David Axe
This Shanghai Factory Plans to Replace All of Its Human Workers
But what happens when we remove people from the equation?
This Chinese Company Wants to Be the Best at Boring
Inside the state-owned company trying to build the world's tunnels.
This Chinese Company Wants to Be the Best at Boring
Inside the state-owned company trying to build the world's tunnels.
A Company That's Never Made a Plane Wants to Build the Air Force’s New Jets
The Minnesota-based Stavatti has shown off some impressively futuristic designs over the past decade. But so far it's been the aerial equivalent of vaporware—all hype.
Trump Is Calling for a Missile Defense System That Already Exists
And yet, it doesn’t work very well.
Donald Trump’s Least Favorite Warplane Has Finally Been Deployed Overseas
But there are troubling signs the F-35 is outmatched in the Pacific, where it's seeing its first frontline missions.
Swarms of Tiny Drones Could Accompany US Fighter Jets
The propeller-driven, winged robots, each the size of a beer can and weighing just one pound, could fly ahead of human pilots, scouting for targets, distracting enemy forces, or even attacking targets on their own.
Russian Jamming Got You Down? Try Talking Underwater
DARPA is about to test an ocean buoy-based, harder-to-jam comms network for warplanes.
China Is Giving Back the Stolen US Underwater Drone. What Now?
With two nuclear-armed states vying for influence in one of the world's most resource-rich regions, the stakes couldn't be higher.
The Military's Hornet Fighters Are Falling Out of the Sky
Six months. Eight accidents. Eight destroyed Hornets and one damaged one. Five dead aviators.
How Trump Could Actually Make the US Air Force Great Again
In the absence of a more specific official policy, Motherboard asked US air power experts what they think the president-elect should do to improve the military's flying branch.