Defense

The United States Air Force (USAF) has contracted Northrop Grumman for its planned Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW)- an air-to-ground weapon designed to clear enemy...

The highly advanced hypersonic missile tracking satellite array tracked its first hypersonic test launch, as reported by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). The satellites...

In recent years, smartwatches have become more common. Useful for athletes who want to track their achievements, patients who want to track their health,...

Researchers from Princeton and MIT have uncovered a method for intercepting underwater communications, challenging long-standing assumptions about the security of sonar transmissions. By using...

As part of the "Definitely Defense" conference organized by iHLS in collaboration with Amit Pollak Matalon & Co. and Deloitte, a panel of leading...

A recent report by The Economist suggested that newer variants of the Iranian-designed Shahed UAVs, commonly used by Russia in its war with Ukraine,...

Chinese aerospace engineers have proposed a new system that could significantly improve the ability of drones to evade missile attacks during the final stages...

Artificial intelligence is no longer a future concept in military training—it’s now a working part of how service members learn, plan, and prepare for...

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

Modern militaries are facing a growing challenge: how to carry out dangerous missions in threat-saturated environments without risking human lives. Urban warfare, tunnel infiltration,...

Imagine a quiet night, its stillness broken only by a familiar, monotonous hum – the ominous sound of Shahed loitering munitions. Ground forces have...

For decades, engineers have relied on a simple rule when designing stronger metals: make the grains smaller, and the material becomes harder and more...

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

The gap between the theoretical capabilities of drones and their proven performance in the field remains a persistent challenge. According to the Drone Center...

Rocket artillery has long been valued for its firepower, but it carries a built-in weakness: once a launcher fires, its position is quickly exposed....

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Advanced artificial intelligence models have become increasingly integrated into defense planning and operational workflows, but their growing role is also exposing tensions between military...

Monitoring activity beneath the ocean surface remains a complex and resource-intensive task. Traditional methods rely heavily on crewed ships to deploy and retrieve underwater...

Locating a person in open terrain, especially in a hostile environment with no continuous communication, remains one of the most complex challenges in search...

Drone threats at sea are becoming more frequent and harder to manage. Small, low-cost UAVs can be launched in large numbers, forcing naval forces...

The growing use of inexpensive drones has created a major challenge for air defense systems. Small reconnaissance UAVs and FPV strike drones can be...