BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – In 2017, the defense department selected Tyndall Air Force Base to host an MQ-9 reaper wing, but those plans are now on hold. The U.S. … Continue reading U.S. Air Force Retiring MQ-9 Reaper Attack Drones
As American Defense News (ADN) has reported frequently, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), ministry of State Security (MSS) and the People’s Liberation Army (PLAN) has been stealing American military, technological … Continue reading Communist China Stealing US Military Secrets to Become a Global Superpower
Russian Air Force Academy cadets have reportedly developed a previously top secret new spy gadget for the Russian military. Forget drones, robot dogs or space gear. This new spy is … Continue reading Cute or Dangerous? Watch Out for Russia’s Remote-Controlled Spying Robot Rock
Everyone has to get new clothes every once in a while, and the Army’s explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technicians — the men and women who defuse bombs for a living … Continue reading The Army’s Next-Generation Bomb Suit
WASHINGTON — The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and Dynetics proved they can catch an X-61A Gremlin drone in flight and bring it aboard a C-130A mothership. But the next step will … Continue reading DARPA Catches Drone in Flight
LOS ANGELES — Authorities investigating a series of possible jetpack sightings over Los Angeles believe they may have identified an explanation for the mysterious reports — one that requires no fuel, no … Continue reading Authorities Respond to Claims of Jetpack Sightings
WASHINGTON — General Dynamics Land Systems and venture capital-backed startup Epirus have teamed up to integrate a counter-drone swarm system on combat vehicles, according to an Oct. 25 Epirus statement. The strategic … Continue reading General Dynamics and Epirus are Teaming Up for Anti-Drone Tech
WASHINGTON — U.S. officials issued new warnings Friday about China’s ambitions in artificial intelligence and a range of advanced technologies that could eventually give Beijing a decisive military edge and possible dominance … Continue reading Intel Suggests China Could Dominate in the Tech Space
WASHINGTON — The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is gearing up for a major exercise in which it plans to demonstrate a single user controlling a swarm of about 200 … Continue reading DARPA Tests Drone Swarm Technology
WASHINGTON: Top Army officials said today that the months-long delay in its highly touted, and high-dollar, Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) goggles was caused by technical difficulties encountered in the field. A … Continue reading Army Delays AR Googles Over Field of View Issues
As part of Vladimir Putin’s ongoing effort to make Russia a military powerhouse again, or at least a powerhouse weapons maker and seller, Russia is now producing innovative mines designed … Continue reading Russia’s ‘Autonomous’ Anti-Helicopter Mines – Also Threat to Civilian Airliners?
In November 2020, ADN reported that in a ‘Major Blow to Iran – Sophisticated, Coordinated Attack Kills Iran’s Top Nuclear Scientist in Tehran.’ At the time, “reports from Iran suggested a … Continue reading Israel’s US-Made Robotic Machine Gun Used to Assassinate Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Chief in 2020
WASHINGTON — The Department of Defense is looking to industry for nuclear-powered propulsion technology to drive its spacecraft, freeing them from the low-energy limitations of current electric and solar-based propulsion … Continue reading Pentagon Seeks Nuclear-Powered Propulsion for Satellites
As a follow up our earlier piece on Apple’s well-intentioned but dangerous privacy-violating app update, Apple defends its planned scanning of phones for possible child sex abuse photos, after a company memo … Continue reading Apple Defends Privacy-Wrecking New Update that Scans Users’ Phones for Illegal Explicit Photos
Is the era of Kevlar’s dominance of body armor over? Kevlar fiber made by DuPont has been a mainstay of U.S. military body armor and helmets since the 1980s. Nomex … Continue reading Goodbye Kevlar – Hello 3D-Printed Nanotech for US Military Body Armor?
The U.S. Defense Department (DoD) is going green, or ‘glowing green,’ as the Pentagon has just selected two companies to develop compact, portable nuclear reactors for field use by the … Continue reading ‘Glowing Green’ – Pentagon Developing Compact, Portable Nuclear Reactors for Field Use
Following the UK’s successful testing of its own Gravity Industries’ jetpacks for its Royal Marine Commandos, the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting ideas for “portable personal air … Continue reading Pentagon Goes Full ‘Ironman’ – Special Troops to Get Jetpacks or Powered Wingsuits
A new report by the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee is issuing a stark warning. The report, commissioned by Sen. Robert Menendez, the senior Democrat on the Committee, warns that … Continue reading U.S. Senate Warns Authoritarian China Could Soon Control the Internet
