The Race for Mach 6 Just Got a New Contender

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Pushing aircraft and missiles beyond Mach 5 remains one of the most complex challenges in aerospace engineering. Current solutions typically rely on combining multiple...
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The Drone Built to Take Down Other Drones

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The rapid spread of low-cost kamikaze drones is creating a growing challenge for air defense systems. These small, expendable platforms can be deployed in...
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One Aircraft, Two Flight Modes – Now Proven

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Urban air mobility has long faced a technical hurdle: combining vertical takeoff with efficient forward flight in a single, reliable platform. While helicopters can...
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The Anti-Drone Weapon That Drives Itself

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The growing use of drones in both military and civilian environments is creating a new type of threat that traditional air defenses are not...

Inspired by Fish, Built for Missions: A Smarter Wing for Sea...

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Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) operate in an environment that is constantly shifting. Sudden currents, turbulence and pressure changes can destabilize rigid wings and control...

Looks Like a Box—Fires Like a Weapon: A New Kind of...

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Modern battlefields are becoming increasingly transparent. With drones, satellites, and persistent surveillance systems scanning large areas in real time, traditional missile launchers are easier...

Carrying the Load: Wearable Robots Boost Soldier Endurance

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Artillery operations remain among the most physically demanding tasks on the battlefield. Crews are required to repeatedly lift and load heavy shells, often weighing...

Tracking the Brain in Real Time: A New Approach to Blast...

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Exposure to blast waves during training or operations poses a well-documented risk to brain health. Mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI) can develop even without...

A New Way to Stop Drone Threats Before They Get Close

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The rapid spread of small drones is forcing armies to rethink how they defend moving formations. Low-cost UAVs can appear with little warning, overwhelm...
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Snap, Scan, Know: AI Identifies Military Gear in Seconds

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Identifying military equipment quickly and accurately remains a challenge, particularly in fast-moving operational or training environments. Analysts and personnel often rely on manual comparison,...
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No Battery, No Problem: Wind-Powered Robot Walks Into Harsh Terrain

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Robotic systems designed for remote or extreme environments face a consistent limitation: power. Movement alone can consume a significant portion of a robot’s energy,...
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Print, Fly, Repeat: The Rise of 3D-Printed Tactical Drones

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Small tactical drones have become essential tools on the modern battlefield, but they often come with trade-offs. Many systems are either too expensive to...

These Off-Road Vehicles Now Drive Themselves Into Danger Zones

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Ground forces continue to face a familiar challenge: how to move supplies, gather intelligence, and evacuate casualties without exposing personnel to unnecessary risk. In...

Listening Beneath the Waves: A New Era in Subsea Sensing

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Monitoring activity beneath the ocean surface remains one of the most complex challenges in maritime operations. Traditional sonar systems provide valuable acoustic data, but...
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A $185 Billion Shield in the Sky: The Future of Missile...

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As missile threats grow more complex, particularly with the emergence of hypersonic weapons, traditional detection systems are struggling to keep pace. These threats travel...
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A Strike Drone That Can Fly Blind—and Still Hit Its Target

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Loitering munitions have become a central feature of modern conflict, offering a relatively low-cost way to strike targets with precision. However, many existing systems...

Teaching Robots to Recover After Losing Their Position

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For mobile robots operating in the real world, knowing their exact position is not optional. Autonomous navigation depends on continuous, accurate localization. Yet satellite-based...

No More Flat Faces: AI Learns to Read Humans in 3D

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As humanoid robots become more advanced, one of the key challenges is making their interactions feel natural. Accurately recognizing faces, tracking expressions and reproducing...

Real-Time Cyber Defense: How AI Is Securing 5G Networks

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As mobile networks evolve toward more open and software-driven architectures, they are becoming more flexible — but also more exposed. Modern 5G systems rely...

A Rifle That Blinds Drones: The Rise of Laser Countermeasures

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The rapid spread of small unmanned aerial systems has created a growing challenge for military and security forces. Low-cost drones can be deployed quickly,...

Navigation Without Limits: A System Built for Tough Conditions

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Operating in the Arctic presents a unique set of challenges for autonomous systems and military platforms. Extreme weather, limited infrastructure and inconsistent satellite coverage...

Cloud Warfare: The Massive Upgrade Powering Military Operations

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As military operations become increasingly digital, managing large volumes of data and applications across distributed systems has become a core challenge. Defense organizations rely...

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The Next Step in Drone Defense: 30 Targets Per Minute

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The growing use of drones on the battlefield is creating a new challenge for air defense systems. Small, low-cost drones can operate individually or...