From Cargo Mule to Combat Robot: A UGV Upgrade
Modern battlefields place growing demands on unmanned ground vehicles, which are increasingly used not only for logistics but also for frontline support. Traditional armored...
New Counter-Drone Tech Captures, Not Destroys
Unauthorized drones have become a persistent security challenge for airports, stadiums, prisons, and other sensitive locations. These sites increasingly rely on perimeter sensors, but...
Low-Cost Hypersonic Missile Could Change the Game
Hypersonic weapons have traditionally been associated with long development cycles, specialized materials, and extremely high production costs. These factors have limited their deployment and...
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...
Europe Strengthens Its Sky Shield with a Not-So-New Interceptor System
European air defenses have faced growing scrutiny in recent years, particularly as long-range ballistic missile threats become more prominent. Traditional systems in the region—largely...
A New Kind of Jet Could Change Air Superiority
Building an aircraft that can fly several times faster than sound has always been one of aviation’s hardest engineering challenges. At hypersonic speeds, temperatures...
Aerial Cat-and-Mouse: Interceptors Race Against High-Speed Drones
Ukraine has faced a growing challenge as Russia introduces faster, more resilient loitering munitions designed to overwhelm conventional air defenses. The latest threat, the...
Hypersonic Railgun Tests Show a New Kind of Naval Firepower
Defending large ocean areas has become increasingly difficult as navies invest in long-range missiles, swarming drones, and fast-moving vessels. Traditional ship-based weapons face two...
A Breakthrough Lets Forensics Recover “Impossible” Fingerprints
Firearms investigators have long worked under a simple assumption: once a round is fired, any fingerprint left on the cartridge case is effectively destroyed....
Adaptive Training: How AI Builds Battlefield Readiness
Artificial intelligence is no longer a future concept in military training—it’s now a working part of how service members learn, plan, and prepare for...
Turning Light into Defense: Laser Shield Nears Deployment
Modern air-defense systems face a growing challenge: the number of incoming threats is rising, and so is the cost of intercepting them. Rockets, drones,...
$12M Investment Powers Next-Gen Hypersonic Testing for Defense and Space
The next generation of aircraft and space systems requires the ability to conduct tests at extremely high speeds — yet today, the industry is...
Stronger, Faster, Smarter: A New Era of Combat Vehicles
Modern ground forces face a growing requirement for armored vehicles that can survive sophisticated threats, integrate advanced sensors, and deliver sustained firepower in shifting...
Autonomous Drone Brings New Tech to Tracking Submarines
Locating submarines has always been one of the hardest challenges in maritime security. These vessels rely on stealth, operate across vast ocean areas, and...
Drones Gain a Brain: Unified Autonomy Takes Shape
Modern militaries increasingly rely on unmanned aircraft to perform reconnaissance, strike, and electronic warfare tasks. But as these missions grow more complex, the challenge...
Practice Makes Prepared: Wargaming for Modern Threats
Governments today face a growing set of crises that no longer unfold one at a time. Cyberattacks intersect with misinformation campaigns, supply chains respond...
New Wearable Links Human Gestures to Machines
A new wearable system developed by engineers at the University of California San Diego is redefining how humans can interact with machines. The device...
Autonomous Combat Drone Responds to Pilot Commands in Real-Time Flight Test
In a recent demonstration that signals a turning point in air combat technology, a manned fighter jet successfully controlled an unmanned combat drone during...
New Anti-Drone Defenses Added to Battlefield Flamethrower
Russian forces have increasingly found themselves challenged by small, inexpensive drones that can spot, track, and strike armored targets with surprising accuracy. This shift...
Pawsitive Technology: Artificial Intelligence Redefining the World of Working Dogs
Pawsitive Technology is a graduate of the INNOFENSE Innovation Center operated by iHLS in collaboration with IMoD. This unique acceleration program removes entrance barriers to the...
A Brighter Future: Lighting That Doubles as a Secure Data Link
As indoor lighting shifts almost entirely to LEDs over the next decade, researchers are examining whether these lamps can play a much larger role...
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Tiny Radar Chip Could Power the 6G Future
Millimeter-wave radar is expected to become a core element of next-generation communications. As 6G systems evolve toward combining connectivity and sensing in a single...
