Reconnaissance

Amphibious assaults are among the most dangerous military operations. Landing forces on a hostile shoreline typically exposes troops to artillery, machine-gun fire, mines and...

The current UAS operational environment needs to evolve to meet, what experts believe, is the next great global innovation – unmanned air-taxi and personal...

At the Zhuhai Airshow, China’s State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) revealed an innovative and versatile design for a large uncrewed diesel-electric drone submarine. This cutting-edge...

A recent cybersecurity warning has revealed that Iran is actively exploiting weaknesses in internet-connected home security cameras across Israel, using them to monitor military...

Uncrewed aircraft are now central to surveillance, logistics, and reconnaissance, but their missions don’t always unfold as planned. Fuel shortages, weather shifts, and unexpected...

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

Ground forces continue to face a familiar challenge: how to move supplies, gather intelligence, and evacuate casualties without exposing personnel to unnecessary risk. In...

Flying autonomous drones through unpredictable environments remains one of the biggest technical challenges in robotics. In confined spaces such as collapsed buildings, industrial sites,...

Germany, who is reconsidering its defense needs seeing the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia, has signed a “pivotal agreement” with Israel Aerospace Industries...

In disaster response scenarios, emergency services often face the challenge of assessing dangerous environments without putting themselves at risk. To address this, the Fraunhofer...

Flying helicopters in contested environments is becoming increasingly hazardous, particularly as modern air defenses and electronic warfare systems grow more advanced. Traditional crewed operations...

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

Robots are often limited by how they move. Wheels struggle with obstacles, legs require complex joints and control, and propellers add weight and energy...

The growing use of drones on the battlefield is shifting the focus toward speed and scale. Small unmanned systems can be deployed in large...

As defense technology becomes increasingly software-driven, military organizations are looking beyond traditional defense contractors and toward companies specializing in autonomous systems, artificial intelligence, sensors,...

Lockheed Martin's Stalker VXE30 drone is currently undergoing tests by the British Armed Forces in hopes of being operational for reconnaissance missions by the...

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...

Construction projects generate enormous amounts of changing information each day—new installations, shifting materials, evolving layouts, and emerging safety hazards. Traditionally, engineers walk every floor...

European air forces are facing a growing capability gap at the lower end of the combat aviation spectrum. Many light multirole and trainer-based attack...

Space-based thermal imaging satellites

Modern surveillance operations increasingly demand radar systems that can detect smaller targets, operate across multiple environments, and integrate quickly onto different platforms. Traditional systems...

Written By Or Shalom Over the past decade—and particularly in recent years—the lower airspace domain has evolved from a regulatory gray area into one of...