An article in the China Daily is reporting that the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp. (CASIC) claims it has developed a new “ultra-fast” anti-missile interceptor capable of hitting a projectile flying “10 times faster than a bullet.” Experts are indicating its range is between 10km to 100km with a maximum velocity around 12,000 km/h. […]
U.S. Army Testing New High Tech Camouflage System on Stryker Vehicles
The U.S. Army is testing out SAAB’s Barracuda Mobile Camouflage System (MCS) on its Stryker vehicles in Germany. The MCS is a multi-spectral signature management system that defeats Near IR, Thermal, and Broadband Radar. SAAB is currently working on new technology that will allow its camouflage to indicate when it’s been lased and a chameleon […]
U.S. Air Force is Accelerating its Hypersonic Strike Weapons Development
In an article published by the U.S. Air Force, Lt. Col. Sharon Evans discusses a meeting between senior U.S. Air Force leaders. Discussed at the meeting was the immediate need to accelerate hypersonic development. Development of such technology is critical because near-peer countries are already testing hypersonic weapons. Air Force senior leaders met to consider […]
DARPA Envisions An Ender’s Game Controller for Urban Robot Swarms
Urban canyons—with their high vertical structures, tight spaces, and limited lines of sight—constrain military communications, mobility, and tactics in the best of times. These challenges become even more daunting when U.S. forces are in areas they do not control—where they can’t rely on supply chains, infrastructure, and previous knowledge of local conditions and potential threats. […]
Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works Developing Hypersonic Aircraft SR-72
Originally posted November 7, 2013. In 1976, U.S. Air Force SR-71 Blackbird crews flew from New York to London in less than two hours, reaching speeds exceeding Mach 3 and setting world records that have held up for nearly four decades. But those world records may not stay unbroken for long. That’s because today, at […]
Russia Tests New Weapon That Will Destroy Airplane and Drone Onboard Equipment
Russia has successfully tested a new radio-electronic weapon. Russian military experts say that the new system serves to destroy airplane and drone onboard equipment, as well as electronics found in high-precision weapons.
The Most Advanced Fighter Helmet in The World – Price Tag $400,000
Source: Lockheed Martin The F-35’s Helmet Mounted Display Systems provide pilots with unprecedented situational awareness. All the information pilots need to complete their missions – airspeed, heading, altitude, targeting information and warnings – is projected on the helmet’s visor, rather than on a traditional Heads-up Display. This approach greatly reduces the pilot’s workload and increases […]
U.S. Military Working on Army of Drones
Source: DARPA DARPA’s Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment (CODE) program seeks to help the U.S. military’s unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) conduct dynamic, long-distance engagements of highly mobile ground and maritime targets in denied or contested electromagnetic airspace, all while reducing required communication bandwidth and cognitive burden on human supervisors. In an important step toward that […]
VIDEO: Navy Railgun Catapult in Action
Watch the Navy’s new electromagnetic railgun catapult skip a 4-ton cart off the ocean like a flat rock off a pond.
Reject the President’s Defense Budget
Jerry Hendrix, senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), advises, “The nation needs to stop standing still with our current legacy force and begin investing in offsetting, leap ahead technologies like cyber, unmanned combat aerial vehicles, directed energy, electro-magnetics and hypersonics.” Hendrix also writes: If the nation is to sustain its […]