19+ hour, 52+ min ago   (212+ words) Interesting Engineering America’s New 9,700-Ton Destroyer Is Watching the Arctic With SPY-6 Radar USS Ted Stevens is America’s newest Flight III destroyer, combining the AN/SPY-6 radar with upgraded power and cooling systems as the U.S. Navy increasingly focuses…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (429+ words) Latest mages show that China’s “WZ-X” drone has what appear to be stealth features, hinting at a role spying deep inside defended airspace. New images are circulating that appear to show China’s latest American B-2 “Spirit” looking stealth drone, the…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (443+ words) China’s AMEC launches six new semiconductor tools, including four deposition systems, in a major portfolio expansion. Chinese semiconductor equipment manufacturer Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment (AMEC) has unveiled six new chip-making machines as it expands beyond its traditional core in etching and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (509+ words) The technology powers a Navy jammer targeting enemy defense networks. Marotta Controls, a US aerospace and defense contractor, will be supplying technology for two subsystems on the US Navy’s Next Generation Jammer–Low Band (NGJ-LB) program. The NGJ-LB is an…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (168+ words) Interesting Engineering US Army Orders $51M Switchblade 600 Drone for Long-Range Strikes The U.S. Army is buying another $51 million in Switchblade 600 loitering munitions, including Block 2 with improved autonomy, navigation and resilience for contested battlefields. The U.S. Army is expanding its loitering-munition arsenal with a…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (388+ words) The Virginia facility has laid groundwork for nationwide hydrogen drone production. Hydrogen-powered drone manufacturing is expanding across the United States as Heven AeroTech opens a 56,000-square-foot production facility in Winchester, Virginia, establishing its first East Coast site and launching a…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (620+ words) Mara’s Spike uses AI-guided 8.8-ounce (250-gram) interceptors to cheaply defend troops and infrastructure from FPV drone swarms. San Francisco-based Mara has secured $7 million in funding to help flesh out its proprietary counter-drone system called “Spike.” Specifically designed to counter drone…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (83+ words) Interesting Engineering Allied governments provided financial backing for the project. Recently, spectators at Ukraine’s Independence Day parade witnessed the public debut of the Magura MV11, claimed to be the first drone “aircraft carrier” in the world, as it navigated the Dnipro…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (165+ words) Interesting Engineering How Does This C-130 Shut Down Enemy Communications? The EC-130H Compass Call is America’s electronic warfare C-130, designed to disrupt enemy communications and command networks. Now, the decades-old aircraft is being replaced by the EA-37B. The EC-130H Compass Call…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (167+ words) Interesting Engineering This Turkish Drone Boat Just Learned How To Lay Mines Turkey’s MARLİN SİDA has demonstrated autonomous mine-laying by deploying the MALAMAN Smart Bottom Mine, giving the unmanned surface vessel a new role in modern naval warfare. Turkey’s MARLİN…...