Weapons

By Arie Egozi The warming ties between Iran and Turkey add another factor to the new direction Turkey has taken in its defense policy. In recent...

The U.S. Army is shifting its approach to battlefield logistics by expanding the use of 3D printing for rapid equipment repair. Under a new...

Engineers in Turkey have managed to develop a weapon attachment that reduces recoil when firing a firearm. That attachment increases bullet range and impact...

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is coming to the United States next week on an official visit, and the New York Times reports that...

The growing use of small drones is forcing a rethink in short-range air defense. Commercial quadcopters and improvised FPV systems are inexpensive, easy to...

Russia is developing a new sniper rifle within the framework of the Ugolyok project. The new bi-caliber sniper rifle and its ammunition load will...

Advanced target acquisition systems were demonstrated in Europe by Elbit Systems. HattoriX, the fire support system launched by the company at the end of...

A new US Army initiative aims to produce a smart, ultra-compact weapon design for specific missions. This discreet and easy-to-conceal weapon will also enable...

A new multi-role armored vehicle has been exposed. The Storm developed by Ukrainian company Highland Systems is an armored multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) with a...

Laser beam weapons have ignited the imagination of millions that watched movies in which these weapons were used. For many years scientists, mainly in...

Nations around the world are rapidly developing high-energy laser weapons for military missions on land and sea, and in the air and space. Visions of swarms...

While nuclear weapons and their hazards are well known, radiological weapons somewhat less so. Radiological weapons are designed to disperse highly dangerous and even...

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...

Units of the French Special Operations Command will be the first military force to adopt the latest  FN ENVOLYS machine gun. The weapon was...

Edinburgh University scientists have developed a software technique for detecting hazardous chemicals which could boost homeland security and illicit substance detection. The software instantly...

New military uniform nanocoatings can add fire and UV-light protection and chemical recognition capabilities to uniforms. In a NATO-funded research, Jaime Grunlan, from the...

Drones used to be high-end expensive tools used very sparingly, but recent years saw the technology becoming simpler and more available, and the lowered...

The U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is partnering with the Pentagon’s Strategic Capabilities Office to create a new organization dedicated to advancing drone technology....

לעברית לחץ כאן . Do they know something we don’t? The U.S. Homeland Security Department wants to buy more than 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition in...

The growing use of drones on the battlefield is creating a new challenge for air defense systems. Small, low-cost drones can operate individually or...

Ukraine has faced a growing challenge as Russia introduces faster, more resilient loitering munitions designed to overwhelm conventional air defenses. The latest threat, the...

The US Army is looking to automate the work of its gunners, which involves a lot of physical work lifting projectiles. Its gunners will...