One Soldier, a Voice Command and an Entire Swarm of Drones
Armored vehicle crews already have plenty to manage during combat, from navigating difficult terrain and monitoring threats to operating weapons and communicating with other...
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....
Air Defense Is Looking Up – All the Way to Space
Air-defense systems depend on detecting a threat early enough to identify it, track it and decide how to respond. Ground-based radars and other sensors...
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...
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...
This Robot Gives Electronic Warfare a “Hit and Run” Upgrade
Electronic warfare creates a tactical dilemma. Jamming hostile communications can protect troops and disrupt enemy operations, but transmitting interference can also reveal the location...
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...
Ukraine Wants Humanoid Robots Fighting Russian Forces Within Six Months
Drones have already removed soldiers from some of the most exposed battlefield tasks, but many dangerous jobs still require people on the ground. Moving...
This Shipping Container Unfolds Into a Counter-Drone Defense Hub
Drone defense is relatively straightforward when protecting a permanent airbase or critical facility: sensors, command systems and other equipment can be installed around a...
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...
This Modular Launcher Could Turn Ordinary Vehicles Into Drone Hunters
Small drones approaching ships, ports and coastal installations create a difficult defensive problem. They can fly low, arrive in numbers and cost far less...
The Future of Drone Warfare May Be About the Network, Not...
Military forces are rapidly adding drones and robotic systems, but operating them as separate platforms creates a growing coordination problem. One aircraft may collect...
Laser Sensing Tech Could Move From Ground Mapping to Space Surveillance
Stealth aircraft are designed primarily to make radar detection more difficult, creating an ongoing challenge for the sensors responsible for finding and tracking them....
This Software Turns Individual Drones Into a Coordinated Swarm
As armed forces deploy growing numbers of unmanned aircraft, managing them efficiently is becoming as important as the drones themselves. Controlling each aircraft individually...
Can AI Spot a Threat Before It Happens?
Modern cybersecurity systems face a scale problem. Networks generate enormous amounts of traffic, and malicious activity may be hidden among millions of ordinary interactions....
Soldiers Could Soon Wear Battlefield AI on Their Wrists
Modern soldiers can receive information from drones, sensors and other units, but getting that data to the person who needs it becomes difficult when...
This Tiny Boat Could Patrol Waters Without Putting Anyone Onboard
Monitoring large stretches of ocean creates a difficult resource problem for military and security forces. Ports, shipping lanes and strategic waterways may require continuous...
Your 5G Network Could Soon Double as a Drone Detector
Detecting unauthorized drones around airports, power plants, stadiums and other sensitive locations usually requires dedicated radars, radio-frequency sensors or cameras. Deploying enough of those...
False AI Intelligence Exposes a New Risk for Military Decision-Making
Artificial intelligence can process large amounts of intelligence quickly, but that speed creates a serious problem when an incorrect conclusion looks convincing enough to...
Hackers Are Turning Telegram Into a Tool for Digital Espionage
Targeted cyber-espionage does not always begin with a technical exploit. For journalists, activists and other high-risk individuals, attackers can spend considerable time studying their...
China and Iran Have a New Surveillance Assistant: AI
Modern surveillance operations can require substantial technical resources. Investigators may need to identify people across social networks, connect information scattered between accounts and build...
A New Submarine Drone Is Built to Patrol Where GPS Can’t...
Monitoring large areas beneath the sea is difficult, expensive and potentially dangerous. Crewed submarines and surface vessels can perform surveillance and mine-clearing missions, but...
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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...
