Technology
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Dec- 2020 -16 December
Taiwan Says US Has Approved Key Submarine Technology Sale
The United States has issued an export permit for a digital sonar system critical to Taiwan's indigenous submarine project, a top defense official said Wednesday.
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15 December
ELTA Presents Mobile Counter Drone System to US DoD and DHS
ELTA North America has provided the US Departments of Defense and Homeland Security with advanced counter-drone technological solutions, improving the defense-in-depth capabilities of mobile drones.
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11 December
France Gives Ethical Nod To ‘Augmented Soldiers’
A French military’s ethics committee has given the country’s armed forces the go-ahead to begin research on developing “augmented soldiers” for improved battlefield performance.
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11 December
US Army Developing Algorithms to Improve Quadrotor Drone In-Flight Performance
US Army researchers are developing algorithms that will allow quadrotor drones to quickly switch between hover and forward flight.
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10 December
US Army Researcher Proposes Model for Quieter Small Drones
A researcher with the US Army has presented a model for the development of quieter drones using high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics.
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9 December
Japan Weighs Ships for Aegis Missile Defense System
Japan will build two ships equipped with Aegis missile interceptors after public opposition forced the government to scrap deployment of a costly land-based system, the country's defense minister said.
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8 December
Russia Announces First Armed Test of Heavy Strike Stealth ‘Hunter’ Drone
The Russian heavy strike stealth drone, Okhotnik, has reportedly flown with simulated air-to-air missiles for the first time.
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7 December
Iran Says Scientist Killed by Satellite-Controlled Machine Gun
A satellite-controlled machine gun with "artificial intelligence" was used in last week's assassination of a top nuclear scientist in Iran, the deputy commander of the Revolutionary Guards told local media Sunday.
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4 December
US Army-Funded Research Could Allow Battlefield Telepathy
A US Army-funded research breakthrough in separating brain signals that influence actions from behavior raised hopes of developing technology that will allow soldiers to silently communicate during operations.
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4 December
US Army Develops More Efficient, Self-Adjusting Turbine Engine Design
Researchers from the US Army and two American universities have developed a new turbine engine design with improved performance through automatic, in-air adjustment of its rotor blades.
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