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US Army to hold new counter-drone battle command system competition

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The U.S. Army is planning to hold a competition to replace its command-and-control system capable of managing drone threats for the maneuver force in the second quarter of fiscal 2025, Lt. Gen. Frank Lozano, the service’s program executive officer for missiles and space, said Tuesday at the Space and Missile Defense Symposium. As a result, the Army is looking for a more…
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Air Force Research Lab eyes space data transport demo in 2026

DAYTON, Ohio — An Air Force Research Laboratory team convened to help the Space Force test and prototype new spacecraft concepts plans to launch its first experimental satellites as soon as 2026. AFRL created the Rapid Architecture Prototyping and Integrated Development…
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Automobili Pininfarina's Batman-inspired B95 Gotham to make public debut in Monterey

Months after unveiling a new Batman-inspired line of all-electric hypercars, Automobili Pininfarina will publicly debut the B95 Gotham during Monterey Car Week. This one-of-one BEV is worthy of the Bruce Wayne lifestyle, complete with 1,900 horsepower and an 0-60mph acceleration time under two seconds. Similar to DC Comics’ Batman franchise, the original Pininfarina S.p.A. brand, which was…
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Global wind capacity will more than double by 2030 (but it's a shortfall)

National targets set by governments add up to just over a doubling of the global wind capacity by 2030, but fall short of tripling, according to a new report. The current sum of 2030 national wind targets is 2,157 gigawatts (GW), a 2.4x increase from 901 GW capacity in 2022, according to a new report from energy think tank Ember. Reaching a global tripling of wind would require an additional 585…
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CryptoNews

Bitstamp and Stripe Collaborate for EU Crypto Onramp

Crypto exchange Bitstamp is collaborating with Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform, to support Stripe’s fiat-to-crypto onramp across the EU. This collaboration enables EU consumers to easily purchase cryptocurrencies through a customizable widget that developers…
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Messari and CryptoRank Research Highlight TRON's Surging Onchain Activity

PRESS RELEASE. Geneva, Switzerland – August 8th, 2024 – Messari, a leading provider of digital asset markets intelligence products, and CryptoRank, a leading crypto industry research & analytics platform, have released research reports highlighting the TRON network’s significant surge in onchain activity over six consecutive quarters. These reports highlight a continuous rise in network…
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