Air Force acquisition chief Andrew Hunter said the service anticipates somewhere between 20-30 competitors to build the drones themselves, and that a similar number of contractors are already part of a vendor pool providing autonomous technologies.
Author: DataFloren
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The Download: future space food, and EV battery swapping
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Future space food could be made from astronaut breath The future of space food could be as simple—and weird—as a protein shake made with astronaut breath or a burger made from fungus. For…
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US Air Force Shoots Down Drone Swarm With THOR Microwave Weapon
The US Air Force’s Tactical High-Power Operational Responder microwave weapon has neutralized a swarm of drones in a recent trial.
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Chinese Drones Have ‘Hidden Tech’ to Prevent Use Against Own Territory: Source
China has reportedly integrated “hidden technology” into its military drones to prevent enemies from using them to attack Beijing’s territories.
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New Beidou satellite launches into orbit
Beijing (XNA) May 18, 2023
China launched a Long March 3B carrier rocket on Wednesday morning to transport a satellite into space for the country’s Beidou Navigation Satellite System, marking the first deployment of a Beidou satellite in three years.
As the countdown ticked down to zero at 10:49 am at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern mountainous region in Sichuan province, eight engines on the
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North Korea’s Kim Jong Un says spy satellite ready for launch
Miami FL (UPI) May 18, 2023
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected the secretive regime’s first completed military reconnaissance satellite and “approved the future action plan” for its launch, state-run media reported Wednesday.
Kim visited an aerospace facility on Tuesday and examined the satellite, which is “ready for loading after undergoing the final general assembly check and space environment test,” accordi
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UNITED STATES : NUVIEW and Array Labs in race to launch LiDAR satellite constellations
After stepping out of the shadows in early May to announce a record fundraising round of $1.2bn, the fledgling American company NUVIEW is now pursuing its plans to make a name for itself in the niche sector of LiDAR (light
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Senate Homeland Panel Advances Commercial Satellite Cybersecurity Bill
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday approved a bipartisan bill aimed at helping commercial satellite companies, in particular small businesses, strengthen the cybersecurity of their systems
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THOR Defeats Swarm of Drones in AFRL Test Last Month, Lab Says
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory said that its directed energy directorate at Kirtland AFB, N.M., used the high-power microwave Tactical High-power Operational Responder (THOR) system to shoot down drones
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How 5-minute battery swaps could get more EVs on the road
Charging has emerged as the primary way people keep their EV batteries full of juice while on the go, but some companies have an alternative in mind that they think could be even quicker than the fastest chargers today: battery swapping. Today, a San Francisco–based startup called Ample demonstrated its new battery-swap system, which it…