SciFi Military Science Fiction and Future Gear

[AAR Galileo]

French SF are using the Flyboard


This week end in Paris, the French SF show their new hardware and particularly the Flyboard.
The french army is currently funding Franky Zapata, the inventor of the system, so he can developp a new silent micro turbo engine.

there is a video on his FB account of the demo but I can't share here, the link didn't show on the post, here his a link to his social account, search for the video 24 november at 3:20AM

https://www.facebook.com/frankyzapataoff/

Here is a YT video

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And on twitter

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[Bombardier]

Cool vid, we should have a thread for future weapons and equipment
Perhaps this could be the start of it wadda ya tink

 

[AAR Galileo]

Could be cool to have a little scifi thread.

99.9% of the future weapons unveil by the manufacturer as the new marvel of modern warfare never reach the grunt.

 

[Bombardier]

Consider it done

Here is a photo of a microwave weapon posted some time ago

Microwave Weapon

• Bombardier
• Nov 14, 2006
• 1
• future weapons microwave wiesel armoured vehicle

Microwave weapons fall into the class of non-lethal systems designed to prevent an opponent from...

 

[AAR Galileo]

The Thales Alenia Space Stratobus

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It's a Stratospheric Airship flying between 20-50km high well above airliner routes and at the edge of the space (there is no rules at this altitude) . The Stratobus is part of the High Altitude Pseudo Satellite family.

Currently the model is 140m long, 32m in diameter for a dry weight of 8300kg. It can carry 85 000 cubic meter of helium. The payload vary between 250 and 400kg depending on the power consumption. the top of the airship is covered with solar panel and the propulsin rely on 4 electric motor.
The Statobus can work with wind up to 90km/h.

The Stratobus can be used as a radio frequency relay, an ISR or radar vector.
It can stay for 12 month over an area (it just need to refill helium every year) and a complete checkup every 5 years.

The French army may get 4 or 5 and deploy them in the Sahel to monitor jihadist activity.

Singapore is interested in the system for maritime surveillance , some private company like google are also interested (for Internet relay) , the oil industry can use them for pollution detection, refinery security, .....

 

[BravoZulu]

Rheinmetall Defence - Active Defence System (ADS)

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[BravoZulu]

The US Navy has awarded unmanned systems developer Aquabotix another contract for work on its micro swarming unmanned surface vehicle (USV) project.
The Australian-listed and Massachusetts-based unmanned vehicle company has received a total of US$70,000 to further develop its SwarmDiver concept.
This initial development project will conclude with a testing and demonstration to various US Navy personnel.
The system will be tested at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport’s Narragansett Bay test facility.
“This is a second project involving SwarmDiver and the United States Navy, in the last seven months,” Whitney Million, Aquabotix’s chief executive officer, commented. “This development contract will provide greater flexibility in the systems’ use while maintaining the benefits of conducting an unmanned mission. We look forward to demonstrating this transformative technology advancement.”
The SwarmDiver USV is capable of diving to 50 meters and swarming in groups of 40 or more vehicles. The swarming algorithm allows vehicles to communicate with each other to make decisions as a group. According to the company, the SwarmDiver is capable of quickly and accurately self-arranging in various swarm formations as well as dive simultaneously to collect synoptic data sets.
A video shared by the company shows the SwarmDiver concept in action.

https://navaltoday.com/2019/01/08/a...-us-navy-contract-for-swarmdiver-development/

 

[Lopov1200]

https://www.funker530.com/ghana-arm...BpuV1xU68uhQ8sy85O03bfk_PAxpeWPB6pnaNCcGtzePU

 

[BravoZulu]

^^ OMFG

 

[AAR Galileo]

The U.S. Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) has issued request for information for a small mobile nuclear reactor for the Project Dilithium (a Star Trek fan at the SCO ? )

https://www.militaryaerospace.com/a...le-atomic-power-semiautonomous-operation.html

 

[bdpopeye]

Indian CG images...from >>> RUPAM Rc, a group of Indian future weapons Imagination works.

 

[bdpopeye]

MORE...Indian CG images...from >>> RUPAM Rc, a group of Indian future weapons Imagination works.

 

[bdpopeye]

And now Behold! Some Korean Fan Boi aircraft carrier renderings...apparently the person creating this beast has no idea how a carrier or LHA operates...it might be ok if he'd not place that extra island so close to the angle. And those VLS cells right infront of the foward island.

 

[BravoZulu]

^^No!....just no

 

[bdpopeye]

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Trust me this ship is way out of wack. This video is over 3 years old. That ramp at the end of the angle deck just won't work when bolters happen...

 

[bdpopeye]

Chinese CGcargo aircraft. With all that weight centered on the fuselage with those four giant engines.. would this aircraft fly? And the heat generated by those engines better be properly dissipated.

 

[bdpopeye]

From 2015....I'll believe it when I see it

Russia's new ten thousand ton destroyer. In Russia's "Army 2015" international forum which started June 16, 2015, the static model of a Russian DDG.. It is reported that this has 10,000 displacement destroyer, and will be the future of the Russian Navy's main warships to purchase.​

 

[AAR Galileo]

When all the VLS are empty the ship break in 2 parts at the first rogue wave.

 

[Roundose]

ahaha this thread is amazing!

 

[bdpopeye]

Fan boi run amok!

PLAAF J-9 project renderings

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