The Air Force is developing bombs with adjustable yields for all scenarios

Modern warfare has come a long way since the time of carpet-bombing national infrastructures to force your opponent to yield. Civilian casualties, once considered just another unfortunate byproduct of war, are now seen as nearly unacceptable. Nations now use allegations of civilian casualties as an important tool in propaganda ploys meant to deter public support […]

S&P 500’s tech sector goes through historic shake-up

Some of the most important technology stocks listed on the S&P 500 are going through a major shake-up on Monday, September 24. Mega-corporations such as “Alphabet Inc., Facebook Inc., Netflix Inc.,” will be moved from the technology and consumer discretionary sectors and placed into the new comprehensive “communication and media stocks” sector. According to a […]

Op-Ed: Is machine learning the future of national security, or the cyber equivalent of the F-22?

Article by NEWSREP guest author Sean McWillie — In May 2018, Defense Secretary Mattis sent a still unreleased memo to President Trump, urging a national level strategy for artificial intelligence (AI). This opaqueness at the national level regarding advances in artificial intelligence indicates two problems: an over-estimation of the harms and benefits such technology can provide, and a lack […]

Ukrainian company testing F-35 style helmet to ‘see through’ tanks in combat

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has long been touted as the most advanced fighter on the planet, in no small part because the aircraft was purpose-built to reduce how visible it is to opponents while simultaneously offering an as-yet unprecedented array of sensors and pilot systems Lockheed Martin claims will allow pilots to see more, […]

Check out the ‘hoverbikes’ Dubai police are now using

The U.S. Department of Defense announced plans to develop and field “hoverbikes” a few years ago – the Army’s three propeller design began testing in January, and has already seen a shift away from use as a single-soldier mode of transportation, and toward being used as a supply drone that is merely capable of transporting […]

Lockheed unveils their design for a space ‘RV’ that could take astronauts to Mars

Lockheed Martin has become the U.S. government’s go-to company when it comes to solving the problems of tomorrow. Whether it’s cold fusion, hypersonic missile technology or fighter jets, Lockheed has a knack for securing high-dollar, and high profile, government contracts. Now, as the federal government sets about placing a new focus on orbital defense, Lockheed […]

China and Russia are winning the hypersonic missile race — can the US spend its way out of trouble?

After nearly two decades of focusing specifically on counter-terrorism and counterinsurgency warfare, the United States now finds itself in a difficult position. Despite having the largest defense budget on the globe, nation level competitors, specifically Russia and China, have begun fielding weapons technologies the United States simply can’t currently match. America, it would seem, allowed […]

China’s hypersonic missiles are a game changer — and they just started testing a new one

China’s DF-21D hypersonic anti-ship missile represents a significant enough potential threat to American Naval forces that its existence alone has forced the United States to employ multiple strategies aimed at extending the reach of carrier-based aircraft to keep its Nimitz and Ford class supercarriers outside of the missile’s operational range. The missile, which is capable […]