Saturday, 30 November, 2024

Category: Technology


The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the US Air Force successfully completed last week the first free flight test of new scramjet-powered hypersonic weapon technology – the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC). During testing, an unidentified aircraft carried Read more…


Widening power shortages in China have halted production at numerous factories including many supplying Apple and Tesla, while some shops in the northeast operated by candlelight and malls shut early as the economic toll of the squeeze mounted. China is Read more…


There was widespread and blatant interference in the recent Russian election, ranging from targeted recommendations and censorship by Silicon Valley to overt cyberattacks on servers coming from the US, Dmitry Medvedev has told RT. The former president and prime minister Read more…


…Only 10 percent of Nigerians fly –Nuhu, NCAA DG Air Peace has taken delivery of the fourth brand new E195-E2 aircraft ordered from aircraft with three more to be added before the year ends as it intensifies plans to connect Read more…


French shipbuilder Naval Group has said it will send a “detailed and calculated proposal” to Australia after Canberra canned a $40 billion submarine deal in favor of a new pact with the US and UK, much to France’s dismay. On Read more…


The Accident Investigation Bureau, Nigeria, has submitted its interim report to the Nigerian Air Force on the crash that claimed the lives of 11 military personnel including a serving Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Ibrahim Attahiru, on May 31, Read more…


Police in Germany have arrested a German-Iranian citizen on suspicion that he exported €1.1 million of equipment to Iranian firms blacklisted by the EU for use in Tehran’s nuclear program. On Tuesday, Germany’s public prosecutor announced that the man, referred to only Read more…


By Ifeoma Ejiofor The Nigerian Society of Engineers, Nnewi branch on Saturday held her 2021 Annual General Meeting (AGM) and conference. The program which attracted the high and mighty from Anambra State and beyond was held at Convaj event centre Read more…


Taiwan’s president oversaw the commissioning of a new domestically made navy warship Thursday as part of the island’s plan to boost indigenous defense capacity amid heightened tensions with China. President Tsai Ing-wen spoke at a naval base in Su’ao, on Read more…


After being ejected from the F-35 fighter jet program, Turkey has been aggressively exploring to find an alternative to the US’ fifth-generation stealth aircraft.  The US removed Turkey from the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program following the latter’s Read more…


President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he has no doubts about Turkey buying another batch of S-400 anti-aircraft systems from Moscow. Earlier, the Russian exporter said a new contract will likely be signed by the end of the year. Speaking Read more…


The close military cooperation between Russia and China is cause for great concern, and the authorities in Washington must seriously reconsider its current strategy of “containment” towards the two large Eurasian superpowers. That’s according to Admiral Charles Richard, the commander Read more…