20+ hour, 27+ min ago   (486+ words) American Rheinmetall, the US arm of German defense company Rheinmetall, has secured a $7.28 million contract to supply autonomous ground vehicles to the US Marine Corps. The company will manufacture and deliver 12 Mission Master SP Autonomous Unmanned Ground Vehicles (A-UGVs), five…...

2+ day, 37+ min ago   (371+ words) The underwater vehicle was captured near the Strait of Hormuz by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Iran has claimed that it captured an American underwater drone, according to reports The underwater vehicle was captured near the Strait of Hormuz by…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (434+ words) The new partnership aims to adapt powerful pulsed lasers designed for fusion energy into potential military defense systems. RTX Ventures has invested in laser fusion company Xcimer Energy to develop pulsed-laser technology for potential use in US military directed-energy systems....

3+ day, 27+ min ago   (262+ words) The U.S. Army is investing $472 million to modernize the CH-47 Chinook, upgrading its avionics and digital systems as the 1960s-era helicopter heads toward the 2040s. The CH-47 Chinook first flew in 1961 and entered U.S. Army service in 1962. More than six decades later, the…...

4+ day, 31+ min ago   (229+ words) The new technology is being leveraged to overcome obstacles and facilitate the safe passage of follow-on forces. “A breaching mission can be executed most effectively with truly autonomous vehicles,” said Byron Boots, co-founder and chief executive officer of Overland AI....

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (189+ words) Interesting Engineering The Abrams Has a Problem: So Army Is Redesigning To Make It Smaller, Smarter & Lighter The M1A2 Abrams is evolving. The U.S. Army’s M1E3 program aims to deliver a lighter, more efficient and adaptable Abrams for future battlefields while retaining its…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (380+ words) The unchecked corporate race to develop AI poses an unprecedented danger to humanity, the researcher claims. Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned from his role in pre-training AI models over safety concerns, claiming the unchecked corporate race to develop AI…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (182+ words) Interesting Engineering The Navy Just Learned How to Refuel Robot Ships Without Bringing Them Home The Navy successfully refueled a T38 Devil Ray at sea using a robotic capture system, potentially allowing unmanned vessels to stay deployed longer without returning to…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (182+ words) Interesting Engineering Turkey Is Sending Ukraine 12 Deadly M270 MLRS Launchers. Here’s What It Can Do Ukraine is set to receive 12 M270 MLRS launchers from Turkey, adding tracked mobility, long-range precision rockets and potential ATACMS capability to its battlefield strike arsenal. Ukraine is…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (509+ words) The technology powers a Navy jammer targeting enemy defense networks. Marotta Controls, a US aerospace and defense contractor, will be supplying technology for two subsystems on the US Navy’s Next Generation Jammer–Low Band (NGJ-LB) program. The NGJ-LB is an…...