Pew Research Center found that synthetic survey respondents built on large language models selected explicit "not sure" options just 4% of the time, versus 16% for human panelists on its American Tren…
The European Union's proposed Cloud and AI Development Act (CADA) would create a four-level sovereignty framework for cloud services used by EU institutions and public-sector organizations, requiring …
Scaleout Systems supplied the onboard AI that let a drone at BAE Systems Bofors' ALMA Winter Demo 2026 in Karlskoga, Sweden, in January detect, geolocate and rank an armored engineering vehicle as the…
Scaleout Systems, a Swedish startup founded in 2018 by Uppsala University researchers and selected for NATO's DIANA Challenge Program in 2025, has pivoted from commercial-vehicle machine learning to d…
Scaleout, a NATO-backed startup, is deploying decentralized AI-driven learning to military bases and drones so that small AI models can autonomously identify and attack battlefield targets, according …
Elbit Systems, Israel's largest defence contractor, launched Fuse, a new division developing AI-based autonomous military technologies including drones and unmanned systems, operating from Rosh HaAyin…
The German government on Tuesday blamed Russia for an attempted drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport on Aug. 4, when an explosives-laden drone was found near a Ukrainian plane and defused. Interior M…
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…