KNDS, the Franco-German land defense group behind the Leclerc and Leopard tanks, has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Aerix Systems, a small aerial robotics startup based near Bordeaux, to…
Counter-UAS
Northrop Grumman Unveils Raid Hunter: A 50mm Gun Built to Solve the Drone-Swarm Economics Problem
The defining tactical problem of short-range air defence in 2026 is not whether a system can shoot down a cruise missile or a drone. Most modern interceptors can. The problem…
Russia Turns to A-50U and Su-57 Felon as Drone Hunters as Its Air Defences Crack
When Russia’s air defence planners drew up their order of battle before 2022, neither the A-50U Mainstay airborne early warning aircraft nor the Su-57 Felon, the country’s only stealth fighter,…
USMC Awards $20 Million Contract for First Fully Autonomous Ground Vehicles
The U.S. Marine Corps has taken a step that the broader American military has been slowly building toward for years: it has awarded a production contract — not a prototype…