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The directed energy system emits an adjustable energy beam that, when aimed at airborne targets such as drones, renders them unable to fly. (Photo: Monica K. Guthrie, PAO, U.S. Army)

Beam On: A Wide Range of Counter-Drone Technologies Comes of Age

M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun

M777 Howitzer

A-10 Thunderbolt II

A-10 Thunderbolt II

UH-60A/L Black Hawk Helicopter

B-1B Lancer

Amphibious Assault Ship Tarawa Wasp

Tarawa/Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship

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The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star breaks ice in McMurdo Sound near Antarctica on Jan. 13, 2018, in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2018, the U.S. military’s contribution to the National Science Foundation-managed U.S. Antarctic Program. Chief Petty Officer Nick Ameen/Coast Guard

Congress Finally Funds New Icebreaker for Coast Guard

The legislation that avoided a second government shutdown included $655 million for a new Coast Guard icebreaker.

Guardsmen with the 207th Engineer Utilities Detachment, with UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter transportation support from 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, participate in Arctic skills training in Snowhawk Valley near Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, on Feb. 9, 2019. The Army has contracted with Raytheon Co. to supply new aviation radios. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Michael Risinger)

Army Taps Raytheon to Build Enhanced Radios for Black Hawks, Apaches

ARC-231A are "software-defined" so they can be rapidly updated without requiring the radio to be removed from the aircraft.

Seabee divers with Underwater Construction Team (UCT) 2 Construction Dive Detachment (CDD) Alpha prepare to descend at a work site at Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on May 13, 2016. (U.S. Navy combat camera photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Charles E. White)

Navy Won’t Resurrect Decommissioned Ships for 355-Fleet Buildup, Admiral Says

Inactive frigates, destroyers and other mothballed vessels won't be making their way back to the fleet, Navy leaders decided.

Revision Military presented its Kinetic Operations Suit at the 2015 Special Operations Forces Industry Conference. (Military.com/Matthew Cox)

SOCOM's Iron Man Suit Is Officially Dead

Robert Heinlein gave America the most visceral description of powered armor for the warfighter of the future.

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Mission Configurable: FightLite Industries' MCR

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Military Aircraft Identification Quiz

A-10 Thunderbolt II

Military Aircraft Identification Quiz

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