Meet the Mini Drone That Flips Like a Bug and Navigates...
Autonomous flight at insect scale has long been a challenge in robotics. Existing microrobots can hover or move along controlled paths, but they typically...
A New Foldable Drone is Built for Long Flights and Fast...
Border surveillance and wide-area monitoring often require small unmanned aircraft that can stay airborne for extended periods, carry multiple sensor types, and operate reliably...
A New Class of Drone Carrier Takes Shape
Modern amphibious forces increasingly rely on unmanned systems for reconnaissance, strike missions, and real-time situational awareness. Traditional helicopter assault ships are limited in the...
Seeing in the Dark: Cameras Get Snake-Like 4K Vision
High-performance infrared imaging normally requires exotic materials or cryogenic cooling, making it too costly for widespread commercial or security use. Conventional CMOS sensors—the same...
Robot Dog Patrols the Jobsite Like a Mini Recon Unit
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...
Underwater Drones Built for Months-Long Patrols
Modern naval forces face a persistent challenge: how to monitor vast stretches of ocean without relying on crewed submarines or costly patrol cycles. Underwater...
How AI Could Make Urban Driving Safer
Cities generate enormous amounts of traffic video every day, yet only a fraction of it is ever reviewed. For transportation agencies, the challenge isn’t...
A Game-Changing Ocean Watchdog That Never Sleeps
Critical undersea cables and energy pipelines have become increasingly attractive targets for adversaries, particularly as naval competition intensifies in the North Atlantic. Recent Russian...
Robot Dog Tackles Disaster Zones So Humans Don’t Have To
Major disasters often create environments too unstable or hazardous for human rescuers to enter. Collapsed structures, toxic fumes, flooding, and narrow access points can...
Major Funding Boost Accelerates Hydrogen-Powered Drone Tech
Long-endurance unmanned aircraft have traditionally faced the same limits: batteries restrict range, combustion engines add noise and heat, and payload capacity often forces trade-offs...
New System Uses Lasers to Power Drones Mid-Flight
Drones today are limited by a simple constraint: batteries. No matter how advanced the airframe or onboard sensors are, endurance remains capped by how...
AI Night Vision Aims to Close Security Blind Spots
Securing large installations at night remains one of the most persistent challenges for defense and critical-infrastructure operators. Traditional low-light cameras often struggle with grainy...
New Micro Device Helps Underwater Systems Hear and Connect Better
A team at MIT Lincoln Laboratory has developed a compact and inexpensive hydrophone that could transform underwater sensing across defense, industrial, and scientific functions....
Turning Earthquake Detectors into Aircraft Trackers
Technology designed to detect earthquakes is now showing unexpected potential in airspace monitoring. Researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks have demonstrated that seismic...
Technology Trend Review from Milipol (Paris 2025) – A High-Level Snapshot...
Written by Or Shalom
Milipol Paris 2025, held in Paris on November 18th-21st, 2025, presented an impressive high-level snapshot of the entire homeland security and...
The Submarine That Hides, Listens, and Strikes from the Deep
A new generation of submarine warfare has emerged with the debut of the A26, which is described as the world’s first fifth-generation submarine. Developed...
Satellite Communications Found Wide Open to Interception with Basic Equipment
A recent academic study has uncovered a major vulnerability in satellite communications: vast amounts of sensitive data—including military and industrial information—are being broadcast unencrypted...
Puma LE Drone Receives Precision Targeting and Modular Payload Upgrades
AeroVironment has introduced new capabilities for its Puma LE small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS), aimed at expanding its operational roles well beyond traditional surveillance....
Teenagers in the Netherlands Caught Using WiFi Sniffer Near European Law...
Dutch authorities have arrested two 17-year-olds suspected of conducting surveillance near key European law enforcement facilities on behalf of Russian intelligence. The incident is...
New AI-Driven System Enhances Long-Range Detection of Hostile Drones
A new drone detection capability demonstrated in the U.S. could significantly improve how defense systems identify and track hostile UAVs, even in cluttered or...
Implementing Technology in VIP Protection in Complex Environments and Mass Events
Written by Or Shalom
In the past decade, we have witnessed a sharp increase in assassination attempts and attacks targeting senior officials and public figures,...
Earth Mapping Enhanced with Space-Based LiDAR Technology
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is investing $5 million in a Florida-based startup, NUVIEW, to advance the development of space-based LiDAR technology. The...
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When Fighters Retire, Some Come Back as Target Drones
Modern air forces face a growing challenge in evaluating new air-to-air weapons: missiles must be tested against maneuvering, fighter-size targets, not simulators or scaled-down...
