Army Kills Contract for Shoulder-Fired Airburst Weapon The XM25 airburst weapon has stirred excitement in the infantry community, but it has also been plagued by program delays.
Scientists Build Dog Nose to Sniff Out Explosives Inspired by that snuffling wet lump at the end of your dog's face, a new chip can rapidly identify trace amounts of TNT --...
Senators Question Army Chief on Supposed Polymer Magazine Ban Several senators want the Army's chief of staff to explain why the service supposedly banned GIs from using polymer magazine...
Army Round Triggers Problems in Marine M27 Auto Rifle The Army's M855A1 5.56mm round causes reliability problems in the Marine M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle, testing shows.
Air Force Bomb Squad to Protect Trump's Florida Mansion The EOD unit at Eglin Air Force Base has already protected 50 VIPs during this election year.
Pentagon Sends Huge Ammo Shipment to Forces in Europe The DoD just completed the largest single shipment of ammunition for Army and Air Force units in Europe in more than two...
More than 5,000 Tons of Ammo Sent to US Army Depot in Germany The U.S. Army's largest Europe-bound ammo shipment in a decade has arrived at a depot in Germany as its forces ramp up their...
Marines to Receive Precision-Guided Mortar Round in 2018 The Marine Corps inked $98 million contract this month for a GPS-guided mortar round that officials said will travel twice as...
U.S. Army Wants Hollow-Point Ammo for New Pistol, Not for the M9 The Army's Modular Handgun System will include special ammunition such as jacketed hollow-points, but not the current M9.
US Army is Considering Hollow-Point Bullets to Go with New Pistol The U.S. Army's plan to replace the M9 9mm pistol could result in the adoption of hollow-point pistol ammunition.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
