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The US Navy's new X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System, a
bat-winged stealth bomber, flew for the first time on
February 4th, 2011 at Edwards Air Force Base,
California. The fighter-sized, unmanned aircraft, capable of extended
missions controlled by a computer, could signal the end
of human fighter pilots. Almost as big as the B-2
Stealth Bomber, the craft can carry laser guided bombs and fly at more than
500 miles per hour at 40,000 feet. The Navy intends to
launch and recover X-47B aircraft on aircraft carriers. (Photo Courtesy
Northrop Grumman/Released)
X-47B Operational Concept Art
Source: DARPA (Click photos to enlarge.)
Massive New Urban Combat Training Facility Opens in California
A
massive new urban combat live-fire training center with
1,560 buildings and said to be roughly the equivalent in
size to downtown San Diego is ready for use at the
Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine
Palms, California. The facility, which reportedly cost
$461 million to build, will train US military units in
the combat art of MOUT (Military Operations Urban
Terrain). More...
Space Fence
Lockheed
Martin's USAF Space Fence program aims to keep track of the
several million pieces of debris in orbit around the earth.
Laser Defense for Navy Ships
The
Office of Naval Research reports that scientists at Los
Alamos National Lab have achieved a breakthrough in the
Free Electron Laser (FEL) program, demonstrating an
injector capable of producing enough electrons needed to
generate megawatt-class laser beams for the US Navy's
next-generation weapons system. The breakthrough will
enable the Department of the Navy to one day deploy a
near instantaneous ship laser defense system that will
revolutionize ship defense.
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The Office of Naval Research TechSolutions department is
set to deliver to Navy Special Warfare personnel later
this year Fast-Tint Protective Eyewear (FTPE) that
changes colors to a particular light environment in less than
half a second.
Liquid crystal solutions within the lenses contain
customized dyes that transition to amber, blue, dark
gray or clear when an electric charge is applied. Lenses
change colors automatically as wearers move in and out
of varying light environments, or lens colors can be changed
manually by pushing a button on the side of the
glasses. The new glasses will allow operators to
maintain ballistic eye protection no matter the light environment, for example when entering a dark room
or building.
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