With renewed interest in space exploration, in recent decades, scientists across the world are looking for ways to build more powerful rocket engines, as a way of optimizing spaceflight. For instance, the researchers at UK-based Reaction Engines have spent the last 20 years developing an innovative scramjet engine concept that can operate in both jet…
Meet Taranis, a master of stealth and quite possibly, the most advanced unmanned combat aerial vehicle under development at present. Named after the Celtic god of thunder, it is currently being built by engineers at Britain-based defense, security and aerospace company, called BAE Systems. While not much is actually known about this high-tech drone, one…
Engineers, at BAE Systems, are developing an incredibly innovative communication device, based on bone conduction technology, that could enhance soldiers’ hearing while on the battlefield. By transmitting sound waves through the user’s cranial bones, and directly to the cochlea, the helmet-based system could help maximize the soldier’s awareness of his/her surroundings, while also providing protection…
Developed in the mid-1980s, in Sweden, Combat Vehicle 90 (CV90) refers to a family of advanced tracked combat vehicles, designed primarily for the Nordic climate and terrain. Today its sole manufacturer is the Swedish defence company, BAE Systems AB. As part of the organization’s latest project, the engineers, at BAE Systems, have skilfully utilized the…