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Sinister Sabre Warrior Drone Will Kill Us All One Day
12:49AM Jesus Diaz | This is Lockheed Martin’s Sabre Warrior, a next-generation plane that looks like something Batman and Darth Vader would fight over for. Instead, some good-turned-evil computer will get a fleet, as part of a plan to destroy us all. It’s impressive. More »
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Lockheed Martin, Microsoft To Create Military-Friendly Internet
10:27AM Rosa Golijan | Lockheed Martin is getting a $US31 million contract from the US government to work on reinventing TCP/IP for a new Military Network Protocol. Also lending a hand in this effort to create a proper cyber-arsenal is Microsoft. What a team! More »
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76m Long Hybrid Airship Will Spy Over Afghanistan In 2011
6:40AM Danny Allen | Sometimes it feels like I’m already living in the future. The US Army’s Space and Missile defence command plans to have an unmanned spy-ship capable of loitering at 6000 metres (for up to three weeks) ready to deploy by mid-2011. More »
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Obama Is Not Too Excited About His Expensive New Helicopter
11:46PM Mark Wilson | While Lockheed Martin’s VH-71, the new Presidential chopper, is the latest greatest thing floating on five blades, Obama couldn’t be less enthusiastic, according to a recent Q&A: More »
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Video of Multiple Kill Vehicle Test Scares Me Silly
12:00PM Jesus Diaz | Here’s a video of the first test of Lockheed Martin’s Multiple Kill Vehicle, hovering and moving in 3D space with deadly precision. But while the video is amazing on itself, how does the MKV work? More »
Science
NASA Scientists Give Up on Phoenix Resurrection
3:20PM Jesus Diaz | It may be extremely difficult but, even after its dead, NASA scientists have been trying to resurrect the Phoenix Mars Lander at all costs. Sadly, they gave up last week. Happily, there is hope. More »
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Meet Veronica McGregor, Mars Phoenix Lander’s Humanoid Personality Construct
8:30AM John Mahoney | Over the last few weeks here on Giz, the Mars Phoenix Lander, already a prolific Twitterer, became the first spacecraft to blog from its cold, unforgiving home tens of millions of miles away on Mars as its mission came to end–culminating in a touching goodbye this past Monday. As some of you may have guessed (and, for the rest of you, hate to burst the bubble), Phoenix had some help. Meet JPL’s Manager of News Services Veronica McGregor, the voice of Mars Phoenix Lander. More »
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This is My Farewell Transmission From Mars
6:20AM Gizmodo US Edition | digg_skin = 'compact'; digg_bgcolor = '#f1f8fa'; digg_url = 'http://digg.com/space/Mars_Phoenix_This_is_My_Farewell_Transmission_From_Mars'; If you are reading this, then my mission is probably over. This final entry is one that I asked be posted after my mission team announces they’ve lost contact with me. Today is that day and I must say good-bye, but I do it in triumph and not in grief. More »
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