Special Forces

Special Forces

Stinger, Photo Credit U.S. Air-Force photo by Samuel King Jr.

The Stinger missile is the U.S. military's main short-range air defense weapon, featuring in-flight guidance and an almost 0.5 kg warhead that sends shrapnel...

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced today, October 24th, it has been awarded an additional, $777-million mega- contract for supply of LRSAM Air & Missile...
UAV

At the iHLS AUS&R conference last week, a wide and impressive array of unmanned systems was displayed, along with some of the most advanced...
ballistic missile

A Ukrainian company confirmed that it has had some success in development of the new Grom-2 tactical ballistic missile system. The Grom-2, developed by Yuzhnoye...
battery

The applications of drones for both security and commercial purposes is becoming an increasingly common phenomenon. With rapid implementation of drone technology comes the...
AI-Human

U.S. defense intelligence is becoming increasingly concerned by a new technology rapidly emerging in the Chinese military - AI-human hybrid soldiers. Earlier this month, Intelligence...
night vision

A series of night vision upgrades allows soldiers to shoot around corners and fire accurately from the hip with the Rapid Target Acquisition capability. In...
Robot

The British Army is about to obtain an impressive, advanced new explosive ordnance disposal robot with the ability to climb stairs, negotiate slopes of...
close quarters

Close quarters battle include a wide range of operations, such as commando operations, urban warfare, special forces, anti-hijack situations, etc. In the urban 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...
Aircraft carrier

A new design concept for a future semi-catamaran aircraft carrier was devised by Russia’s Krylov State Research Center (KSRC). The model of a future non-nuclear...
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...
hyperspectral

A new type of vision-enhancing technology is currently being developed to be used in the battlefield. “Hyperspectral” imaging looks beyond ordinary colors to see...
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...

The U.S. Army is fixing a flaw in its carbines that allows some of the rifles to fire without pulling the trigger, a serious...
diving scooter

Russian combat swimmers use a German-made extreme high-performance diving scooter for professional purposes. This was revealed during large-scale military exercises that took place at...
silenced mortars

The Russian armed forces are receiving the new 2B25 82 mm silenced mortars. The specialized weapon was fielded to Russian special operations forces, according...
light machine gun

The U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) will be supplied with new MK46 and MK48 light machine guns (FN Minimi). A $13.5 million contract has...

To prepare for future wars, the Indian Army is in the process of modernizing all its arms, including the infantry force, which is a...

Saudi Arabia has been coping with complex public safety challenges. The Saudi Government is hosting the Hajj, the largest worship procession, gathering three million...

Rescue missions and law enforcement operations often require working at heights, and coping with unique rope access challenges. Rescuing survivors from buildings in the...
special operations

The US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has signed a new framework deal for the acquisition of the Suppressed Upper Receiver Group (SURG) weapon from...

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