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A May 13 virtual event hosted by SpaceNews and sponsored by Wind River will examine how software reliability, interoperability, and trust shape increasingly distributed missile defense architectures.

A new report on the RIPSAW M1 highlights a fast robotic combat vehicle built to scout terrain and launch munitions, reflecting the U.S. military’s push toward smaller, more mobile autonomous systems

This year’s Sea Air Space conference highlighted unmanned maritime systems not only on the show floor but also in the water outside the venue, underscoring their growing visibility in naval discussions.

The Office of Naval Research says it is refocusing on longer-range problems that private industry cannot or will not solve, including undersea systems, power and energy, and more transparent AI for com

Ghost Robotics is using the Robotics Summit & Expo to frame its first decade as a field-deployment story, pointing to more than 1,000 robots shipped and expanding capabilities for defense, security and industrial use.

US Southern Command has announced a new Autonomous Warfare Command intended to link tactical missions to long-term effects using autonomous, semi-autonomous and unmanned platforms across land, sea, space and cyber domain

As GPS jamming and spoofing become easier to deploy, drone navigation is shifting toward onboard vision matched against high-resolution 3D terrain data.

L3Harris is promoting its modular Wolf Pack launched effects vehicles for Black Hawk and Apache helicopters as the U.S. military emphasizes affordable mass for future Pacific conflict scenarios.

The U.S. Air Force has completed a contested-operations exercise with Anduril’s YFQ-44 Fury prototype, using the event to refine how collaborative combat aircraft could be deployed and sustained sooner.

France’s armed forces are developing an AI-powered data-management system described as a sovereign equivalent to the Pentagon’s Project Maven, with testing expected in coming exercises.

A preliminary read of the Pentagon’s fiscal 2027 budget request suggests more than $2 billion could go toward high-energy laser and related directed-energy research, marking a significant escalation in ambition even as采购

The Royal Navy has introduced a new uncrewed minehunting system called Adventure, a program described in candidate metadata as a $500 million effort to modernize naval mine warfare.

Interesting Engineering reports that a new compact launcher from UK-based ISS Aerospace is designed to deploy 10 drones rapidly for battlefield surveillance, pointing to continued demand for faster, denser small-UAS use.

The USS New Jersey has returned to the US fleet after post-shakedown availability, restoring a 7,800-ton submarine capable of 25-knot speed and nuclear endurance to service

A reported 2027 timeline for DragonFire suggests the UK is trying to move directed-energy systems out of demonstration mode and toward operational use.

European defense firms have tested a drone platform described as quantum-safe, an early sign that post-quantum security is starting to enter real-world unmanned systems development.

Candidate metadata indicates that Japan’s Aegis destroyer Chokai has officially gained the ability to launch Tomahawk missiles, expanding the strike role of a major surface combatant.

The US Army has decided not to advance its 300-kilowatt Indirect Fire Protection Capability-High Energy Laser system to a program of record, abandoning what would have been the most powerful operational laser weapon in its arsenal and revealing the persistent engineering gap between directed energy ambitions and battlefield reality.

The United States and United Kingdom have announced a joint defense initiative to develop technologies capable of detecting and destroying autonomous underwater vehicles threatening ports, naval bases, and critical maritime infrastructure.

Facing asymmetric drone warfare in the Middle East, the US Department of Defense has set a concrete 36-month mandate to deploy directed energy weapons at scale — ending decades of perpetual delays with an operational deadline backed by presidential attention.