Military Technology

Boeing has been granted a patent for a cannon to enhance the aircraft's ability to take on more close-air support roles.

The Army has been testing Israeli-made systems such as Trophy for the M1 tank and Iron Fist for the Bradley.

Explosive ordnance disposal technicians are working with a next-generation robot that will pick apart bombs and study them.

The idea is to accumulate data and check for something in the aircraft's maintenance overhaul that may predict a root cause.

The engineers and system developers with the Air Force's 96th Test Wing at Eglin AFB work on a wide range of projects.

The U.S. charged that China aimed laser beams at U.S. pilots in Djibouti.

The U.S. Air Force has conducted dozens of developmental flight tests of the B61-12 guided nuclear gravity bomb.

The U.S. Army hopes to prevent casualties by sending semi-autonomous convoys of combat supplies on vulnerable roads.

"Almost every software-intensive program is over budget and behind schedule,” the Air Force's new acquisition chief said.

The U.S. has found itself operating in congested airspace challenged by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.