Andrew White

3 days ago | armadainternational.com | Andrew White

Augmented reality and artificial intelligence are beginning to have their impact on military optical systems for land forces. Armed forces around the world are witnessing a rapid evolution in modern warfare as the war continues to rage in Ukraine and Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) continue their offensive against Hamas in Gaza.

1 month ago | janes.com | Andrew White

A concept map showing near total Baltic coverage from coastal countries with anti-ship coastal launchers. (Diehl Defence)For decades the Baltic Sea has served as a delicate buffer zone between a growing number of NATO members and Russia, more recently becoming a new front line for symmetric and asymmetric threats underwater, on the surface, and in the air.

2 months ago | janes.com | Andrew White

KNDS France's Mataris family of loitering munitions. (KNDS France)KNDS France announced a new member of its growing family of loitering munitions at the International Defence Exhibition & Conference (IDEX) 2025 held in Abu Dhabi from 17 to 21 February. The MX-10 is a quadcopter with a range of 10 km, a fragmentation warhead of 550 g, an endurance of 40 minutes, and a jam-resistant datalink, according to KNDS France.

2 months ago | breakingdefense.com | Andrew White |Aaron Mehta

LONDON — Cummings Aerospacehas has signed a new agreement with propulsion specialist ATRX to rapidly design and develop affordable supersonic and hypersonic unmanned systems, company executives told Breaking Defense ahead of this week’s announcement. The deal will see Cummings build out large-scale versions of its Hellhound UAS, equipped with ATRX’s Air Turbo Rocket (ATR) to undertake subsonic, supersonic and ultimately hypersonic flight tests.

2 months ago | janes.com | Andrew White

The Cummings Hellhound S3. (Cummings Aerospace)Cummings Aerospace has unveiled a 3D-printed, turbojet-powered loitering munition, which the company calls the Hellhound S3. CEO Sheila Cummings confirmed to Janes on 29 January that the craft had completed flight tests in the last week of January, reaching a top speed of 384 mph (618 km/h) to provide a “sprint to loiter” capability.