DARPA wants your weapon ideas, offers cash prizes

If the zombie apocalypse hits, are you the person in your neighborhood who can turn everyday objects into a weapon? If so, then your country needs you. DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, is inviting you to demonstrate your MacGyver skills and use them to help keep your fellow Americans safe. And you have […]

Meet Squad X: Computerized weapons and robots of the Army and Marines

The U.S. military has launched a program to equip its front-line soldiers with the latest battlefield technology. The Squad X initiative would give an Army or Marine Corps squad new computerized weapons, the latest smartphone-style communications and even easy-to-use robot helpers. The program aims to help the troops “have deep awareness of what’s around them, […]

Spawn Of Blackbird: Lockheed-Martin’s SR-72

One of our all-time favorite aircraft, the Lockheed-Martin SR-71 Blackbird, has spawned a successor to its place as the highest, fastest, most untouchable strategic reconnaissance platform that world has known of. While there has been much speculation about a successor for decades, this new animal, currently called the SR-72, is the only one Lockheed-Martin publicly […]

SCO: Bringing “Skyborg” And Mini-Drones To Life!

Editor’s Note: There are a lot of great Americans doing fantastic work out there, and thankfully a number of them are doing that work in the black world in order to ensure the longevity of this great nation and our way of life. We at FighterSweep are not in the business of giving away secrets […]

DARPA Teases VTOL X-Plane Concept

Editor’s Note: Any aircraft which takes off and lands along a vertical axis has been a very challenging hurdle for aircraft designers since the concept first met reality. We’ve all seen problems experienced by the Harrier jump jet, as well as more modern designs like the V-22 Osprey. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) […]

DARPA: Electronic Warfare Solutions Based On AI?

Editor’s Note: DARPA is addressing the issue of emerging radar technology with something they refer to as “cognitive electronic warfare.” Short version? Artificial Intelligence. It’s about recognizing the character traits and patterns of a specific radar and creating what is, in essence, a personality profile of that particular set. Armed with that data, jammers can […]

Future Fighter: Lasers and Autonomous Intelligence!

Editor’s Note: As we’ve mentioned before, there are a lot of ideas out there as to what NGAD or Next Generation Air Dominance will entail. Some have mentioned lasers, others have mentioned visual cloaking devices, and still others are talking about tech that hasn’t been developed yet–that we know of. One thing we do know […]

DoD: Sixth-Generation Fighters Likely To Differ

Editor’s Note: There are a lot of guesses as to what sixth-Generation air dominance will look like, some of which we detailed when the concepts were released a few weeks ago. It’s fair to say there are differing opinions as to what the finish product will look like or act like, but it’s very likely–simply […]