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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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AI Flies Drones in Close Proximity to an Aerial Tanker and Nothing Bad Happens
AI Flies Drones in Close Proximity to an Aerial Tanker and Nothing Bad Happens

28 Mar 2023, 11:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Airbus announced a successful autonomous control test of several DT-25 drones in conjunction with an A310 MRTT aerial tanker

 
Israeli Rampage Missile Is Bigger Than the Target It Destroys, And That’s Disturbing
Israeli Rampage Missile Is Bigger Than the Target It Destroys, And That’s Disturbing

24 Mar 2023, 12:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Israeli defense contractor IAI releases a fresh video of the Rampage air-to-surface missile in action, the effects it has on a target are devastating

 
The USAF Boeing E-7 Wedgetail Will Spot Enemy Fighter Jets From Hundreds of Miles Away
The USAF Boeing E-7 Wedgetail Will Spot Enemy Fighter Jets From Hundreds of Miles Away

22 Mar 2023, 13:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Northrop Grumman announced it started making the radar system for the upcoming USAF AWACS, the E-7 Wedgetail

 
American Military Turns to Foreign and Unusual Tech in Race for Hypersonic Weapons
American Military Turns to Foreign and Unusual Tech in Race for Hypersonic Weapons

19 Mar 2023, 11:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. military selected Australian Hypersonix Launch Systems and Cali-based Fenix Space to compete and develop hypersonic weapons prototypes

 
Billions Worth of New Apache Attack Helicopters to Enter U.S. Army Ranks
Billions Worth of New Apache Attack Helicopters to Enter U.S. Army Ranks

18 Mar 2023, 10:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Boeing say it will produce 184 Apache attack helicopters of the AH-64E variety for the U.S. Army and international partners

 
Royal Navy’s Future Fleet of Hunter-Killer Submarines to Feature U.S. Technology
Royal Navy’s Future Fleet of Hunter-Killer Submarines to Feature U.S. Technology

16 Mar 2023, 04:23 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The U.S., UK and Australia have joined forces for a complex submarine program that will add American technology to UK-built submarines

 
Pure White B-21 Raider Stuns Like a True Sci-Fi Nuclear Bomber in Fresh Hot Pics
Pure White B-21 Raider Stuns Like a True Sci-Fi Nuclear Bomber in Fresh Hot Pics

13 Mar 2023, 12:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / New images of the B-21 Raider were released, they show America's next nuclear bomber a few days before the unveiling in December 2022

 
Next Air Force One Livery Changes Revealed, Blink and You’ll Miss Them
Next Air Force One Livery Changes Revealed, Blink and You’ll Miss Them

13 Mar 2023, 11:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Next year should see the U.S. Air Force (USAF) get its hands on a new set of Air Force One planes, the VC-25B, and the livery was just revealed last week

 
Blistering-Fast Cousin of Bell 360 Invictus, V-280 Valor Could Use Pratt & Whitney Engines
Blistering-Fast Cousin of Bell 360 Invictus, V-280 Valor Could Use Pratt & Whitney Engines

6 Mar 2023, 11:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Bell is one of several companies working on a High-Speed Vertical Takeoff and Landing (HSVTOL) aircraft for the USAF, works with Pratt & Whitney for engines

 
The Last Engines the Mighty B-52 Stratofortress Is Ever Going to Get Enter Testing Phase
The Last Engines the Mighty B-52 Stratofortress Is Ever Going to Get Enter Testing Phase

3 Mar 2023, 09:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Engine maker Rolls-Royce has begun testing the F130 engines that will soon go on the wings of the B-52 Stratofortress, will serve the bombers until they retire

 
U.S. Army Needs New Battlefield Drones, The Jump 20 Could Be It
U.S. Army Needs New Battlefield Drones, The Jump 20 Could Be It

2 Mar 2023, 11:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / U.S. Army selects five finalists for the Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (FTUAS), the AeroVironment Jump 20 is one of them

 
STRIX Is a Brand New Military VTOL, But It Kind of Looks Like a WWII Fighter Plane
STRIX Is a Brand New Military VTOL, But It Kind of Looks Like a WWII Fighter Plane

28 Feb 2023, 09:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor BAE Systems gave the world a first at a new military drone being put together in Australia, it's called STRIX

 
Boeing to Kill the U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet in 2025, Might Still Make It for Others
Boeing to Kill the U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet in 2025, Might Still Make It for Others

24 Feb 2023, 14:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Boeing announced this week it will stop making new F/A-18 Super Hornets for the U.S. Navy from 2025, others might still get them until 2027

 
Royal Navy’s Newest Nuclear-Powered Attack Submarine Ready for Sea Trials
Royal Navy’s Newest Nuclear-Powered Attack Submarine Ready for Sea Trials

21 Feb 2023, 02:53 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The almighty HMS Anson has recently left its construction site at Barrow-in-Furness and is headed to its future home, in Scotland

 
U.S. Navy Getting Hypersonic Strike Capability, Zumwalt-Class Destroyers Front and Center
U.S. Navy Getting Hypersonic Strike Capability, Zumwalt-Class Destroyers Front and Center

20 Feb 2023, 10:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Navy selected Lockheed Martin to supply hypersonic weapons system for the Zumwalt-class destroyers, they should become operational in 2025

 
Beechcraft King Air 260 To Train Naval Aviators How to Operate Military Aircraft
Beechcraft King Air 260 To Train Naval Aviators How to Operate Military Aircraft

17 Feb 2023, 10:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Beechcraft King Air 260 will become the U.S. Navy's next multi-engine training system, to teach pilots how to operate a variety of military aicraft

 
AI Smarter Than Google’s Bard Flies Modified F-16 Fighting Falcon Aircraft for Hours
AI Smarter Than Google’s Bard Flies Modified F-16 Fighting Falcon Aircraft for Hours

14 Feb 2023, 13:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Lockheed Martin announced a test flight that marked the first time AI engaged on a tactical aircraft, more to follow this year

 
USAF Is at War With (Probably) Chinese Balloons, What Better Time to Test-Launch an ICBM?
USAF Is at War With (Probably) Chinese Balloons, What Better Time to Test-Launch an ICBM?

13 Feb 2023, 11:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Space Force conducted a test firing of a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) last week at a time of tension with China

 
French Military Helicopter Completes Successful SAF-Powered Flight
French Military Helicopter Completes Successful SAF-Powered Flight

13 Feb 2023, 03:11 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / A French NH90 took to the sky with sustainable fuel in one of its engines, in the highest ratio yet for a military helicopter

 
F-35 Lightning II Rear Fuselage Number 1,000 Rolls Off the Line, F-16 Feels the Heat
F-35 Lightning II Rear Fuselage Number 1,000 Rolls Off the Line, F-16 Feels the Heat

8 Feb 2023, 10:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of the main contractors for the F-35 Lightning II program, BAE Systems, announced the delivery of the 1,000th rear fuselage for the plane