BETA’s ALIA MV250 Looks Like a Military Cargo Aircraft From the Future
With four electric lift rotors, a rear cruise propeller, autonomous flight, and a 2,000-pound payload, the ALIA MV250 looks ready to deliver cargo to a lunar outpost.
Forget Propellers, This Drone Flies on Four Jet Engines
Powered by four turbojet engines, the Mayman Aerospace RAZOR P100 trades batteries and propellers for diesel-fueled speed, carrying up to 100 pounds over 240 miles at velocities exceeding 460 mph.
Meet Rhino, the Hybrid-Electric Armored Vehicle Built for the Future Battlefield
Part MRAP, part hybrid-electric vehicle, and part mobile command center, the Rhino is unlike most armored vehicles on the road today. With silent-drive capability, a 780 km range, and support for drones and robotic systems, it is built with future battlefields in mind.
Sikorsky Turns the Black Hawk Into a Fully Autonomous Cargo Lifter Called U-Hawk
It is well known that US defense contractors have long turnaround times. However, that’s not the case with the Sikorsky S-70UAS U-Hawk Fully Autonomous Helicopter, […]
ZTZ-100: China’s Fourth-Gen Tank Aims to Rewrite the Rulebook
The Chinese ZTZ-99A main battle tank may have gotten some upgrades, but it ain’t the most cutting-edge just yet. At the recent Victory Day Commemorations—marking […]
China’s ZTZ-99A Main Battle Tank: Fast, Furious, And Definitely Not Street Legal
While the Chinese Navy has been flexing its stealth ships and floating airports, the ground forces haven’t been slacking either. Case in point: the ZTZ-99A […]
Pterodynamics Transwing VTOL: Folding Wings And Unfolding Possibilities
The concept of a VTOL with fixed-wing airplane flight is not new. Hell, even a cartoon like M.A.S.K. had this concept with the Switchblade. Meanwhile, […]
When You Absolutely, Positively Need To Launch A Grenade 900 Meters
In case you are wondering… no, I am not obsessed with grenade launchers. But damn, the developments in recent years—ranging from grenade launcher sniper hybrids […]
Meet The Barrett MARS: A Grenade Launcher That Thinks It Is A Rifle
Barrett, the firearms manufacturer best known for its absurdly powerful sniper rifle, the Barrett M82, is now making a grenade launcher—or, as it’s officially called, […]
Sikorsky ‘Rotor Blown Wing’ UASFor DARPA Is Almost An All-Wing Unmanned Aircraft
American aircraft manufacturer, Sikorsky, best known for its helicopters, is working on a unique unmanned VTOL aircraft for DARPA. This is no ordinary VTOL—it is […]
Textron Systems Surface Effect Cargo Amphibious Transport: Docks Or Piers Optional
Defense contractor Textron Systems is working on a new Surface Effect Ship for the US Marines and Navy called SECAT which is short for Surface […]