Protection

Even with a map of the building, firefighters often have to grope their way forward if smoke has badly affected visibility, feeling their way along...

Modern air operations are being stretched by distance, cost, and risk. Fighter aircraft are expected to operate deeper into contested airspace, while facing increasingly...

Modern air-defense systems depend heavily on radar to determine which objects in the sky deserve attention. That creates an opportunity for deception: if a...

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...

Everything around us is becoming “smarter”. Who of us hasn’t dreamt of turning on the boiler 15 minutes before we get home from a...

Modern militaries are facing a growing challenge: how to carry out dangerous missions in threat-saturated environments without risking human lives. Urban warfare, tunnel infiltration,...

Modern battlefields are saturated with electronic activity. Drones, radars, radios, data links, and command networks continuously emit signals that can reveal the location and...

Delivering supplies to frontline forces has become increasingly dangerous as drones, long-range weapons and persistent surveillance make logistics aircraft attractive targets. In many cases,...

Modern navigation depends heavily on satellite signals, but GPS is not always available. Signals cannot reliably penetrate underground or deep underwater and can also...

Modern militaries are fielding an increasingly diverse range of unmanned systems, from interceptor missiles and one-way attack drones to robotic ground vehicles. While these...

Tracking personnel in large, dynamic environments has long relied on manual updates, spreadsheets, and fragmented reporting systems. In fast-moving operations, these methods can lag...

Modern warships face a growing challenge: the number of threats they must engage is increasing faster than the space available onboard. Missile launch cells,...

The growing variety of drone threats is creating a new challenge for air-defense operators. Modern battlefields can include everything from commercial quadcopters and first-person-view...

Small drones have become a difficult target for infantry. They can approach quickly, change direction and present a much smaller target than a conventional...

Drones have become valuable tools for inspection, emergency response, industrial monitoring, and aerial reconnaissance. Yet even advanced platforms often struggle in confined environments filled...

Unmanned aerial systems are taking on increasingly complex missions, from reconnaissance and border monitoring to strike operations and electronic surveillance. But as drones move...

China is planning to set up "cybersecurity police stations” at major internet companies and for websites so authorities can move more quickly against illegal online...

The push toward more sustainable drone designs has introduced a less obvious technical challenge: materials matter. While bamboo offers clear advantages as a lightweight,...

Missile-defense systems cannot be validated using simulations alone. Radars and combat-management systems ultimately need to encounter physical targets moving through real airspace, allowing crews...

The next generation of warfare is already upon us, unfolding in the shadows and beneath the waves. It's a conflict defined not by brute...

Modern militaries face a growing challenge in striking high-value targets that are both well-defended and highly mobile. Traditional cruise and ballistic missiles offer range...

Modern air and missile defense systems are becoming increasingly effective at intercepting conventional threats. This has created a growing challenge for long-range strike capabilities,...