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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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USAF Is the King of Aerial Refueling, Singapore Air Force Beats Them in a Key Area
USAF Is the King of Aerial Refueling, Singapore Air Force Beats Them in a Key Area

12 Oct 2023, 07:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Airbus helps the Republic of Singapore Air Force become the first Air Force in the world to have a boom automatic refueling capability" for all its planes

 
U.S. Readying Huge Lasers to Fight Off UAVs, Rockets and Even Mortars
U.S. Readying Huge Lasers to Fight Off UAVs, Rockets and Even Mortars

12 Oct 2023, 06:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contrator Lockheed Martin was awarded a contract to deliver up to four 300 kW-class defensive lasers to the U.S. Army

 
This Kind of Humvee Is the Ultimate Battlefield Repair Truck
This Kind of Humvee Is the Ultimate Battlefield Repair Truck

12 Oct 2023, 05:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The AM General Humvee 2-CT SECM is described as the next generation mobile repair center for combat, tactical, ground support, and aviation equipment

 
MQ-20 Avenger Can Now Use Helicopter Rescue Hoists to Capture Smaller Drones in Flight
MQ-20 Avenger Can Now Use Helicopter Rescue Hoists to Capture Smaller Drones in Flight

11 Oct 2023, 09:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / General Atomics attaches a commercial helicopter hoist to the MQ-20 Avenger drone and proves it can be used to capture, refuel or rearm smaller drones in flight

 
Air-Breathing Artillery Round Fired to Record Distance, Will Now Get JDAM Computer
Air-Breathing Artillery Round Fired to Record Distance, Will Now Get JDAM Computer

11 Oct 2023, 06:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractors Boeing and Nammo announce the completion of a successful indirect fire test of the Ramjet 155 artilerry projectile over in the U.S.

 
Electrified Humvee Will Hunt Enemies in the Dark, And They Won't Even Know It's There
Electrified Humvee Will Hunt Enemies in the Dark, And They Won't Even Know It's There

11 Oct 2023, 06:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Humvee maker AM General presented at the AUSA event in Washington a hybrid version of the military machine, it calls it Charge

 
M109 Paladin Howitzer Fires New Guided Projectile Far Enough to Set Distance Record
M109 Paladin Howitzer Fires New Guided Projectile Far Enough to Set Distance Record

10 Oct 2023, 08:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A M109 Paladin howitzer fired a XM1155-SC guided projectile to the "furthest distance an M109 Paladin has ever fired a guided projectile"

 
AM General Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Can Now Effortlessly Go Hybrid
AM General Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Can Now Effortlessly Go Hybrid

10 Oct 2023, 07:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor AM General is showing in Washington the improved variant of its Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, but also one with Navistar's Water Bison

 
USAF Spends $35 Million on Same Rotary Engine That Got the Army All Worked Up
USAF Spends $35 Million on Same Rotary Engine That Got the Army All Worked Up

9 Oct 2023, 08:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The USAF announced an extra $20 million contract for a company called LiquidPiston to advance a revolutionary rotary engine

 
U.S. Army Will Get the TRX for Testing, But Not the Mighty Ram Truck
U.S. Army Will Get the TRX for Testing, But Not the Mighty Ram Truck

9 Oct 2023, 06:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The third entry in the U.S. Army's future robotic combat vehicle (RCV) program is the General Dynamics TRX tracked platform

 
Wolf-X Combat Robot Can Fit Inside a Chinook, Carries an MK44 Chain Gun with Ease
Wolf-X Combat Robot Can Fit Inside a Chinook, Carries an MK44 Chain Gun with Ease

6 Oct 2023, 06:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The second entry in the U.S. Army robotic combat vehicle (RCV) competition is the HDT Wolf-X, an eight-wheeled vehicle that fits inside a Chinook.

 
Ripsaw M3 Robotic Vehicle Is a Glimpse Into America's Future Wars
Ripsaw M3 Robotic Vehicle Is a Glimpse Into America's Future Wars

3 Oct 2023, 07:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Army selected four companies for the Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV) program, Textron is one of them and the Ripsaw M3 its entry

 
Ukrainian Soldiers Capture Russian T-72 Tank, Call Customer Support When it Breaks
Ukrainian Soldiers Capture Russian T-72 Tank, Call Customer Support When it Breaks

2 Oct 2023, 16:05 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / A report first broken by Forbes details how one group of Ukranian soldiers dial a Russian tech support helpline when a captured T-72B3 variant went on the fritz

 
Danish Air Force Takes Delivery of Four F-35A Stealth Fighters, Even More on the Way
Danish Air Force Takes Delivery of Four F-35A Stealth Fighters, Even More on the Way

2 Oct 2023, 14:15 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Over 450 Danish Military personnel and as many as 10,000 locals from around the Jutland Peninsula watched as Lockheed Martin officially transferred ownership.

 
Manta Ray Underwater Drone Testing Underway, Doesn't Quite Look Like What We Were Promised
Manta Ray Underwater Drone Testing Underway, Doesn't Quite Look Like What We Were Promised

2 Oct 2023, 08:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of the Manta Ray drone contractors, PacMar Technologies, starts water testing of a prototype of the machine, looks different from renderings

 
Terminator-Named Heavy-Lift Drone Can Drop Anti-Submarine Torpedoes
Terminator-Named Heavy-Lift Drone Can Drop Anti-Submarine Torpedoes

28 Sep 2023, 07:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor BAE Systems and Malloy Aeronautics flew for the first time the T-600 heavy-lift drone during torpedo-release sea exercise

 
U-2 Dragon Lady Spy Plane Gets New Computer and Displays, Flies Them for the First Time
U-2 Dragon Lady Spy Plane Gets New Computer and Displays, Flies Them for the First Time

27 Sep 2023, 07:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Lockheed Martin announced the first test flight of a U-2 Dragon Lady spy plane equipped with the Avionics Tech Refresh (ATR) upgrades

 
F-22 Raptor to Use the Same Electronic Warfare System for at Least Five More Years
F-22 Raptor to Use the Same Electronic Warfare System for at Least Five More Years

27 Sep 2023, 06:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor BAE Systems will continue to maintain and upgrade the electronic warfare system deployed in the F-22 for at least five more years

 
USAF Blows $705 Million on New Air-to-Ground Attack Weapon, Northrop Grumman to Make It
USAF Blows $705 Million on New Air-to-Ground Attack Weapon, Northrop Grumman to Make It

26 Sep 2023, 07:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $705 million contract by the U.S. Air Force to develop the Stand-In Attack Weapon by 2026

 
USAF Gets Its Hands of the First T-7A Red Hawk, Pilots Probably Itching to Fly It
USAF Gets Its Hands of the First T-7A Red Hawk, Pilots Probably Itching to Fly It

22 Sep 2023, 06:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The USAF announced this week it received the first-of-five Engineering, Manufacturing and Development T-7A Red Hawk aircraft