department of defense

Thursday, July 23, 2009
Gadgets

This Is Where Each Of Your 1421 Trillion Dollars Is Going In 2010

12:30PM Jesus Diaz | Want to know where your tax money is going next year? Here’s more than you can handle in the new 2010 edition of the Death and Taxes poster. Zoom in to see how much those F-35 fighters and lasers cost. More »
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Saturday, July 4, 2009
Robots

Pentagon’s Robot Hummingbird Christened “Nano Air Vehicle”

10:00AM Dan Nosowitz | The Pentagon’s wacky sci-fi department DARPA has been working on robotic hummingbird-based drones to serve as miniature spies. They’re not nearly as agile or adorable as real hummingbirds, but DARPA is well on their way to achieving that dream. More »
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Friday, June 19, 2009
Weapons

Pentagon’s New “Suburb Warrior” UAVs Promise To Try To Kill Slightly Fewer Civilians

2:30PM Dan Nosowitz | The Pentagon’s current crop of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are insanely powerful—the “Hellfire” is so named for a reason—but also fairly imprecise, often killing innocent, nearby civilians. The DoD’s new UAVs hope to cut down on such casualties. More »
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