There is another interesting product coming from Singapore defense contractor, ST Engineering, at this year’s Singapore Airshow. It is an unusual ground innovation amidst the aerial and marine hardware and technologies called Taurus. Taurus is an unmanned ground vehicle paired with a multirotor drone that was revealed publicly for the first time.
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ST Engineering Introduces The Next Generation Singapore Assault Rifle
If you haven’t already heard, Singapore’s homegrown defense and engineering group had a lot to show at the biennial Singapore Airshow this year. In addition to marine and aviation equipment and vehicles, the group also showcased a new assault rifle.
Teledyne FLIR ThermoSight HISS-HD Lets Snipers See Where The Round Goes Without Tracer Rounds
If you are into assault rifles or have served in the military in combat roles, you’d be familiar with tracer rounds. It is usually loaded every fifth round to help gunners or snipers to enable them to see where the shots are headed during the night. It is not perfect, though. Tracer rounds expose a …
Teledyne FLIR Black Hornet 4 Personal Reconnaissance System: It Can Operate Even Without GPS
Transformers may be sci-fi but not all the tech features in the live-action movies were alien-tech. The palm-size drones you have seen in Age of Extinction exist, albeit a lot smaller and less “cool” looking. The real-life version was introduced back in 2011 by a Norwegian company Prox Dynamics AS and in 2014, it was …
Anduril Roadrunner Twin-Turbojet VTOL Autonomous Air Vehicle: Anti-Air Threats Weapon That Can Return To Base
This is Roadrunner-M by military hardware maker Auduril. It is a variant of the Anduril Roadrunner Twin-Turbojet VTOL Autonomous Air Vehicle. The Roadrunner here has nothing to do with the road, though. It is a reusable, VTOL, operator-supervised Autonomous Air Vehicle powered by Twin-Turbojet and boasts modular payload configurations allowing it to be adapted to …
Cockerill i-X Looks More Like An Off-road Supercar Than A Military Vehicle
In defense, the sky has interceptors and so does the sea but what about the land? The land has none… that’s until now. Folks, meet the Cockerill i-X, the first-ever ground interceptor. This ground defense high-speed interceptor armored vehicle by Belgium-based mechanical engineering group John Cockerill uses an enhanced rally car chassis and touts a …
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Rheinmetall Partnered With Mercedes-Benz And ACS For New Caracal Airborne Vehicle
In addition to revealing the new Main Battle Tank at the Eurosatory 2022, Rheinmetall also premiered the CARACAL airborne vehicle family it developed in partnership with Mercedes-Benz and ACS Armoured Car Systems.
Rheinmetall Panther KF51 Main Battle Tank Is More Than A Tank. It Is A High-tech Battle Control Center
German military hardware maker Rheinmetall has recently unveiled a new Main Battle Tank (MBT) which is described as “a new tank for a new era.” Called KF51 Panther, it is designed for the battlefields of the future that draws on some of the latest technologies.
Spear Ninox 40 Micro-tactical Drone System: It Can Kill
If you think China’s Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) that is capable of spitting out suicide drones en masse from a Humvee-like vehicle is insane, wait till you hear what Israel’s defense and HLS (that’s homeland security, btw) company Spear did.
U.S. Space Force Guardian Service Dress: The Real-life Battlestar Galactica Uniform?
U.S. Space Force (not to be confused with Netflix’s hilarious parody series Space Force), since its formation in late 2019 under Trump’s administration, has been quickly taking shape.