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Patrick Tucker is technology editor for Defense One. He’s also the author of The Naked Future: What Happens in a World That Anticipates Your Every Move? (Current, 2014). Previously, Tucker was deputy editor for The Futurist for nine years. Tucker has written about emerging technology in Slate, The Sun, MIT Technology Review, Wilson Quarterly, The American Legion Magazine, BBC News Magazine, Utne Reader, and elsewhere.

A demonstration of the Kalashnikov Rex-1

Russia

Russia Has Started to Train Its Entire Military to Fight Drones

After Syrian insurgent groups attacked Russian forces in Syria, the Defense Ministry began laying plans for wide-scale response.

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Ashley Wissel, Purdue University undergraduate student, works with the pulsed laser deposition chamber in the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate. This is used to study growth of thin layers of material at low temperatures.

Pentagon Wants More Money for Lasers To Defend Against Missiles, Drone Swarms

Directed-energy weapons are with a factor of two or three to being militarily useful, the Pentagon’s top scientist said.

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Ashley Wissel, Purdue University undergraduate student, works with the pulsed laser deposition chamber in the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate. This is used to study growth of thin layers of material at low temperatures.

Drones Defense Space

Pentagon Wants More Money for Lasers To Defend Against Missiles, Drone Swarms

Directed-energy weapons are with a factor of two or three to being militarily useful, the Pentagon’s top scientist said.

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Ashley Wissel, Purdue University undergraduate student, works with the pulsed laser deposition chamber in the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate. This is used to study growth of thin layers of material at low temperatures.

Missiles

Pentagon Wants More Money for Lasers To Defend Against Missiles, Drone Swarms

Directed-energy weapons are with a factor of two or three to being militarily useful, the Pentagon’s top scientist said.

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State Department Relaxing Rules on Transfer on Drone, Chip Technology

The rules will pave the way for 5G cellphones — and even drones that talk to each other in midair.

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The Dronehunter (military version) from FORTEM

Drones State Department

State Department Relaxing Rules on Transfer on Drone, Chip Technology

The rules will pave the way for 5G cellphones — and even drones that talk to each other in midair.

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Liaowangzhe-2 is shown at the 12th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, South China's Guangdong province, Nov 6, 2018.

China Autonomous Systems

China Shows Off Self-Steering Boat that Fires Missiles

But the U.S. still appears to have the edge in sophisticated seagoing drones.

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China's new-generation stealth unmanned combat aircraft prototype, the CH-7, is displayed during the 12th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition.

Drones Cyber Adversaries Defense

China’s Beating the U.S. to Market on Combat Drones, By Copying U.S. Technology

America seems to have squandered a 10-year head start.

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A mockup of the Chinese CH-7 combat drone on display at the Zhuhai airshow this week.

China Drones

China’s Beating the US to Market on Combat Drones, By Copying US Technology

America seems to have squandered a 10-year head start.

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Election Security Cyber Adversaries

How Estonia Secures Its Electronic Elections From Kremlin Attacks

Could innovations like a volunteer infosec corps and ‘data embassies’ help the U.S.?

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