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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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New and Stunning MQ-4C Triton Rolls Off the Assembly Lines, Not Meant for America
New and Stunning MQ-4C Triton Rolls Off the Assembly Lines, Not Meant for America

15 Sep 2022, 12:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American defense contractor Northrop Grumman shows for the first time the Australian version of U.S. Navy's MQ-4C Triton drone

 
China Working on Boron-Powered Supersonic Anti-Ship Missile, Doubles as a Torpedo
China Working on Boron-Powered Supersonic Anti-Ship Missile, Doubles as a Torpedo

15 Sep 2022, 06:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Chinese scientists are working on a supersonic anti-ship missile powered by boron and capable of operating under water just as well

 
Headless Robot Tank Sneaking Around in the Woods Is The Sight of Nasty Future Wars
Headless Robot Tank Sneaking Around in the Woods Is The Sight of Nasty Future Wars

15 Sep 2022, 05:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / European defense contractor Milrem Robotics releases a video of the Type-X Robotic Combat Vehicle testing in Norwegian woods

 
New Adaptive Cycle Engine for F-35 Completes Testing, Fighter Stepping Into a New Age
New Adaptive Cycle Engine for F-35 Completes Testing, Fighter Stepping Into a New Age

14 Sep 2022, 11:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / GE announced this week it wrapped up testing of the second XA100 adaptive cycle engine for F-35, ready for engineering and manufacturing stage

 
VTOLs Are Not Even Here Yet, And DARPA Already Wants More Advanced Ones
VTOLs Are Not Even Here Yet, And DARPA Already Wants More Advanced Ones

13 Sep 2022, 06:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / DARPA's AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY X-Plane program aims to come up with the next gen military VTOLs

 
Navy Super Hornets Flew Litening Pod for the First Time, Targets Never Looked So Colorful
Navy Super Hornets Flew Litening Pod for the First Time, Targets Never Looked So Colorful

12 Sep 2022, 06:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Northrop Grumman said U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet flew the Litening advanced targeting pod for the first time

 
Aggressor F-16 Fighting Falcon Looks Scary, Dark Blobs Lurk on the Ground
Aggressor F-16 Fighting Falcon Looks Scary, Dark Blobs Lurk on the Ground

10 Sep 2022, 23:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / F-16 Fighting Falcon deployed with the 64th Aggressor Squadron is seen here flying over the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR)

 
MC-130J Commandos and KC-135 Stratotanker Are Not the Most Spectacular Sights in This Pic
MC-130J Commandos and KC-135 Stratotanker Are Not the Most Spectacular Sights in This Pic

9 Sep 2022, 23:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / USAF pic showing two MC-130J Commando IIs and a KC-135 Stratotanker also seems to capture the Earth's curvature, and it's a sight to behold

 
Military Wants to Use Spacecraft and Orbital Depots to Send Gear to Any Hot Spot on Earth
Military Wants to Use Spacecraft and Orbital Depots to Send Gear to Any Hot Spot on Earth

9 Sep 2022, 06:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / USTRANSCOM signed agreements with Rocket Lab and Sierra Space to research the use of spacecraft and orbital depots for military logistics

 
More F-15s to Get EPAWSS, Be Gifted With „Electromagnetic Capabilities”
More F-15s to Get EPAWSS, Be Gifted With „Electromagnetic Capabilities”

8 Sep 2022, 11:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor BAE Systems revealed it's been tasked by Boeing with making more Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability System for F-15s

 
UK Warships Shadowed Three Russian Ships That Are Returning to Their Homeland
UK Warships Shadowed Three Russian Ships That Are Returning to Their Homeland

8 Sep 2022, 05:52 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Three Royal Navy frigates put their sensors and monitoring technology to the test as they shadowed a Russian task group on its way back home

 
Norway Will Try to Recover an USAF CV-22 Osprey That’s Been Stuck on a Nature Reserve
Norway Will Try to Recover an USAF CV-22 Osprey That’s Been Stuck on a Nature Reserve

8 Sep 2022, 05:06 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / This USAF CV-22 Osprey managed to get stranded on a nature reserve in Norway, which is why a complicated process must be put in place for its recovery

 
U.S. Navy Planes Can Directly Order MQ-25 Drones to Run ISR, Stingrays Will Comply
U.S. Navy Planes Can Directly Order MQ-25 Drones to Run ISR, Stingrays Will Comply

7 Sep 2022, 06:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Boeing said this week it ran a digital manned-unmanned teaming test of the MQ-25 Stingray drone, found new uses for the drone

 
The Next-Gen Brazilian Military Transport Behemoth Is Now Officially a Firefighter Too
The Next-Gen Brazilian Military Transport Behemoth Is Now Officially a Firefighter Too

7 Sep 2022, 04:40 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Embraer's C-390 Millennium is one of the best multi-role military transport aircraft out there, building on the legacy of Brazil's pioneering C-390

 
THeMIS Ground Drone Deployed in Ukraine, Combat Not Its Goal
THeMIS Ground Drone Deployed in Ukraine, Combat Not Its Goal

6 Sep 2022, 11:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Estonian robotics company Milrem announced this week the deployment of the THeMIS unmanned ground vehicle for frontline operations

 
Rugged Ex-Military Mercedes-Benz G-Class Wolf Could Be Your Companion for Weekend Outings
Rugged Ex-Military Mercedes-Benz G-Class Wolf Could Be Your Companion for Weekend Outings

6 Sep 2022, 09:57 UTC · By: Ancuta Iosub / This example of the G-Class “Wolf” is a purely functional vehicle designed for military use and has no doors, roof, or windshield

 
F-22 Raptor Climbs After Tactical Pitch, Hot Engines Make the Rear Look Like It’s Melting
F-22 Raptor Climbs After Tactical Pitch, Hot Engines Make the Rear Look Like It’s Melting

6 Sep 2022, 06:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / F-22 Raptor flown by demo team's commander Maj. Joshua Gunderson is seen here performing a climb at the Cold Lake Air Show in Alberta, Canada

 
Watch a F/A-18F Super Hornet Fly Really Close to Skyscrapers in Australia
Watch a F/A-18F Super Hornet Fly Really Close to Skyscrapers in Australia

5 Sep 2022, 06:21 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Footage of a F/A-18F Super Hornet seamlessly flying in Brisbane among skyscrapers shows just smooth this tough metal bird can be

 
F-15EX Eagle II Takes Off, And the Sky Looks on Fire
F-15EX Eagle II Takes Off, And the Sky Looks on Fire

5 Sep 2022, 05:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of the two F-15EX Eagle IIs now being tested by the Air Force is seen here taking off from the Eglin Air Force Base in Florida

 
The Marines’ Decision to Tear Down an Important WWII-Era Aircraft Hangar Sparks Outrage
The Marines’ Decision to Tear Down an Important WWII-Era Aircraft Hangar Sparks Outrage

5 Sep 2022, 04:27 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The Marines want to demolish one of the most important hangars that survived a Japanese raid in Hawaii before Pearl Harbor, to make room for drones