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Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MUSV), U.S. Navy
https://news.usni.org/2019/07/03/report-to-congress-on-navy-large-unmanned-surface-and-undersea-vehicles-2- Grey Havoc
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- 2010s 2020s cold war ii naval drone post-cold war robotics united states united states navy usv
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- Forum: Secret Naval Projects
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Dornier Seawings - Seastar and Orca hydroplanes
Dornier Seastar all-composite amphibian evolved from 1984, more then 3 decades. For certain years, Dornier teamed Chinese company, Wuxi for further developement. Official site. Seastar initially offered as aircraft, that could be used in many application - from passenger and VIP-transportation...- Silencer1
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- 1980s 2010s 2020s canada civil aviation claudius dornier seastar gmbh cold war cold war ii dornier dornier seawings federal republic of germany hydroplane maritime patrol aircraft people's republic of china post-cold war seaplane west germany
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- Forum: Aviation & Space
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Hermeus hypersonic aircraft project
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/05/hermeus-announces-plan-to-build-the-fastest-aircraft-in-the-world/ Pretty nebulous right now, which is why I didn't post this in Projects. The usual insanely ambitious timeline that they will fail to meet, while blowing through multiple rounds of VC funding.- TomS
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- 2010s 2020s 21st century cold war ii hypersonic post-cold war presidential and executive airlift directorate united states united states air force vip transport
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- Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
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New NATO nuclear weapons
Now that the INF Treaty seems to have joined the Chequers Deal in the land of the Dodo, I found myself wondering whether Russia is altogether wise to pick this particular fight with the West. At the end of the Cold War, France was deploying HADES and the US had Pershing 2s in Germany. Both were... -
USN 'Ghost Fleet' Large Unmanned Surface Vessel (LUSV)
First directly mentioned on SPF back in 2017: Most recent development: https://news.usni.org/2019/03/13/navy-wants-ten-ship-3b-unmanned-experimental-ghost-fleet Likely related in some way to the CARACaS program.- Grey Havoc
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- 2010s 2020s cold war ii cybernetics escort vessel naval drone robotics united states united states navy usv
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- Forum: Secret Naval Projects
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USN Large Surface Combatant - Delayed
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DARPA Blackjack
Blackjack will develop and demonstrate a low earth orbit constellation that provides global persistent coverage.- bobbymike
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- 2020s cold war ii computing defense advanced research projects agency late 2010s obama administration united states
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- Forum: Secret Space Projects
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Swedish LeClerc
Meant to post on this last week. According to the ever reliable Micael over at HP&CA, Sweden is looking very favourably at having a version of the Leclerc as their next MBT. No word on whether it would incorporate any elements from the (badly lagging thanks to President Macron) SCORPION program...- Grey Havoc
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- 2010s 2020s 21st century kingdom of sweden post-cold war royal swedish army
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- Forum: Secret Army Projects
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Piaggio Aerospace goes into receivership
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/piaggio-aerospace-goes-into-receivership-453877/- Grey Havoc
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- 2020s aeronautica militare aerospace industry baykar baykar tech italian republic italy late 2010s piaggio aerospace republic of türkiye turkey united arab emirates
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- Forum: Aviation & Space
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CASC Caihong-7 (CH-7) UCAV
Via https://twitter.com/HenriKenhmann Length 10m, wingspan 22m, MTOW 13t, cruise at 13km / 0.6Ma, Vmax 0.75Ma. Positioning: Strategic recognition and strikes high value targets. First flight 2019, serial production 2022.- overscan (PaulMM)
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- 2018 2020s airborne early warning close air support cold war ii drone electronic warfare late 2010s people's liberation army people's liberation army air force people's republic of china sead strategic reconnaissance ucav
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- Forum: Aviation & Space
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BepiColombo-Mercury Space Probe
The BepiColombo space probe is heading towards Mercury after a successful launch at 02:45 BST. It will take seven years for BepiColombo to reach Mercury. BBC News article. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-45838991 And this is the full launch of BepiColombo from the Arianespace...- FighterJock
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- 2010s 2020s deep space probes inner solar system nasa
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- Forum: Aviation & Space
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Aeralis Modular Trainer Concept
A British start-up company, Aeralis, is trying to secure £1 mil via crowdfunding to design a concept fuselage demonstrator for a “modular” family of military jet trainers in time for September’s DSEI defence show. They are billing this as the first all-British military aircraft since the Hawk...- Hood
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- 2020s british trainers cold war ii late 2010s ministry of defence post-cold war raf air command royal air force trainer trainers training aircraft united kingdom
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- Forum: Aviation & Space
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SNLE-3G - next gen French SSBN program
http://www.hisutton.com/SNLE-3G.html https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2018/october-2018-navy-naval-defense-news/6538-here-is-the-first-image-of-the-french-navy-next-generation-ssbn-snle-3g.html Expected into service in ~2032. 16 SLBMs, 14,500 tons surfaced.- covert_shores
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- 2010s 2020s 2021 2035 force océanique stratégique france marine nationale slbm ssbn strategic oceanic force
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- Forum: Secret Naval Projects
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MH-139A Grey Wolf to replace USAF UH-1Ns
Boeing-Leonardo team beats out 2 Blackhawk-based competitors.- Moose
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- 2020s cold war ii helicopter late 2010s post-cold war united states air force
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- Forum: Aviation & Space
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Lunar Gateway
Previously known as the Deep Space Gateway (DSG) or Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway (LOP-G). https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-throws-doubt-joint-lunar-space-station-u-105357218--finance.html http://www.moondaily.com/reports/Airbus_wins_ESA_studies_for_future_human_base_in_lunar_orbit_999.html- Grey Havoc
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- 2010s 2020s artemis program european space agency nasa offworld colonies united states
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- Forum: Aviation & Space
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End of the Internet as we know it, at least in Europe?
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-copyright/eu-lawmakers-agree-common-stand-on-copyright-reforms-idUSKCN1LS1QR https://tech.slashdot.org/story/18/09/12/1129224/european-parliament-votes-in-favor-of-controversial-copyright-laws...- Grey Havoc
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- 2020s computing history of the internet interesting times late 2010s
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- Forum: The Bar
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Chinese nuclear powered resupply ship. . .
"Will China's Next-Generation Supply Ship be Nuclear-Powered?" "On September 6, 2018, China’s comprehensive supply ship Hongzehu (Hull 881) was honorably retired, marking that the Chinese Navy has entered a new era of modernization. With its retirement, perhaps the country’s next-generation... -
Current US hypersonic weapons projects. (General)
Just trying to keep them straight. So we have (pulled from a couple different articles recently posted): 1. AGM-183A - Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW). "The ARRW, like many of the emerging threats, is an air-launched, rocket-boosted unpowered hypersonic glider. To be developed under...- Sferrin
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- 2020s cold war ii defense advanced research projects agency hypersonic hypersonics late 2010s post-cold war propulsion united states united states air force united states army united states navy
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- Forum: Aviation & Space
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USAF NEAT (late 2010s)
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/usaf-studies-neat-replacement-for-e-4b-e-6b-and-c-3-450842/- Grey Havoc
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- 2020s air force materiel command airborne command post cold war ii continuity of government late 2010s united states united states air force united states strategic command world war iii
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- Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects