[ad_1] The Defense Department hasn’t officially said what it used against the drone, but MADIS was present aboard the Boxer at the time. You can see it on top of the tan vehicle in the photo above. The incident illustrates the rapidly changing nature of warfare. Increasingly, the US is finding ways to take action […]
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Virgin Orbit will launch small satellites for the UK military
[ad_1] The unique feature of the Virgin Orbit program is how quickly a launch can be arranged. Typically, a launch takes years of planning and can only take place from certain sites which access particular orbits. This means that access to a given orbit can never be guaranteed on short notice. However, Virgin believes it […]
US Army to test robotic combat vehicles in 2020
[ad_1] Every MET-D will have four soldiers in the back controlling two uncrewed vehicles, each of which is equipped with 7.62mm machine guns. Testing will ramp up over the next few years. A second phase in the Army’s late fiscal 2021 will see the robotic vehicles used in company-scale maneuvers with six MET-Ds and eight […]
France is creating a space command to defend its satellites
[ad_1] This is just the start, Macron added. Eventually, France would rename the military branch as the Space and Air Force. It would be an essential part of the country’s military strategy, then, not just a companion to the usual air, land and sea units. Space hasn’t been directly militarized so far, but there are […]
Russia says it will give soldiers bomb-carrying drones
[ad_1] There’s no timeline or technical details for these weaponized drones, and it’s easy to be skeptical when Russia has made grand claims about its military technology in the past. Its hypersonic missile program isn’t panning out as expected, for example. With that said, this is a considerably more conservative effort that might stand a […]
Germany and the Netherlands form a joint military network
[ad_1] The unification will eventually include a head office in Koblenz, Germany, but there will be a design center at the barracks in the Dutch town of Amersfoort. On top of improving communication in the heat of battle, this will ideally speed the rollout of new technologies and standards. It could bolster their defenses against […]
China’s supercomputers are the latest target in US trade war
[ad_1] The Commerce Department has reportedly issued export restrictions that cut five major Chinese supercomputer developers off from US technology. According to the new rule, the firms have been “acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States.” The developers include Sugon of Beijing, three of its affiliates and Wuxi […]
Colorado college students were secretly used to train facial recognition
[ad_1] The study, carried out in 2012 and 2013, was made to determine, in part, if algorithms could identify facial features from a long distance away, through obstacles and in poor light. A telephoto camera was set up at a distance of about 150 meters away from a public area with a lot of foot […]
Israel is the first to respond to a cyberattack with immediate force
[ad_1] The Israeli military believed the strike represented a decisive blow, claiming that “Hamas has no cyber operational capabilities” after their building was destroyed. The airstrike wasn’t completely surprising when Israel has been responding to hundreds of rocket attacks from Gaza militants over the past few days. It’s in the midst of an active conflict […]
US Air Force successfully shoots down multiple missiles with a laser
[ad_1] You won’t see the technology used in-air for a while. The USAF only gave Lockheed Martin a contract in 2017, and the first airborne tests aren’t expected until sometime in 2021. It would likely take a while after that before the system could find its way into service. Provided the technology works as promised, […]