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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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Maker of Space Shuttle Engines to Power America's Next-Gen Ballistic Missile Interceptors
Maker of Space Shuttle Engines to Power America's Next-Gen Ballistic Missile Interceptors

17 May 2024, 09:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Aerospace company Aerojet Rocketdyne will make the propulsion system for the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) missile defense system

 
U.S. to Deploy Thousands of Autonomous Anti-Armor Suicide Drones Against Potential Enemies
U.S. to Deploy Thousands of Autonomous Anti-Armor Suicide Drones Against Potential Enemies

10 May 2024, 11:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. military chose the Switchblade 600 loitering munition made by defense contractor AeroVironment to be part of the Replicator program.

 
USAF Builds From Scratch and Flies Autonomous Drone in 24 Hours, Must Be Some Record
USAF Builds From Scratch and Flies Autonomous Drone in 24 Hours, Must Be Some Record

7 May 2024, 10:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Air Force (USAF) says it may just have found a way to build and fly small, multi-purpose autonomous drones in under 24 hours

 
DARPA Completes Testing of Underwater Drone That'll Give Sharks Nightmares
DARPA Completes Testing of Underwater Drone That'll Give Sharks Nightmares

6 May 2024, 12:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American research agency DARPA announced the completion of full-scale, in-water testing for the Northrop Grumman Manta Ray underwater drone

 
C-130J Super Hercules Makes Historic First Flight With External Fuel Tanks Under Its Wings
C-130J Super Hercules Makes Historic First Flight With External Fuel Tanks Under Its Wings

2 May 2024, 11:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Air Force announced the completion of the first flight of a C-130J Super Hercules transport plane equipped with external fuel tanks

 
USMC Gets Its First Extended-Range Reaper Drone
USMC Gets Its First Extended-Range Reaper Drone

2 May 2024, 11:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American defense contractor General Atomics announced the delivery of the first MQ-9 Reaper Extended Range drone to the USMC

 
20 American Pilots Fly Test the Most Un-USAF Aircraft Ever, It's Electric
20 American Pilots Fly Test the Most Un-USAF Aircraft Ever, It's Electric

30 Apr 2024, 08:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Pipistrel Velis Electro electric aircraft was put through its paces at the Eglin Air Force Base in Florida as the USAF plans to inform itself EV planes

 
Boeing Tortures the Hell Out of USAF's New Trainer Aircraft to See What Gives
Boeing Tortures the Hell Out of USAF's New Trainer Aircraft to See What Gives

30 Apr 2024, 07:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American aerospace company announced the completion of three important milestones in the development of the T-7A Red Hawk trainer aircraft

 
USAF Settles on Support Drone for Fighter Aircraft, To Be Made by General Atomics
USAF Settles on Support Drone for Fighter Aircraft, To Be Made by General Atomics

29 Apr 2024, 09:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor General Atomics announced it was selected to design, build, and flight test Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) drones

 
Royal Navy Uses a Bottle of Beer to Christen Its Sixth Astute-Class Sub, the HMS Agamemnon
Royal Navy Uses a Bottle of Beer to Christen Its Sixth Astute-Class Sub, the HMS Agamemnon

25 Apr 2024, 11:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The British Royal Navy officially named its sixth Astute class submarine after a king from Greek mythology, enter the HMS Agamemnon

 
Drone Fires 10,000 Rounds at Pickup Truck in Arizona, Obliterates Everything in Its Path
Drone Fires 10,000 Rounds at Pickup Truck in Arizona, Obliterates Everything in Its Path

25 Apr 2024, 10:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American defense contractor General Atomics says it tested the Mojave Unmanned Aircraft System with two miniguns in the Arizona desert

 
Puma Drones Used Extensively by the U.S. Military Get Autonomy Kits
Puma Drones Used Extensively by the U.S. Military Get Autonomy Kits

25 Apr 2024, 09:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor AeroVironment announced the launch of an autonomy kit for the Puma drones it makes, but also for future uncrewed aircraft

 
U.S. Army Drops Its New Tactical Truck From an Airplane to See If It Breaks
U.S. Army Drops Its New Tactical Truck From an Airplane to See If It Breaks

25 Apr 2024, 08:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Army conducted the final low-velocity airdrop test of the Oshkosh FMTV A2 Cargo 6×6 truck, the 4x4 version to follow soon

 
U.S. Marine Corps to Buy $249 Million Worth of "Organic” Kamikaze Drones
U.S. Marine Corps to Buy $249 Million Worth of "Organic” Kamikaze Drones

19 Apr 2024, 10:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor AeroVironment was awarded a U.S. Marine Corps contract for the Switchblade 300 Block 20 loitering munitions drone

 
Solid Rocket Engine Named After the King of Gods Ready to Thunder in the Skies Over U.S.
Solid Rocket Engine Named After the King of Gods Ready to Thunder in the Skies Over U.S.

17 Apr 2024, 14:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American defense contractor Kratos announced it has completed testing on a second version of its new solid rocket motor called Zeus

 
Lockheed Martin to Make $17 Billion-Worth of New Ballistic Missile Interceptors
Lockheed Martin to Make $17 Billion-Worth of New Ballistic Missile Interceptors

16 Apr 2024, 15:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The American Missile Defense Agency awarded defense contractor Lockheed Martin the contract to make the Next Generation Interceptor

 
America Readies a Deep Dive, Long-Range Underwater Drone Called Manta Ray, This Is It
America Readies a Deep Dive, Long-Range Underwater Drone Called Manta Ray, This Is It

9 Apr 2024, 15:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American defense contractor Northrop Grumman says it completed its uncrewed underwater vehicle (UUV) called Manta Ray, test possible this year

 
U.S. Marine Corps Spending $2.7B on New Armored Transport Vehicles That Can Drive in Water
U.S. Marine Corps Spending $2.7B on New Armored Transport Vehicles That Can Drive in Water

9 Apr 2024, 12:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / British defense contractor BAE Systems announced an additional order for Amphibious Combat Vehicles from the Marine Corps, bringing the total value to $2.7B

 
America’s F-15s on Track to Becoming the Kings of Electronic Warfare
America’s F-15s on Track to Becoming the Kings of Electronic Warfare

8 Apr 2024, 16:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / British defense contractor BAE System announced it wrapped up testing of the Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability System (EPAWSS) system for the F-15

 
Special Radar for the Aegis Combat System Can Live-Track Objects in Space
Special Radar for the Aegis Combat System Can Live-Track Objects in Space

7 Apr 2024, 14:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Lockheed Martin announced the completion of a successful first live track AN/SPY-7(V)1 radar test for the Aegis System Equipped Vessel (ASEV)