Air Force Studying Spider Silk for Stronger Body Armor, Parachutes Researchers are looking to arachnids to engineer new synthetic materials that are stronger than Kevlar.
Pentagon Bars Troops from Using GPS-Tracking Devices While Deployed The DoD announced that U.S. troops can no longer use "geolocation capabilities" on personal or government devices.
Inside SecDef Jim Mattis’ $2.5 Billion Plan to Make the Infantry Deadlier DoD is investing in weapons, unmanned systems, body armor, training and new technology for close-combat forces.
Air Force May One Day Deliver Cargo by Space Rocket: General U.S. troops will someday deliver cargo to forward operating locations and other bases around the world via reusable rockets.
STRATCOM Chief Will 'Die Trying or Kill Somebody' to Get New Helo For the head of U.S. Strategic Command, a new helicopter for missile sites is not only a necessity, it's long overdue.
Defense Budget Bill May Signal End of JSTARS Recapitalization Effort The push to upgrade the JSTARS fleet may be over as both the House and Senate have chosen to ax the recapitalization plan.
Marines Test New Drone Swarms a Single Operator Can Control One Marine could soon dispatch a dozen drones to jam communications and take out targets -- all from a handheld tablet.
Logistics Marines Use Huey Drone, Self-Driving Cars to Get Gear to the Fight A Marine Corps logistics unit will use two training events to test new ways to quickly deliver supplies to ground forces.
Red Air Gets a High-Tech Upgrade With Garmin's New Tandem Cockpit TacAir announced it has begun integrating the Garmin G3000 cockpit on Northrop Grumman's F-5E/F fighter aircraft.
Army Leaders Look to Hollywood for Answers on Force Modernization A senior Army modernization official said the service needs to look to Hollywood for ideas on how tech could change the Army.
VA to Give Veterans One-Year Authorizations to Seek Care from Private Providers in 30 Specialties The move allows veterans to get 12 months of private treatment without having to request a reauthorization.
Air Force Investigating After Security Forces Kill Civilian Who Crashed into Arizona Base Gate An airman from the base's Security Forces Squadron "shot and fatally injured" the civilian after several of the troops used...
Broken Altimeter, Ignored Warnings: Hearings Reveal What Went Wrong in DC Crash that Killed 67 Over three days of sometimes contentious hearings this week, the National Transportation Safety Board interrogated Federal...
Senators Seek Answers on Hawaii Veteran Ordered to Self-Deport U.S. Sens. Mazie Hirono and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut have sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem...
Heart’s Ann and Nancy Wilson Rock On: ‘Our Military Upbringing Helped Us in Many Ways’ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart have never served in any branch of the military. But the...