US Navy green lights production of Block V Tomahawk cruise missile

The US Navy has given Raytheon the go ahead to start production of the latest Block of the Tomahawk cruise missile. The Block V variant will start work later this year, giving the missile a life extension of 15 years plus increased capabilities.

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Royal Navy takes delivery of new robotic Madfox boat

The Royal Navy has officially received a new autonomous vessel. The Maritime Demonstrator For Operational eXperimentation (Madfox) will go through a year of testing by the Autonomy and Lethality Accelerator, NavyX, before entering regular service.

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Nissan actually sells this multifunctional 4WD mini-camper (in Japan)

Nissan went all in on the pandemic RVing craze, starting the year by debuting one camper van concept after another. Not long before debuting the first of those concepts, it launched a production mini-camper van in Japan, the NV350 Caravan Multibed.

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Asteroid 99942 Apophis won’t hit the Earth in 2068 after all

If you were worried about asteroid 99942 Apophis hitting the Earth in 2068, you can relax for at least another century. A new survey has confirmed that the probability of it colliding with us then is too low for it to be regarded as a threat.

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Future developers and data scientists, check out these courses on Python, JavaScript, Apache Spark and more

The 13 coding courses in this online training bundle also cover C++, HTML, Java, C#, Ruby on Rails, jQuery and the R programming language. Getty Images/iStockphoto - mirsad sarajlic 2020…

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High-tech crops designed to glow when they need help

It can be difficult for farmers to determine exactly when their crops need watering, or when they're getting infested with bugs or fungus. InnerPlant technology was created to help, by getting the plants to "glow" when they're in distress.

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Codeplay inks landmark deal with U.S. government to enable next-generation supercomputer

The AI software firm will work with researchers in the high-performance compute community to analyze big data to simulate future pandemics and other areas. Image: iStockphoto/niplot The National Energy Research…

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