Weapons

Light infantry units are intended to travel fast on missions where heavier units would have trouble getting to the front. The problem is that...

The US Navy is continuing its efforts to innovate and improve capabilities. The Navy in cooperation with Lockheed Martin has fired a high-tech Long...

Penn State University has received a $5 million, 5-year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and DHS for nuclear threat inspection, as part...

Countering long-range attack drones has become a persistent challenge for air defense planners. Low-cost, long-endurance UAVs can loiter for hours and strike far from...

In a strategic move to bolster Israel's air defense capabilities, the United States will send a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery along...

The future forces will be equipped with a wide array of wearable devices for various purposes. One of these categories will be monitoring systems....

Written by Or Shalom Over the past decade, the world of unmanned systems has undergone a profound transformation: from specialized, expensive, and complex platforms operated...

Modern aerial battlefields are becoming increasingly congested, characterized by a proliferation of small, low-cost threats that prove challenging and often uneconomical to intercept using...

The rapid spread of unmanned aerial threats is exposing a key limitation in current air defense systems: coverage gaps between ground-based sensors and high-end...

It seems as though the Next Generation Squad Weapons (NGSW) are getting closer to being operational and in US service. For the first time,...

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...

Protecting personnel from the long-term neurological effects of blast exposure has been a persistent challenge for militaries worldwide. Shock waves from heavy weapons or...

The manufacturing of the 8x8 'Dragon' Wheeled Combat Vehicle (RCV) for the Spanish Armed Forces has started at General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS). The...

The U.S Army has begun distributing its new pistol, the Sig Sauer XM17 Modular Handgun System (MHS) to selected units, the first of them...

 Every time someone points to Israel and claims "this country has nuclear weapons" the most commonly heard response is "Israel will not be the...

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

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The US ally Saudi Arabia has signed a deal with China to buy drones that are capable of carrying missiles and laser guided bombs. The...

New technologies and concepts in the security, law enforcement and preparedness fields were showcased and discussed at the MILIPOL 2021 exhibition held last week...

Artificial intelligence will play a key role in connecting sensors and shooters across the battlefield, thanks to its capabilities in analyzing data and assisting...

Frontline soldiers often carry outdated rifles, with no data-sharing capability between field and command. As result, valuable, real-time data is left unused and there...

The US Army is enhancing soldier protection, in attempt to increase soldier mobility and lethality. After several years of research and development, the Army...