Ahead of this years’ Farnborough International Airshow, engineers and scientists at BAE Systems and the University of Glasgow have outlined their current thinking about military aircra... Read more
A handful of leftfield scientists have been trying to harness the power of gravity. Welcome to the world of Project Greenglow, writes Nic Young. In science there exists a uniquely potent par... Read more
Engineers at Lancaster University are working on powering future ‘giant leaps’ for mankind. They are major partners of a consortium working on a new £1 million project to maximise ‘energy ha... Read more
The lack of this ability is a major reason why UAVs are not permitted to fly over much of the United States General Atomics Aeronautical System, Inc. (GA-ASI), the maker of the Predator and ... Read more
It may be that the Top Gun of the 21st century is an artificial intelligence. In April of this year, a BAE Systems Jetstream research aircraft flew from Preston in Lancashire, England, to In... Read more
These tests are trying to establish whether they can do those things safely without a pilot in the cockpit and at the same time comply with the rules of the air. WITHIN the next few weeks a... Read more
Capable of shooting a distance of 50 to 100 nautical miles The electromagnetic (EM) railgun prototype launcher that was recently installed at the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) i... Read more
Eliminate the need for consumers to ever buy batteries again Scientists at BAE Systems have demonstrated a ‘revolutionary’ method for storing electricity that could provid... Read more
Being blinded by the laser has been compared to looking directly at the sun until being forced to turn away After riots this past summer left parts of the UK in shambles, it’s n... Read more
The wars of the 21st will be dominated by ray guns BULLETS and bombs are so 20th-century. The wars of the 21st will be dominated by ray guns. That, at least, is the vision of a band of milit... Read more
ADAPTIV can also be used on ships, aircraft and fixed installations Infrared imaging is used for a range of military applications – such as target acquisition, night vision, homing and... Read more
Image via Wikipedia BAE Systems has presented the fruits of its Future Protected Vehicle program (FPV) to the U.K. Ministry of Defence, and it’s an intiguing glimpse of the what we can... Read more
