The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center has announced that the Skyborg leadership team conducted a two-hours and ten minute flight test April 29 of the Skyborg autonomy core system (ACS) aboard a Kratos UTAP-22 tactical unmanned vehicle at Tyndall AFB, Florida. In a release late Wednesday, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center said that Termed Milestone 1 of the Autonomous Attritable Aircraft Experimentation (AAAx) […]
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Silvus Technologies announced that they have received a contract worth up to $13.1 million to develop a distributed beamforming solution that will be critical to DARPA’s vision. As noted by the company, under the Resilient Networked Distributed Mosaic Communications (RN DMC) program, Silvus will develop a beamforming/beamnulling solution that will enable reliable and resilient long range terrestrial communications utilizing multiple collaborative radios distributed over large distances […]
Aerospace giant Boeing announced the new milestones of the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 unmanned aerial refueling program. In a release Monday, American plane-maker said the MQ-25 T1 marked on a recent test flight a few milestones – its longest flight to date at more than six hours, as well as its highest flight to date with test points at 30,000 feet in altitude. The ongoing flights continue […]
A top-secret U.S. government body called the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced that it to move to a new phase of the intermediate-range hypersonic ground-launch weapons program and bringing it one step closer to a full-scale flight testing. According to a statement, DARPA’s Operational Fires (OpFires) program, which is developing a ground-launched intermediate-range hypersonic weapons system, is advancing to a new phase. It […]
The legendary VH-3 Sea King Presidential transport helicopter, better known as Marine One, is one step closer to its retirement, according to the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command. In a statement Friday, the Naval Air Systems Command said the Fleet Readiness Center East recently completed work on the last T58-GE-400B presidential helicopter engine supporting the Marines at Marine Helicopter Squadron One (HMX-1) who provide executive transport of […]
The MORE Act Is A Step Toward Unraveling The War On Drugs By Breanna Robinson, Conversations Indy 100. December 10, 2020 The MORE Act Is A Step Toward Unraveling The War On Drugs2020-12-102020-12-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/mjleaf-e1607624673528.jpg200px200px Above photo: Esteban Lopez on Unsplash. The U.S. is taking the right steps to unravel the infamous legacy of the war on drugs. For decades, many people have been subjected to criminal prosecution […]
WFEL, the UK subsidiary of German defense company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), has announced that the first British manufacture of Ministry of Defense’s Boxer mechanized infantry vehicles moves further forward with significant contracts signed. According to a company news release, ARTEC consortium member, KMW, has concluded a further contractual agreement with WFEL for the production over ten years of Boxer Vehicle Drive Module fabricated hulls – together […]
The U.S. Department of Defense has revealed that the Fifth Generation Aerial Target will take its first flight later this month at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, following nearly flawless completion of ground-based testing in September. “The single prototype executed 24 taxi test events (15 low-speed and nine high-speed) in just six days, with no interruptions or major problems,” says the Pentagon. The aircraft was scheduled to […]
While regulators are trying to restrict privacy in crypto, their efforts may be futile, according to privacy-centric protocol Monero’s maintainer, Riccardo “Fluffypony” Spagni. “The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) wants the same level of insight [into monero] as they have over digital dollars in bank accounts; however, cryptographers and researchers are always going to be one step ahead on privacy,” Spagni told CoinDesk. Launched in April […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/05/1080675929_0:0:1201:675_1200x675_80_0_0_bae20338f9827488150739a8fde32fc7.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202010101080728610-ankara-says-karabakh-ceasefire-important-step-but-cannot-replace-sustainable-solution/ ANKARA (Sputnik) – The newly announced ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh is an important development, but it cannot replace a comprehensive solution to the long-lasting conflict, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. As a result of the 10-hour talks in Moscow, which continued into the early hours of Saturday, Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to cease hostilities in conflict-torn Nagorno-Karabakh starting […]
BISHKEK (Sputnik) – Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Jeenbekov has expressed readiness to leave his post after the appointment of new heads of executive bodies and the country’s return to the legal order. “We need to return the situation to the legal order as soon as possible. After the appointment of legitimate heads of the executive bodies and the country’s return to the legal order, I am ready […]
The Stryker combat vehicle integrated with a laser weapon system is one step closer to becoming a reality. Last week, the Assistant Secretary of the Army – Acquisition, Logistics & Technology has announced that the U.S. Army is one step closer to delivering laser weapons to Soldiers with the recent arrival of two Stryker vehicles in Huntsville, Ala. Assistant Secretary Facebook account made the post regarding […]
Donald Trump and his Republican allies scrambled on Wednesday to clean up comments the president made during Tuesday’s debate, when he declined to condemn far-right extremist groups like the Proud Boys, and even told them to “stand by.” But the act seemed tricky for Trump, who continued to bristle at the notion that he needed to denounce those who supported his campaign, even if they hailed […]
Fierce arguments have broken out on Twitter after Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon laid out strict rules on household visits, in an effort to curb a rising coronavirus infection rate. Under the new rules effective from Friday, Scots cannot visit each other’s homes unless they are from extended households. Other exceptions include couples not living together, those in need of childcare and tradespeople. A maximum of […]
By Tony Cox, a US journalist who has written or edited for Bloomberg and several major daily newspapers. The Trump administration is giving rioters in Portland at least a risk of accountability, filing US District Court charges when the local district attorney declines to prosecute and deputizing state police to make federal arrests. Kevin Phomma became the latest Portland protester to be hit with federal charges, as […]
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg admonished some of his own employees this week over remarks on the company’s internal messaging platform about racism and violence against Black men. In a post on the social-media giant’s internal communications channel Workplace last week, a Facebook staffer shared a post titled “In Support of Law Enforcement and Black Lives.” The post called into question the notion of racially disparate outcomes […]
Scientists at the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (NRNU MEPhI) have been the first to demonstrate an increase in quantum dots’ intensity and emission rate. According to the authors of the study, the development can help solve one of the key problems in creating a quantum computer and elevate biomedical monitoring to a new level. The research results were published in the highly rated Optics Express […]
Users do not have to pre-fund their USDC-bearing wallet with ether before every transaction, according to Centre. Source link
At Washington Post, Defunding Police Is A Step Too Radical By Oivia Riggio, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. August 22, 2020 At Washington Post, Defunding Police Is A Step Too Radical2020-08-222020-08-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/blm-wapo.png200px200px Above photo: If Americans resist the idea of defunding police, they’re following the lead of outlets like the Washington Post (7/21/20). NOTE: There is an honest critique of defunding the police on the Left as a non-solution that […]
SpaceChain said the test advances its dreams of building a decentralized blockchain infrastructure in space. Source link
Caribou from the Porcupine Caribou Herd are seen migrating onto the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska, in an undated file photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The Interior Department hopes to conduct a lease sale for oil and gas drilling in the coastal plain by the end of 2020. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/AP hide caption toggle […]
The U.S. Air Force has taken another important step towards the purchase of a new hypersonic weapon, according to a recent service news release. On Saturday, the 412th Test Wing press release said that Air Force conducted a captive-carry flight test of the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon Instrumented Measurement Vehicle 2 at the Point Mugu Sea Range off the Southern California coast. The flight resulted […]
The U.S. Army has finalized its requirements for M72-series light rocket launchers. The solicitation, released Jul 31 on Federal Business Opportunities, states that the U.S. Army Contracting Command issues the subject solicitation for the manufacturing, testing and delivery of the M72 Light Assault Weapon (LAW) variants and components for Shoulder Launched Munitions (SLM) training systems. In 2019, the Army Contracting Command announced it is conducting market […]
The transition to Ethereum 2.0 and its proof-of-stake consensus model is finally underway. Source link
The Supreme Court has shown a chilly approach toward election-related lawsuits in four cases this year. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/AP The Supreme Court has shown a chilly approach toward election-related lawsuits in four cases this year. Andrew Harnik/AP Voting rights advocates are batting 0-4 at the Supreme Court so far this year. A record number of election-related lawsuits are piling up in […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/0b/1079858894_0:79:2941:1732_1200x675_80_0_0_72ddf935e0846f33c978c56695174621.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202007111079858923-erdogan-says-conversion-of-hagia-sophia-into-mosque-step-towards-making-turkey-great/ ANKARA (Sputnik) – The decision to convert Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia into a mosque is a step towards making Turkey great and the opinions of other countries do not matter, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday. “We made a decision to change the status of the Hagia Sophia, based on the opinion of our people and not those […]
David Clark stepped down as Health Minister after facing a backlash for his breaching of Level 4 quarantine rules. Recently he had been pressured to resign, as over 2,000 New Zealanders signed a petition calling for him to be sacked. New Zealand’s Health Minister, David Clark, stepped down from his position, with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, initially reluctant to fire him over attempts for “continuity” in […]
According to the new plan, which is intended to save the ailing flag carrier, the Danish and Swedish state, its major shareholders, will increase their ownership to about 20 percent each; the move has been described as a “double-edged sword” by analysts. Pan-Scandinavian airline SAS has unveiled a plan to raise around SEK 12 billion ($1.3 billion or €1.1 billion) in new funds in order to […]
Legislation to make the District of Columbia a state is poised to pass the House on Friday, a major advance from the last time the measure came before Congress 27 years ago and 40 percent of Democrats joined with all but one Republican to defeat D.C. statehood. After decades of benign neglect, the movement to make D.C. the 51st state has gained new life with Black […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106656/09/1066560952_0:100:1920:1180_1200x675_80_0_0_65c7e4ec7181b111f35ce43046513300.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202006211079682458-israeli-ministerial-committee-reportedly-backs-marijuana-bill-in-first-step-to-legalization/ TEL AVIV (Sputnik) – Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved a bill to legalize marijuana in the country, media reported on Sunday. The bill will now be forwarded to the Knesset for three rounds of voting, the first of which is scheduled for Wednesday’s session, The Times of Israel reported. The bill envisions fully legalizing possession and recreational use […]
Guardian: US attorney general William Barr announced the resignation on Friday of an influential attorney who oversaw key prosecutions of allies of Donald Trump and an investigation into Rudy Giuliani – but it appeared the attorney in question had other ideas. “I have not resigned, and have no intention of resigning,” said Geoffrey Berman, adding he learned of his apparent departure as attorney for the Southern District of […]
Visitors stand in line during Project Unity’s “Together We Test” coronavirus testing at a Friendship-West Baptist Church campus in South Dallas, Texas on May 28, 2020. Cooper Neill for NPR hide caption toggle caption Cooper Neill for NPR Visitors stand in line during Project Unity’s “Together We Test” coronavirus testing at a Friendship-West Baptist Church campus in South Dallas, Texas on May 28, 2020. Cooper Neill […]
Protests erupted across the country this weekend to demand justice for George Floyd, who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes. As thousands of protesters flooded the streets, several celebrities have also participated and used their platforms to elevate and support them, including by contributing to bail funds to secure arrested demonstrators’ release. And Jay-Z apparently took things a step […]
Republican Senator Richard Burr will step down from his post as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee pending a probe into suspicious stock trades he made before the Covid-19 crisis hit US markets. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that Burr had contacted him to say he would not remain in the role “during the pendency of the investigation.” McConnell said it had been agreed […]