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Donald Trumps Tells Pentagon To Establish ‘Space Force’ Army
Donald Trump Orders Pentagon To Set Up Space Force Donald Trump’s Presidency has certainly been interesting so far. As much as he is polarising within the United States, from the outside looking in, it’s a pretty decent bit of entertainment if nothing else. He is a figure that regularly seems…
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US Army Testing Hydrogen Fuel Cell Stealth Truck
The US Army has revealed that it is testing a new stealth electric road vehicle powered by a hydrogen fuel cell. The ZH2 is a modified Chevy Colorado – equipped with a hydrogen fuel cell and an electric drive – which has been supplied by General Motor’s Global Fuel Cell…
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US Army Successfully Prototypes a Hoverbike
The US Army has revealed that it has successfully tested a new prototype hoverbike, designed to be piloted by soldiers to aid resupply lines. The Joint Tactical Aerial Resupply Vehicle, or JTARV, is described as being like “Amazon on the battlefield” by Tim Vong, Associate Chief of the Army Research…
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Do You Own a Startup? The DoD Wants To Know About It!
This is the age of small ideas and big impacts, where any single teen in a room can create multi-million dollar companies and within years be changing everything from the way we talk to one another to the very internet itself. With so many people looking to get into the…
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Self-Destructing Bullet Patented by US Army
One of the largest contributors to technologies growth is the armed forces, with people looking at everything from mounting rail-guns to ships to being able to inject a sponge into people to stop gunshot wounds from bleeding. The latest patent that the U.S. Army has filed for though is designed to prevent harm,…
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Chinese Soldiers Now Equipped With Laser Guns
The Chinese military has begun equipping its soldiers with handheld laser guns, in direct contravention of international treaties banning the use of blinding laser weapons. The PY132A laser gun, revealed during the Chinese Police Expo in December, is designed to blind enemy sensors and cameras and intended for use against…
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Russia Wants World of Tanks Players to Remote-Control its Tanks
Following the reveal of a series of remote-controlled tanks developed by a Russian defence contractor, the country’s deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin claims that future mobile infantry drivers will not emerge from the military as is traditional, but instead from gamers versed in popular MMO World of Tanks. “We need…
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US Army and Law Enforcement Found Purchasing Italian Spyware
Leaked documents have revealed that US law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and DEA, and the US Army have been using an Italian-made spyware package to remotely control people’s computers, while also using it to monitor and record calls, e-mails, keystrokes, and visual information obtained from any connected webcams. The…
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US Navy Renews Support with Microsoft
Windows XP reached end of life a year ago, I just turned off the last PC on our network running XP last week. It’s been a hard OS to replace as the Navy have found out. This, rather amusingly, is still generating Microsoft some serious revenue as large corporations are…
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US Army One Step Closer To Star Wars Land Speeders
So around four months ago we reported on a Kickstarter that was launched to raise funds for a hoverbike. That’s right, a bike that uses the same idea as a drone to help it hover. After raising nearly twice as much as it initially intended the UK-based company has now…
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US Military Catches up With the UK with Drones
Drones! These really expensive remote controlled annoyances are huge. If you don’t own one, you will have probably seen one or at least heard of them. This story comes to us from the US military; they have adopted a new drone to use in the strive for ultra covert operations…
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US Army Developing Invisibility Suit
Can you see me? Yes Jeeves, I can! The US Army is in the process of developing an invisibility suit for its troops. It has requested firms developing “Stealth Fabrics” to get in touch and have stated that they want to get the first prototypes created within 18 months; they…
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Habey Release the Swiss Army Knife of Mini-ITX Motherboards
Don’t feel bad if you haven’t heard of Habey before, most people haven’t. They have however been in the business for quite some time and probably longer than some of our readers have been alive, so they know a thing or two about creating solutions for embedded and small form…
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US Army Now Testing Clip-on Ray Guns
Ray Guns, the perfect example of what we thought futuristic military combat would involve, is starting to become a reality. The US Army has already started fitting some of their trucks with powerful laser systems and missile defence systems, now it looks like they’re making good progress at miniaturising the…
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British Army to Set Up 77 Brigade ‘Social Media Unit’
01 The British Army is to set up a ‘social media unit’ called 77 Brigade. The army is reportedly interested in creating the Brigade due to the ‘ineffectiveness’ of conventional weapons in the face of modern day threats. The unit will consist of social media experts, psychologists and behaviourists who will…
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