Aircraft designers have long pursued wings that can adapt to changing flight conditions. Fixed surfaces are always a compromise: a wing shape optimized for takeoff is rarely ideal for cruise, and one ...

As drone warfare scales up, one problem has become increasingly acute: volume without coordination. When thousands of unmanned systems are launched daily across a wide front, fragmented planning and ...

Small, commercially available drones have become a persistent security problem for military bases, borders, and critical infrastructure. They are inexpensive, easy to operate, and difficult to detect ...

Monitoring vast maritime areas has become one of the harder problems for modern air forces. Surface vessels can blend into sea clutter, operate far from shore, and change course long before they are ...

Modern battlefields increasingly depend on wireless connectivity. Aircraft, drones, satellites, and ground units all rely on ...

Unmanned aerial vehicles used for long-range reconnaissance face a familiar set of tradeoffs. Internal combustion engines offer endurance but generate noise and heat that make aircraft easier to ...

Naval mines remain a quiet but persistent danger. Cheap to deploy and difficult to detect, they can block ports, restrict maneuver, and threaten both military and commercial shipping. Clearing them ...

Modern air operations increasingly depend on constant data flow. Crews need access to real-time intelligence, targeting ...

Countering long-range attack drones has become a persistent challenge for air defense planners. Low-cost, long-endurance UAVs ...

Modern air defenses are forcing strike systems to evolve rapidly. Weapons that once relied on persistence and operator ...