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8 May

Americas

(Representative image only.) USS Ponce (AFSB(I)-15) demonstrates the ONR-sponsored Laser Weapon System (LaWS) during operations in the Arabian Gulf.

Giulia Bernacchi

DarkPulse Secures US Navy License for Laser Sensing, Targeting Tech

DarkPulse has secured an agreement with the US Navy to commercialize a set of laser sensing and targeting technologies.

8 May

Americas

Northrop Grumman XRQ-73 experimental stealth drone on its first flight with landing gear down over an arid landscape

Ethan M. Encarnacion

Northrop’s Bomber-Like Experimental Drone Flies for First Time

Northrop Grumman moves further into the hybrid future of uncrewed aircraft with the first flight of its XRQ-73 experimental stealth drone.

8 May

Americas

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

New Otto Aerospace UAV Tests Laminar-Flow Design for Extended Endurance

Otto Aerospace has flown its unmanned aerial vehicle for the first time in a test campaign aimed at validating its integrated laminar-flow aerodynamic technology.

8 May

Technology

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

New ‘HADES’ Laser System From US Firm Delivers 70kW Firepower

US firm nLIGHT is working to counter emerging airborne threats in contested environments with HADES, a new high-energy laser system designed to deliver 70 kilowatts of power.

8 May

Americas

Christine Casimiro

Cubic Defense to Supply 140 F-35 Air Combat Training Subsystems

California company Cubic Defense is set to deliver air combat training subsystems for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lot 21 production aircraft.

7 May

Americas

Iranians pass by the anti-American murals painted on the walls of the former embassy of the US in Tehran, Iran on April 16, 2025.

Staff Writer With AFP

US and Iran Trade Fire, Threatening Fragile Truce

US President Donald Trump said the ceasefire with Iran was still in place despite an Iranian attack on three American destroyers in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, which he dismissed as "a trifle."

7 May

Americas

Christine Casimiro

C2 Robotics Commissions First Speartooth Large Drone Submarine Export to US

Australian firm C2 Robotics has commissioned its Speartooth large uncrewed undersea vehicle, the first to be exported to the US Navy.

7 May

Americas

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Armani Everson, 305th Maintenance Squadron Fabrication Flight aircraft structural maintenance journeymen, cuts into a piece of titanium used for aircrafts on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, Oct. 16, 2019. Utilizing various methods, aircraft structural maintenance Airmen are able to build a replacement part from scratch in order to restore the structural integrity of the aircraft and ensure the safety of the Airmen who fly them. The mission of the 305th MXS is to enhance global response by providing world class systems, support equipment, munitions and aircraft maintenance.

Rojoef Manuel

Barron Expands Defense Titanium Casting Capacity With TriTech Buyout

Michigan-based manufacturer Barron Industries has acquired the casting assets and expertise of Detroit-based TriTech Titanium Parts as demand grows for military-grade titanium components.

7 May

Air

Rojoef Manuel

NY Firm Opens RF Testing Chamber to Boost Airspace Solutions Production

Radio frequency solutions firm Hidden Level has introduced a new anechoic chamber at its advanced manufacturing facility in East Syracuse, New York, expanding its airspace security work.

7 May

Americas