Raytheon is reporting that its new Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) intercepted an advanced medium-range missile at sea. It was the third successful ballistic missile intercept for the SM-6. The SM-6 is the only missile that supports anti-air, anti-surface, and sea-based ballistic missile defense. A Raytheon (NYSE: RTN)-built Standard Missile-6 intercepted a medium-range ballistic missile target at sea in […]
Chinese are Building a ‘Hack Proof’ Quantum Communications Network
Chinese scientists have successfully sent the world’s first quantum key distribution (QKD) from the world’s first quantum satellite which was launched on August 16th, 2017. The QKD traveled over a record breaking 1,200km (746 miles), shattering the previous record which was a mere 100km (62 miles). Any attempt to steal the keys changes the particles […]
USAF Seeks New ICBM in Troubling Nuclear Times
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing $349 million and Northrop Grumman $328 million in development contracts for America’s next intercontinental ballistic missile. The new missile will replace the aging Minuteman III ICBMs currently in service. The USAF will choose either Boeing or Northrop in 2020 for the final development phase. The USAF estimated, in […]
New Radar Proving It’s More than a Match for Ballistic Missiles
Raytheon has proven a complex target is no match for its new AN/SPY-6(V) air and missile defense radar (AMDR). The new radar, a gallium nitride-based AMDR will soon be aboard the U.S. Navy’s Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. “We are continuing to stress this radar by increasing the range and complexity of the targets and […]
Russia Developing 7-Ton Autonomous Freethinking Robot
Russian news agency Russia Beyond the Headlines is reporting that Kalashnikov Concern, the largest arms manufacture in Russia, has created an advanced 7-ton robot called “Soratnik.” The small unmanned tank can operate on its own using artificial intelligence and can communicate with UAVs flying above the battlefield. Izvestia military analyst Alexei Ramm told RBTH, “the […]
New Stryker Variant with Hellfire Missiles Revealed
Engineers at General Dynamics Land Systems told Scout Warrior that they have removed the back of the Stryker vehicle to allow it to carry Boeing’s upgraded Avenger turret. The newly engineered vehicle is called a Stryker Mobile SHORAD (Short-Range Air Defense) Launcher or Stryker MSL. The new Stryker variant will bring offensive and defensive firepower […]
The US Military is on the Verge of a Major Upgrade
The U.S. military is on the verge of stepping out of the 1970s and into a new era of computing. Researchers at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) along with Dr. Binoy Ravindaran, an engineering professor at Virginia Tech, have developed a proof-of-concept operating system called Popcorn Linux. The new OS will be more powerful, […]
How a Simple Pipe Joint put America’s Navy at Risk
At a time when America’s adversaries are challenging its carrier fleets around the world, the U.S. Navy found itself scrambling to fix defective elbow pipes on its new Virginia Class attack subs. The faulty parts valued at $10,000 or less, have kept the $2.7 billion dollar Virginia Class Attack Submarine Minnesota sitting in a shipyard […]
Does Russia Have a Secret Weapon to Bring Down Electrical Grids?
In a Wired article titled, “How an Entire Nation Became Russia’s Test Lab for CyberWar,” Andy Greenberg sheds light on how Russia is fine tuning its cyber assault capabilities by using the Ukraine as a living laboratory for cyberwarfare. “These coordinated attacks are unlike anything the world has seen”, says Andy Greenberg. A Russian group […]
Get Ready for a More Powerful Semi-Automatic Railgun
The U.S. Navy’s futuristic railgun is about to get some major upgrades. DefenseTech is reporting that developers from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) plan to increase the number of shots it can fire per minute and the power behind the system. ONR is working on a 32 megajoule system that can fire 10 shots […]
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