Future Forces

The French army has been upgrading the equipment of its infantry soldiers - including a new troop carrier and advanced personal gear. The Army...

A radical new machine called a Chemputer could enable advanced chemical processes to grow aircraft and some of their complex electronic systems in weeks...

Reminder: Applications can be submitted by November 25th, 2017. Are you developing an innovative technology in one of the following fields? Military technology, security, homeland security,...

This May, the US Navy received the portable power system that will be used to fire its futuristic railguns. General Atomics’ Electromagnetic Systems Groups (GA-EMS)...

Soldier lethality is one of the US Army's six modernization priorities, along with long-range precision fires; the next-generation combat vehicle; future vertical lift; a...

Raytheon is a major American defense contractor and manufacturer of weapons and military and commercial electronics. Raytheon is one of the leading military contractors...

Olga Grosman Last week a law in North Dakota came into effect, allowing local police to use drones to disperse demonstrations and restraining demonstrators with...

The impressing cutting-edge unmanned vehicles, the latest models in this field, that are showcased at the AUS&R 2017 exhibition attract a lot of attention...

Taking advantage of their genuine capabilities in numerous technological aspects, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) have been developing various “tools” required for future security forces....

Aircraft wings have followed broadly familiar shapes for more than a century, but unconventional designs can behave very differently in the air. One challenge...

As unmanned systems become more common, the challenge is no longer just flying a drone, but managing many of them at once. In current...

The changing battlefield environment will require flexible military systems that could rapidly adapt to changing situations. Within the next few decades, armed forces could...

Wearable technology has become more and more popular in the military and aerospace industry as well as in the civilian market. These technologies include...

Exoskeletons (external skeletons) are designed to help soldiers with heavy loads and give their limbs extra movement, strength and endurance. But soldiers often face...

80s films where computers could kill will soon become a reality, judging by a new Pentagon project. Raytheon, Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin are but...

by Konstantin Bodragin Computers predicting crime have become a staple of science fiction films, but it could soon be a reality. The way it works...

We’ve written about it before, but the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has been working on something truly spectacular: an autonomous ship that...

Air dominance is becoming harder to achieve as battlefields extend upward and outward, blurring the line between atmosphere and space. Traditional fighter jets are...

In the multifaceted operational environments of future wars, Army forces will need to be more adaptive and optimized for execution. The development and production...

  The use of force and police behavior continue to be a prominent topic in the media. Several recent high-profile incidents involving police use of...

The central challenge on the modern battlefield is transitioning from small-scale experiments to the operational deployment of autonomous systems in mass quantities. While many...

Maj. General (ret.) Gershon Hacohen, in an interview following his talk in the Future Forces conference, talks about the needs, capabilities and technology of...