Category: Defence Industry

USAF TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE IN FLORIDA RECEIVES ITS FIRST SEMI-AUTONOMOUS ROBOT DOGS

BY CHRIS LAVERS The US Air Force (USAF) at Tyndall has just announced the arrival of its first official semi-autonomous robot dogs to its Air Force Base (AFB) in Florida, for establishment patrols [1]. Such quad-legged unmanned ground vehicles (Q-UGVs) are now being integrated into the 325th Security Forces Squadron’s daily activities. This particular quad… Continue reading USAF TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE IN FLORIDA RECEIVES ITS FIRST SEMI-AUTONOMOUS ROBOT DOGS

US ARMY FUNDS OFF-ROAD AUTONOMOUS RESEARCH UNDER THE SARA PROGRAMME

By Chris Lavers The US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory has just announced funding for a new round of off-road autonomy research under the Scalable Adaptive and Resilient Autonomy (SARA) programme. Under this partnered research programme the US Army has awarded 8 academic and industry partners $2.9m each as the first-year… Continue reading US ARMY FUNDS OFF-ROAD AUTONOMOUS RESEARCH UNDER THE SARA PROGRAMME

U.S DEFENSE DEPARTMENT CONDUCTS FIRST FLIGHT TEST OF LAND BASED CRUISE MISSILE

Source: Defence Blog Pentagon announced that on Sunday was conducted the first flight test of a conventionally configured ground-launched cruise missile. “On Aug. 18, at 2:30 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time, the Defense Department conducted a flight test of a conventionally configured ground-launched cruise missile at San Nicolas Island, Calif,” said in the announcement. The test… Continue reading U.S DEFENSE DEPARTMENT CONDUCTS FIRST FLIGHT TEST OF LAND BASED CRUISE MISSILE

CHINESE MISSILES LIKELY TO CRIPPLE ASIA BASED US FORCES IN EVENT OF CONFLICT

Source: SCMP By Bhavan Jaipragas If an armed conflict broke out between Beijing and Washington, China’s hi-tech ballistic missiles would likely cripple the United States’ military bases and naval fleet across the Western Pacific region within hours, a new report by Australia-based researchers has said. With China making rapid technological advancements and sharpening its hard… Continue reading CHINESE MISSILES LIKELY TO CRIPPLE ASIA BASED US FORCES IN EVENT OF CONFLICT

RUSSIAN NUCLEAR MONITORING STATIONS WENT SILENT AFTER MISSILE BLAST

Source: WSJ By Michael R. Gordon Two Russian monitoring stations designed to detect nuclear radiation went silent soon after the explosion at a missile test site this month, spurring concerns among observers that the Russian government is trying to restrict evidence of the accident. Two days after the explosion of a suspected nuclear-powered cruise missile… Continue reading RUSSIAN NUCLEAR MONITORING STATIONS WENT SILENT AFTER MISSILE BLAST

NORTH KOREA APPEARS TO HAVE BUILT ITS FIRST REAL BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINE

Source: Forbes By H I Sutton There is a corner of North Korea’s nuclear program that we should take notice of. Hidden behind the distraction of the recent spate of tactical missile tests is a greater development with strategic implications: New submarines that will allow the Hermit Kingdom to improve the lethality and survivability of… Continue reading NORTH KOREA APPEARS TO HAVE BUILT ITS FIRST REAL BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINE

RUSSIA HAS A NUCLEAR-POWERED CRUISE MISSILE YES YOU READ THAT RIGHT

Source: National Interest By David Axe And there is a problem: A reactor that powers one of these weapons might have created “possibly one of the worst nuclear accidents in the region since Chernobyl.” A mysterious explosion at Russia’s Nenoksa Missile Test Site on Aug. 8, 2019 killed at least seven people and caused a… Continue reading RUSSIA HAS A NUCLEAR-POWERED CRUISE MISSILE YES YOU READ THAT RIGHT

EVIDENCE GROWS THAT RUSSIAN’S NUCLEAR POWERED DOOMSDAY MISSILE WAS WHAT BLEW UP LAST WEEK

Source: The Drive By Joseph Trevithick Rumors and speculation continue to swirl around a radiological accident last week at a missile test site in northwestern Russia even as officials held a memorial service today for those who died in the incident. The Kremlin has now acknowledged that the incident killed at least seven scientists and… Continue reading EVIDENCE GROWS THAT RUSSIAN’S NUCLEAR POWERED DOOMSDAY MISSILE WAS WHAT BLEW UP LAST WEEK

NETHERLANDS STEPPING UP F-35 PURCHASE AFTER TURKEY’S EJECTION FROM THE PROGRAMME

Source: Ahaval News The Netherlands is stepping up its purchase of the F-35 fighter jets by adding another eight or nine jets to its order for 37 aircraft, following the U.S.’ ejection of Turkey from the F-35 programme, Turkish aviation site Kokpit reported on Saturday. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte earlier this week said his… Continue reading NETHERLANDS STEPPING UP F-35 PURCHASE AFTER TURKEY’S EJECTION FROM THE PROGRAMME