The shift to more small unmanned aircraft is based on lessons from Ukraine battlefield.

The world is arming itself at the fastest rate since near the end of the Cold War, according to a new report, as major wars ...

In the Indo-Pacific, the SIPRI said China’s 7% increase in 2024 marked the 30th consecutive year-over-year rise in spending ...

Global military spending reached a new peak in 2024, totaling just over $2.7 trillion, 9.4% more than in 2023. Military ...

Moscow continues to rely on its Tu-95 and Tu-160 platforms in its offensive war against Ukraine. Ukraine’s drone barrages targeting Russian assets continue to hinder Moscow’s war objectives. Last ...

Ukraine had the highest military burden in the world, by far: its military spending amounted to 34% of GDP in 2024. In ...

America has become an unreliable ally. With the threat of a general war in Europe now greater than it has been since 1939, ...

The U.K. military has carried out a first successful test of a British-made "directed energy weapon" to down dozens of drones ...

Ultimately, it proved impossible for the XM1202’s designers to achieve the desired balance of firepower, protection, and ease ...

Military spending has been rising steadily worldwide over the past 10 years, but 2024 saw the most rapid rise within a single year since the end of the Cold War. Germany has contributed ...

Poseidon Aerospace emerges from stealth with its uncrewed seal glider dubbed the Seagull. Inspired by the Soviet Caspian Sea Monster, Seagull uses low-altitude flight to reduce drag. Poseidon ...

For friends-turned-cofounders David Zagaynov, Parker Tenney, and Isaac Baumstark, that fixation was the ekranoplan — a Soviet hybrid boat-plane developed during the Cold War-era that skimmed ...