Defense

Everyone knows that mines, be there on land or in water, are bad news. But while there are several robots designed to find landmines,...

A battlefield-proven AI system originally deployed in Ukraine is being adapted for use on U.S. military drones. The Safe Pro Object Threat Detection (SPOTD)...

The U.S. Army has begun transitioning to a new generation of reconnaissance quadcopter drones with the first delivery of Skydio’s X10D small unmanned aerial...

A new initiative sets out to convert oil rigs to mobile missile defense and resupply base – The US Navy’s Mobile Defense/Depot Platform (MODEP)...

INNOFENSE Call for startups – Dual-Use Technologies: Following the immense success of the previous four cycles and their integration into the defense sector, iHLS invites...

Modern naval forces are increasingly challenged by the limits of traditional missile defense. Ship-based interceptors and radar systems were largely designed to counter predictable...

Ukraine’s ongoing efforts to counter unmanned aerial threats have taken an unconventional turn with the deployment of repurposed agricultural aircraft—specifically, a Czechoslovakian Z-137 crop duster—now...

A newly tested radar system in China is drawing attention for its ability to maintain high-precision tracking under electronic attack, marking a potential turning...

Recent reports suggest that Russia may be employing a substantial North Korean workforce to support its domestic weapons manufacturing, including tactical unmanned aerial systems....

The U.S. Air Force is introducing a new in-flight training capability for its fleet of F-16 fighter jets with the integration of the Airborne...

The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a contract to ELTA North America, a leader in advanced sensor technologies, to assess its new M3S2...

Italian authorities report they have intercepted and confiscated Chinese-made drones heading for Libya while disassembled and disguised as wind turbine equipment. Italian customs officers...

The modern battlefield is becoming increasingly crowded and complex. Drones, sensors, cameras, radars, and weapons systems all operate simultaneously, generating enormous volumes of data....

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) unveils "Terra"- a dual-band radar system, for optimization of early-warning, detection and accurate tracking of very long range targets such...

The House Homeland Security Committee’s bipartisan Foreign Fighter Task Force released its final report stating that Washington lacks a strategy to prevent Americans from...

Firearms investigators have long worked under a simple assumption: once a round is fired, any fingerprint left on the cartridge case is effectively destroyed....

Moving equipment, sensors, and unmanned systems across land–sea boundaries has long been a logistical bottleneck. Most platforms are built for either terrain or water,...

Modern ground forces face a growing energy dilemma. Unmanned systems, sensors and electronic payloads demand increasing amounts of onboard power, while conventional diesel engines...

Due to the current security situation, the Technology Innovation Centre is pushing to find investors to support startups participating in its programs. The participating startups...

Firefighting and disaster response increasingly place human crews in environments that are unstable, toxic, or simply unreachable. Collapsed structures, chemical leaks, tunnel fires, and...

Modern ground forces face a recurring challenge: many critical tasks occur in places too dangerous or too unpredictable for soldiers to enter safely. Minefields,...

Autonomous systems struggle most at close range. While long-distance sensing is relatively mature, many accidents and failures occur within tens of meters, where blind...