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Oct 16, 2020

The Pentagon Wants Elon Musk to Yeet Cargo Around the Planet In an Hour

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, military, robotics/AI, satellites

Ogba Educational Clinic championing STEM Education and Artificial Intelligence in Africa.


Officials said SpaceX is working on rocket-based delivery of military supplies around the globe just days after the news that it’s developing missile-tracking satellites.

Oct 15, 2020

The EA-18G Growler Has Its Own Topgun School For Electronic Attack Instead Of Dogfighting

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An inside look at how ‘Havoc’ turns U.S. Navy EA-18G crews into wizards of the invisible art of electronic warfare.

Oct 15, 2020

‘Machines set loose to slaughter’: the dangerous rise of military AI

Posted by in categories: military, robotics/AI

Doug Robinson

‘Machines set loose to slaughter’: Dangerous rise of military AI…

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Oct 14, 2020

SpaceX to explore ways to provide weather data to U.S. military

Posted by in categories: business, military, space

SpaceX won a $2 million contract from the SpEC consortium to study ways to provide weather data to the U.S. Space Force.


WASHINGTON — SpaceX is looking at ways it could provide weather data to the U.S. military. The company is working under a $2 million six-month study contract from the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center.

Charlotte Gerhart, chief of the Space and Missile Systems Center Production Corps Low Earth Orbit Division, said in a statement to SpaceNews that SpaceX received the contract in July from SMC’s Space Enterprise Consortium.

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Oct 13, 2020

Air Force Says New Hypersonic Missile Will Hit Targets 1,000 Miles Away In Under 15 Minutes

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A new missile which can hit targets a thousand miles away in 15 minutes.


An Air Force Global Strike Command official has given us an indication of how fast the Air Force’s new Air-launched Rapid-Response Weapon will fly.

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Oct 13, 2020

DOD Announces $600 Million for 5G Experimentation and Testing at Five Installations

Posted by in categories: economics, engineering, internet, military, virtual reality

Today, the Department of Defense announced $600 million in awards for 5G experimentation and testing at five U.S. military test sites, representing the largest full-scale 5G tests for dual-use applications in the world. Each installation will partner military Services, industry leaders, and academic experts to advance the Department’s 5G capabilities. Projects will include piloting 5G-enabled augmented/virtual reality for mission planning and training, testing 5G-enabled Smart Warehouses, and evaluating 5G technologies to enhance distributed command and control.

“The Department of Defense is at the forefront of cutting edge 5G testing and experimentation, which will strengthen our Nation’s warfighting capabilities as well as U.S. economic competitiveness in this critical field. Through these test sites, the Department is leveraging its unique authorities to pursue bold innovation at a scale and scope unmatched anywhere else in the world. Importantly, today’s announcement demonstrates the Department’s commitment to exploring the vast potential applications and dual-use opportunities that can be built upon next-generation networks,” said Michael Kratsios, Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering.

The test sites include: Hill Air Force Base, Utah; Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington; Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, Georgia; Naval Base San Diego, California; and Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Oct 13, 2020

F-35 jet’s problematic lightning protection system set to receive fix

Posted by in categories: climatology, military

By the end of 2020, F-35s coming off Lockheed Martin’s production line will be equipped with a modified version of its lightning protection system that will allow the jet to fly in thunderstorms again.

Oct 13, 2020

Army’s do-it-all goggles to reach soldiers’ hands in 2021

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Changing face of our military.


A company-sized evaluation is happening in October at Fort Pickett, Virginia.

Oct 13, 2020

The Army Is About to Get Improved Next Gen-Squad Weapons for Testing

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Textron Systems has a new batch of Next Generation Squad Weapon prototypes, featuring improvements from soldier tests.

Oct 12, 2020

US Air Force aims to train pilots faster using brain electrode

Posted by in categories: military, neuroscience

In August, the US Air Force Research Laboratory 711th Human Performance Wing launched its iNeuraLS project, an effort to speed up pilot training through brain stimulation.


Some will feel a slight tingling sensation. Others will feel nothing at all.

The electrode placed inside the ear canal isn’t designed to shock. Rather, the US Air Force Research Laboratory (ARFL) believes the earbud-like device, when placed next to the brain’s vagas nerve, will have more of an intellectually stimulating effect. It ought to create moments of super learning, controllable periods of focus that allow pilots to soak up their flight training faster than humanly possible.

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