Weapons

Weapons

countermeasures

A new technology will protecting aircraft from various threats. Traditional threat warning and countermeasure systems are designed to identify and defeat known threats. Infrared...
armored vehicle

A prototype of an advanced helmet-mounted vision system is being tested in the Bradley Fighting Vehicle, one of the U.S. Army's most notable ground...
biological

The US Department of Homeland Security has been enhancing its efforts to keep biological threats from coming across U.S. borders. It is within this...
gps-denied environments

A new wearable search and rescue solution has been developed for Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) operations when GPS signals are unavailable. The battlefield...
Munition

The U.S. Army signed a contract with two companies to demonstrate their new collaborative guided munition for the “Carl-Gustaf” system, with three all-up-round test...
rocket propulsion

This is the next big thing in rocket propulsion. An Israeli company is developing a gel-based propellant that will change the way rockets and...
Megacities

With the increasingly challenging threat of tunnels and, eventually, potential “megacities”, the U.S. military is trying to develop specialized drones to help soldiers of...
satellite

Satellite technology will offer increased situational awareness to US ground troops within the framework of a program that seeks the manufacture of small satellites...
loitering system

A newly configured advanced launcher offers reduced system weight, greater safety and ease-of-use during launch, and can be easily mounted on military platforms. The...
Rifle

The U.S. Army is reportedly developing new weapons to replace the current M249 squad automatic weapon and the M4A1 carbine. The new 6.8mm next-generation...

Approximately 3,000 improvised explosive device (IED) incidents were recorded in the United States in 2017, killing 10 people and wounding dozens. These homemade explosives...
Drone

China, the world’s main distributor of armed drones, is increasingly popular among Middle Eastern countries locked-out of purchasing American-made drones. With increasing degree of...
iron fist

IMI Systems - an Israeli defense systems house for combat-proven solutions and the developer and manufacturer of Iron Fist family of active protection systems...
assault rifle

In response to an Indian MoD Request for Information (RFI) for the procurement of 650 000 assault rifles of 7.62x39 mm caliber under ‘Make...
ied detection

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has completed the development of an autonomous improvised explosive device detection (IED's) system that will eliminate risk to human teams....

By Arie Egozi Israel has been concerned that the rapprochement between Russia and India regarding weapon systems might decrease the extent of Indian arms purchases...
air defense

An American missile manufacturer recently signed a deal potentially worth over a half-billion dollars with the U.S. Navy, with the intention of supplying shipboard...
subterranean battlefield

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has been interested in the development of innovative technologies for the subterranean battlefield. The Subterranean Challenge...
US Army

The U.S. Army has ordered a prototype of a weapon which is electrically fired, has four barrels and can fire all four rounds at...
Anti Satellite

Russia’s Mikoyan MiG-31 Foxhound interceptor was recently spotted with a new, large missile suspended underneath, which could be a Russian anti-satellite weapon. The missile was...
security cameras

The overall number of mass shootings in the U.S. in 2017 reached 346 events. Mass shootings are defined as an event in which four...
experimentation

The U.S. Marines Corps will likely majorly increase experimentation in order to push future success in an increasingly competitive field.   According to the new...