The project of the additional protection armor "Mantiya"
In the context of the development of armored vehicles of particular importance is the issue of additional means of protection. Features of the recent armed conflicts, such as fighting in cities and ...
Samsung Techwin Remote Controlled Battle Module
Samsung Techwin, a South Korean company, has developed a medium-weight, remotely controlled combat module (SDM) that is able to accept 7,62-mm and 12,7-mm machine guns and 40-mm rocket launchers and ...
Aggravating innovations
Scientific and technological progress forms threats that can put humanity on the brink of extinction. In recent years, such a concept has emerged as convergent technologies, which include ...
Radar against shahids
How Russian scientists responded to the terrorist threat. A series of terrorist attacks that occurred lately in different parts of the world and took the lives of several hundred people made the Russians ...
The project aeronautic hovercraft Grumman TLRV
The magnetic cushion trains currently have the highest speed among all railway vehicles. This technique is based on the use of a powerful magnetic field, which ...
Mobile control complex "Spectrum"
The armed forces and power structures need not only combat vehicles, but also various special equipment designed for solving various tasks. In particular, great interest for ...
SHELT project: sharoelektrolotkovy transport N.G. Yarmolchuk
Throughout the history of railway transport, new bold projects have regularly appeared that can lead to a real revolution in this field. However, not all like that ...
Chance-Vought SMU / AMU space jetpack project
Jetpacks of the fifties of the last century could not boast of high performance. Those devices that still managed to rise into the air, had too high fuel consumption, that ...
Douglas ICARUS / Ithacus Amphibious Missile System Project
By the end of the fifties of the last century, the military of developed countries faced the issue of increasing the mobility of troops. It was necessary to increase both tactical and strategic mobility. It should ...
The development of small-sized nuclear power plants has begun.
In the foreseeable future, the Russian armed forces should expand the fleet of auxiliary equipment. To provide troops and, if necessary, civilian objects, it is proposed to create new mobile ...
Mysterious Russian radio station, nicknamed "Hummer", continues to alarm the minds of Western inhabitants
The mysterious radio station from Russia, which received the unofficial nickname "Hummer", has continued to alarm the minds of western inhabitants for decades, now and then getting on the pages ...
The project of electrothermochemical gun 60 mm Rapid Fire ET Gun (USA)
The idea of electrochemical firearms appeared quite a long time ago and immediately interested both scientists and the military. Nevertheless, several decades of work in this direction have not ...
Draft Grasshopper aircraft: "Ed Kurchevski jetpack"
As part of the Grasshopper (Grasshopper) program, the American company Thiokol Chemical Corporation, namely, its division of Reaction Motors, has developed several variants of personal aircraft ...
Thiokol / Reaction Motors Flying Belt jetpack project
For some reason, of all the developments of the company Thiokol Chemical Corporation in the field of personal aircraft, the Jump Belt product has become the most famous. Project "Jumping ...
Bell Jet Belt jetpack project
Despite all the attempts of engineers, the first jetpacks and other personal aircraft of Bell Aerosystes had one major drawback. Carried fuel (peroxide ...
Jump Belt Personal Aircraft Project
In the late fifties, many foreign engineers worked on projects for promising jetpacks and other personal aircraft. Some of these projects have come to practical ...
The project of personal aircraft Bell Pogo
Bell Aerosystems developed its first jetpack project with the financial support of the military. After conducting all the necessary tests and determining the real ...
Domestic enterprises presented new types of ceramic armor
In our country, the development and production of promising materials for use as part of the design of armored vehicles or personal protective equipment continues. At the recent ...
Bell Rocket Belt jetpack project
In the early fifties, a team of engineers led by Thomas Moore developed and built its own version of a jetpack called Jetvest. This system has passed preliminary tests and ...
Domestic Night Vision
The task of effectively using night time for solving tactical tasks in the conduct of hostilities has always stood before commanders ....
In the US, thinking about the disappearing drone
The United States Agency for Advanced Defense Research and Development (DARPA) continues to delight all science fiction fans from around the world. In October 2015, the information appeared ...
The project of the aircraft Bell Rocket Chair
The Bell Rocket Belt jetpack project was generally successful. Despite the short duration of the flight due to the insufficient volume of fuel tanks, this device confidently broke away from ...
Jetvest jet project
The project of the jet apparatus designed by AF Andreeva did not reach the assembly of an experimental product and therefore did not receive wide popularity. Because of this, the first jetpack in history is often called ...
The project of jetpack A.F. Andreeva
Jetpacks are a favorite topic of science fiction writers and search engine enthusiasts. Without a century, engineers around the world are trying to create an individual jet-powered aircraft, but ...