Military Tech

New Large Chinese Submarine With Very Unique Feature Just Caught On Satellite Imagery

A new type of submarine that appears to lack a traditional sail has emerged in China. The same shipyard launched a smaller ‘sailless’ submarine...

BlitzBox Packs 100 Weaponized Drones Into An Unassuming Container

DZYNE Technologies has shared new details about its recently unveiled lower-cost Blitz drone and the accompanying containerized BlitzBox launch system. BlitzBox, the largest version...

Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray gets green light for low-rate initial production

WASHINGTON — The Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray unmanned aerial system received the green light to move into low-rate initial production (LRIP), acting Secretary of the...

China’s J-35 Stealth Fighter Flies in New ‘Beast Mode’ Configuration For Greater Air-to-Air Firepower

New footage has shown the J-35 fifth generation fighter in a new configuration with externally mounted weaponry, namely with four PL-15 long range radar-guided...

Northrop Grumman shows AiON counter-drone system at SOF Week

Northrop Grumman showcased its AiON counter-UAS command and control system at SOF Week 2026 in Tampa, Florida, May 18 to 21. AiON completed a DIU...

Autonomous aviation system aims for pilot-free cargo aircraft

A new frontier for autonomous flight appears to have been breached as Merlin, Inc. introduces its Merlin Pilot for Commercial Cargo AI-powered flight system...

B-52 getting a new pylon to handle four times heavier bombs

The U.S. Air Force issued a request for information on May 20, 2026, seeking industry capabilities to design a B-52 Advanced Wing Weapons Pylon...

Ukraine tests Hornet strike drone launched from aerostat

Ukraine tested a Hornet strike drone launched from an aerostat at approximately 8 km altitude, with the balloon carrying the drone 42 km before...

ASELSAN Steel Dome Adds New C-UAS Layer

ASELSAN Steel Dome gained a broader lower-layer air-defence package at SAHA 2026, where ASELSAN introduced six systems designed to strengthen Türkiye’s electronic warfare, directed-energy...

New Engines Key To Night Stalker MH-60M Black Hawk Upgrade Plans

Plans for a new tranche of upgrades for U.S. Army special operations MH-60M Black Hawk helicopters are heavily tied to continued progress, or lack...

Night Stalker MH-47 Chinooks May Get Aerial Refueling Tanker Role

Special operations MH-47 Chinooks offloading fuel to other aircraft in the air is one possible future scenario that U.S. Army Special Operations Command (SOCOM)...

SPEAR 3 Missile Flies On Board F-35B Lightning II for the First Time

Four SPEAR 3 missiles were carried on board an F-35B from the Integrated Test Force at NAS Patuxent River earlier this year, marking the...

Netherlands firm shows armed KIA Tasman with counter-drone system

Dutch Military Vehicles presented the DMV Tasman, a militarized KIA-based pickup with a Bullfrog counter-drone system, to Netherlands Ministry of Defence representatives. The 3,500-kilogram vehicle...

U.S. Army tests low-cost IonStrike drone interceptor

The U.S. Army’s 52nd Air Defense Artillery Brigade is testing DZYNE Technologies’ IonStrike interceptor in Europe this spring for counter-drone operations. A follow-on operational assessment...

FN Herstal modernizes the iconic MAG machine gun

FN Herstal unveiled the FN MAG Tactical with Long Rail on May 21, adding an 11-inch Picatinny rail and new ergonomic features to the...

Lockheed Martin QuadStar missile completes NGSRI seeker flight test

Lockheed Martin has successfully completed the Seeker Characterization Flight Test (SCFT) for its QuadStar missile, a key phase in the US Army’s Next-Generation Short-Range...