Monthly Archive: Agosto 2020

MDA to attempt intercept of ICBM target using SM-3 Block IIA this year

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is on course to conduct the first ever intercept of a intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) target using a SM-3 Block IIA interceptor this year. Photo: U.S. Missile Defense Agency Vice Adm. Jon A. Hill, director of MDA, says this will be executed under Flight Test Maritime 44 (FTM-44). It […]
AlphaDogfight Trials Final will be streamed live on YouTube

AlphaDogfight Trials Final will be streamed live on YouTube

The final event of Darpa’s AlphaDogfight Trials will be streamed live on YouTube Aug. 21. The winning AI team will go against a U.S. Air Force F-16 pilot. DARPA’s AlphaDogfight Trials seeks to advance the state of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies applied to air combat operations. The trials are a computer-based competition designed to demonstrate […]

Live Super 530 air-to-air missile found at Draken International

Employees at Draken International were evaluating a shipment of equipment and found a live Super 530 air-to-air missile amongst the goods it had received. Photo: USAF The company called in a bomb disposal team from MacDill Air Force Base to remove the explosive weapon. 1st Lt. Brandon Hanner, a spokesman for the 6th Air Refueling […]
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