Sig Sauer Live-Fires its Hard-Hitting New Ultra-Light Machine Gun It's similar to the gun Sig is developing as a candidate to replace the Army's M249 squad automatic weapon.
Army Opens Competition to Give Mobile Machine-Gunners a Better Optic The optic will help gunners hit enemy targets faster and with more accuracy than ever before.
Army's New Machine-Gun Optic Program on Hold The U.S. Army's search for a new optic for its medium and heavy machine guns has been delayed.
This Ultra-Light Ammo Could Help a Machine Gunner Lose 10 Pounds The Chesapeake Cartridge Corporation is in the process of submitting its new line of nickel ammunition for testing.
Marines Want Lightweight .50 Caliber Machine Gun Ammo The Marine Corps wants a 30 percent weight savings over existing linked belts of .50 caliber ammo.
In Reversal, Army Bans High-Performance Rifle Mags The Army has effectively banned one of the most dependable and widely used commercial-made magazines on today’s battlefield.
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...