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Military Bits & Pieces

It’s in the nature of the business for the world’s military forces to be at the forefront of technological advancements. And by that, we don’t mean only weaponry but also technologies developed for military use that eventually come to revolutionize the civilian world – a number of them allow you to read this on your gadget right now. So, for all you people with a passion for hardware that goes bang or wears camo for purposes other than tricking spy photographers, here’s a new section on our website dedicated to all things military.

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Boeing T-7A Red Hawk Proves It Can Taxi Just as Well as It's Expected to Fly
Boeing T-7A Red Hawk Proves It Can Taxi Just as Well as It's Expected to Fly

21 Jun 2023, 12:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Aerospace company Boeing announced it completed taxi tests for the T-7A Red Hawk, the replacement for the T-38 Talon trainer

 
ACHILE Project to Give Dismounted Soldiers HUDs and Exoskeletons Very Soon
ACHILE Project to Give Dismounted Soldiers HUDs and Exoskeletons Very Soon

19 Jun 2023, 14:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A large number of European defense contractors are working to give dismounted soldiers access to advanced comms and combat tech

 
Gray Eagle Drone Flies With Cosworth-Backed 200 HP Engine for the First Time
Gray Eagle Drone Flies With Cosworth-Backed 200 HP Engine for the First Time

19 Jun 2023, 13:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contract General Atomics announced the first flight of a Gray Eagle drone variant equipped with a 200 hp heavy fuel engine

 
Hydrogen-Powered Hypersonic Scramjet Engine Is Now Protected Under American Law
Hydrogen-Powered Hypersonic Scramjet Engine Is Now Protected Under American Law

19 Jun 2023, 11:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Australian company Hypersonix revealed that its Spartan scramjet engine received a patent in the U.S. that'll keep it safe for the next 20 years

 
American Valkyrie Drones to Be Flown by AI Pilots, Become Immune to Electronic Warfare
American Valkyrie Drones to Be Flown by AI Pilots, Become Immune to Electronic Warfare

19 Jun 2023, 09:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contrator Kratos selected the Shield AI artificial intelligence solution for the Valkyrie drone, it will work even with no GPS and comms

 
MQ-4C Triton Sees Everything Happening in the Gulf of Alaska During Massive Military Drill
MQ-4C Triton Sees Everything Happening in the Gulf of Alaska During Massive Military Drill

16 Jun 2023, 12:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Northrop Grumman flies a MQ-4C Triton for an entire week during Exercise Northern Edge 2023 in Alaska to prove its capabilities

 
Tempest Stealth Fighter Aircraft Is Rapidly Coming Along, First Flight Planned in 5 Years
Tempest Stealth Fighter Aircraft Is Rapidly Coming Along, First Flight Planned in 5 Years

15 Jun 2023, 14:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The companies involved in the development of the European stealth fighter airplane gave an update on how the project is progressing

 
M10 Booker Is the Army's First Vehicle Named After a Soldier Who Served in a Post-9/11 War
M10 Booker Is the Army's First Vehicle Named After a Soldier Who Served in a Post-9/11 War

15 Jun 2023, 12:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Army said it decided on the name to be used for the Mobile Protected Firepower, and that's M10 Booker Combat Vehicle

 
America's Next-Gen Aerial Tanker Will Be Powered by General Electric Engines
America's Next-Gen Aerial Tanker Will Be Powered by General Electric Engines

7 Jun 2023, 15:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Lockheed Martin announced this week it decided which of the available engines will power America's next aerial tanker, the LMXT

 
U.S. Navy Gets First Block II Nuclear C&C Aircraft, Speeds Up Upgrades for the Rest
U.S. Navy Gets First Block II Nuclear C&C Aircraft, Speeds Up Upgrades for the Rest

7 Jun 2023, 14:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Navy took delivery of the first E-6B Mercury aircraft upgraded to Block II specification, more nuclear command and control aircraft to be modified

 
This Helicopter Drone Looks Like Something Robots Would Use to Take Over the World
This Helicopter Drone Looks Like Something Robots Would Use to Take Over the World

6 Jun 2023, 14:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Italian defense contractor Leonardo presented this week an improved variant of the AWHero rotary uncrewed aerial system (RUAS)

 
USAF Special Tactics Airmen Pull an MC-130J Commando II Over 490 Feet Because Why Not
USAF Special Tactics Airmen Pull an MC-130J Commando II Over 490 Feet Because Why Not

5 Jun 2023, 13:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Air Force (USAF) shows images of a bunch of its airmen pulling on an MC-130J Commando II over a considerable distance at a base in Japan

 
SR-71 Blackbird Speed Record in Danger as Darkhorse Hypersonic Drone Will Soon Go After It
SR-71 Blackbird Speed Record in Danger as Darkhorse Hypersonic Drone Will Soon Go After It

2 Jun 2023, 14:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A startup called Hermeus announced this week it received the Pratt & Whitney engine that will go into the Darkhorse hypersonic drone

 
B-52 Stratofortress Bomber Getting Fighter-Like Radar to Stay Fit for Three More Decades
B-52 Stratofortress Bomber Getting Fighter-Like Radar to Stay Fit for Three More Decades

2 Jun 2023, 12:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Aerospace company Boeing announced this week it has began fitting a new radar system on the B-52 Stratofortress as the plane will stay in service until 2050

 
T-7A Red Hawk Ejection Seat Test Is as Awesome as It Sounds
T-7A Red Hawk Ejection Seat Test Is as Awesome as It Sounds

26 May 2023, 12:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Aerospace company Boeing published a video of the ejection seat test for the T-7A Red Hawk which took place at the Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico

 
Gray Eagle Drone Flown With New All-Weather Target Tracking Hardware for the U.S. Army
Gray Eagle Drone Flown With New All-Weather Target Tracking Hardware for the U.S. Army

25 May 2023, 15:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor General Atomics fitted the Eagle-Eye Multi-Mode Radar (MMR) on two Gray Eagle Extended Range drones and flew them in a U.S. Army demo

 
U.S. Navy Getting $3 Billion-Worth of New Submarine Hunters, Here They Are
U.S. Navy Getting $3 Billion-Worth of New Submarine Hunters, Here They Are

19 May 2023, 11:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Ship builder Austal was chosen by the U.S. Navy to build seven Auxiliary General Ocean Surveillance Ships to be used to find and track submarines

 
USMC Amphibious Combat Vehicle Goes to Spain, Shown Outside the U.S. for the First Time
USMC Amphibious Combat Vehicle Goes to Spain, Shown Outside the U.S. for the First Time

18 May 2023, 18:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor BAE Systems brings a variant of the Amphibious Combat Vehicle it makes for the U.S. Marine Corps to Europe for the first time

 
Airbus Autonomous Helicopter Can Land on Ships in Rough Seas Within 8 Inches of Target
Airbus Autonomous Helicopter Can Land on Ships in Rough Seas Within 8 Inches of Target

16 May 2023, 15:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Airbus and the French Armament General Directorate flew the VSR700 helicopter drone for the first time in "full operational configuration."

 
Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer Is Back in Action After 75,000 Hours of Work
Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer Is Back in Action After 75,000 Hours of Work

16 May 2023, 14:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Vigor says its work on the USS Michael Murphy (DDG-112) Arleigh Burke-class destroyer is completed after nine months