More from Kelsey D. Atherton (Page 6)

MQ1-predator UAV drone in flight

Fact Check: Ex-Cop Fugitive Christopher Dorner Is Not Being Hunted By Drones

By Kelsey D. Atherton

A brief, 20,000-year history of timekeeping

By Kelsey D. Atherton

3D printed drone

The Marine Corps wants to 3D print cheaper drones

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Special forces are getting a stealth motorcycle that’s silent and deadly

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Robot ships from Rolls-Royce (not that one) could run crew-less

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The Space Surveillance Telescope Complex

DARPA Just Gave The Air Force A Telescope To Watch For Satellite Sabotage

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Stop Calling It The Drone Memo

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Autonomous war machines could make costly mistakes on future battlefields

Autonomous war machines could make costly mistakes on future battlefields

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Drones flying toward the sun

Drones will fly into the path of the eclipse to study weather

By Kelsey D. Atherton

An Air Force artificial intelligence program flew a drone fighter for hours

An Air Force artificial intelligence program flew a drone fighter for hours

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The Cottonmouth amphibious vehicle could carry Marines into future battles

The Cottonmouth amphibious vehicle could carry Marines into future battles

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Staff Sgt. Brandon Trinidad, 621st Contingency Response Squadron security forces, attends Android Tactical Assault Kit app training Oct. 8 at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. Airmen from across the CRW participated in the training sponsored by the 621st Mobility Support Operations Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Luther Mitchell Jr.)

Smartphone location data still poses a real security risk for the military and its personnel

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The Royal Navy’s jetpack demo is astonishing—and impractical

The Royal Navy’s jetpack demo is astonishing—and impractical

By Kelsey D. Atherton

A defensive weapons system station inside a US aircraft.

Russia is building a tank that can pick its own targets. What could go wrong?

By Kelsey D. Atherton

an anti-drone weapon

The US military is testing a microwave anti-drone weapon called THOR

By Kelsey D. Atherton

A soldier looks at a gun sight.

The Army is giving its gun sights a seriously high-tech upgrade

By Kelsey D. Atherton

A F/A-18 Super Hornet is refueled the traditional way: by an aircraft with humans on board.

This drone will refuel Naval fighter jets by 2024

By Kelsey D. Atherton

A robotic dog and its handler.

The Air Force’s new guard dogs are robots

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Russian fighter pilots could soon fly alongside bomb-filled combat drones

Russian fighter pilots could soon fly alongside bomb-filled combat drones

By Kelsey D. Atherton

A military drone deploys a smaller drone in flight.

The future of air combat is drones launching more drones

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Soldiers wearing augmented reality headsets while sitting in a vehicle.

These augmented-reality goggles let soldiers see through vehicle walls

By Kelsey D. Atherton

This remote-controlled landmine will attack tanks from above

This remote-controlled landmine will attack tanks from above

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Stars seen from a cave.

DARPA wants cave robots that can scout ahead for threats or missing people

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Watch the Navy’s new drone fly using just sunlight and hydrogen

Watch the Navy’s new drone fly using just sunlight and hydrogen

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Rugged Paragliding Drone Provides Supplies In Face Of Danger

Rugged Paragliding Drone Provides Supplies In Face Of Danger

By Kelsey D. Atherton

White House ‘Cyber’ Strategy Is Five Different Strategies

White House ‘Cyber’ Strategy Is Five Different Strategies

By Kelsey D. Atherton

DARPA’s Virtual Therapist Is ‘Like Talking To A Dog’

DARPA’s Virtual Therapist Is ‘Like Talking To A Dog’

By Kelsey D. Atherton

A 120mm mortar fires from a military vehicle.

Laser detection and GPS guide this new mortar to its target with better accuracy

By Kelsey D. Atherton

A helicopter named Elvis parked on the tarmac.

Elvis (the helicopter) is cheating death by becoming a drone

By Kelsey D. Atherton

A Raytheon drone on display.

The Coyote swarming drone can deploy for aerial warfare—or hurricanes

By Kelsey D. Atherton

An autonomous ship called the Sea Hunter in 2018.

DARPA wants designs for robotic warships that won’t need a crew

By Kelsey D. Atherton

A US Marine in desert camo about to throw a grenade out of a bunker.

The Army’s new tool for analyzing bomb shrapnel could lead to better body armor

By Kelsey D. Atherton

A robotic underwater vehicle in the ocean.

The Royal Navy’s robotic sub will be a test bench under the sea

By Kelsey D. Atherton

A drone in a launcher in the back of a cargo aircraft.

This Airbus prototype could deploy drones from cargo planes

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Net neutrality is under threat (again). Here’s why you should care

Net neutrality is under threat (again). Here’s why you should care

By Kelsey D. Atherton, Popular Science Team

The year’s most important innovations in security

Best of What's New

The year’s most important innovations in security

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The year’s 10 most incredible aerospace inventions

Best of What's New

The year’s 10 most incredible aerospace inventions

By Kelsey D. Atherton

North Korean Missile Flies Upward

No one wants another H-bomb test in the Pacific

By Kelsey D. Atherton

$2 million competition aims to make jetpacks a reality by 2019

$2 million competition aims to make jetpacks a reality by 2019

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The Plimp is a plane-blimp mashup that promises safe air transport

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Kim Jong-un inspects what appears to be a thermonuclear warhead

North Korea wants the world to know it has a working thermonuclear bomb

By Kelsey D. Atherton

North Korea’s missile test over Japan was a threatening proof of concept

North Korea’s missile test over Japan was a threatening proof of concept

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Rodong Sinmun front page, March 9, 2016.

North Korea’s miniaturized nuclear warheads were a long time coming

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Consumer drones are causing problems for the military

Consumer drones are causing problems for the military

By Kelsey D. Atherton

North Korea’s new ICBMs can reach most of the United States

North Korea’s new ICBMs can reach most of the United States

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Smoke from ammunition depot explosion

Something scarier than a grenade-toting drone

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Godot, a tunnel-boring machine

What needs to happen to get our east coast hyperloop

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Soft plant-inspired robot navigates a maze

Plant-inspired soft robot grows to reach difficult places

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Facebook can’t solve its hate speech problem with automation

Facebook can’t solve its hate speech problem with automation

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Drones in a dueling arena

Meet drone dueling, the sport California is about to inadvertently kill

By Kelsey D. Atherton

AH-64D Apache Helicopter Fires Flares

Here come the helicopters with weaponized lasers

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Sky Harbor Airport

Phoenix is too hot for planes to take off

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Don’t believe the hype about Russia’s hypersonic missile

Don’t believe the hype about Russia’s hypersonic missile

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Ocean Aero Submaran

Watch a Navy robot submarine launch a drone

By Kelsey D. Atherton

WannaCry Screenshot

5 things we learned from WanaCryptor, the biggest ransomware attack in internet history

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

The biggest ransomware attack in history is crippling UK hospitals

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Quadcopter drone in flight

Report: 96 percent of pilot-reported drone sightings are totally benign

By Kelsey D. Atherton

X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle

The Air Force wants you to know about its secret robotic spacecraft, the X-37B

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Facebook is hiring 3000 new content monitors for a job AI cannot do

Facebook is hiring 3000 new content monitors for a job AI cannot do

By Kelsey D. Atherton

In photos: where Navy warships are built

In photos: where Navy warships are built

By Kelsey D. Atherton

This excavator is one of the largest land vehicles on Earth

This excavator is one of the largest land vehicles on Earth

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Language is training artificial intelligence to replicate human bias

Language is training artificial intelligence to replicate human bias

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The new Google Earth lacks some important tools for researchers

The new Google Earth lacks some important tools for researchers

By Kelsey D. Atherton

How humans have fought over—and weaponized—water

How humans have fought over—and weaponized—water

By Kelsey D. Atherton

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