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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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President Biden Wants to Electrify the Beast Presidential Limousine
President Biden Wants to Electrify the Beast Presidential Limousine

22 May 2021, 07:18 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The Presidential limousine last received an overhaul in 2018 under an ongoing contract with General Motors, and bears the Cadillac badge

 
Unmanned Tow Vehicles to Operate at the Defense Logistics Agency’s Storage Units
Unmanned Tow Vehicles to Operate at the Defense Logistics Agency’s Storage Units

21 May 2021, 15:09 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Robotic Research was awarded a DLA contract for developing the first autonomous guided vehicle that would operate in storage facilities.

 
Fighter Jets Will Soon Land on Aircraft Carriers Using GPS-Based JPALS
Fighter Jets Will Soon Land on Aircraft Carriers Using GPS-Based JPALS

20 May 2021, 15:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Navy gives the Joint Precision Approach and Landing System initial operational capability, will expand it over the coming years

 
Howitzer-Wielding Humvee Hawkeye Gets to Test New Soft Recoil Technology
Howitzer-Wielding Humvee Hawkeye Gets to Test New Soft Recoil Technology

20 May 2021, 12:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Two Humvee 2-CT Hawkeye MHS to be tested by the U.S. Army with the new soft recoil technology (SRT) developed by AM General

 
Russia’s Amphibious Light Armored Vehicle Strela Ready to Make Waves in Africa
Russia’s Amphibious Light Armored Vehicle Strela Ready to Make Waves in Africa

20 May 2021, 12:08 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The Military-Industrial Company in Russia is bringing the Strela amphibious light armored vehicle to the African market.

 
RAF Tactical Air Control Party Takes the Lead in Operation Cabrit Exercises
RAF Tactical Air Control Party Takes the Lead in Operation Cabrit Exercises

20 May 2021, 11:38 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The Royal Air Force announced the successful participation of a Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) in joint military exercises, for Operation Cabrit.

 
Bugatti Chiron Sport Meets Navy Sky Legend, Another High-Octane Battle Ensues
Bugatti Chiron Sport Meets Navy Sky Legend, Another High-Octane Battle Ensues

20 May 2021, 10:13 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The challenge takes place under a decidedly gloomy sky, but it's still epic to see this special edition Chiron Sport go against the Dassault Rafale Marine Jet

 
Ground Drone Shoots Bullets Like Crazy at Parked Vans During Live Fire Exercise
Ground Drone Shoots Bullets Like Crazy at Parked Vans During Live Fire Exercise

20 May 2021, 09:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Two Milrem THeMIS unmanned ground vehicles were used in April during a live-fire exercise by the Estonian Defense Forces Artillery Battalion

 
Advanced M-Code GPS Modules Boost U.S. Army’s Electronic Warfare Capabilities
Advanced M-Code GPS Modules Boost U.S. Army’s Electronic Warfare Capabilities

19 May 2021, 16:44 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / BAE Systems was awarded a $325.5 million contract to provide next-generation GPS receivers that will improve the military's electronic warfare capabilities.

 
H-47 Chinook Successfully Tested With Significantly More Powerful Engine
H-47 Chinook Successfully Tested With Significantly More Powerful Engine

19 May 2021, 15:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Boeing and General Electric test a more powerful, 7,500-shaft horsepower engine for the H-47 Chinook tandem rotor helicopter

 
Repeated UFO Sightings Signal Massive Intelligence Failure for the U.S.
Repeated UFO Sightings Signal Massive Intelligence Failure for the U.S.

19 May 2021, 14:00 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Christopher Mellon points to the security threat of having UAPs in restricted military airspace

 
Supersonic Target Vehicle Coyote Is Key for U.S. Navy Anti-Missile Defense
Supersonic Target Vehicle Coyote Is Key for U.S. Navy Anti-Missile Defense

18 May 2021, 16:20 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Northrop Grumman was awarded a production contract for additional Coyotes, the supersonic sea-skimming target vehicles used by the U.S. Navy.

 
F/A-18F Super Hornet Firing New AMRAAM Missile Over California Looks Majestic
F/A-18F Super Hornet Firing New AMRAAM Missile Over California Looks Majestic

18 May 2021, 13:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / An F/A-18F Super Hornet took part in a test firing of a new variant of the AMRAAM missile earlier this month somewhere in California

 
StrikeShield to Make Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicle a Hard to Kill Target
StrikeShield to Make Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicle a Hard to Kill Target

18 May 2021, 11:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Two hundred Rheinmetall Lynx infantry fighting vehicles will be delivered to the Hungarian army equipped with the StrikeShield protection system

 
Navy Legends USS Iwo Jima and HMS Queen Elisabeth Meet During NATO Exercises
Navy Legends USS Iwo Jima and HMS Queen Elisabeth Meet During NATO Exercises

18 May 2021, 08:20 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / U.S. Exercise Ragnar Viking and Royal Navy's Strike Warrior converged in the North Atlantic Ocean for their final stages

 
Royal Navy Ships Destroy High-Speed Supersonic Drones at Formidable Shield 2021
Royal Navy Ships Destroy High-Speed Supersonic Drones at Formidable Shield 2021

17 May 2021, 12:30 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Several of the Royal Navy's most fierce warships are testing their missile systems in NATO's Formidable Shield 2021 exercise against powerful drones

 
Soldiers to Have Implants That Release Melatonin, Peptide Therapies on Demand
Soldiers to Have Implants That Release Melatonin, Peptide Therapies on Demand

17 May 2021, 09:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / DARPA's ADvanced Acclimation and Protection Tool for Environmental Readiness (ADAPTER) program seeks to develop implants soldiers could use to heal themselves

 
Rolls-Royce Generators to Power the U.S. Navy’s Constellation Class Ships
Rolls-Royce Generators to Power the U.S. Navy’s Constellation Class Ships

15 May 2021, 22:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Rolls-Royce to provide four 3,000 kWe generators for the first ship in the Constellation class of ships, total power output at 12 MW

 
Sense and Avoid to Allow MQ-4C Triton Drone to Operate Alongside Manned Aircraft
Sense and Avoid to Allow MQ-4C Triton Drone to Operate Alongside Manned Aircraft

15 May 2021, 22:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Northrop Grumman to deploy a sense and avoid system on MQ-4C Triton autonomous drones to allow then to operate in shared airspace

 
U.S. Navy C-130s Get New Wheels, Carbon Brakes to Last for 2,000 Landings
U.S. Navy C-130s Get New Wheels, Carbon Brakes to Last for 2,000 Landings

15 May 2021, 09:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Collins Aerospace to supply the U.S. Navy C-130 with new wheels and brakes that will last them for eight times longer than now