There are glaring areas of concern that require immediate attention in 2026 beyond longer-term projects that have come to dominate discussion in defence such as directed energy lasers, hypersonic ...

DAF’s AI workforce plan was developed in accordance with the Department of War’s AI Strategy. Credit: Ivan Cholakov/Shutterstock.com. The US Department of the Air Force (DAF) has introduced a new plan ...

The BARAK MX is a multi-layered air-defence system. Credit: Israel Ministry of Defense (IMOD). Slovakia Air Force has taken delivery of Israel’s BARAK MX air-defence system under a €560m ($656m) ...

Ukraine wants to recruit 15,000 additional personnel to bolster specialised drone-equipped regiments operating across land, sea, and air domains, part of the Drone Line concept intended to establish a ...

Supported by five European nations, the project will develop a multi-role interceptor to tackle emerging threats. The project team aims to make the interceptor available by 2030. The proposed ...

Harfang is a medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned air vehicle (UAV) system principally designed and developed for the French Air Force to perform strategic reconnaissance and tracking ...

Aerial refuelling aircraft are strategic assets for any armed force, as airborne stations capable of prolonging the flight time of fighter jets and reconnaissance aircraft, allowing them to do their ...

JDAM-ER, developed by Boeing and DSTO, is a long-range GPS-guided bomb capable of hitting targets more than 72km away. JDAM-ER is a high-precision glide bomb with a drop range of more than 72km.

Russia is accelerating the development of multiple long-range attack UAVs to compete with the US and China who are ahead in the combat drone race. Army Technology lists the top five of Russia’s ...

The Sukhoi PAK FA is a multirole stealth fighter aircraft being developed by Sukhoi of Russia. It will be used to meet ...

The X-51 is an unmanned scramjet demonstration aircraft designed and developed by the consortium of Defence Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA), Boeing Integrated Defence Systems, Pratt & Whitney ...

Programmes such as MBDA’s ORCHESTRIKE are moving a future of AI-enabled strike operations. Credit: MBDA Technology companies integrating AI-enhanced back-end military functions with defence companies’ ...