Defense Tech

Moving heavy cargo by air without runways remains a major bottleneck for emergency response, logistics, and military operations. Helicopters can do the job, but...

The rapid spread of small unmanned aerial systems on today’s battlefield has created a new challenge for attack helicopters. Platforms originally optimized for engaging...

Unmanned aerial systems are now used for missions ranging from emergency response and infrastructure inspection to logistics and environmental monitoring. In parallel, they have...

As missile threats grow more complex, particularly with the emergence of hypersonic weapons, traditional detection systems are struggling to keep pace. These threats travel...

The widespread use of small attack drones on the battlefield has created a constant contest between range and resilience. In recent phases of the...

Soft robots are often seen as a promising solution for operating in delicate or constrained environments, but they come with a key limitation: movement....

Underwater missions are often constrained by endurance. Most autonomous underwater vehicles rely on batteries, which limit how long they can remain submerged before needing...

Training helicopter pilots for wildfire missions is particularly difficult because the environment itself is constantly changing. Smoke, shifting winds, rising heat, and the interaction...

Soft robots are often praised for their flexibility, safety, and ability to interact with delicate environments. But many of these systems still depend on...

Detecting objects beneath the ocean surface remains one of the most difficult challenges in maritime sensing. Water limits the effectiveness of many conventional detection...

Robots are increasingly being used for inspections, emergency response, and field operations in locations that are difficult or dangerous for people to reach. However,...

Countering small drones does not always require shooting them down. In many situations, denying a drone the ability to see its target is enough...

This week, another workshop was held as part of the INNOFENSE program, the innovation center operated by iHLS in collaboration with Israel’s Ministry of...

Detecting extremely weak magnetic fields is useful in everything from medical imaging to industrial monitoring, but sensitivity comes with a fundamental problem: noise. As...

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has awarded a major contract to develop the next-generation Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, a critical...

The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) is moving forward with plans to transform existing unmanned platforms, like the MQ-9 Reaper, into long-range...

A new compact electronic warfare payload, revealed at the 2025 Paris Air Show, offers light drones the ability to detect and geolocate hostile radio...

A recent demonstration in Arizona marked a significant advancement in integrating loitering munitions with unmanned aerial platforms. The test involved launching a Switchblade 600...

Neros Technologies, a U.S.-based drone startup, has quickly become a major player in military unmanned systems. Since its founding in 2023, the company has...

As drones become cheaper, smaller, and easier to modify, security teams face a growing challenge: many threats do not appear in the sky—they arrive...

Solid rocket motors remain essential for missiles, target vehicles, and space-launch systems, but their development cycles are often long, expensive, and constrained by legacy...

Forget the battlefields of old. A silent, rapid transformation is underway, fundamentally altering the calculus of conflict and ushering in an era where speed,...