Cyber & Electromagnetic Defense

Intrusion, defence, and disruption in digital and electromagnetic space. Defenses against digital threats, bolstering cybersecurity stocks while vulnerabilities pose risks to tech portfolios.

Modern air war starts by breaking the system, not the army

Mar 24, 2026

The real target is not the soldier in the trench, but the network that lets the state see, coordinate, launch, and pay.

Electronic Warfare Ascendant: Air Defence Is Being Defeated Before the First Shot

Mar 16, 2026

Modern strike doctrine now blinds sensors first, then destroys targets.

Europe’s IRIS2 Moves from Concept to Contracts: Sovereign Satellite Mesh as Strategic Insurance

Mar 6, 2026

Brussels shifts from regulatory power to orbital infrastructure.

US Army Shifts to Open-Ended Spectrum Procurement: Machine-Speed EMS as the New Industrial Battleground

Mar 3, 2026

The electromagnetic spectrum becomes a software-defined race for speed and scale.

Russia's Starlink Dependency: Embedded Commercial Space as a Battlefield Vulnerability

Feb 25, 2026

When your adversary controls the network layer, your doctrine rests on rented infrastructure.

Air Defence & Pre‐Emptive Readiness: Why Ukraine Did Not Fall Within Hours

Jan 16, 2026

Ukraine denied quick dominance by Russia through strategic dispersal, pre‐deployment, and resilient air defence, not luck.

Thermal Discipline or Death: Winter ISR in the Infrared Battlespace

Jan 15, 2026

The static warmth of daily life is now a primary kill signal. Infrared dominance is no longer a capability, it’s a culture.

Defense Tech 2026: From Promise to Delivery in the Age of Deep Tech Warfare

Jan 8, 2026

AI, autonomy, drones, energy weapons and resilient systems mark the next phase of military transformation.

KVN: Russia’s Fiber‐Optic FPV Munition Scaling Low‐Signal Warfare

Jan 2, 2026

Mass‐produced jam‐resistant loitering drones reshape ground conflict and EW calculus

AI Leverage vs Risk: Why Nations Must Choose Their Place on the Spectrum

Dec 18, 2025

AI offers states strategic advantage but only if adoption is balanced with assurance, governance, and awareness of peril.

Sleeper Drones: Russia’s New Ambush Tactic Alters the Drone Warfare Playbook

Dec 16, 2025

Fiber-guided FPVs enter hibernation mode near the front, waiting for the perfect moment to strike.

Electromagnetic Shield: China’s Drone Swarm Test Exposes Starlink Vulnerability

Dec 15, 2025

A simulated “drone wall” over Taiwan challenges assumptions about satellite‐internet invulnerability.

NATO's AI War Room: Google Cloud Powers Classified Combat Intelligence for Ukraine

Dec 10, 2025

Civilian cloud AI is now embedded in sovereign warfighting networks.

Golden Dome: Space-Based Interceptors Shift Deterrence Above the Atmosphere

Dec 9, 2025

Kinetic missile defence moves to orbit as the U.S. Space Force initiates prototype interceptor contracts.

Beyond the Constellation: GEO Lasers Reshape the Satellite Battlefield

Dec 4, 2025

Laser comms from geostationary orbit signal a new model for orbital sovereignty.

North Korea's Remote Workforce: Sanctions Evasion as a Service

Dec 2, 2025

Laptop farms and identity fraud fuel Pyongyang’s digital infiltration economy.

Quantum-Crypto Testing: Tactical Readiness for QKD, PQC and Hybrid Systems

Nov 20, 2025

Test and measurement is the new choke point in quantum-security deployment.

Tactical OS at the Edge: How TAK Rewires Defence Software Economics

Nov 19, 2025

Government-owned software becomes the new high ground at the tactical edge.

Orbital ISR Decoupling: Rheinmetall and ICEYE Build Europe's Radar Constellation

Nov 3, 2025

Sovereignty isn’t just defended on land or sea. It now orbits in LEO.

Germany Warns of Orbital Threats: War Expands to Space

Oct 21, 2025

Space is now a contested domain: Germany signals a shift in great‐power posture beyond Earth

The Cognitive Battlefield Is Real

Oct 13, 2025

Orientation is now the decisive terrain.

Fibre-Optic Drones: Glass Threads of Resilient Sovereignty

Oct 10, 2025

Tethered drones redefine battlefield control, embedding resilience in physical infrastructure.

Google Tests the Cyber Disruption Line

Oct 2, 2025

Private sector edges toward offence in cyberspace

MIT AI Tool for Flu Vaccine Selection

Oct 1, 2025

Pandemic resilience is a test of networks, not just vaccines.

The Battle for Democratic Control of AI

Sep 16, 2025

In the Sixth Field, control of code is control of power.