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WASHINGTON (AP) — Hacking a local election system in the United States wouldn’t be easy, and secretly altering votes on a scale massive enough to change the outcome of the presidential race would be impossible, election officials have said, thanks to decentralized systems, paper records for nearly all ballots, exhaustive reviews, legal due process and […]
China’s BeiDou satellite navigation system (BDS) received commitments of 12.7 billion yuan (US$1.78 billion) for new projects during an event in central China’s Hunan province this week, as Beijing rallies international partnerships to compete with the US-backed Global Positioning System (GPS). The deals were “conclusively signed” during the Third International Summit on BDS Applications, including […]
US Army National Guard soldiers with 1st and 4th Battalion, 118th Infantry Battalion, 218th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, South Carolina Army National Guard, conduct training on the Black Hornet Nano UAS on Aug. 10, 2024. (US Army/Staff Sgt. Brian Calhoun) WASHINGTON — The US Army is looking to reclassify some of its small drones because of […]
US Army National Guard soldiers with 1st and 4th Battalion, 118th Infantry Battalion, 218th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, South Carolina Army National Guard, conduct training on the Black Hornet Nano UAS on Aug. 10, 2024. (US Army/Staff Sgt. Brian Calhoun) WASHINGTON — The US Army is looking to reclassify some of its small drones because of […]
DETROIT — The U.S. government’s road safety agency is investigating Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” system after getting reports of crashes in low-visibility conditions, including one that killed a pedestrian. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says in documents that it opened the probe on Thursday after the company reported four crashes when Teslas encountered sun glare, […]
For many Americans, the nation’s health care system is broken — and the gaps in access to care and insurance are impossible to ignore. But how does health care in the United States compare to other high income countries? In a recent report by the Commonwealth Fund, researchers compared the health system performance of 10 high […]
DARPA has granted Sikorsky, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin, a $6 million award for the installation of the ALIAS/MATRIX™ autonomy system on the experimental UH-60M helicopter Black Hawk of the U.S. Army. Called MX, the aircraft will enable DEVCOM to test different autonomous functions, from single-pilot operation to unmanned flight. The MATRIX autonomy system is […]
CNN — The THAAD defense system is one of the US military’s most powerful anti-missile weapons, capable of intercepting ballistic missiles at ranges of 150 to 200 kilometers (93 to 124 miles) and with a near-perfect success rate in testing. Using a combination of advanced radar systems and interceptors, THAAD, short for Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense, is the […]
A Hezbollah drone attack on an army base in central Israel killed four soldiers and severely wounded seven others on Sunday, the Israeli military said, in the deadliest strike by the militant group since Israel launched its ground invasion of Lebanon nearly two weeks ago. Hezbollah called the attack near Binyamina city retaliation for Israeli […]
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is seeking an explanation from the Israel Defense Forces after multiple “shocking violations,” including the forced entry of a U.N. position in southern Lebanon this morning. “At around 4:30 a.m., while peacekeepers were in shelters, two IDF Merkava tanks destroyed the position’s main gate and forcibly entered […]