HUNTSVILLE, Alabama — The Defense Department’s organizational overhaul to speed up acquisition is not just about the ...

Food delivery robots and robotaxis are becoming a common sight in major cities across the United States. However, these autonomous systems pose a homeland security risk should nefarious state or ...

The Government Accountability Office’s annual assessment of Homeland Security Department programs released in June painted a ...

An underwater drone that harvests energy from temperature shifts in the ocean is gearing up to help the Navy continuously monitor the vast undersea domain. The Persistent Subsea Autonomous Profiler — ...

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FP-9 ballistic missile in combat a little more than two years after beginning its development. Three days later, Iryna Terekh — the CEO and chief technology officer of the company that delivered the ...

President Donald Trump on Jan. 27, 2025 issued an executive order titled “The Iron Dome for America,” which called for the development of a next-generation missile defense shield that would protect ...

A California-based company that developed a biomanufacturing solution employing ultraviolet light is now using the technology to produce rations for forward-deployed soldiers. Most bioreactors use ...

Soldiers conduct annual training at Anniston Army Depot, Alabama. A new Army program inviting industry to co-invest in modernization projects that could provide both commercial and warfighting ...

The United Kingdom has a big pot of money to invest in defense innovation — some 800 million pounds. The U.K. Defence Innovation Fund’s primary objectives are to bolster the country’s defense industry ...

It is increasingly taken for granted that artificial intelligence and advanced data analytics are changing the nature of war. AI capabilities are being developed across the defense enterprise, in ...

Passengers disembarking at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport will soon be looking out their cabin windows to see human-shaped robots reaching into the cargo hold and piling the suitcases inside on carts. The ...