DefenseDecember 1, 2023
New Microwave Weapons Could Defend against Swarms of Combat Drones
The Pentagon is readying high-powered microwave weapons that are capable of invisible strikes against swarming combat drones
Stories by Jason Sherman
Jason Sherman is an investigative national security reporter with more than 25 years of experience covering the Pentagon, the military budget, weapon system acquisition and defense policy formulation, along with technology, business and global arms trade. He has traveled to more than 40 countries, studied medieval history at the State University of New York at Buffalo, and lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.
DefenseApril 3, 2023
Drone-on-Drone Combat in Ukraine Marks a New Era of Aerial Warfare
Antidrone technology is combatting “flying IEDs” in the air over Ukraine—with implications beyond the war with Russia
AerospaceMarch 17, 2023
What High-Tech Prizes Does the Downed U.S. Drone Hold? Russia Really Wants to Know
An MQ-9 Reaper drone is sitting at the bottom of the Black Sea. Will the U.S. or Russia recover it?
DefenseJune 2, 2022
Kyiv Cruise Missile Strike Highlights Need to Protect U.S. Cities
A top U.S. commander wants to test technology that can better defend domestic targets
DefenseMay 2, 2022
The Navy Extracted a Jet Fighter from 12,400 Feet below the Surface of the South China Sea
But the U.S. must probe even further to catch up with China’s access to the ocean’s deepest reaches
DefenseFebruary 14, 2022
Russia-Ukraine Conflict Prompted U.S. to Develop Autonomous Drone Swarms, 1,000-Mile Cannon
The U.S. military has new technology on the drawing board in response to warfare trends previously demonstrated in the region
DefenseJanuary 18, 2022
Hypersonic Weapons Can’t Hide from New Eyes in Space
Tracking the missiles is like picking out one light bulb against a background of light bulbs, but new technology aims to see them more clearly