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10/30/2018 / By Edsel Cook

“Demon” drone is a new unmanned aerial vehicle equipped with a grenade launcher

It might not be an actual devil from Hell, but it is definitely a portent of dark times ahead. An article in Rotor Drone Magazine reported on the “Demon,” an unmanned combat aerial vehicle that can take out squads of soldiers or an armored vehicle with its deadly payload of weapons. The founder of a Ukrainian drone company recently announced an […]

10/02/2018 / By Ethan Huff

Future weapons: DARPA seeking innovative designs for insect-sized robots to compete in a series of tactical competitions

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is keeping itself busy these days trying to develop an army of ultra-powerful robot “warriors” to do it’s totalitarian bidding on the world stage. According to new reports, the Department of Defense (DOD) agency has requested that developers present their best, bug-sized robots, purportedly for use in an […]

08/13/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

American tanks could become unstoppable thanks to force field tech

When you compare the smartphones of today to cell phones from 20, 10 or even five years ago, it’s easy to see how quickly technology can evolve. It’s not only our phones that are getting smarter; tanks are also enjoying new capabilities that were unheard of a few short years ago. New technology could help […]

02/21/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

China may have an electromagnetic hypersonic railgun – photos leaked on Twitter show superweapon mounted on a ship

Pictures of what appears to be a ship-mounted electromagnetic railgun have surfaced on Twitter. The weapon, semi-obscured by cloth, was spotted aboard the Haiyang Shan, a landing ship tank (LST), under the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). No official word has been given on the authenticity of these photos. But if true, this makes […]

01/09/2018 / By Jayson Veley

Israeli company unveils AI-controlled turret machine gun that rides on top of military vehicles, can kill all targets in 360-degree radius

As more and more countries around the world start to introduce UAVs, or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, onto the battlefield, the development of technology that can effectively counter those UAVs is becoming increasingly important. Due to the fact that drones do not require an onboard pilot and can often be equipped with guns or even missiles, […]

09/12/2017 / By Lance D Johnson

U.S. military to have more ROBOT soldiers than human by the year 2025

Warfare is being reinvented. Like a scene out of The Terminator, the future of warfare is destined to include robot soldiers, unmanned aerial assault, and self-driving, weaponized vehicles. An $11 million contract approved by the Pentagon has been awarded to Six3 Advanced Systems. The US Department of Defense is calling on Six3 to “design, develop, […]

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