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Military technology

  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    Aerospace & Defence
    Rheinmetall joins forces with US software specialist on drone development

    German defence group plans to integrate its unmanned aerial vehicles with operating system developed by Auterion

    German Chancellor Olaf Scholz looks at a Rheinmetall drone at the 2024 ILA Berlin Air Show on June 5 2024 in Schönefeld, Germany
  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
    Visual investigation
    Russia uses civilians as ‘target practice’ for killer drones

    Southern Ukrainian city of Kherson hit more than 9,500 times as Moscow attempts to drive out residents

    A collage of photos showing Russian drone targets and a man in a hospital bed who has lost part of his leg
  • Monday, 2 December, 2024
    European AI specialist Helsing unveils attack drone

    Company says it can produce tens of thousands of weapons a year at lower cost than current autonomous systems

    Helsing drones
  • Sunday, 17 November, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    North Korea ‘supplying Russia’ with long-range rocket and artillery systems

    Ukrainian intelligence says weapons being sent to Russia’s Kursk region to attack Kyiv’s forces

    In this photo taken from a video released by Russian Defense Ministry press service on November 13, the Russian army’s multiple rocket launcher Solntsepyok fires towards Ukrainian positions in the border area of the Kursk region in Russia
  • Monday, 28 October, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    Nato says North Korean troops in Russia threaten European security

    Pyongyang’s involvement marks ‘dangerous expansion’ of Moscow’s war in Ukraine, says Mark Rutte

    Mark Rutte, standing at a podium with the NATO emblem, delivers a statement at NATO headquarters in Brussels. Behind him are multiple national flags including those of NATO member countries.
  • Tuesday, 22 October, 2024
    Defence groups bet big on drone-destroying laser weapons

    Leading contractors, including RTX in the US, the UK’s QinetiQ, and Europe’s MBDA, are investing heavily in the technology

    Montage of  military drones and Dragonfire energy weapon
  • Tuesday, 15 October, 2024
    Middle East war
    Israel races to supply anti-missile shield

    Intense war demands have left IDF relying on US to fill gaps in air defences

    A soldier stands by a missile launcher
  • Monday, 7 October, 2024
    Venture capital investment
    US funding drives investment for European military tech start-ups

    American venture capital funds have provided lion’s share of investment to nascent sector this year

    Defence tech start-up Helsing
  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    ExplainerMiddle East war
    Can Israel destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities by itself?

    Without US support, analysts believe the Israeli air force will struggle to mount a successful operation

    A montage showing the Natanz nuclear facility, Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb and B-2 bomber
  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    Ben Wallace
    Ben Wallace to join defence-focused investment firm

    Ex-defence secretary becomes latest on long list of former ministers beating a path towards new careers in business

    Ben Wallace
  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
    News in-depthMiddle East war
    How Israel’s air defences withstood Iran’s barrage

    Tehran claims success but early Israeli assessment suggests attack caused few hits and no casualties

    Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, October 1, 2024
  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
    Chinese military
    China’s most advanced nuclear submarine sank in shipyard, says US

    First vessel of new Zhou class was being prepared for sea trials

  • Friday, 13 September, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    Biden indicates shift in Ukraine’s deployment of Storm Shadow missiles

    Washington had feared that using weapons risked escalating conflict with Russia

    Tornado GR4 aircraft carrying two Storm Shadow missiles under the fuselage
  • Wednesday, 11 September, 2024
    US foreign policy
    Biden administration split over Ukraine’s use of US weapons inside Russia

    Pentagon and intelligence community caution against deployment of ATACM missiles by Kyiv

    Live misslie testing
  • Tuesday, 27 August, 2024
    ExplainerWar in Ukraine
    Why Ukraine’s allies are divided over deep strikes into Russia

    UK has pressed US to back Kyiv’s use of Storm Shadow missiles on Russian territory

    FT montage of illustrations showing missiles and drones
  • Sunday, 25 August, 2024
    News in-depthMiddle East war
    How all-out war between Israel and its adversaries might play out

    Military capabilities of the Jewish state have evolved since it last fought Hizbollah but so have those of the Iran-backed ‘axis of resistance’

  • Sunday, 25 August, 2024
    Tech start-ups
    Start-up incubator Y Combinator backs its first weapons firm

    Investment in maker of ‘low-cost cruise missiles’ a sign of Silicon Valley’s shifting stance towards the arms industry

    The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Pacific
  • Saturday, 24 August, 2024
    Visual story
    Ten days that turned the tables on Russia

    How Ukraine pulled off a spectacular counterpunch against Moscow by invading its invader

  • Friday, 16 August, 2024
    News in-depthSingapore
    Singapore boosts ‘poisonous shrimp’ defence as US-China tensions rise

    Geopolitical risks and emerging cyber threats push city state to rethink traditional security stance

    A Singapore Air Force Chinook helicopter carrying a Singaporean flag is escorted by Apache helicopters during a fly-over to celebrate the country’s 59th National Day in Singapore on August 9 2024
  • Friday, 9 August, 2024
    News in-depthMiddle East war
    Israel braces for biggest test of air defences from Iran-led attack

    Israeli officials expect huge test for multi-layered array that includes Iron Dome to come in days ahead

  • Thursday, 8 August, 2024
    Anduril Industries
    US defence tech start-up Anduril raises $1.5bn at $14bn valuation

    The funding, which was co-led by Peter Thiel’s VC firm, will go towards production of autonomous weapons for America and allies

    An Anvil-M drone at Anduril’s headquarters in California
  • Thursday, 25 July, 2024
    Chinese military
    Russia and China fly joint air patrols near US for first time

    Manoeuvre marks further deepening of military co-operation between Moscow and Beijing

    A Tu-95 strategic bomber of the Russian air force is refueled in the air during a join Russia-China air patrol
  • Wednesday, 10 July, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    Type of Russian missile that struck Kyiv children’s hospital uses western components

    Kremlin has turned to microprocessors and other technology not intended for military use to skirt sanctions

    A montage of photos of components of the Kh-101 missile and the aftermath of a missile strike
  • Thursday, 4 July, 2024
    Amazon Web Services
    Amazon to build $1.3bn Australian defence cloud

    Deal aims to improve data sharing with allies including UK and US

    From left, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak walk underneath the flags of their countries at a meeting of the three leaders in San Diego
  • Thursday, 27 June, 2024
    Helsing
    German AI defence start-up Helsing poised to triple valuation to $4.5bn

    Silicon Valley investors Accel and Lightspeed part of latest fundraising round talks that would raise almost $500mn

    Person looks at computer screens showing military operations
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