Tag: Military

This New AI Tool Can Help Spot an Imminent Invasion (Patrick Tucker, Defense One)

Just how many jets, cargo planes, and other military vehicles is Russia deploying to the border of Ukraine? Answering that sort of question is...

Quantum technologies are now part of the military’s future roadmap (Aimee Chanthadavong, ZDNet)

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) previously projected that Australia's emerging quantum technology sector would generate over AU$4 billion in annual revenue and support...

Air Force-Backed Startup Reveals Hypersonic Aircraft Prototype (Marcus Weisgerber, Defense One)

Air Force-backed startup Hermeus rolled out a hypersonic aircraft prototype, firing the drone’s afterburning engine during a ceremony at an Atlanta airport. Air Force-Backed Startup Reveals Hypersonic...

US Army’s hypersonic supervisor talks tech portfolio (Jen Judson, Defense News)

Since Lt. Gen. L. Neil Thurgood took over the U.S. Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office, he’s overseen the Pentagon’s attempt to build...

Joint Chiefs’ Information Officer: U.S. Is Behind on Information Warfare. AI Can Help (Patrick Tucker, Nextgov)

The United States needs a better strategy and more advanced tools for information operations, Lt. Gen. Dennis Crall, the Joint Staff’s chief information officer, said...

DARPA has caught a Gremlin drone in midair. Can it grab four in a half-hour? (Stephen Losey, Defense News)

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and Dynetics proved they can catch an X-61A Gremlin drone in flight and bring it aboard a C-130A mothership. But...

Pentagon tech chief seeks to bolster R&D work with allies (Joe Gould, Defense News)

The Pentagon doesn’t want to innovate alone. Heidi Shyu, the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, said Monday that she has discussed the Pentagon’s...

PLA conducts multiple drills in western plateau after India’s exercises ‘targeting China’ (Liu Xuanzun, Global Times)

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) revealed it conducted multiple drills in its western plateau over the past week. This comes after the Indian...

Russian Navy forces hunt down enemy sub in drills as NATO warships enter Black Sea (TASS)

The crews of the Black Sea Fleet’s small anti-submarine warfare ships practiced hunting down and eliminating a notional enemy submarine during drills in the...

About ten service centers to be created abroad — Russian Helicopters (TASS)

About ten service centers for maintenance of helicopters are being created and upgraded overseas at present, CEO of Russian Helicopters Andrei Boginsky said on...

First ‘Terminator’ tank support combat vehicles to enter service with Urals tank division (TASS)

The first nine ‘Terminator’ tank support combat vehicles will enter service with armored units of the Central Military District’s 90th Guards Tank Division stationed...

NATO drills in Black Sea prompted by US desire to deter Russia, says top diplomat (TASS)

The NATO drills in the Black Sea are related to the desire of the United States and its allies to build up its policy...

Russian S-300 teams eliminate enemy cruise missile in Tajikistan drills (TASS)

The combat teams of a battalion of S-300 air defense systems thwarted a notional enemy air strike against the Russian 201st military base, destroying...

First upgraded T-72B3M tanks to arrive for Russia’s military base in Tajikistan soon (TASS)

Russia’s 201st military base stationed in Tajikistan will receive the first echelons with upgraded T-72B3M tanks in November, Central Military District Commander Colonel-General Alexander...

Russian Military Thought on the Changing Character of War: Harnessing Technology in the Information Age (Roger McDermott, The Jamestown Foundation)

Russia’s General Staff has long-established interests in the analysis of developments in the means and methods of military conflict. In the early Soviet era,...

How the Chinese Military is Adopting Artificial Intelligence (Ryan Fedasiuk, Jennifer Melot, Ben Murphy, CSET)

This report examines nearly 350 artificial intelligence-related equipment contracts awarded by the People’s Liberation Army and state-owned defense enterprises in 2020 to assess how...