21st century

I am a Glasgow School of Art and Glasgow Uni graduate. Thought you would like to see my final year project. A concept for an inner city airport for 2050. http://www.davereekie.co.uk/Trajectory-System-Airport-in-the-city Any comments and feedback would be great. Thank you.

"Make it so: VTT and Rolls-Royce imagine the ship's bridge of 2025" by David Szondy March 17, 2014 Source: http://www.gizmag.com/future-ship-bridge-2025/31250/

US, NATO Allies Cutting Back; Rest of the World Arms The US and Europe were the only regions to cut defense spending last year, while several adversary nations topped the world charts, according to the most recent Stockholm International Peace Research Institute fact sheet. "China, Russia, and...

;D U.S. Navy creates ‘game-changing’ jet fuel from seawater [VIDEO] 5:59 PM 04/07/2014 The U.S. Navy has developed a new process for generating jet fuel out of ordinary seawater — thanks to technology that could be widely deployed in as little as a decade. Described as a “game-changer” by...

"Second 4-Star General Talks About Replacing Soldiers With Robots" Source: http://blogs.defensenews.com/intercepts/2014/01/second-4-star-general-talks-about-replacing-soldiers-with-robots/

http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2014/01/03/dont-belittle-congresss-attempts-to-enhance-mineral-production/

Artist's impression of Ohio Replacement Submarine (formerly the SSBN-X Future Follow-on Submarine) released on Sept. 6, 2012. Ohio Replacement submarine details November 1, 2012. Source: http://www.navsea.navy.mil/HomePagePictures/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=131...

Now I'm not normally one for strong language but I'm sorely tempted in this case. http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2013/12/11/simple-question-on-afghanistan-leaves-officials-stumped/

Cyberweapons are definitely here to stay.....

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20131106/DEFREG02/311060020/KC-46-Came-Within-24-Hours-Contract-Breach-During-Shutdown

Lets start off with the Stand Craft Luxury Limousine Super Yacht Tender: [IMAGE CREDITS: Stand Craft/gizmag]

This is supposedly a joint Japan/US project using the Independence class as a starting point, although it seems to me to have inherited some features from at least one MSDF related project of the late '80s/early 90s. First of class to enter service in 2018, which would suggest that it's to be...

I thought we already had a THAAD related topic, but I can't find it, so I'll put this old [1992] Thiokol Corp report on the SPBD booster program here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYURrZqgMfM&feature=player_detailpage http://www.dvice.com/archives/2008/09/-its-a-bird-its.php

One of the first news stories on it from February 2012: Construction firm aims at space elevator in 2050 ________________________________________________________________ The Yomiuri Shimbun It may be possible to travel to space in an elevator as early as 2050, a major construction company has...

I've heard of metallic and carbon mircolattice, but what is new aswel and usefull in aircraft construction?

So I found an engine program which wasn't on Astronautix by randomly reading documents on the US Space & Rocket Center's digital archives at UAH. The document in question is: Launch Vehicle Engines Project Development Plan MA001-A50-2H (1 January 1967) And here's the link to download the...

while reading of Mr. Nozette unfortunate ending... http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2012/03/sandia_drone.html http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/sand-uav.pdf

:o I'll let the gizmag article (via Slashdot) speak for itself: http://www.gizmag.com/startram-maglev-to-leo/21700/

Before we got LCS, their were a number of concepts that involved the use of one or more motherships acting as the center for a large number fo smaller, and more expendable combat vessels-- can anyone point to a source for information and images about these earlier concepts?