A Vox report outlines a scenario where battlefield AI systems deployed during a standoff around Taiwan compress decision timelines and increase the risk of inadvertent nuclear escalation. The report d…
Ukrainian officials and European analysts now say the country is shifting from a survival mindset to a winning posture in its war with Russia, driven largely by advances in uncrewed systems and artifi…
Taiwan faces a losing economic battle in a potential conflict with China, as the island cannot sustain the cost of defending against cheap, mass-produced drones and missiles. China's industrial base a…
Foundation Future Industries, a San Francisco startup founded in 2024, deployed two Phantom MK-1 humanoid robots to Ukraine earlier this year for logistics testing in combat zones, marking the first k…
South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back said Saturday that Seoul is strengthening its own defense capabilities while deepening its alliance with the United States, citing evolving North Korean thre…
Brooklyn engineer Brian Streem, CEO of Vermeer, has developed a Visual Positioning System (VPS) that uses onboard cameras and edge computing to navigate drones without relying on vulnerable GPS signal…
GCHQ director Anne Keast-Butler warned Wednesday that the U.K. and its allies face a "narrowing window" to stay ahead of Russia and China, as both nations escalate espionage and hybrid warfare against…
A forensic analysis of STM32F7 firmware failure modes in drone swarms has been published, detailing how these microcontrollers malfunction in autonomous aerial combat systems. The findings highlight c…
A Ukrainian drone attack sparked a fire at the Sheskharis oil terminal in Novorossiysk, Russia, which is used for exporting oil and supplying the Russian military. Ukraine's General Staff confirmed th…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has rejected German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's proposal for Ukraine to become a non-voting "associate member" of the European Union, insisting instead on full …
A drone strike on a student dormitory in the Russian-controlled Luhansk region of Ukraine killed 16 people, most of them young women, according to Russian officials. Russia blamed Ukraine for the atta…
Ukraine has launched an experimental program allowing 27 private companies to form their own air defense units to combat the growing number of Russian attack drones, with some units already conducting…
According to a senior Royal Air Force officer, Western militaries have grown accustomed to controlling the skies in recent conflicts, but this dominance is no longer guaranteed. The war in Ukraine, wh…
Ukrainian tech founder Yaroslav Azhnyuk, who transitioned from building PetCube to founding AI-guided drone company The Fourth Law, told Noah Smith that Ukraine produced 4 million FPV drones last year…
The cost of fiber-optic cable has risen sharply due to increased demand from both the AI-driven data center boom and military use in drone warfare, particularly in Ukraine and Russia. Combatants now u…
In the first quarter of 2026, government-directed Internet shutdowns were prominent, including prolonged nationwide blackouts in Uganda during its presidential election and in Iran, contrasting with n…