Tight Budgets Force Army to Embrace Social Media The Army is pushing social media use as a way for commanders from the garrison level down to slash staffing and marketing...
Rapid Fielding Expects to Expand Post-Afghanistan As the war winds down in Afghanistan and the military shifts its footing toward new threats, the Pentagon's rapid fielding...
M-Blocks Could Make Terminator II Army a Reality Is an army of Terminator II style "liquid" androids -- ones that can self-assemble, self-repair and transform -- finally...
US Army Settles in $180M Software Piracy Case The United States government has agreed to pay $50 million to the software company Apptricity after settling a $180 million...
Invisible Planes: China, US Race for Cloaking Tech New stealth technology makes airplanes invisible not only to radar, it renders them hidden to the human eye as well -- just...
Is 'Robocop' Real? Future of Warfare Already Here The reality of a "Robocop" U.S. military isn't science-fiction any more. So says the director of the '80s cult classic reboot...
Navy Brings 3-D Printing to Sea The Navy has taken 3-D printing to sea aboard an amphibious assault ship as it continues to develop the technology.
Navy Tests Stealth-Like Features for Super Hornet The Navy recently conducted several ground and airborne tests of stealth-enhancing upgrades to the F/A-18 Super Hornet in an...
Navy Declares Laser Weapons Ready to Protect Ships in Persian Gulf The Navy’s laser aboard the USS Ponce is now being fired in operational scenarios by sailors in the Persian Gulf.
Gun Makers Push the Limits on Tactical Shotgun Design Firms continue to reinvent the tactical shotgun, pushing design limits well beyond traditional pump-action and semi-auto...
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...