The UK Ministry of Defense is working with Elbit Systems UK and Affinity Flying Training Services on a series of battery-powered flight tests to assess the feasibility of using environmentally friendly alternatives to power military […]
Project Vermeer is a collaborative effort between the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the U.S. Naval Research Department to test the use of synthetic kerosene as a fuel source for all platforms – from remotely […]
In the fall of 2021, the Pentagon released its 32-page climate strategy in order to guide the Army in how it responds to climate threats – such as hurricanes, wildfires, heat, drought and floods – […]
BAE Systems and Embraer Defense & Security have plans to work together on a joint study to explore the development of Eve’s electric Vertical Take Off and Landing (eVTOL) vehicle for the defense and security […]
The U.S. Navy and Boeing recently successfully completed the mid-air refueling of a U.S. Navy F-35C Lightning II fighter jet using the MQ-25TM T1 Stingray, an unmanned tanker. “This flight was yet another physical demonstration […]
The US Marine Corps has recently been testing the Expeditionary Modular Autonomous Vehicle (EMAV). The EMAV is an autonomous truck capable of transporting casualties, sensors, and weapons. The EMAV is powered by a diesel-electric hybrid […]
The US Army has awarded contracts for prototypes of a new, all-terrain vehicle (CATV) that can operate in the Arctic. The contracts went to two teams: Oshkosh Defense and the land systems division of Singapore’s […]
A collaboration of researchers from UNSW Canberra, Bielefeld University, The Max Planck Institute, Brown University, and The University of California are studying how bumblebees fly – with an eye to applying that knowledge in the […]
The US Air Force’s Covid-19 patient transportation system has been declared fully ready for operational use as the first Negatively Pressurized Conex (NPC) recently landed at Ramstein Air Base in Germany. The NPC is a […]
Researchers at MIT have devised a system for training autonomous driving systems how to drive. VISTA – Virtual Image Synthesis and Transformation for Autonomy – creates a photorealistic world with multiple steering possibilities, helping the […]
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