15+ hour, 46+ 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, 10+ 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....

2+ day, 19+ hour 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…...

3+ day, 19+ hour 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....

3+ day, 21+ 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, 16+ hour ago   (203+ words) The aircraft belongs to New Zealand’s No. 3 Squadron. A Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) NH90 helicopter has just made aviation history after becoming the first aircraft of its type across the globe to cross 3,000 flight hours. The record-setting aircraft, designated…...

5+ day, 1+ 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, 1+ hour ago   (257+ words) There is a company in Austin, Texas flying cargo aircraft with no pilot on board and nobody on the ground holding a joystick either. It is called Skyways, started in 2017 by a former Google engineer named Charles Acknin. The aircraft…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (168+ words) Interesting Engineering US Army Orders $51M Switchblade 600 Drone for Long-Range Strikes The U.S. Army is buying another $51 million in Switchblade 600 loitering munitions, including Block 2 with improved autonomy, navigation and resilience for contested battlefields. The U.S. Army is expanding its loitering-munition arsenal with a…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (509+ words) The orders are a combination of purchasing Lightfish drones as well as renting them under a RaaS-style contract. New Zealand’s Seasats reports it has had a very good month in terms of sales for its proprietary Lightfish unmanned surface vessel…...