia’s Department of Defence announced the award of $12.9 million to defense giant QinetiQ for a laser weapon. The move...
Watch an uncrewed Navy ‘ghost boat’ fire live missiles
Oceans are now one step closer to being battlefields for robotic ships. This past week the US Navy announced that its task force focused on...
Watch a Japanese research ship fire an electromagnetic railgun
On October 17, Japan’s military announced it had successfully test-fired a railgun on board a ship. The test was conducted by the...
This compact robotic tank is designed to shoot down drones
On the second floor of the Walter E. Washington convention center in the District of Columbia sits a robot tanklet, designed to hunt...
Startup claims biometric scanning can make a ‘secure’ gun
Reports from the Centers for Disease Control show gun violence is the leading cause of death among children and adolescents in the United...
This massive armored vehicle has a giant plow for clearing Russian mines
At the DSEI international arms show held in London earlier this month, German defense company FFG showed off a tank-like vehicle it had...
