Illustration of the Arctic Broadband Satellite Mission (Image credit: Northrop Grumman) Presented by Northrup Grumman, Published by Breaking Defence, 28 January 2025 A groundbreaking partnership between Space Norway, the U.S. Space Force (USSF), Space Systems Command (SSC), Northrop Grumman, Viasat, and the Norwegian Armed Forces is redefining satellite communications in the Arctic,
Image Crown Copyright 2023 By George AllisonPublished by UK Defence Journal, 17 October 2024 The UK government has announced initiatives to enhance NATO’s defence capabilities, including support for space launch operations and artillery munitions, according to a Ministry of Defence press release published on 17 October 2024. Defence Secretary John
Tu-95 bombers at Engles Air Base, Russia. Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies. By Chris Gordon, Published by Air and Space Forces, 19 September 2024 NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—The proliferation of commercial satellites is changing the character of war, a panel of military experts said at AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference
Space Command wants more space-based telescopes, such as the aging Space-Based Surveillance System (SSBS), to keep tabs on the heavens. (Image: Boeing) By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 16 September 2024 The company plans to “design, build, and launch our own fully integrated systems by the end of 2025”
Concept art shows the potential for directed energy weapons against unmanned systems. (Lockheed Martin) By Joe Lonsdale, Published by C4ISRNET, 6 October 2023 We live in an increasingly gray zone and asymmetric world, where coercive actions must be effective against near-peer adversaries and non-state actors alike. Ukraine is largely a
Published by AFCEA, 1 October 2023 Research with robotized bird cadavers could benefit the aviation industry. Researchers at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology who have converted dead birds into flying drones are now considering the possibility of adding an array of technologies, including cameras, fifth-generation (5G) mobile
A British soldier tests a robotic dog. (Photo: MoD) By Richard Norton-Taylor, Published by Declassified UK, 12 September 2023 The Ministry of Defence is spending billions of pounds on artificial intelligence programmes to develop new lethal weapons - while refusing to disclose all its AI projects. The Ministry of Defence
The Air Force’s pilotless XQ-58A Valkyrie experimental aircraft is run by artificial intelligence.Credit...Edmund D. Fountain for The New York Times By Eric Lipton, Published by NY Times, 28 August 2023 An Air Force program shows how the Pentagon is starting to embrace the potential of a rapidly emerging technology, with
