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Design

From Autonomous Vehicles to Ship-to-Shore to: Designing 60 GHz Networks for Tactical Applications

While the applications are cutting-edge, the foundation is proven. Peraso's 60 GHz technology is already deployed in demanding real-world environments, delivering consistent performance, reliability, and operational confidence. Read on to learn more about it.

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Defense

How Machina Labs is Reshaping Defense Manufacturing with AI-Driven 7-Axis Robotics

Machina Labs recently closed its latest round of financing with $124 million, enough to develop a facility featuring up to 50 of its RoboCraftsman cells capable of producing thousands of complex structural assemblies for aerospace and defense customers — a list that already includes Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force, among others. Read on to learn more.

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Aerospace

MyDefence Expands Production, Validation of Wearable and Mobile Counter-UAS Systems

MyDefence has officially opened its U.S. counter uncrewed aircraft systems manufacturing and innovation facility in Oklahoma City, marking a major step in the company’s expansion of its North American production footprint. The latest MyDefence facility became operational in February. Read on to learn more.

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

Engineering at the Speed of Conflict: The New Era of Defense Testing

High-volume production of drones and missile systems is reshaping the defense industry, placing unprecedented strain on testing infrastructures that were never designed for speed, scale, or rapid change. Automated and modular test technologies are emerging as a solution. Read on to learn more.

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Electronics & Computers

Keeping Pace with Changes in Defense Technology: Why Embedded Systems Must Deliver Agility, Resilience, and Endurance

Embedded systems are the backbone of communications, autonomy, logistics, and command, some of the Army’s most crucial areas. When designed effectively, they embody three essential qualities — agility, resilience, and endurance — that allow the Army and its partners to adapt as needed, withstand disruption, and sustain performance across decades of service. Read on to learn more.

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Defense Research Program Developing Tactical Clocks for GPS-Free Navigation

Synchronizing time in modern warfare – often down to billionths of a second – is critical for mission success. DARPA's Robust Optical Clock Network program enables precision timekeeping, even in contested and/or GPS-denied environments, creating the opportunity for unprecedented endurance and coordination for warfighters around the world. Read on to learn more.

Application Briefs

Defense

C-UAS Tactical Vehicle Testing

American Rheinmetall recently conducted a live-fire demonstration of its Ultra-Short Range Air Defense counter-uncrewed aerial system system integrated onto a tactical vehicle during testing at the Big Sandy Range in Arizona. Read on to learn more.

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Photonics/Optics

Marines Evaluate Fiber-Optic FPV Drones

U.S. Marines with Marine Expeditionary Force partnered with the Defense Innovation Unit and industry professionals during a three-day event in January to evaluate first-person view small uncrewed aerial systems that use fiber optic cables, marking the U.S. Marine Corps’ first field evaluation of the technology for sUAS employment in contested environments. Read on to learn more.

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Unmanned Systems

A Shipping Container That Builds 50 Interceptor Drones a Day

Sensofusion has developed the Tactical Drone Factory: a fully self-contained drone manufacturing facility built inside a standard shipping container. Equipped with industrial 3D printers, an electronics assembly station, and a complete parts inventory, a single Drone Factory can produce approximately 50 interceptor drones per day. Read on to learn more.

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Weapons Systems

Third-Generation Modular Directed Energy Weapon System

AeroVironment announced the release of LOCUST® X3, the third generation of AV’s high-energy laser weapon system that delivers precise, speed-of-light engagement for rapid defeat of uncrewed aerial threats. Read on to learn more.

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Propulsion

Draper Liquid Rocket Engine’s First Flight

The Air Force Research Laboratory and Ursa Major recently executed a flight of the Affordable Rapid Missile Demonstrator powered by the Draper liquid rocket engine, achieving supersonic speeds and demonstrating concepts of operations. Read on to learn more about it.

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Aerospace

Talon IQ Flight with Shield AI’s Hivemind Software

Northrop Grumman’s Talon IQ™ testbed completed its first partner mission autonomy flight with Shield AI’s Hivemind software, showcasing a ready to fly platform that accelerates innovation, cuts development costs and eliminates the need to build a dedicated airframe for every new autonomy solution. Read on to learn more.

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Manned Systems

Airbus Equips Kratos Drones for German Air Force UCCA System

Airbus is working to offer the German Air Force an operational Uncrewed Collaborative Combat Aircraft system by 2029. Read on to learn more.

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Sensors/Data Acquisition

WCX 2026: Honda’s Crowdsourced PRMS Can Improve Roads, Drivers

The leader for Honda's project that allows cars and drivers to self-report problems with roads will speak at WCX 2026.

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Power

Toyota Expands All-Electric bZ “Family”

Toyota is introducing three new all-electric models for 2026/2027, the C-HR, the bZ Woodland and a totally new Highlander.

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Energy

Leonardo DRS Expands Production Capacity to Advance Naval Power, Sensors, and AI-Driven Mission Systems

Leonardo DRS has opened a new naval power and propulsion manufacturing and testing facility in Charleston, South Carolina, expanding its role in delivering next generation electric propulsion, integrated power systems, and high energy payload support for U.S. Navy surface and undersea platforms. Read on to learn all about it.

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Software

Why CFD is Stuck in the File Era

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) workflows are stuck in the file era — results disconnected from their geometry, provenance tracked in spreadsheets, certification evidence scattered across email threads. Flexcompute is building Flexcompute Thread: artifact-native simulation where every result you would normally save to result.png becomes a traceable asset that knows where it came from, automatically. Read on to learn more about it.

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Unmanned Systems

Success at Sea: NIWC Atlantic Uncrewed Surface Vessel Completes Fastest Transatlantic Crossing

Scientists with Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic’s Unmanned Naval Innovation Team reached a historic milestone on Sept. 9, 2025 when they recovered a U.S. Navy-sponsored Lightfish uncrewed surface vessel (USV) in Troia, Portugal, following its harrowing — and completely solo — transatlantic crossing. This fully autonomous vessel accomplished the journey in just over two months, nearly 12 days faster than the last known previous attempt of its kind. Read on to learn more.

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Communications

Undetectable Ship-to-Ship Laser Communications

Astrolight recently demonstrated undetectable, unjammable, and high-bandwidth laser-based ship-to-ship communication with its POLARIS terminal during REPMUS’25, NATO’s largest unmanned maritime exercise. Read on to learn more about it.

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Mechanical & Fluid Systems

High-Speed Spindles Unlock Five-Axis Machining Innovation with Smaller Tools

For any shop working in aerospace, defense, electronics, or mold-making, especially those handling small diameter tooling, tight tolerances, or exotic materials, the case for high-speed spindle upgrades is increasingly clear. Read on to learn more.

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Aerospace

Accurate and Resilient GNSS Timing Modules for Critical Infrastructure

Precise time synchronization is the backbone of today’s connected world, keeping telecom networks, data centers, and financial systems running seamlessly. Without accurate timing, our digital infrastructure would quickly fall out of sync. Septentrio designs and manufactures world recognized Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) timing receivers for critical infrastructure and leading industry organizations. Read on to learn more.

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Aerospace

Apache’s New 30mm Proximity Ammunition

The Apache Attack Helicopter AH-64 has reached a new milestone in battlefield capability with the successful live fire test of the 30x113mm XM1225 Aviation Proximity Explosive (APEX) ammunition at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona. Read on to learn more.

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Defense

Autonomous Undersea Gliders for Anti-Submarine Warfare

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated — from January 17 through January 22 — conducted an Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) demonstration in Icelandic waters using its series of autonomous underwater vehicles. Read on to learn more.

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Manned Systems

New Autonomous Undersea Vehicle Can Recharge Other Vessels

Lockheed Martin has unveiled the Lamprey Multi Mission Autonomous Undersea Vehicle (MMAUV), a breakthrough “plug-and play” submersible that gives U.S. and allied warfighters technological and strategic advantages in today’s contested maritime arena. Read on to learn more.

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Software

Nanoscale Thermal Prediction for Real-World Chip Design

DARPA’s Microsystems Technology Office launched the Thermal Modeling of Nanoscale Transistors (Thermonat) effort, which aims to combine the accuracy of atom-level physics with the speed required for industry design timelines, targeting predictions within 1°C of ground truth and reducing computation time by more than 1,000x. Read on to learn more.

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Manned Systems

NightTrain Autonomous Vessel Reaches Critical Design Milestone

BlackSea Technologies marked a key milestone in the development of its NightTrain autonomous surface vessel with a keel-laying ceremony. Read on to learn all about it.

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Weapons Systems

Navy Declares IOC for Small Diameter Bomb

The U.S. Navy recently declared initial operational capability for the Small Diameter Bomb II on the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, marking a significant advancement in the fleet’s precision-strike technology. Read on to learn more.

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Weapons Systems

The Navy’s New Advanced Lightweight Torpedo Program

Northrop Grumman will manufacture and deliver to the U.S. Navy a new advanced lightweight torpedo with a custom-designed warhead to increase its lethality. Northrop Grumman will draw upon decades of production expertise to deliver a weapon that fires from multiple naval platforms. Read on to learn more.

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Energy

DC Fast-Charging Adapters Are a Transition Strategy, Not a Stopgap

In the evolution of fast charging, success will not be measured solely by how quickly a new standard is adopted, but by how responsibly the industry manages the journey there. Read on to learn more.