The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence has partnered with Ukraine’s Avengers AI Labs, granting British companies unprecedented access to Ukraine’s wartime data and AI infrastructure for battlefield-
Germany will deploy four Eurofighter Typhoon jets, along with several dozen soldiers and technicians, to Latvia’s Lielvārde air base for one week in late September and early October. The mission is in
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine is testing a domestically developed weapon designed to intercept drones and successfully destroyed an Iranian-designed Shahed drone overnight. He s
U.S. defense-tech company Anduril Industries has partnered with Poland’s state-owned PGZ to locally assemble and produce the Barracuda-500M surface-launched cruise missile. The deal is still subject t
The U.S. Air Force is exploring a concept that would turn cargo aircraft into launch platforms for AI-controlled drone swarms. These swarms could be deployed to Air Force bases and autonomously protec
At the MSPO defense industry show in Kielce, Poland, South Korea’s Hanwha promoted a new mobile counter-drone weapon aimed at NATO eastern flank countries seeking low-cost air defense options. The sys
The Italian Air Force is considering buying U.S. technology that would convert inexpensive unguided missiles into precision weapons, providing a cheaper way to shoot down drones than using costly air-
DARPA wrapped up its Lift Challenge with no team fully meeting the goal of lifting four times a drone’s own weight, but several participants came close. The top performer was AVIDrone, a Canadian comp
X-Bow Systems, a New Mexico-based solid rocket motor manufacturer, has unveiled Buckler, a low-cost interceptor aimed at countering Group 3 drones, which are UAS weighing up to 1,320 pounds and flying
Allen Control Systems (ACS) announced that the U.S. Marine Corps has selected its Bullfrog autonomous weapon system for integration into airborne defense efforts. The AI-enabled system detects, tracks
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has introduced a new air defense system called **Hypnosis**, designed to disrupt aerial threats by **jamming and spoofing satellite navigation signals**. The system u
At the 2026 Farnborough Airshow in London, Lockheed Martin unveiled the Morfius X-Rotor, a ground-launched counter-drone system designed to address the growing threat of hostile drone swarms with a lo
The 2026 Artificial Intelligence Workshop, organized by MORS, will take place from April 20-23, 2026, at Carnegie Mellon University and RAND in Pittsburgh, PA. This four-day event aims to enhance know
Radar, other upgrades planned for experimental US Air Force AI fighter
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Dec 22, 2025
The U.S. Air Force is enhancing its experimental X-62 VISTA aircraft, a modified F-16D, with advanced radar and mission systems to better test artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. The upgrades a