Military Tech

Ground-Launched Rusty Dagger Low-Cost Cruise Missile Seen for the First Time

Zone 5 Technologies has shared with TWZ the first photos of its latest Block 40 Rusty Dagger low-cost cruise missile in a surface-launched configuration. The images offer a...

TRV-150 Drone Uses Three-Pod APKWS Launcher in Counter-UAS Test

A modified version of Malloy Aeronautics’ T-150 Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS), designated TRV-150, intercepted multiple one-way attack drones during trials at Eglin Air Force...

Sikorsky Aiming for Black Hawk ‘Nose Jobs’ to be Available Within the Next Year

Sikorsky is aiming to start offering a new modular and readily swappable nose for the venerable H-60 family of helicopters within the next year or so....

Wearable Drone Detection Identifies Threats Over 3 Miles Away

Individual soldiers are getting their own drone protection as Danish defense company MyDefence rolls out Wingman Edge: a wearable that can detect drones by...

Ukraine’s HUR publishes a 3D model and parts catalogue of Russia’s Filin ground-launched cruise missile

Ukrainian military intelligence says the low-cost, jet-powered missile, fired at Ukraine since late summer, is built with dozens of American and Chinese electronic parts. Ukraine's...

NASA revises Artemis lander plans: Orion to dock with Starship in Earth orbit, Blue Moon in an elliptical lunar orbit

SpaceX's lander would carry Orion to the Moon from Earth orbit, while Blue Origin's meets the crew in lunar orbit, ending the plan for...

Hellenic Navy fires SPIKE NLOS and SPIKE ER missiles from a patrol vessel and a special-operations craft in a drill with Israel

Acceptance trials north of Crete put Rafael-made missiles on two classes of small Greek craft, with Israeli missile boats firing alongside before a submarine...

Quantum Systems’ battery-electric Apex Recordhunter reaches an unofficial 777 km/h in a single pass

A one-way pass by the German firm's experimental electric drone falls short of record rules but feeds its work on interceptors for jet-powered attack...

Lockheed Martin reports 17 Spike NLOS engagements from a US Army Infantry Squad Vehicle at Dugway

Infantry soldiers who trained on the system that same week fired most of the missiles in the three-day Utah demonstration, according to the manufacturer. Lockheed...

US military tests a low-cost over-the-horizon radar receiver paired with Alaska’s HAARP transmitter

A three-year Arctic experiment ended with live-fly trials that used the HAARP research transmitter and an inexpensive receiver array to spot aircraft beyond line...

Roketsan’s ALKA directed-energy weapon engages drones and a ground target in live fire

The Turkish manufacturer released a short clip of jamming and laser firings, but withheld the test site, target numbers, ranges and the power class...

Satellite imagery shows four KJ-3000 radar aircraft at Xi’an, which one analyst reads as serial production

Commercial imagery from early October places four of China's Y-20-based radar jets at one airfield, but analysts disagree on whether that signals a production...

NASA commercial relay demonstrations from Viasat and SES launch on SpaceX Bandwagon-5

Viasat and SES will spend the coming weeks testing data relay for NASA science missions as the agency prepares to shift low Earth orbit...

JAXA launches the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft with the German-French Idefix rover bound for Phobos

Japan's H3 rocket sent the sample-return probe on its way to Mars, carrying a small German-French rover meant to become the first vehicle to...

EDGE and ST Engineering mark three AL DORRA missile-boat milestones for the Kuwait Naval Force

A single ceremony at ST Engineering's Singapore yard advanced the three Singapore-built hulls of Kuwait's eight-ship missile-boat order, led by the UAE's EDGE. Work on...

L3Harris wins up to $60 million to develop the XRC long-range counter-drone interceptor for the US Army

The three-year Army award moves the company's ramjet-powered counter-drone missile into flight-performance testing, though no performance figures have been disclosed. L3Harris Technologies announced on 23...