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Skyborg, the U.S. Air Force’s low-cost, attritable unmanned air vehicle, has its autonomy core system (ACS) flown aboard a Kratos UTAP-22 tactical unmanned vehicle on Apr. 29.
Photo: U.S. Air Force
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The president of Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) Chang Chung Ch’eng told lawmakers today that work on the next generation fighter is progress ahead of schedule.
By 玄史生 (Own work) [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Taiwan has achieved a major breakthrough in developing its own Vertical Launching System (VLS) for arming naval warships.
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Elbit was awarded a contract by the Israeli Ministry of Defense last year to pursue a program to develop an airborne laser weapon system. A new video posted by Elbit shows the laser mounted on a Hermes 900 unmanned air vehicle. The aircraft has been modified with canards, probably due to the increase weight on the nose to house the laser turret or to improve pitch stability in order to have a stable beam.
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