This Solar-Powered Drone Station Can Launch, Recover and Recharge UAVs
Keeping drones operational around the clock requires more than aircraft and trained operators. Batteries must be recharged, drones need to be launched and recovered,...
Future Military Supplies Could Steer Themselves to the Battlefield
Supplying troops becomes considerably harder when roads are damaged, convoys are exposed to attack or units are scattered across remote positions. Aircraft can bypass...
Drones Incoming? This Cannon Doesn’t Need to Stop Moving
Small drones present a difficult challenge for mobile air-defense systems. Their size, speed and unpredictable movements make them hard to track, while vehicles protecting...
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....
The Threat Is Invisible—but This F-35 System Can Still Find It
A fighter pilot does not need to see a threat for it to be dangerous. Radar and other electromagnetic emissions can reveal that an...
This Drone Looks at the Ground to Figure Out Where It...
GPS has become fundamental to modern drones and guided systems, but it also creates a vulnerability. Satellite signals can be jammed or spoofed, potentially...
This Armored Vehicle Can Now Fight on the Ground and Hunt...
Armored vehicles increasingly face threats from two directions at once. Infantry fighting vehicles still need enough firepower and protection to confront troops and armored...
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...
This AI Platform Turns Air and Ground Robots Into One Connected...
Military forces are adding drones and uncrewed ground vehicles faster than ever, but deploying more robots creates a new problem: someone still has to...
This Loitering Munition Can Hunt Targets More Than 110 KMs Away
Long-range precision strikes are becoming increasingly difficult as electronic warfare disrupts GPS and communications links across the battlefield. Ground forces need weapons that can...
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...
A Drone Designed in 10 Minutes Just Flew for Nearly 9...
Small battery-powered drones face a basic limitation: endurance. Their motors, batteries and airframes must balance weight against the energy needed to stay airborne, often...
This Flying Robot Lands on Water and Starts Sailing
Monitoring remote stretches of water presents an awkward logistics problem. Boats can remain at sea for long periods but may take considerable time to...
Why Wait for the Drone to Get Close? This System Hits...
Counter-drone systems have a reaction-time problem. If a hostile UAV is only detected or disrupted once it enters the range of a handheld jammer,...
This New Propulsion Tech Could Push Drone-Killing Missiles Much Farther
Counter-drone weapons face a growing range problem. As unmanned aircraft become faster, more maneuverable and capable of operating farther from their targets, air-defense systems...
This New Battery Could Give Military Drones Nearly Twice the Energy
Battery weight remains one of the biggest constraints on electric drones and autonomous systems. Adding more cells can extend range or endurance, but the...
Fire First, Lock On Later: This Missile Seeker Thinks for Itself
Precision weapons face a growing navigation problem. GPS can be jammed or unavailable, while weapons that depend on continuous external targeting may lose their...
This Off-Road Buggy Is Built to Hunt Battlefield Drones
Small and medium-sized drones are forcing ground forces to rethink air defense. Fixed systems can protect bases and other permanent sites, but troops on...
This Strange-Looking Drone Can Adjust Its Own Route Mid-Flight
Fixed-wing drones can travel farther and faster than many multirotor aircraft, but operating them can require more space, specialized launch and recovery procedures and...
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...
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...
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This New Interceptor Can Switch From Hovering to High-Speed Pursuit
Intercepting hostile drones requires aircraft that can launch quickly, maneuver efficiently and reach moving targets without placing excessive demands on their operators. Conventional multirotor...
