The Military Still Wants a Belly Gun for the V-22 Osprey For years, officials have wanted a forward firing gun under the Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey's belly.
This Performance Bar Could Keep Recruits from Breaking Bones in Basic Recruits with a more sedentary background have seen rising injury levels, an official said.
Advanced Super Hornet, F-35 Face Stealth Dilemma The Navy is expanding its F-35 and Super Hornet fleets, but the two aircraft can't communicate without compromising stealth.
Army May Have to Rely on Simulators to Train for Future Urban Combat The head of Army Training and Doctrine Command said the service will have to use high-tech simulations to prepare soldiers.
Marines Want New Skis, Not New Ski Boots The Marine Corps recently announced it will soon search the market for a new ski system that does not require a new ski boot.
Social Media Photos Raise Questions About B-1 Emergency Landing Photos show a missing ceiling hatch, leading to speculation an in-flight ejection was attempted.
C-17 Globemaster Makes 1st Airdrop in Afghanistan in More Than a Year The cargo airlifter, based out of Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, made a drop over Southern Afghanistan on May 10.
Proposed Cannon Would Turn the B-1 Bomber into a Gunship Boeing has been granted a patent for a cannon to enhance the aircraft's ability to take on more close-air support roles.
Army to Begin Equipping Heavy Units with Active Protection by 2020 The Army has been testing Israeli-made systems such as Trophy for the M1 tank and Iron Fist for the Bradley.
Army Medicine Embracing Robot Surgery, Other High-Tech Procedures Physicians far from a field hospital could soon perform delicate, highly specialized surgery on wounded troops using robotics...
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...
