Land

The Human Infrastructure Behind Drone Warfare

Drone warfare is often measured by the number of platforms produced, their range, or their technological sophistication. But their proliferation creates another, less visible requirement. Personnel are needed to assemble, maintain, operate, and adapt these systems, and to integrate the data they collect or the effects they deliver into military operations. This human infrastructure becomes […]

Cyber

Cyber and Electronic Warfare: The Limits of Military Convergence

In March 2026, during the large-scale ORION 2026 exercise, French forces tested an experimental structure designed to build situational awareness, analyze activity, and plan operations across the electromagnetic spectrum at the joint command level. The tool used during the exercise fused data from sensors and other sources to build a common picture of the electromagnetic […]

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The Adaptation War: Speed of Adaptation Becomes a Military Capability

Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022, Ukraine has continuously adapted under the pressure of combat. Some changes have involved software. Others have affected equipment, units, or procurement. After four years of war, the question is no longer simply whether Ukraine can innovate quickly, but how rapidly it can turn battlefield lessons into […]

Air Land

What Critical Materials Go Into a Modern Missile?

A modern missile combines multiple functions within an exceptionally constrained volume. It must generate propulsion, determine its position, receive and process information, potentially detect its target, correct its trajectory, withstand significant thermal and mechanical stresses, and ultimately deliver the intended military effect. A missile is not simply the product of a missile manufacturer. It is […]

Land

How the U.S. Army Is Rethinking Mobile Artillery

On August 18, 2026, the U.S. Army selected Hanwha Defense USA to develop prototypes for its Mobile Tactical Cannon program, an effort to test a new generation of self-propelled artillery. The agreement calls for six prototypes, with an option for 12 additional systems. Hanwha is offering the K9 Mobile Howitzer, a wheeled platform that draws […]

Air

Hypersonic Missiles in 2026: A Shift in the Strategic Balance

Hypersonic weapons are entering a new phase in 2026. Russia is accumulating combat experience in Ukraine, China has already fielded hypersonic glide vehicles, and the United States is seeking to turn successful testing into produced and integrated capabilities, while several European and Asian countries are investing in strike, early warning, or interception capabilities. The term […]

Naval

Naval Drones: Is the Warship Becoming a Command Hub?

Valour, Singapore’s Multi-Role Combat Vessel, looks like a conventional warship. But Singapore is designing it to fight alongside uncrewed systems in the air, on the surface and underwater. Adding a handful of drones to a fleet is one thing. Building a force in which a warship must deploy them, coordinate their operations, exploit their data […]

Cyber

Cyber Resilience in Weapon Systems: When Software Becomes a Survivability Issue

In 2018, United States test teams evaluating weapon systems under development repeatedly uncovered mission-critical cyber vulnerabilities. In some cases, they gained control of systems using relatively simple techniques and operated largely undetected. The platforms involved were not publicly identified, and the tests did not replicate every possible threat. The findings therefore do not demonstrate that […]

Land

How Military Powers Are Trying to Rebuild Control Over Strategic Supply Chains

Modern military systems depend on long and often invisible industrial chains. A fighter aircraft, an air-defense radar, a missile, or a drone may rely on materials extracted, processed, and refined across multiple countries before reaching a production line. Across North America, Europe, and the Indo-Pacific, governments are now seeking to strengthen the resilience of these […]