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29 July

Arms

Canadian Firm Builds a Missile About the Weight of a Laptop

Canada is going small in its fight against drones, with a new missile system weighing about as much as a standard laptop.

29 July

Europe

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

Ukraine Takes on Multi-Band Drone Threats With New Electronic Warfare Tech

As drone threats expand across a wider range of radio frequency bands, Ukrainian firm InLab is rolling out a new electronic warfare system designed to jam multiple spectrums simultaneously.

29 July

Americas

Giulia Bernacchi

US Air Force Adds L2 Aviation to KC-46A Sustainment Contractor Pool

L2 Aviation has secured eligibility to bid for future sustainment work on the US Air Force's KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueling aircraft.

29 July

Land

Ethan M. Encarnacion

China’s New Robot Dog Comes With an Unexpected Feature: Wheels

Chinese troops could soon gain an unusual new battlefield companion: a robot dog that breaks from conventional quadrupedal designs by combining legs with wheels

29 July

Asia Pacific

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

Uzbekistan Expands Its Battlefield Arsenal With New Combat Systems

A new phase of military modernization is taking shape in Uzbekistan as the country unveils several domestically developed defense systems with advanced capabilities.

29 July

Europe

Giulia Bernacchi

UK Opens Defense Innovation Round for Counter-Drone, Maritime Defense Technologies

The UK has launched the eighth Innovation Support to Operations competition to fast-track scalable defense technologies.

29 July

Asia Pacific

Giulia Bernacchi

Array Labs Secures $21M, Launches Defense Satellite Partnership With Mitsubishi

Array Labs raised $21 million in a Mitsubishi-led funding round, as the companies launch a partnership to develop satellite services.

29 July

Americas

Supercomputer 1. High-performance computing systems support AI-driven scientific research and large-scale data analysis for national security applications. Photo: US Department of Energy

Samantha Alexa

Pentagon Taps AI to Turn Decades of Defense Data Into Scientific Breakthroughs

The US Department of Defense will feed decades of validated military research data into a new AI-driven scientific platform under the White House-led Genesis Mission.

29 July

Americas

Illustration of the Palladyne IQ embodied AI platform, which enables robots to learn from human demonstrations and autonomously adapt to dynamic environments. Image: Palladyne AI

Samantha Alexa

Show, Don’t Tell: USAF Funds AI That Trains Robots by Demonstration

The US Air Force is investing another $2.9 million into Palladyne AI to advance embodied AI technology that allows autonomous robots to learn from human demonstrations and execute tasks with minimal operator input.

29 July

Americas