A recent test in China has highlighted what may be the world’s first AI-powered radar system for a military aircraft. Early reports suggest the experimental system demonstrated exceptional performance under conditions that typically disrupt conventional radar. Onboard an undisclosed aircraft, the AI-enhanced radar maintained almost flawless target tracking, even when exposed to advanced jamming techniques…
By Aditya Soni (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday demanded the immediate resignation of new Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, calling him “highly conflicted” due to his ties to Chinese firms and raising doubts about plans to turn around the struggling American chip icon. Reuters reported exclusively in April that Tan invested at least $200…
Chinese weapons are starting to show up in the world’s biggest conflict zones, underscoring its technological advancement and investment in this area. In the 1990s and 2000s, Chinese weapons systems and military equipment were seen as being little more than imitations of old Russian or even Soviet systems. China was largely reliant on exports from…
Scientists in northwest China have doubled the service life of high-temperature, high-pressure artillery barrels by refining a chromium plating technique first used by the Chinese military before 200BC. Bronze swords buried with the Terracotta Army of China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, remained sharp and untarnished after more than 2,000 years underground. Microscopic analysis revealed…
In an unprecedented show of China’s advanced civilian drone technology, a swarm of heavy-lift unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has carried 180 tonnes of construction materials up a remote mountain in the country’s southwest, according to state media. State broadcaster CCTV reported last Thursday that the aerial operation had taken place in May at a solar…
China has accused Japan—a United States treaty ally in Northeast Asia—of sending spy planes to its so-called Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) over the contested East China Sea. The remarks from Beijing come after Tokyo said YS-11EB intelligence-gathering aircraft had experienced close aerial encounters with Chinese planes while conducting surveillance over the region last week….
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the US government does not need to be concerned that the Chinese military will use his company’s products to improve their capabilities. Addressing the largest concern Washington has cited in placing increasing restrictions on US technology exports to the Asian nation, Huang said the Chinese military will avoid using US…
The Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence (MND) said on Sunday it detected 11 Chinese military aircraft, seven naval vessels, and one official ship operating around Taiwan until 6 am (local time) on Sunday. “11 sorties of PLA [China’s People’s Liberation Army] aircraft, 7 PLAN vessels and 1 official ship operating around Taiwan were detected up…
Aircraft from Japan—a treaty ally of the United States—and China have reportedly been involved in another close encounter, following similar incidents yesterday and last month. In the most recent incident on Thursday, a Japanese intelligence-gathering aircraft was intercepted by a Chinese plane. The Japanese aircraft was flying over the East China Sea, where Japan and…
Berlin on Tuesday said the Chinese military had targeted a laser at a German aircraft taking part in an EU-led mission to protect marine traffic in the Red Sea. “Endangering German personnel and disrupting the operation is entirely unacceptable,” the foreign ministry said on social media, adding that Beijing’s ambassador to Berlin had been summoned…