Researchers from the United States have developed self-guided bullets that can be fired to a target from 2 kilometers away. Engineers at California-based Sandia National Laboratories have invented a dart-like bullet that features a laser-guided system, enabling it to make quick turns to precisely find its target. According to Sandia researchers Brian Kast and Red Jones,...
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Global defense and security company BAE Systems has developed a series of antennas that will reduce the load soldiers have to carry while providing them with connectivity and high-level battlefield data. The newly developed antenna, called the Body Wearable Antenna (BWA) enables soldiers to communicate with other soldiers without the need for the usual radio whip-antennas...
iOS owners usually use the Find My iPhone function to retrieve their lost devices. We have heard for the first time, the technology was used to help the search for a missing airplane. Last week, a Chilean military aircraft disappeared off the Pacific coast of Chile and all 21 passengers were instantly killed in the crash. Four bodies were recovered after the accident,...
U.S. Defense contractor Lockheed Martin has unveiled their latest robot, based on maple seeds and single-winged helicopters, which could be very useful for the military to gather information from dangerous areas. Researchers from the Intelligent Robotics Laboratories of Lockheed Martin, based in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, spent the past five years developing an unmanned...