Military Tech

US Air Force Research Laboratory flies Rocket Cargo pods inside a SpaceX Starfall capsule

An instrumented SpaceX capsule on the Bandwagon-5 rideshare carried AFRL cargo-pod designs and stand-in supplies; no reentry or recovery results have been published. The Air...

Russia’s Kosmos 2612 manoeuvred within an estimated 500 m of commercial radar satellite ICEYE-X36, LeoLabs reports

Radar tracking by LeoLabs shows a Russian government spacecraft closing on, circling and then leaving a US-operated commercial imaging satellite over five days. A Russian...

RTX’s Raytheon awarded $729 million in counter-drone contracts for U.S., Qatar, and Jordan

TUCSON, Ariz., Oct. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, was awarded $729 million to deliver critical components of the LIDS...

US Coast Guard to Add MQ-9B Drones With 30-Hour Flight Time to Boost Surveillance

The U.S. Coast Guard orders four cutting-edge MQ-9B aircraft to detect threats faster and safeguard American waterways. The U.S. Coast Guard has ordered four MQ-9B...

Sikorsky’s “Black Hawk 2070” Strategy Includes Drones, New Engines, And Flying The Pilotless U-Hawk This Year

“As part of an overall “Black Hawk 2070” modernization effort we’re developing a number of complementary capabilities, including our U-Hawk uncrewed cargo variant, which...

Russia Uses TOS-1 Thermobaric ‘Flamethrower’ System to Take Out Entrenched Ukrainain Forces Near Krasny Liman

The Russian Armed Forces Battlegroup West have used a TOS-1 Solntsepyok heavy flamethrower system to neutralise a concentration of Ukrainian ground forces near Krasny...

Japan Signs Deal for Ukrainian Skyfall Interceptor Drones

Japan’s Ministry of Defense has signed a contract to buy interceptor drones from Ukrainian manufacturer SkyFall, Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said. Koizumi did not disclose...

U.S. Navy Warship Gun Program Heads Toward New Contract

Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division asked industry for feedback on a hybrid fixed-price and cost-plus contract for its Gun Weapon Systems program. Responses are...

Turkish Hunter Drone Destroys Target by Direct Hit

ASELSAN’s GÖKALP E1 interceptor drone destroyed a target drone by direct impact during a demonstration in Ankara, guided by AURA radar and DRONEDEF software. GÖKALP...

British Startup Develops 100-Mile Strike Missile

British startup Cody Aerospace & Defence unveiled the Badger Mk1 strike missile, with a 70- to 100-mile range and up to 100 kg warhead. The...

Minereader Detector Sniffs Out Explosives Without the Middleman

A new mine detector technology has been tested in Brisbane, Australia, that puts a new spin on hunting things that go boom. The MineReader...

Valkyrie ‘Fighter Drone’ Makes First Flight in Europe

Airbus and Kratos completed the first European flight of the U740 Valkyrie, with a rocket-assisted takeoff and speeds up to Mach 0.8. The companies aim...

Anduril Unveils Steelfin Family Of Modular Surface-To-Air Missiles

Anduril has unveiled Steelfin, a family of surface-to-air interceptor missiles designed to share a common architecture and manufacturing process while being configured for different...

GDLS Exec: New Loitering Munitions Platform to Be Delivered to Army by End of Month

WASHINGTON — An updated version of General Dynamics Land Systems’ (GDLS) loitering munitions platform are set to be delivered to the Army by the...

First Look At Hypersonic Boost-Glide Vehicle Just Tested By South Korea

The South Korean government has released images from its first successful test of a domestically developed hypersonic boost-glide vehicle. This includes shots of the...

U.S. Army Takes Delivery of First Korean-Built Wheeled Howitzer

The U.S. Army received its first Hanwha-built Mobile Tactical Cannon prototype, a wheeled K9-based howitzer meant to replace the towed M777. The deal covers six...