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 […]
Researchers at MIT have developed a system that can sense tiny changes in shadows on the ground that could help autonomous vehicles determine if there’s a moving object coming around the corner. Successful experiments have […]
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is currently investigating a number of aspects of electric vehicle (EV) technology. One area examines the requirements and feasibility of wireless electric vehicle (EV) charging that would aid in realizing […]
Ford Motor Company is working on methods of keeping self-driving vehicles free on insects, as they pose a significant challenge to self-driving cars as they can seriously interfere with the sensors’ ability to deliver reliable […]
The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded General Motors (GM) a total of $9.1 million as part of its 2019 fiscal year award funds – $2 million of which is explicitly related to research and […]
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