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Researchers at Beihang University in Beijing have developed an ultralight solar-powered drone, capable of making unlimited flights during the day. The drone , called ColumbFly, weighs only 4 grams and uses solar cells to generate electricity. A solar cell is used to create an electric field between oppositely charged plates arranged in a circle. These […]
The US Space Force is preparing to introduce a new ground-based satellite jamming system aimed at countering Russian and Chinese satellites. According to Bloomberg, the first 11 of the 24 remote modular terminals of the system, known as Remote Modular Terminal (RMT), are scheduled to be deployed in the coming months. These terminals should deprive […]
A wave of technical failures swept from the United States to Asia today, July 19, after Microsoft reported a failure in its online services. This disrupted the work of airlines, banks, the London Stock Exchange, etc. McDonald’s Corp., United Airlines Holdings Inc. and LSE Group were among the largest companies that disclosed various problems with […]
The US military is beginning to practice the use of a promising complex that has not yet been tested From June 25 to 27, 2024, the US Army conducted an exercise codenamed Resolute Hunter 24-2, which involved the 1st Multi-Domain Task Force (MTDF), which is armed with the Dark Eagle hypersonic missile system battery, also […]
Updated: As of 10:24 a.m., Nova Poshta resumed its work, the press service said. Oleg Gorokhovsky also wrote about the global IT failure in his Telegram channel. On the morning of July 19, Ukrainians began to complain about the work of the mobile operator Vodafone, and there were also malfunctions in the electronic systems of […]
The fastest masonry robot, Hadrian X, has started building houses in Florida (USA). It is equipped with a 32-meter-long telescopic arm and is capable of building up to 10 houses in one cycle. The Hadrian X, developed in Australia by FBR (formerly Fastbrick Robotics), was first presented as a prototype in 2015. Back then, the […]
Experts from Ukraine have developed the latest portable electronic warfare system to effectively suppress enemy drones. Weighing 10 kilograms, the device is compact and can operate autonomously for up to 5 hours, making it convenient for use in the field. The system is equipped with combined conventional and digital “sub-protocol” modules. This allows it to […]
The team of the Center for Innovation and Development of Defense Technologies of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine proved the possibility of sharing a complete operational picture between different NATO member states and NATO-developed systems. About DELTA This is a situational awareness platform created by the Center for Innovation and Development of Defense Technologies […]
Researchers at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland) have created a drone capable of landing on vertical supports. The developed drone, called PercHug, copies the gecko landing technique. Drones that can cling to trees already exist. But their landing methods typically involve claws, spikes, and grappling. Engineers, on the other hand, sought a passive […]
Roketsan Group (Turkey) has started mass production of a new generation cruise missile ÇAKIR. The new aircraft is compact (it weighs 270 kg, is 3.3 m long and has a fuselage diameter of 27 cm). These parameters make the development of Turkish engineers one of the lightest and most convenient for transportation of cruise missiles […]