U.S. Army partners with Auriga Space to test electromagnetic weapon

The U.S. Army has agreed to help test a weapon that fires interceptors using magnets instead of gunpowder or rocket fuel, betting that ditching traditional propulsion might finally solve a math problem that has been quietly draining...
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U.S. Air Force conducts live-fire test for its unmanned fighter jet

An unmanned fighter jet just fired a live air-to-air missile at a target over the California desert,...
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UK company built a giant robotic ship

A 17-meter robotic ship built to patrol the ocean alone for nearly two months at a stretch...
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UK’s military innovation arm sets five priorities for new tech

Britain's military just handed itself a $536 million-a-year budget and a five-point checklist for turning laboratory ideas...

Germany’s engine giant bought an armored vehicle maker

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Germany's DEUTZ AG, a 160-year-old engine manufacturer better known for building diesel motors than battle tanks, agreed on July 9 to buy FFG Flensburger...
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U.S. military names the drone boat behind Iran strike

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The U.S. military has now named the exact weapon it used to make history over the weekend, confirming that three Saronic-built Corsair unmanned boats...
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Japan taps a German company for its drone-killer program

Japan's military procurement agency has handed a German drone company a foothold in one of the most...

U.S. Air Force conducts live-fire test for its unmanned fighter jet

An unmanned fighter jet just fired a live air-to-air missile at a target over the California desert,...

UK company built a giant robotic ship

A 17-meter robotic ship built to patrol the ocean alone for nearly two months at a stretch...

UK’s military innovation arm sets five priorities for new tech

Britain's military just handed itself a $536 million-a-year budget and a five-point checklist for turning laboratory ideas...

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Germany’s engine giant bought an armored vehicle maker

Germany's DEUTZ AG, a 160-year-old engine manufacturer better known for building diesel motors than battle tanks, agreed on July 9 to buy FFG Flensburger...

U.S. military names the drone boat behind Iran strike

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Satellite image confirms Russian patrol ship destroyed near Novorossiysk

A satellite passing over southern Russia captured the aftermath Tuesday evening, and the image leaves little room for doubt: the Russian border guard ship...

Ukraine sinks Russian patrol ship near Novorossiysk

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Ukraine now builds roughly 10 million drones a year, a tenfold jump from the target President Volodymyr Zelenskyy first announced just three years ago, Radio Svoboda, the Ukrainian service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, reported. Zelenskyy delivered...

Ukraine remains Germany’s top arms customer once again

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Ukraine says its drone just took down a Russian Mi-28 helicopter

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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 confirmation, no payload description, no further commentary. It was the kind of silence usually reserved for national security launches, and...

Echodyne plans to mass produce radars for the drone war

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

At 3 a.m. in a contested forward operating base, a patrol thirty kilometres out is taking casualties....

Europe must kick its addiction to American tech

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Production speed is the new military edge, analyst argues

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U.S. startup Aeon prepares revolution in tactical missiles

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New SATCOM tech helps downed pilot rescues

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