Military Tech

European navies test new drone tech for undersea operations

SESIMBRA, Portugal — An hour from Portugal’s capital, Lisbon, on a clear sunny day in late September, a large, penguin-like robot peeks above the...

US, Western allies should look to ‘friendshoring’ defense production in the Middle East: Report

BEIRUT — To ease the burden on US and Western defense industrial bases and fill supply chain gaps, officials should look to “friendshoring” some...

F-15 Launches LongShot Air-To-Air Missile Carrier Drone In New Renderings

Renderings from General Atomics offer new looks at how its air-launched LongShot drone might be employed from F-15 fighters, as well as B-52 bombers...

Jet-Powered Kamikaze Drone Kratos Is Developing With Taiwan To Fly Next Year

A long-range kamikaze drone that U.S. firm Kratos is working on together with Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) is set...

Raytheon Tests Ground-Launched Variant of GBU-53 StormBreaker

Raytheon has announced the testing of a new ground-launched variant of the GBU-53 StormBreaker munition. The company highlighted that it designed, developed and tested...

Russia equips its drones with anti-interceptor sensors

A Ukrainian drone unit has intercepted and destroyed a modified Russian “Gerbera” unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipped with optical sensors intended to detect and...

Iron Beam 450 Completes Testing, Soon to Join With Operational Air Defense Units

Israel has reached a significant milestone in its efforts to modernize its air defense. After years of development and a series of successful tests,...

BAE Systems to build kits to turn rockets into low-cost laser-guided precision munitions in $1.7 billion deal

Summary points: BAE Systems will deliver as many as 55,000 APKWS II laser-guided rocket kits over six years for U.S. and allied forces. APKWS kit...

MBDA Unveils SPEAR Glide Weapon at DSEI

First shown off last week at DSEI, the new SPEAR Glide weapon is based on the existing SPEAR-3 and SPEAR-EW airframes, but without the...

Apollo laser takes down 200 drones unplugged

Australian defense company Electro Optic Systems (EOS) has unveiled its Apollo High Energy Laser Weapon (HELW) that pumps out up to 150 kW of...

Russia unveils Sarma 300mm MLRS

Russia has publicly shown the Sarma MLRS, a 300mm multiple launch rocket system on the KamAZ-63501 (8×8) armored chassis, during President Vladimir Putin’s visit...

Serbia shows new M-84AS3 tank with active protection system

Serbia has showcased its most advanced main battle tank to date, the M-84AS3, during the “Strength of Unity” military parade. The event highlighted Belgrade’s ongoing...

Serbia unveils new heavy rocket system

Serbia has unveiled a new heavy rocket system, the Sumadija/Vila, during its recent “Strength of Unity” military parade. The system, developed by Yugoimport-SDPR, represents a...

Skunk Works springs Vectis fighter drone on the world

A super-secret Lockheed Martin Skunk Works project is no longer a secret after the company revealed its Vectis Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) – an...

South Korea builds its own GPS-style navigation system

South Korea is moving forward with the construction of its national satellite navigation infrastructure, selecting Jeju Island as a hub for the Korean Positioning...

China’s Aircraft Carrier Capability Just Made A Stunning Leap Forward

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has demonstrated its ability to launch and recover aircraft from its first catapult-equipped aircraft carrier, the Fujian....