Systems & Technology Reviews

In-depth technical assessments of fielded and emerging military platforms, weapons systems, and defense technologies. Each review cuts through contractor marketing to deliver precise capability analysis — performance data, operational context, procurement history, and honest appraisal of what a system does and does not do well.

• The North Warning System: Canada's Aging Arctic Radar Line and Its Over-the-Horizon Successor — The 47-station North Warning System was not built for hypersonic threats. Canada's $2.5 billion Arctic radar deal starts its supplement, but not before 2029.
• Lockheed's PAC-3 Edge: A Self-Funded Patriot Successor With Nothing Yet Proven — Lockheed unveiled the PAC-3 Edge on October 9, 2026 for the Army's Future Interceptor program. What is announced, funded and still unproven.
• Drone Detection Explained: How Counter-Drone Sensors Find Small Aircraft, and Why They Still Miss Some — How radar, radio-frequency, acoustic and optical sensors detect small drones, where each fails, and why layered networks are replacing single products.
• The F-47: What Is Confirmed About America's Sixth-Generation Fighter, and What Is Not — Boeing's F-47 is in engineering development with first flight set for 2028 and at least 185 aircraft planned. A fact-based profile of a classified program.
• Russia Patents a UGV-UAV Hybrid Robot: What the Autonomous Tank-Drone System Means for NATO — Russia has patented a tracked ground robot that carries and autonomously deploys its own miniature quadcopter - a Russian robot tank drone concept that reveals where Russian military robotics doctrine is heading, and what it means for NATO.
• The technologies behind Israel’s military superiority in the war with Iran — Israel's airspace dominance during the 2026 Iran conflict was built on decades of layered technology - here is how stealth aircraft, loitering munitions, and electronic warfare made it possible.
• Wire-Guided Drones: The Low-Tech Innovation Changing Modern Battlefields — Wire-guided drones are reshaping close-support tactics by offering jam-proof precision strike capability at a fraction of the cost of conventional guided munitions.
• Why America Won’t Sell the F-22, Even to Its Closest Allies — The F-22 Raptor's export ban is written into federal law - and understanding why explains everything about how America treats its most sensitive air-superiority technology.