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Lockheed Martin engineers tested a three-mode medium-range JAGM-MR missile at a California test site. It belongs to the air-to-ground class. The key feature of JAGM-MR is the ability to detect a target among several objects in the field of view of the GNSS. The JAGM-MR is positioned by Lockheed Martin as a precision-guided munition designed […]
The AKINCI combat drone made by the Turkish company Bayraktar has successfully passed a test firing a supersonic UHA-122 missile at a distance of 55 km. This was reported by Baykar. “AKINCI successfully passed the supersonic firing test with the IHA-122 missile at a range of 55 km,” the statement said. Bayraktar #AKINCI ✈️🐳🚀 IHA- […]
Acrid smoke rises into the air A large-scale fire broke out in Moscow at Elektrozavod, which produces electrical equipment for all industries. Rescuers have already assigned it the first level of danger. It is preliminarily known that one of the workshops on the territory of the plant on Elektrozavodskaya Street is on fire. This was […]
Just a few days after the United States demonstrated one of the most powerful microwave weapons capable of jamming signals over a large area, China announces the development of the world’s most powerful microwave weapon that can be installed in a drone. Researchers led by Professor Li Jianbin emphasize the versatility of the microwave source. […]
Austal presented the Multimission Autonomous Network Transporter Armed (MANTA), an unmanned multi-purpose catamaran concept at Indopacific 2023. The new catamaran will have a helicopter landing deck and an aviation workshop for drones and helicopters, and will accommodate up to 60 people. The drone will have a maximum speed of 55 kilometers per hour and a […]
The Shift5 Group has agreed with the US Army to strengthen the resilience of the HIMARS highly mobile artillery and missile system to cyber threats. As part of the contract signed the day before, the company undertook to supplement the above installations with digital anomaly detection systems to increase the degree of protection against cyber […]
Unknown governments are monitoring smartphone users on both Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS via push notifications. This was stated by US Senator Ron Wyden in a letter to the US Department of Justice, Reuters reports. Wyden claims that foreign officials are demanding data from Alphabet’s Google and Apple. Without elaborating, the senator described the way […]
Engineers at the Technical University of Munich have developed a robotic mouse with a flexible spine. It increased the speed of the robot mouse and made it more adept at cornering. According to the engineers, the spine adds flexibility to the robot, making it better able to keep its balance and perform complex maneuvers. So […]
A Tu-204 cargo plane caught fire during takeoff in Ulan-Ude, Russia. The aircraft’s left engine caught fire. This was reported by BAZA. “The Aerostar cargo plane was supposed to fly from Ulan-Ude to Zhangzhou. However, a few minutes after takeoff, the left engine of the Tu-204 caught fire,” the statement said. The pilots reported this […]
On Wednesday, December 6, China announced the commercial operation of the China Huaneng nuclear power unit, which is the world’s first high-temperature gas-cooled reactor. This is stated in the report of the National Energy Administration of China. It is noted that the Chinese facility differs from traditional nuclear reactors in that it heats helium instead […]