NATO plans to fortify its eastern edge using drones, sensors and artificial intelligence in a massive network designed to spot and help repel a potential Russian attack, with AI assisting drone operat…
Ukraine and Russia have invested heavily in underground warfare as drone surveillance and AI-assisted targeting make surface movement lethal, with drones accounting for up to 80 percent of battlefield…
President Donald Trump covertly departed Turkey on July 8 aboard a military aircraft other than Air Force One, following a NATO summit, amid an Iranian assassination threat, according to The Washingto…
NATO is building the Eastern Flank Deterrence Initiative, a digital battlespace network using AI-assisted drones, sensors, and satellites to detect and repel potential Russian attacks along its easter…
Beta Technologies unveiled the MV250, an autonomous hybrid-electric cargo aircraft, at the Farnborough Airshow in July, designed for military logistics. The MV250 can carry up to 2,000 pounds of cargo…
Neuraspace, a Portuguese space traffic management startup, announced 15.6 million euros ($18 million) in fresh funding on Aug. 5 to expand European space domain awareness and defense capabilities, inc…
Software engineering has evolved from a niche discipline in the 1950s into a foundational field shaping modern life, marked by key milestones such as the 1968 NATO conference that coined the term 'sof…
The South China Morning Post's July 2026 global relations roundup highlights seven stories, including NATO's new defence projects against Russia and China, China's openness to reducing its EU trade su…
Billions of dollars are flowing into a handful of companies leading the AI transformation of militaries, as the old military-industrial complex reshapes into a military-tech one. The UK Ministry of De…
European drone startups are raising billions as NATO and European nations pour record funding into unmanned systems, with Helsing's $1.8 billion Series E at an $18 billion valuation marking the sector…
A Ukrainian-led team using roughly thirty drones and an AI-powered battlefield management system simulated the destruction of two NATO battalions in a single day during NATO's 2025 Exercise Hedgehog i…
Estonia will receive a restructured British deployment from 2027, adding 300 troops to bring the contingent to around 1,200 and replacing heavy armor with lighter, more mobile units equipped with dron…
The UK government has warned that increasingly sophisticated artificial intelligence could help criminals and hostile actors launch cyber-attacks against essential infrastructure, including water supp…
Helsing, a German defense AI startup, raised $1.8 billion at an $18 billion valuation from investors including JPMorgan Chase, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Iconiq, while the U.S. Air Force spends …
The U.S. Department of Commerce loosened export controls on the United Arab Emirates, making it easier to export military items, AI chips, and commercial satellites. The UAE government and approved co…
Spain blacklisted Palantir Technologies from public and private state-controlled entities due to security concerns, aligning with broader European resistance to the US data surveillance firm. The ban …
Enabled Intelligence, a Virginia-based data-labeling company, added over 500,000 hours of Ukraine conflict drone full-motion video to its EView library, pre-labeled for AI training. The dataset includ…
NATO is building an AI-powered 'Kill Web' along its eastern flank to detect and counter a Russian attack before it begins, according to internal documents obtained by BILD. The system, called the East…
NATO is building the Eastern Flank Deterrence Initiative, an AI-enabled defense network using thousands of sensors, drones, satellites, and uncrewed systems to detect and slow attacks near Russia-faci…
NATO is building an AI-guided 'Kill Web' along its eastern flank to detect and block Russian attacks before they penetrate deeper into Alliance territory. The Eastern Flank Deterrence Initiative (EFDI…