Military

An artificial intelligence-driven suite of systems could be flying loyal wingman type drones operationally by 2023. The U.S. Air Force has announced the first...

With their ability to engage targets at the speed of light and shoot them down at a cost of a dollar a shot, lasers...

A new UAV provides ground forces with on-demand actionable intelligence. It also delivers georeferenced terrain, vegetation and infrastructure imagery.   AeroVironment has launched the Quantix Recon,...

The MQ-4C Triton autonomous, unmanned aircraft embarked on its first deployment, a move to demonstrate what the US Navy calls early operational capability.  Almost three...

While ordinary cyberattacks, such as industrial espionage and information leakages, are classified as crimes, more serious acts can easily lead to a cyberwar between...

Range projects could now become more efficient and less costly thanks to unmanned systems. A group of Huntsville Center professionals gathered at the Rocket...

To make informed decisions and achieve their objective, tactical teams and special operators require the ability to quickly and securely process and share mission...

U.S. Special Operations Command is moving forward to adopt a new sniper support weapon chambered in the longer-range 6.5mm Creedmoor round. If all goes well...

Tactical communication is transporting information through commands or codes using various methods, including verbal, visual, written, and auditory, among others. Tactical communication is mobile...

The US military has been focusing more and more on information. In Afghanistan, the forces are increasingly interested in what the Taliban and the...

A new ramjet-propelled shell under development will double the range of US military artillery to over 100 km (62 mi). This is one of...

Adverse weather conditions and short endurance significantly degrade the SaR capabilities of manned aircraft, often preventing them from executing their missions.  Elbit Systems introduces a...

Thanks to their accelerated technological development and their endless applications, unmanned systems on the ground, air, and sea currently attract the highest interest both...

Predictive maintenance methods help determine the condition of in-service equipment in order to estimate when maintenance should be performed. This is especially important in...

A new space architecture will support the building of an optically meshed network, optical telecommunications network employing wired fiber-optic communication. The US Defense Advanced...

The U.S. Navy, with support from Northrop Grumman Corporation, commenced flight testing of the MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter equipped with the Leonardo AN/ZPY-8...

US Special Operations Command wants to equip small teams of operators with advanced smart-soldier gear to stay connected with intel assets anywhere in the...

As the threat of weaponized small unmanned aerial systems and drone incidents escalates, there is a growing demand for reliable counter-measures in order to...

An unmanned ground vehicle can bring supplies to places inaccessible for armored personnel carriers. The Estonian company Milrem Robotics has released a short video...

Russia is developing a wide range of new electronic sights for small arms and machine guns. The state corporate Rostec unveiled the first Russian...

Software now defines the bulk of mission-critical capabilities on satellites, and is under constant attack. The growing cybersecurity threats to space-based platforms have led...

A next-generation navigation system has been approved by the US Coast Guard (USCG). The Sea Fiber Optic Gyrocompass Inertial Navigation with Data Distribution (SeaFIND)...