Army to Begin Equipping Heavy Units with Active Protection by 2020 The Army has been testing Israeli-made systems such as Trophy for the M1 tank and Iron Fist for the Bradley.
Check Out EOD's New, One-of-a-Kind Robot Explosive ordnance disposal technicians are working with a next-generation robot that will pick apart bombs and study them.
Air Force Wants to Predict Aviation Accidents Before They Happen The idea is to accumulate data and check for something in the aircraft's maintenance overhaul that may predict a root cause.
Advanced Data Sharing, Range Expansion on Eglin Test Wing's Agenda The engineers and system developers with the Air Force's 96th Test Wing at Eglin AFB work on a wide range of projects.
US Complains After Chinese Lasers Injure 2 Air Force Pilots in Africa The U.S. charged that China aimed laser beams at U.S. pilots in Djibouti.
Air Force Advances Testing of New Nuclear Gravity Bomb: General The U.S. Air Force has conducted dozens of developmental flight tests of the B61-12 guided nuclear gravity bomb.
Army Eyes Autonomous Convoys to Prevent Future Casualties The U.S. Army hopes to prevent casualties by sending semi-autonomous convoys of combat supplies on vulnerable roads.
New Air Force Acquisitions Chief Aims to Rid F-35 of Software Glitches "Almost every software-intensive program is over budget and behind schedule,” the Air Force's new acquisition chief said.
General: Electronic Jamming a Growing Problem for Aircraft in Syria The U.S. has found itself operating in congested airspace challenged by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Army Awards Contract for Locator Beacons to Find Missing Soldiers The Army awarded a contract to McMurdo Inc. for personnel recovery devices that can be used to pinpoint missing soldiers.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...