air force
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U.S. Space Force Will Get Next-Gen Missile-Warning Satellites From Lockheed Martin
The Pentagon has granted Lockheed Martin a $US4.9 ($6) billion contract to build three missile-warning satellites for the U.S. Space Force. Parked in geosynchronous orbit, the next-generation satellites will warn of incoming threats from virtually anywhere in the world.
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AI Murder Machine Kicks Air Force Pilot’s Arse in DARPA’s Simulated Dogfight Contest
Anyone remember the 2005 sci-fi movie Stealth? As far as I can remember, it involves a secret, artificially intelligent U.S. Air Force fighter plane that rebels against its creators when it is struck by lightning. It was not very good.
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Report: Suckplane Still Sucks, Can’t Even Shoot Straight
The F-35, the next-generation fighter plane that the U.S. government is planning on dropping $US1.5 ($2) trillion on at the same time it’s planning on slashing health care and kicking the disabled off Social Security, still sucks shit and can’t even shoot straight, according to a report in Bloomberg.
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U.S. Military Will Stop Using Floppy Discs To Operate Its Nuclear Weapons System
The systems used to control the United States arsenal of nuclear weapons rely on outdated computers. But the Department of Defence is updating at least one part of the archaic technology — the floppy disk storage systems.