


What We’ve Learned About Boeing’s Scary and Game-Changing Loyal Wingman Fighter Jet Drones
In what is a massive milestone for Boeing and potentially for unmanned aerial combat systems as a whole, the company officially rolled out the first of three pre-production unmanned teaming aircraft, which is the central component of a total system called the Airpower Teaming System, or ATS for short. The War Zone was part of a small roundtable of journalists that talked with two of the minds behind ATS ahead of the official unveiling and we learned a lot about this potentially game-changing system, to say the least.
ATS is designed to work with manned aerial assets in the ‘loyal … Read More »

New Scavenger Technology Launched That Allows Unique Robots to ‘Eat’ Metal To Create Sustainable Energy
When electronics need their own power sources, there are two basic options: batteries and harvesters. Batteries store energy internally, but are therefore heavy and have a limited supply. Harvesters, such as solar panels, collect energy from their environments. This gets around some of the downsides of batteries but introduces new ones, in that they can only operate in certain conditions and can’t turn that energy into useful power very quickly.
New research from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and Applied Science is bridging the gap between these two fundamental technologies for the first time in the form of… Read More »
New Dredging Innovation Launched by Royal IHC – the IHC Otter
Dutch dredging machinery manufacturer Royal IHC has just announced that they are extending their dredging product family with new compact dredger, the IHC Otter.
The IHC Otter is a range of compact dredgers as platform for deploying the well-known IHC TT-Pump, which provide customers with a compact, cost-effective solution to dredge slurry for smaller dredging projects. The IHC Otter is mainly used to dredge silt, medium sand and gravel. It combines the advantages of the IHC TT-Pump unit into a single dredging solution.
FIT FOR PURPOSEThe design is based on the principles of production maximisation and reliability, and its … Read More »

Satellite Image Technology Is Being Used To Find And Solve Potholes On Roads In Blackburn
But the pothole crisis has been solved for one council – by spotting them from space.
Blackpool Council says it is the first in the UK to use satellite image capturing to identify craters in the roads in seconds.
The high-tech scheme has so far filled 5,145 potholes and saved the council £1million in repair and manpower costs.
The technology detects the damage before using a colour-coding system to inform engineers what action to take.
Councillor Fred Jackson said: ‘Project Amber and the use … Read More »
