×ByA new laser thruster could be a step towards new technology to push satellites rapidly between planets.The demonstration model of the Photonic Laser Thruster (PLT) moved a 750-gram mock satellite along a track in the laboratory using only the power of light.Laser thrusters, which exert force through light pressure, usually need extremely powerful lasers to generate tiny amounts of thrust. For instance, a different project – – envisages using gigawatt-scale lasers to …No commitment, cancel anytime*Offer ends 19/10/2022. *Cancel anytime within 14 days of payment to receive a refund on...…×ByA new laser thruster could be a step towards new technology to push satellites rapidly between planets.The demonstration model of the Photonic Laser Thruster (PLT) moved a 750-gram mock satellite along a track in the laboratory using only the power of light.Laser thrusters, which exert force through light pressure, usually need extremely powerful lasers to generate tiny amounts of thrust. For instance, a different project – – envisages using gigawatt-scale lasers to …No commitment, cancel anytime*Offer ends 19/10/2022. *Cancel anytime within 14 days of payment to receive a refund on...WW…

BETAThis is a BETA experience. You may opt-out by Jan 25, 2021,Russian news media are reporting a to Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. The transaction with a military widely condemned represents Russia’s first step into the unmanned aircraft market.“Before, it was all hints that ‘foreign customers are interested,’”, an expert on the Russian defense scene, and adviser to both the and told Forbes. “Now we are seeing Russia sell its combat-proven workhorse.”The has been in service since 2010; it is hardly cutting-edge technology but has performed well in action. The drone has a wingspan...…BETAThis is a BETA experience. You may opt-out by Jan 25, 2021,Russian news media are reporting a to Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. The transaction with a military widely condemned represents Russia’s first step into the unmanned aircraft market.“Before, it was all hints that ‘foreign customers are interested,’”, an expert on the Russian defense scene, and adviser to both the and told Forbes. “Now we are seeing Russia sell its combat-proven workhorse.”The has been in service since 2010; it is hardly cutting-edge technology but has performed well in action. The drone has a wingspan...WW…

×ByWhen soldiers are teamed with robots, the human need to interfere may negate the benefits of robotic assistance, a new US military project has discovered. But letting military artificial intelligence proceed without human supervision raises troubling ethical questions.The project foresees a team of around 200 to 300 soldiers augmented with swarms of small drones and robotic ground vehicles. The lightly equipped unit would fight in zones where …No commitment, cancel anytime*Offer ends 19/10/2022. *Cancel anytime within 14 days of payment to receive a refund on unserved issues.Existing...…×ByWhen soldiers are teamed with robots, the human need to interfere may negate the benefits of robotic assistance, a new US military project has discovered. But letting military artificial intelligence proceed without human supervision raises troubling ethical questions.The project foresees a team of around 200 to 300 soldiers augmented with swarms of small drones and robotic ground vehicles. The lightly equipped unit would fight in zones where …No commitment, cancel anytime*Offer ends 19/10/2022. *Cancel anytime within 14 days of payment to receive a refund on unserved issues.Existing...WW…

BETAThis is a BETA experience. You may opt-out by Nov 10, 2020,Azerbaijan’s drone-led assault seems to have scored a decisive victory over Armenian forces in the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, with a peace deal coming into effect at 01:00 am local time this morning.Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan under which Azerbaijan will retain possession of territory it has seized in the fighting, calling it "incredibly painful both for me and both for our people." The region is recognized as Azerbaijani under international law, but has been ruled by ethnic Armenians since 1994.The...…BETAThis is a BETA experience. You may opt-out by Nov 10, 2020,Azerbaijan’s drone-led assault seems to have scored a decisive victory over Armenian forces in the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, with a peace deal coming into effect at 01:00 am local time this morning.Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan under which Azerbaijan will retain possession of territory it has seized in the fighting, calling it "incredibly painful both for me and both for our people." The region is recognized as Azerbaijani under international law, but has been ruled by ethnic Armenians since 1994.The...WW…

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When DARPA the controversial EmDrive in 2018, it looked like a big gamble. Many physicists had dismissed the revolutionary space drive as simply fake science. Now its EmDrive project is greenlit for Phase 2, DARPA told Popular Mechanics in February this year. Meanwhile, other teams are hoping to reach a final demonstration of the technology later this year."This is a technology which could transform space travel and see craft lifting silently off from launchpads and reaching beyond the solar system," says Mike McCulloch, a lecturer in geomatics at the University of Plymouth, U.K., and...…When DARPA the controversial EmDrive in 2018, it looked like a big gamble. Many physicists had dismissed the revolutionary space drive as simply fake science. Now its EmDrive project is greenlit for Phase 2, DARPA told Popular Mechanics in February this year. Meanwhile, other teams are hoping to reach a final demonstration of the technology later this year."This is a technology which could transform space travel and see craft lifting silently off from launchpads and reaching beyond the solar system," says Mike McCulloch, a lecturer in geomatics at the University of Plymouth, U.K., and...WW…

BETAThis is a BETA experience. You may opt-out by Aug 5, 2020,Ammonium nitrate, the material that appears to have caused the massive explosion that has been behind some of the largest accidental explosions and terrorist bombings on record. The Beirut explosion has marked similarities with the of 1947, the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history.The main use of ammonium nitrate is as an additive to fertilizer, for helping nitrogen-poor soil. Global production, in the form of a white crystalline solid, runs to over , so there is a lot of it around. A small proportion of the total...…BETAThis is a BETA experience. You may opt-out by Aug 5, 2020,Ammonium nitrate, the material that appears to have caused the massive explosion that has been behind some of the largest accidental explosions and terrorist bombings on record. The Beirut explosion has marked similarities with the of 1947, the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history.The main use of ammonium nitrate is as an additive to fertilizer, for helping nitrogen-poor soil. Global production, in the form of a white crystalline solid, runs to over , so there is a lot of it around. A small proportion of the total...WW…

BETAThis is a BETA experience. You may opt-out by Jul 28, 2020,The IDF’s new combined-arms Refaim (Ghost) Unit last week, in a demonstration overseen by IDF chief of staff Lt General Aviv Kochavi. A gives a glimpse of an unusual new drone: a quadcopter which flips over and sticks to a vertical wall and hangs there, before flying off and leaving an object still attached.The Ghost Unit was formed in January to develop innovative tactics, combining infantry with combat engineers, attack helicopters, drones, and robotics. The the unit tested “breakthrough capabilities that were developed...…BETAThis is a BETA experience. You may opt-out by Jul 28, 2020,The IDF’s new combined-arms Refaim (Ghost) Unit last week, in a demonstration overseen by IDF chief of staff Lt General Aviv Kochavi. A gives a glimpse of an unusual new drone: a quadcopter which flips over and sticks to a vertical wall and hangs there, before flying off and leaving an object still attached.The Ghost Unit was formed in January to develop innovative tactics, combining infantry with combat engineers, attack helicopters, drones, and robotics. The the unit tested “breakthrough capabilities that were developed...WW…

BETAThis is a BETA experience. You may opt-out by Jul 17, 2020,The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan has again. As previously noted on Forbes, there has recently been an on both sides. Azerbaijan has now threatened to use its capability to hit Armenia's only atomic power plant.At least 16 people have been reported killed in the fighting. Drones have again featured, with both claiming to have . Azerbaijan denies Armenian claims to have of their unmanned aircraft. Armenian officials claim that Azerbaijani drones in the town of Berd. Fighting now appears to have paused but the...…BETAThis is a BETA experience. You may opt-out by Jul 17, 2020,The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan has again. As previously noted on Forbes, there has recently been an on both sides. Azerbaijan has now threatened to use its capability to hit Armenia's only atomic power plant.At least 16 people have been reported killed in the fighting. Drones have again featured, with both claiming to have . Azerbaijan denies Armenian claims to have of their unmanned aircraft. Armenian officials claim that Azerbaijani drones in the town of Berd. Fighting now appears to have paused but the...WW…

×ByAt over 600°C, a jet engine’s exhaust stands out like a beacon when seen in infrared, making it an obvious target for heat-seeking missiles – but a US Navy device might be able to thwart such missiles with ghost images projected in mid-air.The traditional method of defence has been to eject hot flares to draw missiles away from the aircraft. This new approach would use lasers rather than pyrotechnics.When focused to …No commitment, cancel anytime*Offer ends 19/10/2022. *Cancel anytime within 14 days of payment to receive a refund on unserved issues.Existing subscribers, please with your...…×ByAt over 600°C, a jet engine’s exhaust stands out like a beacon when seen in infrared, making it an obvious target for heat-seeking missiles – but a US Navy device might be able to thwart such missiles with ghost images projected in mid-air.The traditional method of defence has been to eject hot flares to draw missiles away from the aircraft. This new approach would use lasers rather than pyrotechnics.When focused to …No commitment, cancel anytime*Offer ends 19/10/2022. *Cancel anytime within 14 days of payment to receive a refund on unserved issues.Existing subscribers, please with your...WW…