Large strategic bombers were designed for a very different battlespace than the one air forces face today. Modern conflicts ...

Search-and-rescue teams often struggle with a basic operational challenge: disaster zones are unpredictable, unmapped, and ...

Modern air- and missile-defense systems face a growing imbalance: interceptors are becoming increasingly expensive, while ...

Archer, a U.S.-based company, has been selected to integrate its advanced electric propulsion system into the “Omen” unmanned ...

Modern naval forces are increasingly challenged by the limits of traditional missile defense. Ship-based interceptors and ...

Modern air-defense networks are becoming harder to penetrate, with mobile launchers, dispersed command nodes, and dense ...

Robots intended to work alongside people or operate in confined, unpredictable environments need actuators that can bend, ...

Robots designed for ground exploration often struggle with two conflicting demands: they need to travel long distances ...

For much of the post–World War II era, Japan kept defense-spending tightly constrained, relying on alliances and a strictly ...

Monitoring vessel movements has become far more difficult in recent years. Ships involved in sanctions evasion, smuggling, or ...

Air-defense systems have become highly effective at intercepting rockets and missiles, but they come with a persistent ...

Modern navigation systems rely heavily on satellite timing, and that dependence has become a growing vulnerability. GPS ...