The SPY-6(V)1 radar aboard the USS JACK H. LUCAS. Source: Sydney Bokenhagen (DVIDS)The SPY-6 Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) made its debut in the wake of the SPY-3/SPY-4 Dual Band Radar’s failure to replace the AEGIS Weapon System at cost, having been ...

Ground demonstration of the Barracuda 500M air-breathing autonomous cruise missile. Source: AndurilAnduril has expanded its role within the U. S. missile production ecosystem, emerging as the country’s third solid rocket motor (SRM) manufacturer while ...

Standard Missile‑2 (SM‑2) live‑fire launch. Source: RaytheonThe U. S. Navy’s Standard Missile family are continuously evolving to meet changing operational demands. Among these systems, the Standard Missile 2 (SM‑2) and Standard Missile 6 (SM‑6) represent two ...

DragonFire, the United Kingdom’s High-Energy Laser Weapon System. Source - United Kingdom Ministry of DefenceDirected energy weapons may sound futuristic, or even impractical for use on the battlefield, but they represent a growing area of modern military ...

GA-ASI YFQ-42A (bottom) and Anduril YFQ-44A (top) concept art for the U. S. Air Force CCA program. Image–U. S. Air Force. Recent months have produced a blur of activity in the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) market segment, most notably with developments ...

The first MV-75 FLRAA virtual prototype delivered to the U. S. Army in June 2025. Source —U. S. Army. With any time spent in the U. S. defense world, you’re bound to come across the buzzy acronym, MOSA. But what does it mean, and why does it matter? Strictly ...

Golden Dome for America. Image – DALL-E AI generatedSince returning to the White House, the Trump administration has voiced its desire for an Iron Dome for America that would, in essence, reprise for the U. S. what the Israeli Iron Dome air defense system has ...

In January 2025, the Swedish Armed Forces unveiled a new drone swarming program, developed by defense giant Saab. This cutting-edge software empowers soldiers to control up to 100 uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) simultaneously. Testing of the software is ...

The integration of autonomous military systems across air, land, and sea is revolutionizing modern warfare, delivering unparalleled speed, precision, and firepower. In the skies, Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) provide superior intelligence, surveillance, ...

An MQ-9 Reaper flies a training mission over the Nevada Test and Training Range, July 15, 2019. From Ukraine to Gaza and Nagorno-Karabakh to the Red Sea, few technologies are making as much of an impact on today’s battlefields as unmanned aerial systems, or ...

Mogami-class frigate. Image – MHIAs naval competition picks up in the Indo-Pacific, Australia has launched several initiatives to modernize and expand the Royal Australian Navy (RAN)’s maritime capacities. Complementing the oft-covered trilateral AUKUS deal ...

Switchblade 300 is a back-packable and rapidly deployable loitering munition system for use against beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) targets. Image – AeroVironment, Inc. Loitering munitions, often dubbed “kamikaze” or “suicide drones, ” are a disruptive innovation ...