Military Tech

Rethinking military batteries: researchers eye non-rigid energy storage for uncrewed and wearable systems

ARLINGTON, Va. – U.S. military researchers are asking industry to develop non-rigid batteries flexible enough to integrate structurally into land vehicles, uncrewed systems, wearable...

ASELSAN details KORKUT 140/35 VSHORAD system

KORKUT 140/35 air defense system is built to protect mechanised troops and mobile units against fast, low-altitude threats. In its latest product description, ASELSAN...

The Architecture of Decision Superiority: Redefining the OODA Loop

Vannevar Labs is redefining the “OODA loop” (Observe, Orient, Decide, Act) by deploying a software-centric approach to modern conflict. By moving away from legacy...

ACUS: Real-Time Drone Detection, Real Time Impact

Putting Control back in the hands of pilot real-time drone detection. real time impact. ACUS (Airborne Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems) is an aircraft-mounted drone detection...

Ursa Major cries HAVOC and let’s slip a new hypersonic missile

Aerospace and defense company Ursa Major aims to bring greater containment and control to hypersonic flight with its HAVOC missile – a medium-range vehicle...

Elbit Systems to equip IAF UH-60 Black Hawks with HDTS

Elbit Systems has secured a contract to provide the Helmet Display and Tracking System (HDTS) for the Israeli Air Force’s (IAF) fleet of UH-60...

U.S. Army awards contracts for Binocular Night Observation Devices

The United States Army awarded more than $1.27 billion in contracts to L3 Technologies, Elbit Systems of America, and Photonis Defense for development and...

Russia promotes Krasnopol-M2 as superior guided artillery shell

Russia says its Krasnopol-M2 guided artillery shell demonstrated high accuracy during a combat strike shown in defense ministry footage featuring a Msta-S howitzer. Rostec claims...

U.S. forces adopt smart rifle sight for counter-drone defense

United States Army integrated the SMASH 2000 computerized rifle sight into multinational counter-drone training during a joint operator course in Germany. The AI-enabled fire-control system...

America’s New PrSM Ballistic Missile Just Made Its Combat Debut

The U.S. military has employed new Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) short-range ballistic missiles as part of ongoing operations against Iran. This looks to be...

U.S. Army selects Textron Damocles strike drone

The United States Army awarded Textron Systems a prototype agreement under the LASSO program to deliver and demonstrate the Damocles VTOL loitering munition system. The...

China Has Upgraded 100 J-11BG Air Superiority Fighters with Next Generation AESA Radars

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy and Air Force have financed the modernisation of approximately 100 J-11B air superiority fighters to the J-11BG standard,...

Pentagon initiates NOBLE missile interceptor program

The Missile Defense Agency has established the NOBLE framework, a five-year acquisition vehicle consolidating multiple contracting authorities to support layered missile defense research, prototyping,...

YFQ-44A CCA Tests ShieldAI’s Hivemind and Anduril Lat-tice AI

The YFQ-44A CCA switched between Shield AI’s Hivemind and Anduril’s Lattice AIs during the same flight, completing tasks with both. Anduril Industries’ YFQ-44A Fury Collaborative...

New Russian Air-Launched Cruise Missile Appears In Ukraine

Russia is using a new kind of air-launched cruise missile in its war in Ukraine, the Izdeliye 30, based on analysis of recovered wreckage....

U.S. Needs an Innovation Flywheel to Outpace China

A Chinese “Soaring Dragon” unmanned aerial system in mid-January entered Taiwan’s airspace over Pratas Island and loitered for four minutes. Taiwan’s military could only watch...