The Air Combat Evolution (ACE) program by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) was developing trusted combat ... Soon enough, AI-based weapon systems will go beyond such basic levels ...

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Boeing’s X-51A “Waverider” was a hypersonic tech demonstrator built with AFRL, DARPA, and Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne to ...

X-BAT is designed as a tail-sitter like the infamous Convair XFY-1 Pogo, taking off and landing vertically, before leveling ...

These VTOL UAVs from Lockheed Martin Skirosky are designed to be an aid, no matter the terrain; take advantage of the Matrix ...

The F-47 will be able to enter hostile airspace and take on near-peer adversaries like China and Russia by utilizing ...

DARPA has launched a prize challenge to demonstrate multicopter uncrewed aircraft that can carry payloads more than four ...

President Donald Trump's order for the Defense Department to start testing nuclear weapons could lead to billions of dollars' ...

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is promoting a case for economic activity on and around the moon. In some quarters, it's all blue-sky yammering. On the other hand, there ...

Global military expenditures have increased every year for a decade, reaching a record $2.7 trillion in 2024. Read more here.

Rheinmetall and MBDA have met a major milestone in moving their containerized laser weapon system to market. After a year of ...

The announcement via social media post came after Russia recently said it conducted multiple nuclear weapons tests.