The new airburst-capable 30mm round is meant to give the helicopters drone hunting capabilities without extensive new ...

The war in Ukraine showed the US Army just how effective small drones can be. They can be more than scouts. They can be ...

To the surprise of many, the U.S. Army, long considered to be the most bureaucratically hidebound of the military services, appears to have successfully reoriented itself toward the demands of a ...

The Defense Department has been aggressively pursuing laser weapons and defense systems, a push that gained significant attention this week when the use of an anti-drone laser system led to the ...

The Autonomous Decontamination System, or ADS, would scrub vehicles, critical infrastructure and key terrain while allowing ...

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington, DC. U.S. Army Releases Performance Details As Laser Weapons Enter Service is available to both ...

Recent live-fire training near the North Korean border helped familiarize U.S. soldiers with CROWS, which lets them fire ...

WASHINGTON — Army Secretary Dan Driscoll said Monday he would not tolerate sending soldiers into a modern conflict with decades-old weapons, using an expletive in a public speech to highlight his ...

Weapons that survived multiple wars did so through continuous upgrades and proven battlefield reliability rather than replacement with newer systems. Many enduring platforms like the B-52 and M2 ...

Weapons development and procurement account for only a fraction of the total U.S. defense budget. Still, the Pentagon’s annual spending on weapons alone is higher than the total yearly military budget ...

In the race to build anti-drone weapons intended for use in a war zone, it is unclear how they may be used safely in crowded ...

The Army has launched an investigation into whether a group of Army Rangers fired automatic weapons at a popular public beach crowded with boaters and tourists on Friday in Destin, Florida. Jennifer S ...