DefenseNews

The British Army’s new Ajax vehicles ride too rough, too loud: report

LONDON — British Army attempts to modernize its armored fighting capabilities have taken a new hit with reports that the General Dynamics UK-built Ajax reconnaissance vehicle has encountered significant design problems. British newspaper Daily Telegraph cited a leaked document outlining issues such as excessive vibration, which had required the Army to impose speed restrictions on the vehicle…
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US Air Force awards $465M contract for new E-11A planes

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force on Tuesday awarded Learjet a contract worth up to $465 million for Bombardier Global 6000 business jets, which will be modified into the E-11A aircraft used to relay data between platforms that cannot normally share information. The contract immediately obligated $70 million to pay for the first Global 6000 out of a potential total of six planes. That aircraft…
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Fujifilm Shuts Down Servers Due to Possible Cyberattack

Fujifilm Corporation may have been the victim of a ransomware attack. The company says that it is looking into possible unauthorized access to its server from outside the company and has partially shut down its servers while it investigates. Fujifilm says that the…
AI & RoboticsNews

Realtime Robotics raises $31.4M to help industrial robots plan their moves

Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. Realtime Robotics, a company developing technology that enables robots to alter their motions in dynamic, fast-moving environments, has raised $31.4 million in a series A round of funding. Founded out of Boston in 2016, Realtime Robotics said that it has developed a processor capable of creating “collision-free motion…
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NASA’s InSight Mars Lander Gets a Power Boost

. NASA’s InSight Mars Lander Gets a Power Boost Your browser cannot play the provided video file(s). The spacecraft successfully cleared some dust off its solar panels, helping to raise its energy and delay when it will need to switch off its science instruments. The team behind NASA’s InSight Mars lander has come up with an innovative way to boost…
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