Artificial intelligence already sits inside the modern kill chain. It does not yet replace the commander who authorises a strike, but it compresses the time between detection and engagement in…
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Lockheed Martin Links Legion Sensor Pods for Passive Targeting
Lockheed Martin has demonstrated a dedicated data link between two of its Legion infrared sensor pods, letting a pair of F-16 fighters share targeting information in flight without either aircraft…
Laser Communication: Why Modern Warfare Is Outgrowing the Radio Spectrum
For nearly a century, the radio spectrum has functioned as the nervous system of military operations, carrying everything from crude tactical voice traffic in the Second World War to the…
Artificial Intelligence in Defense: An In-Depth Look at How the Pentagon Is Actually Deploying AI
Ask most people what “AI in defense” means and they will describe a single scene: an autonomous drone finding and striking a target with no human involved. That scene captures…
The Future of Aerospace Technology: Six Forces Reshaping Flight, from Fighter Cockpits to Low Earth Orbit
Aerospace technology is not evolving in a straight line right now. It is splitting in two directions at once, and understanding that split is the key to understanding almost everything…
AI Tool Shrinks British Army War Planning From 72 Hours to One, And the NATO Race to Replicate It Has Begun
There is a number that has been reverberating around NATO defence establishments since late June 2026, and it is not a budget figure or a vehicle count. It is a…
Spectra Defense Technologies Unveils XSR Spire Ruggedized Mission Computer
Modern military platforms are being asked to do more with less room to do it in. An infantry fighting vehicle can only carry so much weight. A drone has a…
US Military Foresees Growing Use of 3D Printing
When a warship at sea loses a pump component that is no longer available in the supply chain, the traditional answer involves port visits, procurement paperwork, and weeks of waiting.…
Inside the Army’s Project Convergence Capstone 5: CJADC2 Tested at Scale
In a building at the Army Research Laboratory just outside Washington, D.C., a group of reporters put on augmented reality headsets and looked down at a war. Spread below them…
5 War Technologies to Watch Out For in 2026
Warfare has always been shaped by technology. From the invention of gunpowder to the first aircraft carrier, the military advantage has consistently gone to whoever adopted transformative technology fastest and…