2024 in review: Technology

2024 in review: Technology

Russia is using SpaceX’s Starlink satellite devices in Ukraine, sources say

Elon Musk’s company, once hailed for aiding the besieged country, now appears to be helping its invaders as well.
Sam Skove, Staff Writer


What reports got wrong about China’s ‘sunken nuclear submarine’

Western news organizations often miss crucial context—and even the real news—about Chinese military modernization.
J. Michael Dahm and Peter W. Singer


Ukraine’s cheap sensors are helping troops fight off waves of Russian drones

Sub-$500 rig helps save expensive air-defense missiles for bigger threats.
Audrey Decker, Staff Writer


New AI-powered strike drone shows how quickly battlefield autonomy is evolving

First-person drone piloting is yesterday’s news. Drones are becoming smarter as the electronic environment around them makes operator communication more…
Patrick Tucker, Science & Technology Editor


Why the Navy isn’t shooting down Houthi drones with lasers yet

A paradox is slowing the service’s drive to replace expensive missiles with theoretically better energy weapons.
Patrick Tucker, Science & Technology Editor


What the Army learned from its first all-digital ground vehicle design

Prototypes of the XM-30 Combat Vehicle are expected in 2025, said the Army’s top vehicle buyer.
Lauren C. Williams, Senior Editor


A group of 20-somethings built a GPS-independent drone in 24 hours—and caught the eye of US special operations forces

Here’s what that says about the new class of defense industry disruptors.
Patrick Tucker, Science & Technology Editor


US-made jam-resistant drones helped Ukrainians cut through Russia EW

Shield AI’s V-BATs are giving Kyiv new range, capabilities.
Patrick Tucker, Science & Technology Editor


Maxar’s working on a 3D-mapping tool to replace GPS

The plan is to test and have it ready for use next year, officials said.
Lauren C. Williams, Senior Editor


In Ukraine, a US firm tests a promising tool against GPS jammers: cell phones

Could “networking phones together as one big distributed antenna” help foil Russian electronic warfare?
Patrick Tucker, Science & Technology Editor


DIU orders software to drive massive drone swarms

The software glue holding the Replicator effort together is beginning to harden.
Patrick Tucker, Science & Technology Editor




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