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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)

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The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star cuts through Antarctic ice in the Ross Sea (Photo: U.S. Coast Guard, Chief Petty Officer David Mosley)

Icebreaker Or Border Wall? House Action Jeopardizes Coast Guard Ship Funding

Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis speaks with Saudi Army Gen. Abdulrahman bin Saleh Al-Banyan, Chief of the Joint Staff, at King Salman Air Base, Saudi Arabia, April 18, 2017. (DoD photo/Brigitte N. Brantley)

Pentagon to Bill Saudi Arabia, UAE $331 Million for Fuel and Flight Hours

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) departs Naval Station Norfolk, Aug. 28, 2018. (U.S. Navy photo/Benjamin Waddell)

USS Harry S. Truman Strike Group Expected Home Sunday

A Marine with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company looks through a Portable Lightweight Designator Range finder during a combined arms exercise with the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, Feb. 12. (Photo: U.S. Marine Corps)

Marines Tap Four Firms to Help with New Lightweight Targeting System

USS Boise moors at Marathi NATO Pier Complex in Souda Bay, Greece, during a scheduled visit Dec. 23, 2014. (U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jeffrey M. Richardson)

Navy: Maintenance Backlogs Improving Despite Long Waits for Submarines

An F-35C performs flight operations aboard the USS Carl Vinson, December 7, 2018 (U.S. Navy/Seaman Apprentice Ethan Soto)

Navy Achieves New F-35 Fighter Jet Milestone on USS Carl Vinson

An F-35C Lightning II assigned to the Grim Reapers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 101 taxis on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). (U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Shane Bryan)

GAO: Pentagon's Aircraft Readiness Goals Are a Stretch

Sikorsky and Boeing are offering the SB>1 Defiant for the Army's Future Vertical Lift Program. Courtesy of Sikorsky-Boeing

Sikorsky-Boeing Defiant Helicopter Won't Fly This Year: Officials

A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed around 1:50 p.m. April 17 at the Breton Bay Golf Course and Country Club in Leonardtown in Maryland. (TheBayNet.com photo)

Lawsuit Blames Sikorsky for Causing Deadly 2017 Army Helo Crash

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A-10 Thunderbolt II

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