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Global Defense Market
Company Offering New Battery Chargers For Small Drones
September 12, 2018Delta-Q — a Vancouver, Canada-based industrial battery charger company — has begun developing lithium ion-based battery chargers that can help small drones operate for longer periods of time, said a company executive.
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Air Power
Engine Upgrades, Digitization to Keep B-52s Flying Into 2050s
September 10, 2018The Air Force has begun a series of major upgrades to its oldest aircraft — the B-52H Stratofortress — to keep the fleet viable until about 2050.
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Air Power
Air Force Light Attack Vision Inches Closer to Reality
August 27, 2018The Air Force’s light attack aircraft experiment, also known as OA-X, can be viewed as one of the Pentagon’s key attempts to try to break the cumbersome acquisition paradigm. Less than two years after the effort was announced, the service is moving toward procuring a new aircraft.
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Research and Development
IARPA-Funded Initiatives Could Thwart Biothreats
August 01, 2018The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has enlisted Ginkgo Bioworks — a Boston-based synthetic DNA company — in several initiatives meant to get ahead of potential biological threats such as infectious disease outbreaks or even bioterrorism.
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Research and Development
Industry, Academia Working to ‘Humanize’ Exoskeletons
July 31, 2018New research from scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Draper, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based advanced technology company, seeks to understand how to develop more functional exoskeletons.
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Global Defense Market
Australia Boosts Maritime System Procurement
July 30, 2018Australia is investing heavily in new unmanned aerial vehicles and submarine hunters as competition from China heats up, said one analyst.
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Missile Defense
United States, Canada Studying Options to Replace Arctic Early Warning Radars
July 27, 2018The United States and Canada are beginning to study potential replacements for a jointly operated network of unmanned air defense radars at the top of North America. However, the re-emergence of great power competition could prompt the close allies to develop new missile warning capabilities.
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Global Defense Market
United Kingdom Seeking Inroads with U.S. Defense Industry
July 16, 2018The United Kingdom is looking to forge partnerships between British and U.S. defense contractors to develop technologies for special operators, officials said.
