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Weapons
Photo Of Boeing’s Matrix Laser Destroying An Air Drone
4:36AM Jesus Diaz | Boeing has successfully tested their new Matrix laser over airborne targets, which is a world first. In total, they shot down five drones at various ranges. That’s a lot of pew pew in a day. More »
Weapons
Yellow Jacket: The Unmanned Helicopter That Sniffs Out Bombs
6:00PM Rosa Golijan | Roadside bombs are a source of fear for both soldiers as well as their worried families at home. Thankfully the Pentagon is working on projects such as Yellow Jacket: unmanned helicopters which detect electromagnetic emissions from potential improvised explosive devices (IEDs). More »
Toys
Mini HoverDrone Goes Up, Down And Into The Junk Drawer
7:30AM Jack Loftus | For about $US20, this tiny HoverDrone will hover and flash its little lights. And then the dog will eat it. More »
Vehicles
Runaway Drone Shot Out Of Sky
12:20PM Rosa Golijan | An MQ-9 Reaper drone’s fail-safe programming failed and it rushed toward Afghanistan’s airspace on Sunday. The US Air Force simply responded by sending a manned plane to shoot it down. Turns out this isn’t all that uncommon. More »
Vehicles
Secret US Military UFO Looks Manned
1:00AM Jesus Diaz | Looks like the US military UFO that was spotted over Afghanistan—which is not the Phantom Ray—may not be an unmanned aircraft after all. At least, that is what aeroplane expert Stephen Trimble thinks: More »
Vehicles
UFO Sighted Over Afghanistan Is US Secret Aeroplane
4:40AM Jesus Diaz | Looks like the US military has a new secret aircraft. Either that or the Nazis are taking over the world again, because according to other photos this looks like the Luftwaffe’s Go229 Flying Wing: More »
Vehicles
Boeing Goes The Marvel Route With Naming Of New Stealth Drone
10:00AM Jack Loftus | Boeing’s experimental unmanned “Phantom Ray” drone is scheduled for testing in 2010. Either Boeing is out of military-sounding code names or it, too, is caught up in the comic book craze that’s seized Hollywood. More »
Vehicles
Weapons Designers Spending Too Much Time Watching Star Wars, Transformers
2:00AM Jesus Diaz | This is the Future Protected Vehicle, a British Army infantry transport/light tank/awesome thingie which has a built-in reconnaissance drone. The drone can be launched to detect enemies and guide missiles to destroy them. [DOD] More »
Vehicles
Exclusive Photos of the Draganflyer X6 UAV: Police Edition
2:00PM Adrian Covert | The Draganflyer X6 has been around for a bit now, but only recently have Canadian law enforcers begun using it to serve and profit protect. Here’s the first look at these flying UAVs in uniform. More »
Weapons