UK to buy drone command warships instead of new destroyers

The Royal Navy’s planned Type 83 destroyer has been dropped in favour of six new Common Combat Vessels built to coordinate drones, under the government’s long-delayed Defence Investment Plan, the Sunday Times was first to report.

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‘Son of Concorde’ jet that could fly from UK to NYC in 4hrs hits milestone with supersonic flight without sonic boom

NASA’S “Son of Concorde” jet that could fly from the UK to New York in four hours has smashed through the sound barrier without triggering the usual sonic boom. The experimental X-59 aircraft, built by NASA with Lockheed Martin, has finally hit superso…

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