Defense Technology

Australia has moved to procure its first operational batch of MQ-28 Ghost Bat uncrewed aircraft, signing a reported contract worth approximately AU$1 billion (USD$660 million) with Boeing for an initial six air vehicles. This milestone marks a critical transition of the Ghost Bat program from extended flight testing into formal acquisition by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), making the MQ-28 the first Australian-designed military aircraft to enter service since the GAF Nomad in the 1970s.

Pentagon Officials Confirm Replicator Lives On as DAWG, Targeting Larger Attack Drones WASHINGTON - The Pentagon’s ambitious Replicator drone initiative, which faced an uncertain future under th...

Saab Announces AI-Powered After-Action Review Platform for Military Training Defense technology company Saab is preparing to launch AR3, an innovative after-action review platform that harnesses artif...

The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has announced the first wave of contractors for its Golden Dome SHIELD program, selecting 1,014 companies from 2,463 proposals to participate in a contract vehicle valued at up to $151 billion. The awards, disclosed December 2, 2025, mark a significant step in implementing the Trump administration’s comprehensive missile defense modernization strategy. SHIELD—the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense program—serves as a primary procurement channel for Golden Dome, the administration’s $175 billion initiative to establish a layered defensive shield against advanced missile and cruise-missile threats from peer competitors including China and Russia.

WASHINGTON - As skepticism grows about artificial intelligence’s real-world benefits, General Dynamics Information Technology is betting on a different approach: empowering employees to master A...

BAE Systems to Showcase AI Target Recognition on Bradley Vehicles at Army’s TiC Exercise BAE Systems is set to demonstrate its latest artificial intelligence-enabled target recognition capabilit...

French defense contractor Safran.AI and the UAE-based Technology Innovation Institute (TII) have entered a strategic partnership to develop an advanced agentic AI geospatial intelligence platform, mar...

Washington-based National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has awarded Enabled Intelligence a substantial contract valued at up to $708 million over seven years for artificial intelligence data labeling services. The award, announced Monday, marks a significant expansion of AI-driven capabilities within the U. Under the Sequoia program, Enabled Intelligence will provide critical data labeling services to train computer vision and machine learning systems used across the NGA enterprise and the broader Defense Department and Intelligence Community. This foundational work involves annotating imagery datasets to enable AI systems to discriminate among objects, including processing satellite imagery to identify targets of interest with greater accuracy and speed.