Firearms
New Player to Join Future Battlefield
The US Army plans to arm close-combat units with Next Generation Squad Weapons. Believing the 5.56-millimeter caliber is slowly growing obsolete, the Army wants...
The Race for Smart Gun Development
The U.S. Army is soliciting bids for high-tech battlefield solutions to create the soldier’s rifle of the future. Smart guns could call in an...
Innovative Tech Being Tested at Leading Stadiums
A new solution in the concealed weapons detection for public venues will be tested in a convention center in Toronto, Canada. The system uses...
Lowering the Risk in Close-Quarter Combat
Close quarter combat involving physical confrontation is challenging. At night it can involve high risks. A new thermal weapons optic equipped with a red...
Next Generation Squad Weapon Publicly Showcased
It seems as though the Next Generation Squad Weapons (NGSW) are getting closer to being operational and in US service. For the first time,...
New Weapon Attachment Eliminates Recoil
Engineers in Turkey have managed to develop a weapon attachment that reduces recoil when firing a firearm. That attachment increases bullet range and impact...
AI-Based Solution for Incidents Where Every Second Matters
During a mass shooting incident, every second matters. On August 4, the Dayton, Ohio shooter needed less than 20 seconds — the amount of...
This Technology will Secure Digital Weapons
Cybersecurity is the name of the game when talking about future weapon systems. The Pentagon is exploring how artificial intelligence can help build more...
U.S. Marines Receive First New Sniper Rifle Since Vietnam
The United States Marine Corps have just received their first new sniper rifle since the Vietnam war. After years of development and testing the...
Head-to-Head: SIG Sauer 516 vs. HK 416 Rifle
New weaponry is constantly being developed and improved to better equip infantry units. This will enhance their abilities to perform better out in combat...
Rifles Set to be Significantly Improved for Infantry Units
It is imperative for infantry units to be equipped with the finest weaponry. US soldiers have been using the same old rifles for years...
Assault Rifle’s New Successor
India has been searching for a successor to its unreliable INSAS rifle for a long time. The solution has been finally found in the...
In Search of Optimal Response
A new model could provide better training for schools and other organizations coping with the threat of an active shooter situation. Run, hide, fight....
Airborne Snipers’ New Weapon
The U.S. Army airborne snipers have been testing a new weapon. They have recently conducted the first airborne infiltration operational tests of what could...
New Gun-Tracking Solution
A new Chinese gun tracking technology comes a decade after serial killer Zhou Kehua murdered a PLA soldier and stole his automatic rifle before...
New Rifle Punches Like an M4 But At Half the Size
There has always been a consistent effort to ease the burden a soldier has to carry into the battlefield. From lighter vests to unmanned...
U.S Army Looking For Next-Gen Weapon
A big part of military superiority is having both quantity and quality of soldiers, gear and weapons, because of this fact the United States...
Next Generation Machine Gun Unveiled
An advanced version of a new lightweight machine gun has been unveiled. The next generation weapon, after undergone a substantial number of modifications to...
Israeli Tavor Rifle Showcased in Thailand
Soldiers of the Royal Thai King’s Guard were spotted carrying Israeli Tavor assault rifles during the coronation ceremonies of the new King of Thailand..
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Russia’s Army will not Purchase New Sniper Rifle
Russia’s Defense Ministry has decided not to buy a Russian new generation sniper rifle, called the Tochnost. The sniper rifle, based on the ORSIS...
New Algorithm will Predict Police Violence
Thanks to new machine-learning tools, researchers and police departments can use behavioral data to find the earliest signs an officer may be flouting policy...
9mm Cartridge is Here to Stay, Despite Speculations
New pistol ammunition has been selected for the U.S. Army’s 9mm Modular Handgun System (MHS), the M17. While the original Request For Proposal (RFP)...
