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Feb 7, 2011
"There are more than 2,000 ground robots fighting alongside flesh-and-blood forces in Afghanistan. And swelling ranks of American ground-bot warriors are being used in new, unexpected, lifesaving ways."
Feb 4, 2011
"The U.S. Air Force is preparing its second X-37B robot space plane for a secret spaceflight in March."
Jan 18, 2011
"Wired offers new details about the possible involvement of U.S. government researchers in the creation of a digital weapon that experts believe may have sabotaged centrifuges at a uranium-enrichment plant in Iran."
Jan 18, 2011
"Come this fall, there will be a new and extremely powerful supercomputer in Afghanistan. But it won't be in Dave Petraeus' headquarters in Kabul. It'll be floating 20,000 feet above the warzone, aboard a giant spy blimp that watches and listens to everything for miles around."
Jan 17, 2011
"Raw information helps determine what targets to hit and what to avoid, but sometimes the data is overwhelming."
Dec 22, 2010
"No fewer than three separate killer-drone demonstrators have converged on California for flight tests. Which means unmanned, autonomous fighter jets are once again a real prospect."
Dec 11, 2010
"See what happens when an enormous electromagnetic gun sends its ammo rocketing 5,500 feet in a single second -- and set a new world record for the most powerful railgun ever developed."
Dec 4, 2010
"The United States Air Force's mysterious X-37B robot space plane returned to Earth with a successful landing at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California."
Dec 3, 2010
The X-37B mini space shuttle made a stealth landing during the early morning hours, landing at Vandenberg Air Force base at 1:16 a.m. PDT (0916 GMT) today (Friday, Dec. 3.)"
Dec 1, 2010
"The US Air Force announced that the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, a miniature, unmanned space shuttle could return to Earth as soon as this Friday, December 3."