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The USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) is currently conducting at-sea tests and trials in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of General Dynamics Bath Iron Works/Released)

December 27, 2016

The Top 10 DefenseTech Posts of 2016

Here’s a look at the 10 most read stories of the year on DefenseTech: 1. Navy’s Futuristic Destroyer Is Apparently Too Stealthy When it comes Deutsches Online Casino …
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Four unmanned remotely operated high-speed maneuvering surface targets move to their blocking positions during an Office of Naval Research-sponsored demonstration of autonomous swarmboat technology on the James River in Newport News, Va. During the demonstration as many as 13 Navy boats, using an Office of Naval Research-sponsored system called CARACaS (Control Architecture for Robotic Agent Command Sensing), operated autonomously or by remote control during escort, intercept and engage scenarios. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Paul Kotara/Released)

December 15, 2016

Navy’s Swarming Drone Boats Conduct Independent Missions

RQ-4 Global Hawk (Photo: Northrop Grumman via AF.mil)

November 10, 2016

Hundreds of Enlisted Airmen Line Up to Fly Drones

The U.S. Army has released footage showing soldiers zapping a drone using an anti-drone weapon during training. The one-minute video uploaded Oct. 28 to YouTube show soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, capture an enemy drone using a product called Batelle's DroneDefender during an Oct. 23 exercise at Fort Bliss, New Mexico. (Screen grab via video by Steven Hitchcock/U.S. Army/via YouTube)

October 31, 2016

WATCH: Soldiers Disable Drone During Training

Militants affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, are flying off-the-shelf consumer drones, like the DJI Phantom, as artillery spotters in the defense of Mosul in Iraq, a U.S. general says. (Photo DJI)

October 26, 2016

ISIS Flying Drones to Spot Artillery Near Mosul: US General

North Korea's KN-14 (Hwasong-14) is a newer truck-launched type of intercontinental ballistic missile with an estimated range of as much as 12,000 kilometers -- a distance that stretches from North Korea to Florida. (Photo by North Korean Central News Agency via armscontrolwonk.com)

January 9, 2017

Carter: US Would Target ‘Threatening’ North Korean Missile

The U.S. Military would try to shoot down any North Korean missile deemed a threat to the country or its allies, the Pentagon’s top Online Casino …

The USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) is currently conducting at-sea tests and trials in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of General Dynamics Bath Iron Works/Released)

December 27, 2016

The Top 10 DefenseTech Posts of 2016

The guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) transits Naval Station Mayport Harbor on its way into port on Oct. 25, 2016, in Jacksonville, Florida. The U.S. plans to deploy everything from the F-35 stealth fighter to the USS Zumwalt stealth destroyer to the Pacific, an admiral said. (U.S. Navy photo/Timothy Schumaker)

November 15, 2016

US Weapons to Pacific Signals Regional Commitment: Admiral

The Low-Cost Unmanned aerial vehicle Swarming Technology is a prototype tube-launched UAV. The LOCUST program will make possible the launch of multiple swarming UAVs to autonomously overwhelm and adversary. (Video Still: ONR Video)

October 25, 2016

Drone Swarms to Storm Beaches: Marine General

The Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov billows smoke as it passes through the Straits of Dover in the southeast of England as a fleet of Russian warships sail through the North Sea and the English Channel on Friday Oct. 21, 2016. Britain is sending warships to watch a Russian aircraft carrier group and other vessels as they sail through the North Sea and the English Channel. Defense Secretary Michael Fallon said Thursday, that the military will watch "every step of the way." (Gareth Fuller/PA Wire)

October 21, 2016

WATCH: Russian Aircraft Carrier Smokes Through English Channel

Air Operations Center Weapon System (AOC WS). Photo: Northrop Grumman

December 2, 2016

Air Force’s Future War Network Doubles in Cost

A critical network upgrade the U.S. Air Force will need to conduct air operations, and counterterrorism and humanitarian missions is more than three years overdue caça niqueis …

In this Feb, 17, 2016 file photo, former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, center speaks via video conference to people in the Johns Hopkins University auditorium in Baltimore from a location in Russia. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Snowden's decision to leak information about classified U.S. surveillance programs set back the Pentagon's push to recruit cybersecurity experts. (AP Photo/Juliet Linderman)

November 14, 2016

Snowden Hurt Pentagon Push to Recruit Hackers: Carter

People wait in line and cast their ballots on electronic voting machines on the first day of early voting at the Provo Recreation Center on Oct. 25, 2016, in Provo, Utah. U.S. intelligence officials are concerned Russia may try to launch cyberattacks to meddle in or otherwise disrupt the election. (Getty Images)

November 8, 2016

US Mulls Response to Election Day Cyberattacks: Report

November 7, 2016

Information, Not Speed, is Future of Fighter Aircraft: Pilot

Battelle’s DroneDefender is a shoulder-fired weapon that uses radio waves to cut the link between the drone and its controller. (Photo courtesy Battelle)

October 24, 2016

Air Force Zaps ISIS Drone with Electronic Weapon