A rifle that decides, mid-trigger-pull, when to let the round go, not the shooter, is now fielded or in procurement across an estimated 10 to 15 European countries, according to Israel Weapon Industries (IWI). The system, called ARBEL, does not detect drones or aim the weapon. It does one thing: it controls the timing of […]

A tank crew today fights with the same armor and the same engine it had a decade ago, but the software running its sensors, its displays and its threat-detection logic can be rewritten in a single update cycle. That gap, between a hardware lifespan measured in decades and a threat environment that shifts in months, […]