For three decades, “generation” has been a word we attach to aircraft: fourth, fifth, now sixth. The label implies that the next step forward is a better machine. The Sir Richard Williams Foundation’s ...
Ukraine and NATO have jointly developed two AI-based decision-support tools for the battlefield. One forecasts enemy drone activity and the other plans artillery fire. According to hartpunkt, which ...
By Robbin Laird A recent essay in the Center for International Maritime Security, Hervé Auffret’s “What Naval Power Cannot Buy,” makes an argument that should unsettle anyone still planning maritime ...
Taiwan’s navy plans to use civilian fishing boats and chartered aircraft to map the beaches where China would most likely try to land in an invasion. According to the Taipei Times, which reported the ...
By Robbin Laird The public account of Desert Forge 2026 describes a statewide training event built around a notional ...
Australia is giving maritime drones to Fiji’s military to strengthen security in the Pacific. According to an Australian Associated Press report carried by The Canberra Times on October 16, 2026, the ...
A new study of the Northern Nordics argues that the alliance’s northern flank will be won or lost at the transfer nodes, long ...
The China Coast Guard ship 2503, the Zhujiajian, has become a regular presence in the waters east of Taiwan. According to an ...
By Robbin Laird In 2026 India concluded a free trade agreement with the European Union, struck an interim tariff deal with ...
By Robbin Laird This week I had dinner with Brig. Gen. Randy Lau, the Land Component Commander of the Nevada Army National ...
By Robbin Laird When I spoke with Robert Dane, founder and CEO of Ocius, on September 30, the Bluebottle program had moved ...