Drones have become a part of the modern battlefield, but what about autonomous full-size aircraft? Aurora Flight Sciences just successfully demonstrated its self-flying setup, the Autonomous Aerial Cargo Utility System (AACUS), enabling an older helicopter to fly itself at soldiers’ requests. In the future, troops in the field could use this tech to order autonomous […]
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All the Experiments Aboard Saturday’s ISS Resupply Mission
Astronauts need toilet paper and the people need science. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a0627b36f02ad5032873947/master/pass/ISS-FA.jpg Feed: All Latest
US Army looking to resupply troops via mortar bombardment
The US Army is working on a new means of rapidly resupplying its troops using hollowed out artillery shells. The system, while still in its concept phase, could eventually help deliver critical ammunition and medical equipment to its forces, even in the middle of a firefight. The proposed system, dubbed the Ammunition Resupply Projectile (ARP), […]
