Defense

Traditional robots are typically built around rigid frames, motors, gears, and joints. While this design works well in structured environments, it becomes less effective...

A series of night vision upgrades allows soldiers to shoot around corners and fire accurately from the hip with the Rapid Target Acquisition capability. In...

One of the main constraints on unmanned aerial systems has always been endurance. Even large drones with long range are limited by fuel capacity,...

Unmanned aerial vehicles used for long-range reconnaissance face a familiar set of tradeoffs. Internal combustion engines offer endurance but generate noise and heat that...

Modern military aircraft are becoming increasingly complex, but maintenance processes often remain labor-intensive and time-consuming. Diagnosing faults, training technicians, and performing repairs on advanced...

The US recently concluded a series of experiments on new tech during Project Convergence Capstone 4 (PC-C4), involving the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines,...

The world’s escalating space-based tensions caused the US Space Force to reexamine and intensify its efforts to protect and defend spacecraft against potential attacks. The...

The Turkish minister of defense, Hulusi Akar, recently states that Russia will supply Turkey with Russian-made S-400 missile defense systems, which will be installed...

Navigation systems today depend heavily on satellite signals, but those signals are not always reliable. GPS can be jammed or spoofed, and in certain...

BAE Systems, a UK-based aerospace and defense company, has successfully conducted a new series of test flights of its solar-powered aircraft, the PHASA-35. This...

Maintaining reliable communications in congested or contested environments remains a growing challenge for military and unmanned systems. Most fielded radios still rely on omnidirectional...

Rescue helicopters operating in contested environments face a growing threat from infrared-guided missiles. While onboard warning systems can alert crews to incoming threats, they...

Ukraine has faced a growing challenge as Russia introduces faster, more resilient loitering munitions designed to overwhelm conventional air defenses. The latest threat, the...

Earlier this month the U.S. Committee for Homeland Security has published a report that brought no good news. According to the report, the terror...

Soldiers equipped with a variety of attachments to their M4s and M16s, such as aim lasers and night vision scopes, more often than not...

A new report by Computer scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology presents new kinds of cyberattacks that can “poison” AI systems. AI...

Small drone swarms are becoming increasingly difficult to stop using traditional air-defense systems. Conventional remotely operated gun turrets usually rely on mechanically rotating toward...

Drone warfare has become increasingly sophisticated, especially in high-conflict zones. Now, a new wideband antenna from Danish company MyDefence is aiming to close critical...

The International Criminal Police Organization claims its first operation targeting human-trafficking-fueled cyber fraud shows that the criminal industry is going global, spreading beyond its...

The US Air Force issued a call for the development of onboard defensive systems for mobility aircraft to counter small drones, especially tankers, and...

Raytheon is building a rigid, transportable, directed microwave energy aerial defense system for the US Navy and Air Force. The system consists of two high-power...

Sustaining drone operations at scale has become one of the defining challenges of modern warfare. Frontline units rely on unmanned systems for reconnaissance, strike...