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GE Aerospace has announced that it has successfully conducted bench tests of a prototype hypersonic engine that combines the principles of a direct-flow jet engine and a rotary detonation engine at its base in Niskayuna, New York. In the future, such a power plant can be used not only in missiles, but also in drones […]
A factory for the production of Simorgh aircraft, which are actually a stolen copy of the Ukrainian An-140 aircraft, has allegedly appeared in Iran. According to the head of the Civil Aviation Organization of the Islamic Republic, Mohammad Mohammadi-Bakhsh, on December 19, the production of aircraft is carried out with the participation of three departments, […]
Ukrainian soldiers demonstrated the use of the RBS 17 anti-ship system against Russian positions in eastern Ukraine. RBS-17 is a Swedish lightweight man-portable short-range (5-11 km) anti-ship missile system designed to engage small surface targets and can also engage ground targets. It uses Robot 17 anti-ship missiles. The missile of the complex is a modification […]
A model of the Chinese unmanned aerial vehicle GJ-11 Sharp Sword was shown on a satellite image. This was reported by The War Zone. The appearance of the drone on the new satellite images may indicate that the GJ-11 will become part of the future air wing on Chinese aircraft carriers. The Chinese army will […]
The US has created a new type of bio-robot that can accelerate the healing of cuts on neural tissues. This was reported by Extremetech. This means that in the future it will be possible to treat severed nerves with tiny biological robots that will deliver drugs in all directions of the cut. This type of […]
Microsoft’s AI-powered chatbot Copilot can create songs by integrating with the Suno music neural network. This was reported by Microsoft Bing. Users can enter prompts into Copilot, such as “create a pop song about a fun trip with your family,” and Suno will turn the idea into music. A single sentence will turn into a […]
On the morning of Wednesday, December 20, users of Kyivstar mobile operator reported another outage, namely a lack of connection, inability to check account status and use other services in the app. The company noted that it was aware of the problem and was working to fix it. This is said in the comments under […]
The Supreme Court of Colorado has banned the 45th President of the United States Donald Trump from running for president and excluded him from the state’s primaries. This was reported by the Associated Press agency with reference to the court decision. The court overturned a November ruling by a district court judge who said Trump […]
China’s reusable space plane has become even more mysterious. Four days after the launch of its third mission, the Shenlong (“Divine Dragon”) spacecraft launched six objects into Earth orbit. For several days, they were observed by amateur spacecraft around the world, which recorded radiation from some of them, Space.com reports. The six mysterious objects were […]
NASA has transmitted ultra-high resolution video to Earth from a near-infrared laser transceiver as part of the Deep Space Optical Communications or DSOC experiment. In the future, the technology could be used to transmit data, images, and video faster from places as far away as Mars (when humans eventually reach it). The 15-second video was […]