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Military Bits & Pieces

It’s in the nature of the business for the world’s military forces to be at the forefront of technological advancements. And by that, we don’t mean only weaponry but also technologies developed for military use that eventually come to revolutionize the civilian world – a number of them allow you to read this on your gadget right now. So, for all you people with a passion for hardware that goes bang or wears camo for purposes other than tricking spy photographers, here’s a new section on our website dedicated to all things military.

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Royal Navy’s Future $343 Million Frigate Debuts Modular Design and a “Box of Tricks”
Royal Navy’s Future $343 Million Frigate Debuts Modular Design and a “Box of Tricks”

24 Sep 2021, 07:58 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / UK's Royal Navy is building a top-of-the-line frigate that will be versatile enough for multiple types of operations, featuring the innovative PODS

 
Royal Air Force Starts Testing Self-Driving Vehicles on Its Airbases
Royal Air Force Starts Testing Self-Driving Vehicles on Its Airbases

24 Sep 2021, 01:36 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Royal Air Force together with the Academy of Robotics announced the launch of a new trail development of self-driving vehicles

 
Five Top Secret B-21 Raider Nuclear Bombers Already in Production
Five Top Secret B-21 Raider Nuclear Bombers Already in Production

23 Sep 2021, 09:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Secretary of the Air Force, Frank Kendall, confirmed this week Northrop Grumman already has five test B-21 Raider aircraft

 
Boeing’s First Aircraft Factory Outside U.S. to Make the Scary Loyal Wingman Drone
Boeing’s First Aircraft Factory Outside U.S. to Make the Scary Loyal Wingman Drone

23 Sep 2021, 09:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Boeing is building its first "first aircraft assembly facility of its kind outside of North America" in Australia, will make the Loyal Wingman there

 
Air Force Rolls Out an F-117 Nighthawk Attack Plane For Training Mission
Air Force Rolls Out an F-117 Nighthawk Attack Plane For Training Mission

22 Sep 2021, 20:10 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / Liveried in jet black and wrapped in sheets of radar-absorbing material, the F-117 was famous for taking out targets before they know what hit them

 
Russian Military Developer Drops Overloaded Tank From a Tower, to Test Its Strength
Russian Military Developer Drops Overloaded Tank From a Tower, to Test Its Strength

22 Sep 2021, 03:59 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Russia is testing its latest amphibious, self-propelled tank, by dropping it from a tower when fully-loaded. One more proof that Russian tanks can do anything

 
Navy Working Hard to Keep F-5N Aggressor Aircraft Relevant, to Start Testing Upgrades
Navy Working Hard to Keep F-5N Aggressor Aircraft Relevant, to Start Testing Upgrades

21 Sep 2021, 12:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Navy is about to start ground and flight tests of the first-of-three upgraded F-5N aggressor aircraft, branch just got its hands on 22 old ones

 
Flying B-2 Spirit Is Why People Might Have Gotten the Whole UFO Thing Wrong
Flying B-2 Spirit Is Why People Might Have Gotten the Whole UFO Thing Wrong

21 Sep 2021, 09:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A B-2 Spirit is seen here flying over RAF Fairford, United Kingdom at the beginning of August, looks like a fully-blown UFO

 
$14 Million U.S. Army Project to Develop a Robot Vehicle That Detects Natural Threats
$14 Million U.S. Army Project to Develop a Robot Vehicle That Detects Natural Threats

21 Sep 2021, 09:34 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The Army is working on a robot vehicle to protect soldiers against bats, snakes and viruses, in contested subterranean locations, like caves

 
There Is Now One More USMC Attack Viper in the Sky, Others On the Way
There Is Now One More USMC Attack Viper in the Sky, Others On the Way

20 Sep 2021, 12:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Bell just delivered another AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter to the U.S. Marine Corps, 34 more expected over the next two years

 
Junior USAF Tanker Takes Off With Waning Sun Its Sole Companion
Junior USAF Tanker Takes Off With Waning Sun Its Sole Companion

20 Sep 2021, 11:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Photo released by the USAF shows the Boeing KC-46 Pegasus as it takes off from Nevada base during a training exercise back in August

 
USAF’s Next Strategic Tanker to Have Increased Range and Advanced Communications
USAF’s Next Strategic Tanker to Have Increased Range and Advanced Communications

20 Sep 2021, 06:46 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Lockheed Martin unveiled its proposal for the U.S. Air Force's Bridge Tanker program. The LMXT boasts advanced capabilities and innovative features.

 
A-10 Thunderbolts Take Off With Unmistakable Howl, Weather Is a Bit Confusing
A-10 Thunderbolts Take Off With Unmistakable Howl, Weather Is a Bit Confusing

19 Sep 2021, 06:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Video shows A-10 Thunderbolts deployed with the 107th Fighter Squadron taking off from the Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Harrison Township, Michigan.

 
U.S. Army Black Hawk and Apache Helicopters Put on a Big Show at Airfield, Air Trembles
U.S. Army Black Hawk and Apache Helicopters Put on a Big Show at Airfield, Air Trembles

18 Sep 2021, 06:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A number of U.S. Army Black Hawk and Apache helicopters have been captured on film as they were arriving at Illesheim Army Airfield in Germany

 
Navy’s First Carrier-Based Unmanned Aircraft to Be Made at New Boeing Facility in Illinois
Navy’s First Carrier-Based Unmanned Aircraft to Be Made at New Boeing Facility in Illinois

17 Sep 2021, 14:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Boeing announced this week it is building a new production facility at MidAmerica St. Louis airport in Illinois to support production of the MQ-25 Stingray

 
Russian Fleet Put to the Test in the Arctic, With Spectacular Missile Launches
Russian Fleet Put to the Test in the Arctic, With Spectacular Missile Launches

17 Sep 2021, 12:43 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Russian missile cruisers, destroyers and coastal missile systems conducted joined operations against mock enemies, in the Arctic region

 
When USAF Officers Look Out a Window, This Is What They See
When USAF Officers Look Out a Window, This Is What They See

17 Sep 2021, 12:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / F-22 Raptor and KC-135 Stratotanker get together in the skies over the Nevada Test and Training Range for a refueling op exercise

 
Australia to Build a Fleet of Nuclear-Powered Submarines, the U.S. and U.K. Will Help
Australia to Build a Fleet of Nuclear-Powered Submarines, the U.S. and U.K. Will Help

17 Sep 2021, 06:11 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / A new trilateral agreement has been announced between Australia, the U.K. and the U.S. Its first task is to help Australia build nuclear-powered submarines

 
F-15C Eagle Could Be Scorching Treetops With Those Blazing Afterburners
F-15C Eagle Could Be Scorching Treetops With Those Blazing Afterburners

16 Sep 2021, 13:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / F-15C Eagle captured on film as it takes off for a training exercise in Alaska shows flaming hot afterburners at treetop levels

 
Rolls-Royce to Power RAF’s Future Game-Changing Five-in-One Military Aircraft
Rolls-Royce to Power RAF’s Future Game-Changing Five-in-One Military Aircraft

16 Sep 2021, 09:37 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Aeralis is developing the first truly modular, multi-mission jet, with Rolls-Royce engines, which will change the way the Air Force conducts its operations