Geo-politics

Geo-politics

The Zephyr spy drone has extended the record for the longest flight within the Earth’s atmosphere to 25 days, two-thirds more than the previous...

Stopping smuggler’s boats or enemy vessels can sometimes be a complex challenge. Currently, the US Navy stops boats particularly suspected smugglers by using a...

The satellite communications that ships, planes and the military use to connect to the internet are vulnerable to hackers that, in the worst-case scenario,...

In the Arctic, many of the nautic charts are built from scant sounding data, often from measurements that are hundreds of years old, because...

India has successfully demonstrated the flight of a new 10kg rotary wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), developed by aerospace and defense company Hindustan Aeronautics...

South Korea is expanding its logistical support capabilities and efficiency through the application of advanced technologies. The Defense Ministry plans to capitalize on big...

When conducting prevention campaigns, US Department of Motor Vehicles investigators frequently encounter underage individuals with fake, out-of-state licenses and IDs. Law enforcement officers in...

The US Navy is upgrading its counter-drone defense. The Navy has awarded CACI International a $48.5 million contract in this field. Under the contract,...

Manned-unmanned teaming could serve a broad array of missions such as air superiority, strike, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and electronic warfare. Autonomous platforms can...

Laser weapons are ideally suited to address high volume, low-cost threats because of their inexpensive cost per shot and deep magazine. The U.S. Army...

China is one of a handful of states engaged in a race to deploy a hypersonic strike platform capable of evading modern missile defense...

The French defense procurement agency, DGA, has announced Mica NG air-to-air missile program to replace their MICA medium-range missile. This missile program will renew...

The growing prevalence of drones in the market, their low cost and high availability have all made them a potential threat to privacy and...
fitness watches

Are fitness applications the new threat to military officers and Pentagon officials? A recent memo from Deputy Defense Secretary, Patrick Shanahan, states the dangers of...

For the first time, facial recognition technology will ever be used at the Olympic Games. A large-scale facial recognition system will be used to...

The US has been investing more resources in unmanned systems and robotics. In its fiscal year 2019 budget, the Defense Department requested $9.6 billion...

The Israel Airports Authority has recently established a special Cyber defense center in Ben-Gurion international airport. The decision to establish the dedicated center was made...

Looking to boost its defenses amid growing tensions with Russia, Sweden will buy from Raytheon the Patriot air defense missile systems. The deal will...

A new European collaboration is expected in the field of unmanned land vehicles. Under the leadership of Estonia, a European leader in robotic autonomy,...

A program based on advanced algorithms designed to turn small air and ground systems into team members that could autonomously perform tasks dangerous for...

The near-future battlefield will be characterized by the presence of Internet of Things: smart devices, soldier-worn sensors and unmanned aircraft will produce a nonstop...

China is pursuing a solar-electric, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) development program called Qi Mingxing (Venus). According to a report by the Chinese aviation...