Power transmission lines stretch across forests, farmland, and mountainous terrain, where they face constant exposure to heat ...

Modern militaries face a growing challenge in striking high-value targets that are both well-defended and highly mobile.

Large strategic bombers were designed for a very different battlespace than the one air forces face today. Modern conflicts ...

Modern air- and missile-defense systems face a growing imbalance: interceptors are becoming increasingly expensive, while ...

Search-and-rescue teams often struggle with a basic operational challenge: disaster zones are unpredictable, unmapped, and ...

Archer, a U.S.-based company, has been selected to integrate its advanced electric propulsion system into the “Omen” unmanned ...

Robots intended to work alongside people or operate in confined, unpredictable environments need actuators that can bend, ...

Modern naval forces are increasingly challenged by the limits of traditional missile defense. Ship-based interceptors and ...

Modern air-defense networks are becoming harder to penetrate, with mobile launchers, dispersed command nodes, and dense ...

Modern navigation systems rely heavily on satellite timing, and that dependence has become a growing vulnerability. GPS ...

Robots designed for ground exploration often struggle with two conflicting demands: they need to travel long distances ...

For much of the post–World War II era, Japan kept defense-spending tightly constrained, relying on alliances and a strictly ...