Military Tech

X-BAT Autonomous VTOL ‘Fighter’ Looks Dramatically Different

Shield AI and General Electric have revealed more details about X-BAT, the jet-powered autonomous stealth ‘fighter’ drone designed to take off vertically and land...

Kratos completes first flights of J85-powered Firejet drone

Kratos completed initial flights of the J85-powered Mk1 Firejet drone developed with U.S. Army TSMO, marking its first tactical jet UAS under $500,000. The...

Lockheed Martin completes DREXR flight tests for U.S. Navy E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, advancing software-defined radar capabilities

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Lockheed Martin Corp. in Bethesda, Md., in collaboration with Northrop Grumman Corp. in Falls Church, Va., has completed flight testing of...

Russia’s Stealthy S-71K Air-Launched Missile Seen In New Detail

Ukraine has released more details of Russia’s S-71K Kovyor — translated as Carpet — an air-launched missile that Kyiv says has been used in...

Anduril Shows Copperhead-500M Autonomous Underwater Munition’s Testing

The Copperhead family of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) can be equipped with ISR, communications and acoustic payloads for off-board sensing or warheads for kinetic...

What we know about the US military’s new joint laser weapon system

The cruise missile-killing high-energy laser weapon the U.S. Defense Department envisions as part of its “Golden Dome for America” domestic missile defense shield is...

US Navy’s New Robotic Refueliing Drone Completes First Operational Flight

The first operational Boeing MQ-25A Stingray has taken to the sky for the first time. On April 25, 2026, the carrier-based autonomous aerial refueling...

American Rheinmetall’s Next-Gen Squad Systems at Modern Day Marine

American Rheinmetall displayed the MMSP-H autonomous amphibious UGV and Marom Dolphin’s Wild Goose drone at Modern Day Marine. The MMSP-H carries 2,200 lbs on land...

GECO Mission Support System (MSS) from Inzpire

Inzpire on April 22 highlighted the combat-proven capabilities of its GECO Mission Support System (MSS), a customer-focused, multi-aircraft solution delivering integrated mission planning, rehearsal,...

Wolf Pack Modular Mini Cruise Missiles Pitched For Apache, Black Hawk

L3Harris is pushing its modular Wolf Pack family of “launched effects vehicles” for the U.S. Army, including to equip its H-60 Black Hawk series...

Production Of AH-64 Apache’s New Counter-Drone Cannon Shell Ammunition Ramping-Up

The Army is accelerating procurement of 30x113mm XM1225 Aviation Proximity Explosive (APEX) rounds for its fleet of AH-64 Apache attack helicopters. The move comes...

Army Eyes Drone Tankers To Refuel Its New MV-75 Cheyenne II Tiltrotors

The U.S. Army is considering configuring at least a portion of its new MV-75A Cheyenne II tiltrotors to be able to refuel in flight...

Cheap Interceptor Drones Proven In Ukraine Protected U.S. Troops Against Iranian Shaheds

The Army’s top official pointed to low-cost interceptor drones first sent to Ukraine as one defense against Iranian barrages of Shahed-136 one-way attack munitions....

SNC’s ATHENA-S ISR Jets Are Now Operational with the U.S. Army

Sierra Nevada Corporation announced that two Contractor-Owned Contractor-Operated ATHENA-S jets finished testing and are now operational in support of the U.S. Army’s Aerial-ISR mission. Sierra...

U.S. Army launches CASEVAC drone program to evacuate wounded under fire

The U.S. Army issued a Commercial Solutions Opening on April 15, 2026, seeking an autonomous UGV to evacuate at least two casualties and deliver...

Russia deploys Lys-2 counter-drone system along front lines

Russia has begun front-line deployment of the fixed-wing Lys-2 counter-drone interceptor after a test phase, distributing it directly to combat units. The Lys-2 uses...