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“Damn, bud. You got to fly higher.” Sheriff bodycam footage shows pilot after fighter jet crash

Video from the Yakima County Sheriff’s Office showed a bloodied F/A-18 Hornet pilot after he hit trees on a low-level training operation and had to eject.
DARPA came close to finding a drone that can lift four times its own weight

In its recent Lift Challenge, DARPA came close to finding a drone that could lift four times its own weight.
How US military funding propelled China’s robot dogs

Chinese company Unitree Robotics based the designs for its most successful robot dogs on innovations fueled by the U.S. military.
US Army requests 133,000 GMLRS rockets by 2034

The U.S. Army sent out a request this week for manufacturing 133,014 Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System, or GMLRS, rockets by 2034.