Military

Lockheed Burbank Aircraft Plant

During World War II the Army Corps of Engineers needed to hide the Lockheed Burbank Aircraft Plant to protect it from a Japanese air attack. They covered it with camouflage netting to create an optical illusion resembling a rural subdivision from the air.

Lockheed Plant After Camouflage Netting
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New helicopter rotor blade design by Eurocopter is significantly quieter than conventional blades

Just about every helicopter operator is quite familiar with noise complaints. Whether it be the local news helicopter or even a medical helicopter, many people on the ground don’t like the sound created by rotary-wing aircraft. This week Eurocopter unveiled its most recent effort to reduce helicopter noise with the radical-looking Blue Edge rotor blade.Read More

The World's Largest Airplane Graveyard in High Resolution, Is Now On Google Maps

Dubbed The Boneyard, this sprawling US airbase called 309 AMARG is the world's largest military aircraft cemetery. Spread across 2,600 acres in the Arizona desert, it contains a collection of over 4,000 retired aircraft including nearly every plane the US armed forces have flown since World War II.Read More

Metal Storm's 16-barrel 40mm weapon provides variable rates of fire up to 45,000 rounds per minute per barrel

Metal Storm has been granted another round of patents for the company’s weapon technology using a computer-controlled electronic ignition and a system of stacked projectiles for multiple barrels.

These weapons have no moving parts aside from the projectiles themselves. The bullets are stacked on end in the barrel, separated only by a thin layer of propellant. This offers a variable rate of fire, from semi-automatic to a devastating 45,000 rounds per minute per barrel, with each bullet leaving the barrel at only 4” behind the last.Read More

Fuel cell powered exoskeleton allows loads of up to 200 lbs for extended periods of time and over all terrains

A radical powered exoskeleton under development for use by the US military will be fitted with fuel-cell power supplies which will increase its endurance from hours to days - and furnish juice for the burgeoning load of electronics carried by modern soldiers.Read More

A Sonic Blaster So Loud, It Could Be Deadly

The Thunder Generator uses mixture of liquefied petroleum, cooking gas, and air to create explosions, which in return generate shock waves capable of stunning people from 100 to 300 feet away. At that range, the weapon is absolutely harmless, making people run in panic when they feel the sonic blast hitting their bodies. However, at less than 30 feet, the Thunder Generator could either cause permanent damage or kill a person.Read More

The AirMule by Urban Aeronautics is based on the unique six-degree freedom mobility, which would make this specialized flying ambulance ideal for assistance and cargo hauling.Read More

DARPA Spends $51 Million On Cyber War Firing Range

Chas Andrews

DARPA hopes a $51 million network simulation, complete with computer programs that behave like human targets and adversaries, will provide the perfect arena for developing the next generation of cyberwar weapons and tactics.Read More

Science Fiction Weapons That Actually Exist

The gear may look like it came straight out of Avatar or Battlestar Galactica. But all of the laser weapons, robots and sonic blasters pictured here are real. Some of these weapons have already found their way onto the battlefield.Read More

This crater is a result of an underground test of storax sedan and remains the largest man made crater. The nuclear testing was done in the 60s to look for non military use of nuclear explosives.

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