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The collector paid a huge sum for the model, which was discontinued 2 months after its release. Today, a smartphone with 4 GB of storage is unlikely to attract attention in stores, and 16 years ago, buyers refused to buy such an iPhone in favor of a $100 more expensive model with twice the storage […]
The U.S. Army has signed a contract with General Atomics that provides for the company’s participation in the third phase of the LongShot program. It involves the development of a jet drone. DARPA has allocated USD 95 million for the third phase. The drone created under the program will take to the skies by the […]
Volkswagen may do away with traditional turn signal switches. They want to place the controls on the rim of the steering wheel. The German Patent and Trademark Office has published a description of a new steering wheel with controls located directly on the rim, on the left and right. It is proposed to move the […]
NASA has started qualification tests of the engine for the Lunar Gateway station. In the coming years, it will orbit the Moon as part of the Artemis program. The developer of the powerplant is Aerojet Rocketdyne. The electric rocket motor has a power of 12 kW, making it the most powerful unit of this class […]
The Israeli army has started using AI technologies in military operations. In particular, they are used to plan air attacks. In an interview with Bloomberg, an IDF spokesperson said that artificial intelligence is able to quickly process large amounts of data. His conclusions are used as a basis for selecting targets for air strikes. Operational […]
Can an FPV drone replace the American Switchblade 300 barrage munition? For more than a year now, the Ukrainian Defense Forces have been using Switchblade 300 barrage munitions on the battlefield, which, despite rumors of the alleged ineffectiveness of this weapon, have been destroying a number of important targets on the battlefield – and the […]
A mysterious UAV crashed into the sand on the Russian Chushka Spit in Krasnodar Krai, which overlooks the Kerch Strait. Near the port of Kavkaz on the Chushka Spit (Krasnodar Territory, Russia), a man discovered the remains of an attack drone that could have attacked the Crimean bridge. Russian propagandist Alexander Kots wrote about this […]
In total, the occupiers lost at least 14 of their 2C4 “Tulip” systems Ukrainian defense forces hit another enemy 240-mm heavy self-propelled mortar – a video of the Russian occupation forces losing another of their 2C4 Tulip systems has been posted online. As noted, the footage below shows the results of the work of the […]
Apple developers are actively working on expanding the functionality of iOS. With the release of new updates, the capabilities of the software platform are expanding. As practice shows, many users have no idea about even the basic features of iOS. An example is the Calculator app. The applet interface does not have an “Erase” button. […]
What weapons do the Belarusian territorial defense troops have in their inventory? The fighters of the so-called “private” military campaign “Wagner” have begun training the fighters of the Belarusian territorial defense, as reported by the Belarusian Defense Ministry. Recently, the Ministry of Defense of this country has been paying more attention to its own TRO […]