Geo-politics

Supersonic commercial travel is on the horizon. NASA awarded Lockheed Martin Skunk Works a contract to design, build and flight test the Low-Boom Flight...

Five of the terrorist attacks (including one planned attack) in Australia since 2014 have involved knives as the primary weapon. Two involved shotguns; one...

If the use of drones for commercial deliveries and other purposes becomes more common it will become increasingly difficult to stop terrorists using drones...

With technology developing so fast – whether in the smart speaker in your home or the weapons used by the military – many experts...

China has deployed two Xianglong HALE UAV to a recently renovated airfield not far from the border with North Korea. The platform, identified by...

Scientists at the US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) are developing a technology that has promise for both medical as well as deep machine learning...

Current soldiers are becoming increasingly agile and connected, as result of the Internet of Things (IoT) revolution. The French Ministry of the Armed Forces...

In many terrorist attack events, first responders do not have immediate access to real-time information from the scene, or from victims that are being...

Turkey is unveiling more locally developed weapons. The country’s premier defense systems manufacturer Aselsan will manufacture new versions of the SARP armored vehicle-based weapon...

A new technology aims to help the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) allow sensitive data to be shared and analyzed while it remains...

Estonia is about to launch negotiations with arms manufacturers to supply automatic firearms to the Estonian defense Forces (EDF) and other armed structures. The...

Lockheed Martin has revealed the existence of a formerly secret UAV.  Although the X-44A’s existence is no longer a secret, Lockheed is not yet...

Mosquitoes have claimed more human lives than all wars combined – their infectious bites still cause more than 1 million deaths each year, according...

Augmented reality (AR) superimposes digital data on the physical world. By contrast, virtual reality (VR) is when the user sees only digital imagery. AR...

The advancement of embedded technologies is driving a rapid growth of sensing technologies that can yield data from citywide deployments for monitoring, modeling, and...

Tethered drones have various advantages, including the fact that there is no need for a trained pilot to operate them, they have a continuous...

BAE Systems has successfully demonstrated its 40mm cannon for the U.S. Army at Fort Benning, Georgia, as the service considers future lethality upgrades across...

Light troop transport vehicles fulfill an important role in infantry operations. There are various new developments in this field. The Belgium Ministry of Defense...

There is a major global shift toward smaller, cheaper unmanned platforms that can operate in network with one another. It's part of a wider...

Transporting soldiers and equipment through rough terrains requires tactical solutions that could navigate in terrain previously only reached by foot. DSraider has developed a...

The newest air defense missile system (ADMS) from Russia has been revealed. Rosoboronexport has revealed details of its Buk-M3 Viking multi-missile mobile medium-range system...

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