Military Equipment Guide

Featured Equipment

The directed energy system emits an adjustable energy beam that, when aimed at airborne targets such as drones, renders them unable to fly. (Photo: Monica K. Guthrie, PAO, U.S. Army)

Beam On: A Wide Range of Counter-Drone Technologies Comes of Age

M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun

M777 Howitzer

A-10 Thunderbolt II

A-10 Thunderbolt II

UH-60A/L Black Hawk Helicopter

B-1B Lancer

Amphibious Assault Ship Tarawa Wasp

Tarawa/Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship

MK19 Grenade Launcher

MK19 Grenade Machine Gun

Gerald R. Ford Class Aircraft Carrier

Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV)

Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV)

Equipment by Category

Equipment News

U.S. Marines maneuver toward an objective during a live-fire and movement exercise at D’Arta Plage, Djibouti on Nov. 3, 2014. Department of Defense photo

Marines Want Lighter Armor Plates to Help Infantry Move Faster

A U.S. Special Operations soldier returns fire while conducting multi-day Afghan-led offensive operations against the Taliban in Mohammad Agha district, Logar Province, Afghanistan, July 28, 2018. (U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Nicholas Byers)

Air Force Fighters, Army Apaches Kill 220 Taliban in Ghazni Fight

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Brett Pate, 317th Airlift Wing flight safety noncommissioned officer, aims an airsoft rifle into a field at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, May 15, 2018. (U.S. Air Force/Airman 1st Class Mercedes Porter)

Need for New Tech Grows as Air Force's Bird Strike Mission Expands

High Speed Strike Weapon (Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin)

Air Force Doubles Down on Hypersonic Weapons Development with 2nd Contract

Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) simulates a strait transit as part of Dawn Blitz 2017. (U. S. Navy photo/Donavan K. Patubo)

Search Underway for Marine Who Went Overboard Near the Philippines

U.S. Soldiers, assigned to 18th Military Police Brigade, conduct a training exercise with M4A1 rifles at the 7th Army Training Command’s Range 102 Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Jan. 17, 2017. (U.S. Army / Matthias Fruth)

Sig Gets $48 Million Pentagon Contract for Continuous Rifle Suppression

Sailors assigned to the Virginia-class, nuclear-powered, fast-attack submarine, USS Minnesota (SSN-783), stand topside as their friends and families cheer their arrival as Minnesota pulls into its homeport on Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Conn., on March 14, 2018. (U.S. Navy photo/Steven Hoskins)

US Navy: Welding Problem Found on Missile Tubes for New Subs

An aircrew from the 163d Attack Wing, California Air National Guard, fly an MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft to the Mendocino Complex Fire in Northern California, Aug. 4, 2018, during a mission to support state agencies. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Crystal Housman)

Remotely Piloted Aircraft Become Mainstay of Wildland Firefighting

Artificial silk fibers can be woven into sizeable, flexible fabrics using existing textile manufacturing methods. (U.S. Air Force/Donna Lindner)

Air Force Studying Spider Silk for Stronger Body Armor, Parachutes

View more

Military Aircraft Identification Quiz

A-10 Thunderbolt II

Military Aircraft Identification Quiz

Think you're a Top Gun at aircraft identification? We've created a quiz to test your ability to recognize military aircraft.