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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012
The Air Force has found a rather unorthodox source of inspiration for its next great spy project: bugs. They want to make drones that can do pretty much everything a bee can do. They’re not trying to replicate the size of ...
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Thursday, September 13th, 2012
The USAF can’t keep up with the amount of data that it’s collecting. We hear that fact a lot, but it’s difficult to grasp just how bad the problem of data management has become. Let me put it into perspective ...
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Dabney B. on
Tuesday, September 4th, 2012
You always hear about how spy satellites can read the text on a postage stamp. Claims like that one give people a somewhat skewed mental picture of spy satellites. They’re certainly high-powered, but just because they have an impressive zoom ...
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Dabney B. on
Friday, August 17th, 2012
One of the downsides of following military news is that civilians aren't always in the know. Many military products come from major corporations, like Boeing or Glock, but these companies just don't handle marketing with the government the same way ...
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Wednesday, August 8th, 2012
I mentioned Boeing's Phantom Eye drone in yesterday's post, but it occurred to me that I haven't gone into detail about this relatively new super drone. So, what makes this oddly-shaped, eco-friendly aircraft worthy of its very own article? Well, ...
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