Archive for March 5th, 2013

BAE Systems Get $43 Million for Developing Micro Bots for the Army Research Lab

BAE Systems Get $43 Million for Developing Micro Bots for the Army Research Lab

March 5, 2013 at 16:12 0 comments

BAE Systems has been awarded a $43 million cooperative agreement extension to lead the Army Research Laboratory’s (ARL) Micro Autonomous Systems and Technology (MAST) Collaborative Technology Alliance for an additional five years. Defense-Update reports. As a result, the company will have a significant role working with the MAST Alliance’s team [...]

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AgustaWestland Unveils New TiltRotor Air Vehicle Design

AgustaWestland Unveils New TiltRotor Air Vehicle Design

March 5, 2013 at 14:58 0 comments

AgustaWestland today unveiled its ‘Project Zero’, an electrically-powered tilt rotor technology demonstrator, giving an insight into what advanced rotorcraft of the future may look like. The company funded technology demonstrator was designed and built in less than 6 months and has already secretly flown several times in 2011 and 2012.

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Astute class submarine HMS Ambush is pictured during sea trials near Scotland. Ambush, second of the nuclear powered attack submarines, was named in Barrow on 16 December 2010 and launched on 5 January 2011. Photo: UK MOD Crown Copyright

Submarine HMS Ambush commissioned into the Royal Navy

March 5, 2013 at 14:55 0 comments

The Royal Navy’s latest, most advanced attack submarine was commissioned into the Royal Navy on Friday, 1 March 2013, during a ceremony at Her Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde.

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