China’s next aircraft carrier will make its Navy distant second behind the USA

China’s third carrier (called the 002) is expected to be launched in 2019 or 2020. It will be almost as large as the US Nimitz carriers and include electromagnetic launchers. 002 will undoubtedly come with other improvements. A more robust air defense weapons suite is likely, with close-in weapons such as the HQ-10 Flying Leopard …

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US Army plans to successfully revamp and future weapons that ten times better than today

The US Army plans to reform the acquisition bureaucracy, embracing commercial technology and rigorously prototyping new tech to work out bugs to achieve 10 fold improvement on its weapons. General Mark Milley said the US Army can improve 10-fold on its current weapons without falling into the pitfalls that doomed its last attempt to leap …

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20 wheeled squad support robots have been ordered by the US Army

HDT Global (HDT) Wheeled Offload Logistics Follower (WOLF) robotic system has been awarded a Phase II Squad Multipurpose Equipment Transport Program contract. The HDT Hunter WOLF system closely matches infantry mobility and can traverse narrow trails, steep slopes and dense jungles, while carrying up to 1000 lbs. of cargo for more than 72 hours without …

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Boeing reveals the model for a competing design for a reusable hypersonic plane

Boeing revealed a model of a mach 5+ hypersonic plane that will compete to become the follow up to the SR71 blackbird. Boeing is planning a two-step process beginning with flight tests of an F-16-sized, single-engine proof-of-concept hypersonic precursor vehicle leading to a twin-engine, full-scale operational vehicle with about the same dimensions as the 107-ft.-long …

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Uvision loitering munition

UVision’s HERO Family is an all-inclusive loitering munition solution designed to meet the complex requirements of the modern battlefield. HERO incorporates a wide range of advanced, cost-effective technologies to enable high-precision terminal engagement with minimal collateral damage. A loitering munition (also known as a suicide drone or kamikaze drone) is a weapon system category in …

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Google Satellite Pictures capture what is either a hypersonic vehicle prototype or an unusual drone

An object that looks like it could be a hypersonic vehicle prototype has appeared in satellite photos. It could also just be an unusual drone. Some commenters think it might only be a racing boat. Based on the other parked cars it looks like the object could be about 25-30 feet long and 15- feet …

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Lockheed may have completed a prototype hypersonic SR72

Jack O’Banion, Vice President of Strategy and Customer Requirements, Advanced Development Programs for Lockheed Martin, at a presentation said that the SR72 could not have been made without digital transformation. This seems to indicate that a hypersonic vehicle has been built. The SR72 is a mach 6+ hypersonic precision bomber that can also act as …

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DARPA looks for robots and other tech to make cracking tunnels faster and safer

North Korea and Iran have large underground facilties where they have their nuclear weapons and other operations. DARPA is looking at breakthroughs for dealing with tunnels and underground cities. Underground is the new frontier for military and security action. Although tunnels were already extensively used in the Vietnam War in the 1960s and 1970s. Tunnels …

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Military Confirms China’s high tech third aircraft carrier construction details

China started building its third aircraft carrier, with a hi-tech launch system, at a Shanghai shipyard last year, according to sources close to the People’s Liberation Army. One of the sources said Shanghai Jiangnan Shipyard Group was given the go-ahead to begin work on the vessel after military leaders met in Beijing following the annual …

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First ever test of a hypersonic equipped missile that is intended for operational deployment

China carried out the first flight-tests of a new kind of ballistic missile with a hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) in November. The DF-17 is the first hypersonic glide vehicle-equipped missile intended for operational deployment ever tested. During the November 1 test flight, which took place from the Jiuquan Space Launcher Center in Inner Mongolia, the …

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Air Force video evidence of UFO and believers are stepping forward

The first of three US military videos of unidentified aerial phenomenon (UAP aka UFOs, Unidentified Flying Objects) have been released. They have been through the official declassification review process of the United States government and has been approved for public release. This footage and all official USG footage comes with essential chain-of-custody documentation validating that …

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