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12 December

Soldier deploys a tactical unmanned aerial system

Germany Launches ‘Birds Group’ to Fast-Track Military Tech Innovation

The German Army has launched the Birds Group, a new unit within Land Forces Command designed to speed the fielding of emerging technologies.

12 December

Ethan M. Encarnacion

Sandia’s New Supercomputer Aims to Reshape US Nuclear Simulations

Sandia National Laboratories introduced a supercomputer that breaks from traditional data processing by analyzing code on the fly

12 December

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

MatrixSpace Drops New C-UAS Radar Small Enough to Fit in a Car

Portable 360-degree radar is a C-UAS system, assembles in minutes, operates on low power, provides full panoramic airspace coverage, and tracks hard-to-detect drones.

12 December

Saab 3D printed fuselage part structure detail

Ethan M. Encarnacion

Saab Reveals Pioneering 3D-Printed Fuselage for Autonomous Aircraft

Saab is rewriting the playbook for autonomous aircraft design with Divergent Technologies, unveiling a fuselage built without traditional assembly rigs.

12 December

Air Force Research Laboratory scientists work on various technical platforms to accelerate quantum research and development of connected ultra-secure quantum communication

Noel Goddard

The Quantum Security Clock Is Ticking, and US Policy Is Short on Time

Outdated policy from 2020 is preventing the US from developing modern, entanglement-based quantum networks, causing it to fall behind in a technology that will define the future of secure communications.

12 December

Ethan M. Encarnacion

China Tests Out ‘World’s First’ Pocket Quantum Radios for Troops

China’s People’s Liberation Army appears to be moving beyond traditional antennas, turning to quantum sensing to pick up weak signals from “tens of kilometers” away.

11 December

A General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger unmanned vehicle prepares to start up at El Mirage Airfield, Calif. June 24, 2021. The Skyborg team conducted a multiple-hour flight test of the Skyborg Autonomy Core System aboard the General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger unmanned vehicle during Edwards Air Force Base’s Orange Flag 21-2. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tabatha Arellano)

Bea Castañeda

Inside the MQ-20 Avenger Drone: The Jet-Powered Reaper Successor

This quick guide walks you through the MQ-20 Avenger, a jet-powered remotely piloted aircraft system that’s shaping future tech — even if it’s not flying real combat missions yet.

11 December

170311-N-JH293-028 WATERS SOUTH OF JAPAN (March 11, 2017) Operations Specialist 2nd Class Grahm Johnson, from Anaheim, Calif., inspects .50-caliber machine gun ammunition aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) during a defense of the amphibious task force exercise. Green Bay, part of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group, with embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is on a routine patrol, operating in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region to enhance warfighting readiness and posture forward as a ready-response force for any type of contingency. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class Chris Williamson/Released)

Rojoef Manuel

US Army to Build Mobile Refineries for Key Ammo Mineral Production

The US Army has announced the development of a small, transportable refinery fleet to produce critical minerals used in ammunition and weapon systems manufacturing.

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