The US Air Force used over 1,000 game consoles to build a supercomputer in 2010. Which one did they choose?
$2 million, 1,760 consoles, one supercomputer.
3D-printed batteries aim to reshape energy storage in small devices
Material Hybrid Manufacturing sees a path that goes past cylindrical cells and into curved, complex surfaces
US Space Force first: Digital data transmitted from air to space at 1 Gbps via laser
Officials say 2.5 Gbps over 5,500 km is achievable
US Air Force to blow up Tesla Cybertrucks in missile tests amid fears enemies could use them
It's not as if many people are buying them
WTF?! The US Air Force wants two Tesla Cybertrucks. The plan isn't to use them for transportation purposes, though; the EVs will be used for target practice. According to official documents, the trucks are a lot tougher than normal vehicles, meaning enemies are more likely to buy them – so the USAF wants to practice blowing them up.
US Air Force fuses two wrecked F-35s together to build a sky-worthy "Franken-bird" for just $6M
First-ever fully operational F-35 rebuilt from separate crash casualties
Spatial audio is coming to F-16 fighters to provide 3D sound in the cockpit
Danish firm Terma secured the contract to bring the technology to F-16 cockpits
Air Force to put not-so secret X-37B space drone through advanced orbital tests
We know a lot about the X-37B project, except for its real mission and tech payload
US Air Force anxious to implement AI-pilots in fighter jets after successful testing
The DoD says it "does not intend" to replace human pilots
US Air Force pays $75.5 million for 25,000 sq. mile wireless network to protect its nuclear silos, share data
The world's largest wireless ad-hoc network
Defense Department signs $65 million contract with startup that makes jet fuel from CO2
Air Force has already successfully tested and approved the sustainable aviation fuel
USAF begins implementing facial recognition on some of its drone fleet
The drones are intended to provide support functions rather than combat
US Air Force to test autonomous AI fighter against a human next year
What happens if we can augment a pilot's ability with a system that can have millions of hours of training time?
Military officials say 5G is crucial to Space Force operations
They also stress the importance of keeping China out of the infrastructure
Air Force X-37B spaceplane spends 780 days in orbit conducting classified experiments
Could this be part of the proposed United States Space Force?
Next-gen GPS satellites are headed into orbit
One of 32 GPS satellites gets a ride on a Falcon 9
Secretive Air Force space plane touches down in Florida after two-year mission
Precisely what it's been doing is a mystery
SpaceX has plans to launch 27 rockets in 2017 amid recent safety concerns
Launches scheduled to resume in March