Future Military Supplies Could Steer Themselves to the Battlefield
Supplying troops becomes considerably harder when roads are damaged, convoys are exposed to attack or units are scattered across remote positions. Aircraft can bypass...
A Drone That Hunts Drones—Except This One Travels by Sea
Drones are becoming a growing threat to ships, ports and other maritime assets, but detecting small aircraft over open water creates its own challenge....
The Threat Is Invisible—but This F-35 System Can Still Find It
A fighter pilot does not need to see a threat for it to be dangerous. Radar and other electromagnetic emissions can reveal that an...
This Drone Looks at the Ground to Figure Out Where It...
GPS has become fundamental to modern drones and guided systems, but it also creates a vulnerability. Satellite signals can be jammed or spoofed, potentially...
This Long-Endurance Drone Can Hunt for Threats Above and Below the...
Monitoring vast stretches of ocean creates a basic endurance problem. Crewed patrol aircraft can carry sophisticated sensors and respond quickly, but keeping them airborne...
This Loitering Munition Can Hunt Targets More Than 110 KMs Away
Long-range precision strikes are becoming increasingly difficult as electronic warfare disrupts GPS and communications links across the battlefield. Ground forces need weapons that can...
Shahed Drones Have a New Jet-Powered Hunter
Mass attacks by one-way drones have created an increasingly difficult problem for air-defense forces. Systems such as the Shahed family can be launched in...
A Drone Designed in 10 Minutes Just Flew for Nearly 9...
Small battery-powered drones face a basic limitation: endurance. Their motors, batteries and airframes must balance weight against the energy needed to stay airborne, often...
Why Wait for the Drone to Get Close? This System Hits...
Counter-drone systems have a reaction-time problem. If a hostile UAV is only detected or disrupted once it enters the range of a handheld jammer,...
This New Propulsion Tech Could Push Drone-Killing Missiles Much Farther
Counter-drone weapons face a growing range problem. As unmanned aircraft become faster, more maneuverable and capable of operating farther from their targets, air-defense systems...
Fire First, Lock On Later: This Missile Seeker Thinks for Itself
Precision weapons face a growing navigation problem. GPS can be jammed or unavailable, while weapons that depend on continuous external targeting may lose their...
Part Boat, Part Plane: This Electric Seaglider Just Flew With a...
Moving people and cargo quickly across coastal waters usually means choosing between two very different options. Boats can travel directly between ports but are...
This Strange-Looking Drone Can Adjust Its Own Route Mid-Flight
Fixed-wing drones can travel farther and faster than many multirotor aircraft, but operating them can require more space, specialized launch and recovery procedures and...
Friend or Foe? This F-16 Upgrade Is Built to Answer Faster
Modern combat aircraft can share crowded airspace with friendly fighters, allied forces and potential threats, sometimes while traveling at high speed and making decisions...
Quiet in the Sky, Connected by AI: Meet a New Autonomous...
Drones are useful for surveillance and reconnaissance because they can remain overhead without putting a crew at risk. But they also create signatures that...
This Autonomous Drone Is Being Built With AI, 3D Printers and...
Military drones are evolving quickly, but the factories building them do not always move at the same speed. Traditional aircraft manufacturing can depend on...
Could Your Technology Have a Defense Application? INNOFENSE Opens Applications
INNOFENSE was created to identify promising technologies from the civilian market and help unlock their potential for defense applications. Following the progress achieved in...
This Drone Has One Job: Chase Down Other Drones
Drone-on-drone interception becomes considerably harder as the target gets faster. An interceptor not only has to locate and approach another aircraft but also calculate...
New 3D Printing Tech Could Put Power Lines Inside Drone Structures
Every electrical system inside a drone needs power, and delivering it normally means running wires through wings, fuselage sections, and other structural components. Those...
The Next Defense Technology May Start in the Civilian Market –...
Have a technology with the potential to make an impact in the defense sector? iHLS, together with the Ministry of Defense and MAFAT, is...
This Drone Could Fly Nearly Halfway Around the World Without Refueling
Long-endurance drones such as the MQ-9 Reaper have provided militaries with persistent surveillance and strike capabilities for decades. But future conflicts may demand something...
New Flight Planning Tech Helps Drones Race Through Complex Terrain
Autonomous drones can move quickly in open air, but cluttered environments are much harder. Buildings, trees, narrow passages and other obstacles leave little room...
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This Rugged Broadband Box Brings 5G and Satellite Internet Anywhere
Establishing reliable internet access can be difficult when teams operate far from existing communications infrastructure. Temporary military facilities, remote logistics hubs and emergency deployments...
