Romania downs a third Russian drone in just three days

A Romanian F-16 fighter jet shot down a Russian-linked drone over the Black Sea on Sunday morning, marking the third such intercept in just three days, and Romania's president says the country has had enough. President Nicusor Dan...
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Royal Navy tests a robotic boat that flies its own drone

An unmanned boat has launched a drone into the air over open ocean, all without a single...
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France tests a reusable hypersonic drone engine in Gironde

A French rocket engine just fired 21 times in a row, and the company behind it says...
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UK Army selects battle-tested Tekever drone to replace Watchkeeper

The UK Ministry of Defence announced this week that it has chosen the Tekever AR5, a surveillance...

Bell to rewire U.S. Marine Corps’ Viper and Venom fleet

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U.S. Marine Corps attack and utility helicopters are heading into a major upgrade built specifically to carry the next generation of weapons, and the...
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Canada’s $5 billion vehicle contract narrows to two bidders

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Only two bidders remain in the running for Canada's nearly $5 billion program to supply new armored and unarmored land utility vehicles to the...
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Uzbekistan shows off armored vehicles designed by its own engineers

Uzbekistan's president just got a firsthand look at armored personnel carriers, a self-propelled howitzer, and an upgraded...

Royal Navy tests a robotic boat that flies its own drone

An unmanned boat has launched a drone into the air over open ocean, all without a single...

France tests a reusable hypersonic drone engine in Gironde

A French rocket engine just fired 21 times in a row, and the company behind it says...

UK Army selects battle-tested Tekever drone to replace Watchkeeper

The UK Ministry of Defence announced this week that it has chosen the Tekever AR5, a surveillance...

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Bell to rewire U.S. Marine Corps’ Viper and Venom fleet

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Pentagon spends $333 million to keep fighter pilots’ helmets combat ready

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Report: North Korea resumes ballistic missile shipments to Russia

North Korea has resumed sending Russia one of its deadliest ballistic missiles, a weapon that started this war as a punchline for its terrible...

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IMCO interview: Tanks can change as fast as the threat does

A tank crew today fights with the same armor and the same engine it had a decade ago, but the software running its sensors, its displays and its threat-detection logic can be rewritten in a single update...

Reusable rockets could turn orbit into military supply chain

Ten minutes after liftoff, SpaceX cut its own live feed on the Starfall demonstration flight. No orbit...

Echodyne plans to mass produce radars for the drone war

Echodyne's counter-drone radar has become one of the most widely deployed sensors on modern battlefields, showing up...

Mayman Aerospace CEO: autonomous drones must replace helicopters in contested battlespace

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Europe must kick its addiction to American tech

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Ukraine hits Russian energy infrastructure to blunt oil revenue surge

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U.S. startup Aeon prepares revolution in tactical missiles

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