David Szondy

6 days ago | newatlas.com | David Szondy

Dawn Aerospace seems to want to play with the big kids as it announces that it will be selling its spaceplane directly to customers the same way that airliner manufacturers market their aircraft, suggesting a major shift in space launch business models. Currently, the space launch sector is pretty much a vertical affair. The company that builds and operates the rockets retains ownership of them and what is flown when is set by them.

1 week ago | newatlas.com | David Szondy

The seas of tomorrow may see underwater security fundamentally transformed as AI collides with autonomous undersea gliders to produce intelligent fleets of mobile sensors that could redefine naval intelligence as they seek out ocean threats. Just as orbiting surveillance satellites have revolutionized everything from surface warfare to intelligence to diplomacy, new intelligent underwater platforms could soon do the same to the world's oceans.

1 week ago | newatlas.com | David Szondy

Hermeus seems dead keen on fast-tracking its way to hypersonic passenger flight. Its uncrewed subsonic Quarterhorse Mark 1 prototype has completed its maiden flight in the skies over Edwards Air Force Base in California on May 21, 2025. Hypersonic flight looks to be the flavor du jour of the aerospace world these days, which isn't surprising.

1 week ago | newatlas.com | David Szondy

The age of laser weapons looks to have officially dawned. Rafael Advanced Defense Systems says that, for the first time in history, a high-energy laser system has been used to destroy multiple drone targets in combat. Though we tend to think of laser weapons as something that is still futuristic, lasers and laser weapons have been around for a long time. In fact, scientists and engineers were studying military applications for lasers almost as soon as the first laser was invented in 1960.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | David Szondy

4 hours agoPalestinian UN envoy breaks down in tears over children dying in GazaA Palestinian UN envoy broke down in tears over children dying in Gaza, delivering an emotional address to the Security Council on Wednesday (28 May) as he described the "unbearable" suffering of Palestinian children amid the ongoing war. Riyad Mansour struggled to hold back his emotions, saying that he has grandchildren and he “knows what they mean to their families”.