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Battle robots, drown swarms, super soldiers, future battle strategies—this page covers the trends and news that will guide the future of defense.
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Dailymail
Published: 12:36 EST, 21 November 2023 | Updated: 13:02 EST, 21 November 2023 Nearly two decades ago, a think-tank in Washington D.C. invited past and present government officials from the CIA, the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the Pentagon and elsewhere to debate the risks of revealing the...
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https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2023/10/04/amazon-project-kuiper-satellites.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search
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Bizjournals
Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) will launch two Project Kuiper prototype satellites — KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2 — on Oct. 6 in a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 501 rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, according to a ULA announcement.A blog...
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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/28/world/asia/as-threats-in-space-mount-us-lags-in-protecting-key-services.html
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Nytimes
The United States and China are locked in a new race, in space and on Earth, over a fundamental resource: time itself.And the United States is losing.Global positioning satellites serve as clocks in the sky, and their signals have become fundamental to the global economy — as essential for...
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https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/01/04/drones-are-the-future-of-war-so-why-is-the-pentago.aspx
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Motley Fool
The Pentagon's flagship jet fighter has been plagued by cost and time overruns, and it may not even be up to the task of waging a modern war.
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https://www.army-technology.com/news/hydef-users-narrow-requirements-for-hypersonic-interceptor/
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Army-technology
Four of the five participating nations in the Hypersonic Defence (HYDEF) programme - namely Belgium, Germany, Poland and Spain (excluding Norway) - came to Nuremburg, Germany for their second, two-day core stakeholder's workshop on the 13 and 14 February, 2024.
Launched in 2021, the HYDEF project...
Launched in 2021, the HYDEF project...
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https://www.nextgov.com/artificial-intelligence/2023/09/air-force-research-arm-plans-ai-prototypes-contract-command-and-control-efforts/390034/
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Nextgov
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2023/china-space-program-south-america-defense/
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Washingtonpost
EL ALTO, Bolivia — On a plateau 13,000 feet above sea level in the Bolivian Andes, llama herders and Indigenous farmers share the sparse landscape with an unusual neighbor: a towering cluster of Chinese-built satellite dishes.The Amachuma Ground Station exchanges data 24 hours a day with...
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https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/02/northrop-grumman-wins-11-million-to-support-darpa-contract
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Lifeboat
Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio (FA8684-24D-B018); The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri (FA8684-24D-B019); The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts (FA8684-24D-B014); Chip Scan Inc., Rockaway Beach, New York (FA8684-24D-B004); General Dynamics Mission Systems Inc., Dedham, Massachusetts (FA8684-24D-B006); GE Aviation Systems LLC Grand Rapids, Michigan (FA8684-24D-B008); Honeywell International, Clearwater, Florida (FA8684-24D-B010); Idaho Scientific LLC, Boise, Idaho (FA8684-24D-B012); Kratos SRE Inc., San Diego, California (FA8684-24D-B005); L3Harris Technologies Inc., Palm Bay, Florida (FA8684-24D-B007); Lockheed Martin Corp., Orlando, Florida (FA8684-24D-B009); Mercury Systems Inc., Andover, Massachusetts (FA8684-24D-B016); Microsemi SOC Corp., San Jose, California (FA8684-24D-B011); Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Linthicum Heights, Maryland (FA8684-24D-B003); Radiance Technologies Inc., Huntsville, Alabama (FA8684-24D-B013); Raytheon Co., McKinney, Texas (FA8684-24D-B015); and Sabre Systems Inc., Warminster, Pennsylvania (FA8684-24D-B017), were awarded a $499,000,000 multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the design, build, test, and delivery of functioning anti-tamper solutions that will be ready for follow-on production to be integrated into a broad range of Department of Defense programs.
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https://cryptoslate.com/us-space-force-major-urges-defense-department-to-adopt-bitcoin-as-an-offset-strategy/
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Cryptoslate
U.Space Force Major Jason Lowery has brought a novel perspective on Bitcoin to light, extending its significance far beyond finance and into national defense and cybersecurity. In a detailed letter to the Defense of Defense's (DoD) Innovation Board, Lowery argued that Bitcoin and similar proof-of-work (PoW) protocols hold substantial strategic importance, urging the government to delve deeper into their potential applications.
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https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2019/07/19/pentagon-scientists-are-making-talking-plasma-laser-balls-for-use-as-non-lethal-weapons/
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Military Times
Sounds can now move through the laser frequencies, and developers expect a usable weapon in the next five years.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5f-Bt3DXfU
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VICE News
Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-NewsAmphibious warfare is treacherous; moving a military force from sea to land can turn mistake...
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https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/when-u-s-air-force-discovered-the-flaw-of-averages/article_e3231734-e5da-5bf5-9496-a34e52d60bd9.html
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Thestar
In the late 1940s, the United States air force had a serious problem: its pilots could not keep control of their planes. Although this was the dawn of jet-powered aviation and the planes were faster and more complicated to fly, the problems were so frequent and involved so many different aircraft that the air force had an alarming, life-or-death mystery on its hands.
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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/as-taiwan-prepares-for-anti-invasion-exercises-china-sends-dozens-of-warplanes-toward-the-island/articleshow/102031460.cms
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Timesofindia
TAIPEI: China sent dozens of warplanes, including fighter jets and bombers, toward Taiwan, the island's defence ministry said Saturday, marking a forceful display days before the democracy plans to hold military exercises aimed at defending itself against a possible invasion.Taiwan is due to hold...
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https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/23/best-photographs-of-2023-national-geographics-pictures-of-the-year.html
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Cnbc
Branches sag under the weight of monarch butterflies at El Rosario Sanctuary, one of many colonies in Mexico's Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Jaime Rojo, a senior fellow at the International League of Conservation Photographers, took this photo shortly before sunset, outside of the sanctuary's normal operating hours, according to Nat Geo.
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https://fortune.com/europe/2024/03/08/new-space-race-taking-shape-sovereign-new-satellites-compete-for-world-domination/
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Fortune
In 2024, tensions in space are poised to reach boiling point as the sector continues to expand. In recent years space has become increasingly dominated by a handful of newer upstart companies notably SpaceX and Project Kuiper. 5,000 Starlink satellites, all operated by Elon Musk's SpaceX, offer...
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https://sputnikglobe.com/20230829/us-double-standards-exposed-over-north-koreas-nuclear-deterrent-1112963938.html
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Sputnikglobe
Washington's objections to North Korea's nuclear deterrent are hypocritical, says a leading geopolitical analyst. The US launched seaborne military exercises with Japan and South Korea on Tuesday off Jeju island in the East China Sea — the second set of joint manoeuvres in the Pacific region this month.
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https://ktla.com/news/california/wwii-era-munitions-found-at-dumping-site-off-socal-coast-in-deep-sea-survey/
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Ktla
The new survey builds on earlier discoveries making sense of the legacy of historical ocean-dumping.
An unprecedented expedition to map parts of Southern California's deep-sea has uncovered World War II military weaponry littering the seafloor in massive dumping sites off the coast of...
An unprecedented expedition to map parts of Southern California's deep-sea has uncovered World War II military weaponry littering the seafloor in massive dumping sites off the coast of...
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https://defence-blog.com/news/u-s-navy-began-testing-advanced-version-of-long-range-electromagnetic-weapon.html
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Defence Blog
The U.S. Navy has confirmed that began testing an advanced version of long-range electromagnetic weapon at the White Sands Missile Range. The new weapon system is a long-range electromagnetic railgun that fires projectiles using electricity instead of chemical propellants. Last month, the U.S. Navy has reported that Engineers and technicians at Naval Surface Warfare Center, […]
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https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nation-and-world/navy-says-iran-is-directly-involved-in-yemens-houthi-rebel-attacks-2986216/
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Reviewjournal
JERUSALEM — The U.Navy's top Mideast commander says Iran is "very directly involved" in ship attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels during Israel's war against Hamas. Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, the head of the Navy's 5th Fleet, stopped short of saying Tehran directed individual attacks by the Houthis in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/north-korea-growing-navy-submarines-507892
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Marinelink
Over the past year North Korea has moved to boost its navy with new nuclear weapons, including an underwater drone, warships, and its first operational missile submarine, unveiled on Friday. North Korea's navy has historically been dwarfed by the country's land forces, and overshadowed by its rapidly advancing ballistic missile program.
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-aid-convoy-russia-war-b2513716.html
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Independent
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails It is a bond forged during the miners' strike 40 years ago.A trio of vehicles filled with drones, military equipment and medical supplies recently...
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Isaac Arthur
Force fields are a staple of science fiction, but usually regarded as only science fiction, not science fact. Today we'll examine the notion and see what opt...