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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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Cosworth-Backed Military Drone Engine Now Fully Qualified to Power Gray Eagles
Cosworth-Backed Military Drone Engine Now Fully Qualified to Power Gray Eagles

20 Nov 2024, 13:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American defense contractor General Atomics says it completed the final qualification test for the new HFE 2.0 engine that will power Gray Eagles

 
America's Newest Air-to-Ground Missile Is So Big It Looks Like It Fills an Entire Hangar
America's Newest Air-to-Ground Missile Is So Big It Looks Like It Fills an Entire Hangar

20 Nov 2024, 12:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Northrop Grumman released an image of the first Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW) delivered to the US Air Force

 
Gray Eagle Drone Reaches Historic Milestone We Didn't Know Existed
Gray Eagle Drone Reaches Historic Milestone We Didn't Know Existed

19 Nov 2024, 12:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American defense contractor General Atomics flew the Gray Eagle STOL drone off the deck of a ship and put it down on land for the first time

 
Hand-Launched Pumas Get Better at Flying Even When the Enemy Is Jamming Them
Hand-Launched Pumas Get Better at Flying Even When the Enemy Is Jamming Them

19 Nov 2024, 10:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American defense contractor AeroVironment announced the Project GOLD software update for the Puma 3 AE and LE ISR drones.

 
US Test Fires Tactical Ballistic Missile at Itself, New Air Defense Radar Takes It Out
US Test Fires Tactical Ballistic Missile at Itself, New Air Defense Radar Takes It Out

14 Nov 2024, 08:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American defense contractor Raytheon announced the successful completion of the most complex test for the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor

 
Saab's New F-39E Gripen Plays War Games in South America with 100 Other Combat Aircraft
Saab's New F-39E Gripen Plays War Games in South America with 100 Other Combat Aircraft

12 Nov 2024, 13:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Swedish defense contractor Saab had its new F-39E Gripen fighter planes flown by the Brazilian Air Force during the CRUZEX 2024 exercise

 
Naval Ships Go Autonomous with Saab-Designed Artificial Mind
Naval Ships Go Autonomous with Saab-Designed Artificial Mind

12 Nov 2024, 11:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Swedish defense contractor Saab announced an autonomous control system for surface and subsurface ships, the Autonomous Ocean Core

 
America's Black Hawk Replacement to Come Out of Factories in Kansas and Texas
America's Black Hawk Replacement to Come Out of Factories in Kansas and Texas

11 Nov 2024, 08:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American defense contractor Bell Textron announced it will make the fuselage for the V-280 Valor assault aircraft in Wichita, Kansas, final assembly in Texas

 
Rolls-Royce Unveils a 20-Cylinder Engine, But It's for Submarines
Rolls-Royce Unveils a 20-Cylinder Engine, But It's for Submarines

31 Oct 2024, 09:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Engine maker Rolls-Royce presented the MTU 20V4000U83 20-cylinder engine specifically designed to serve the needs of submarines

 
U.S. Army's Apache Attack Helicopters to Get New Intel-Powered Electronic Warfare System
U.S. Army's Apache Attack Helicopters to Get New Intel-Powered Electronic Warfare System

24 Oct 2024, 12:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American defense contractor Lockheed Martin announced it is working on the third generation electronic warfare system for the Apache attack helicopter

 
Diamondback Brings Tesla Cybertruck Vibes to Ground Reconnaissance Drones
Diamondback Brings Tesla Cybertruck Vibes to Ground Reconnaissance Drones

24 Oct 2024, 11:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor L3Harris unveiled the Diamondback autonomous reconnaissance and security vehicle, no details on plans to deploy it yet

 
Turbo-Jet Powered Jackal Missile Won't Leave Anything Standing Once It Strikes
Turbo-Jet Powered Jackal Missile Won't Leave Anything Standing Once It Strikes

18 Oct 2024, 11:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Northrop Grumman released the first details and a video of the Jackal turbo-jet powered precision strike missile

 
U.S. Army Fires Updated Counter-Drone Weapon That Can Take Down Swarms of Targets at Once
U.S. Army Fires Updated Counter-Drone Weapon That Can Take Down Swarms of Targets at Once

15 Oct 2024, 09:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American defense contractor Raytheon says it has completed a series of tests of the Ku-band Radio Frequency Sensor (KuRFS) for the U.S. Army.

 
Self-Flying Black Hawk Helicopters May Soon Come to a Sky Near You
Self-Flying Black Hawk Helicopters May Soon Come to a Sky Near You

15 Oct 2024, 08:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American helicopter maker Sikorsky was awarded a $6 million DARPA contract to make a second Black Hawk helicopter autonomous

 
GM Defense Built a Chevy Silverado-Based Tactical Vehicle, but There's a Catch
GM Defense Built a Chevy Silverado-Based Tactical Vehicle, but There's a Catch

14 Oct 2024, 21:04 UTC · By: Elena Luchian / This is GM Defense's latest creation: a tactical vehicle with two motors and a range extender, based on the Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD

 
Airbus Flies the Crewed FlightLab with the VSR700 Drone to Show the Two Can Work Together
Airbus Flies the Crewed FlightLab with the VSR700 Drone to Show the Two Can Work Together

14 Oct 2024, 10:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / European aerospace company Airbus announced the completion of test for a manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) system for rotorcraft

 
USAF Pilots Now Training on Cheap Brazilian Turboprop the Afghans Are Flying
USAF Pilots Now Training on Cheap Brazilian Turboprop the Afghans Are Flying

14 Oct 2024, 08:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The United States Air Force Test Pilot School gets its first newly assigned planes in three decades, three Embraer A-29 Super Tucano

 
Secret Boeing X-37B Spaceplane to Do Something It Has Never Done Before in Space
Secret Boeing X-37B Spaceplane to Do Something It Has Never Done Before in Space

14 Oct 2024, 06:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American aerospace company Boeing announced it will soon conduct a series of aerobraking maneuvers with the X-37B spaceplane

 
Chain Gun That Can Fire 200 Rounds Per Minute Can Now Switch Between Ammo Types on the Go
Chain Gun That Can Fire 200 Rounds Per Minute Can Now Switch Between Ammo Types on the Go

11 Oct 2024, 10:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Northrop Grumman announced the arrival of the first-ever dual feed medium caliber chain gun in the world, the M230 Link Fed Bushmaster

 
This American Barracuda Feeds on Naval Mines, To Go Hunting in 2027
This American Barracuda Feeds on Naval Mines, To Go Hunting in 2027

8 Oct 2024, 10:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Raytheon announced it has completed the first tests of the Barracuda Mine Neutralization System on behalf of the U.S. Navy