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13 January

Sixth-Gen Imaging: ATN Rolls Out ‘Most Advanced’ Thermal Optics Yet

Sixth-Gen Imaging is ATN’s most advanced thermal optics line, featuring AI-enhanced imaging, high-resolution sensors, versatile riflescopes, binoculars, and clip-on systems.

13 January

Joe Saballa

US SOCOM Wants AI That Sees, Hears, and Reads the Battlefield

The US Special Operations Command is exploring how artificial intelligence could process data collected during field operations.

13 January

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

US Army Advances Soldier Awareness With New Multi-Threat Headborne System

Multi-Threat Headborne System is a next-gen combat helmet featuring ballistic protection, modular design, integrated electronics, helmet-mounted power and data, and seamless communications.

12 January

Giulia Bernacchi

LG CNS to Modernize South Korea’s Military Networks, Digital Infrastructure

LG CNS has secured two contracts for modernizing South Korea's military networks and digital infrastructure.

12 January

Command and control system for countering drones.

Giulia Bernacchi

Electro Optic Systems Buys MARSS, Expands Counter-Drone C2 Capabilities

Electro Optic Systems acquired the MARSS group, a Europe-based provider of command and control systems for countering drones.

12 January

A soldier equipped with a handheld radio. Photo: L3Harris

Rojoef Manuel

NSA Clears Latest L3Harris ISR Radios for Allied Interoperability

The US National Security Agency has certified L3Harris Technologies’ upgraded Rover intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance radio terminals for secure use by approved allied forces.

12 January

Robot dog unmanned ground vehicle moves across an open training field during a military exercise, with soldiers prone on the ground and two helicopters flying low overhead in the background

Ethan M. Encarnacion

Robot Dogs Join Japan’s Assault Force in Landmark Test

Japan may have just offered a glimpse of its next-gen 1st Airborne Brigade: a land assault unit now paired with quadrupedal unmanned ground vehicles.

12 January

A U.S. Soldier of 82nd Airborne Division utilizes a Long Range Acoustic Device 500 while conducting a crowd riot control scenario during a Kosovo Force (KFOR) mission rehearsal exercise (MRE) at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, July 5, 2017. The KFOR MRE 23 is designed to prepare the 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team for their deployment to Kosovo in support of civil authorities to maintain a safe and secure environment. KFOR MRE 23 hosts 900 soldiers from 10 nations. The exercise runs from June 19 through July 11 in Hohenfels, Germany. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Randy Wren)

Rojoef Manuel

Claim of US Sonic Weapon Use in Venezuela Gains Attention After Leavitt Post

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt shared a post on X describing a US raid in Venezuela that purportedly used a sonic or directed-energy weapon to incapacitate government forces.

12 January

Omni, a compact wide-view short-range 4D LiDAR sensor for physical AI applications. Photo: Aeva

Rojoef Manuel

Aeva Debuts 360-Degree AI LiDAR Sensor for Close-Range Autonomy

California-based sensor developer Aeva has introduced Omni, a short-range 4D Light Detection and Ranging system designed to give physical artificial intelligence systems a clearer, wider view of their surroundings.

12 January