Defense startup Castelion said on Friday it has won contracts to integrate its Blackbeard hypersonic strike weapon with current U.S. Army systems, the first step toward allowing the military to place the powerful and nearly unstoppable weapons around the world.

Soon after planes were first used in war, there were specialists on the ground coordinating strikes. Space-based weapons could one day yield new observers.

Drone-on-drone attacks between Russia and Ukraine signal a new era in modern warfare. Hobby drones are effective at taking out enemy craft and are much cheaper than using expensive missiles. The US military wants drones like the Iranian-designed Shaheds for future fights. A Virginia-based company recently tested a similar drone in Ukraine.

AI helps the US military not only in weapons development. AI chat is a great help in a commander's daily life, says Major General William Taylor.

The U.S. Army may revive the program to field a Patriot interceptor replacement. Credit: U.S. Department of Defense A year after the U.S. Army appeared to turn its back on a program to develop a future lower-tier missile interceptor, the service is ...

Nuclear weapons are central to the future of international affairs, and their effect on civilisation cannot be overstated. Yet, by focusing on nuclear, other potent and more immediate threats to the wellbeing of contemporary societies are ignored. Not least the challenges posed by cybercrime, cyber espionage and cyber warfare.

If conflict were to break out, the forces with assured access to electricity in all contested domains will prevail.