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The latest Ridge Runner exercise seemed to reflect continued concerns in the Baltic States about Russian aggression.

ATK Orbital says its up-coming family of tiny weapons might be a good fit, but the Joint Strike fighters still can't attack fast-moving targets with any weapon.

New footage shows U.S. troops are still teaching their Ukrainian counterparts to operate RQ-11B Ravens months after Kiev's forces reportedly stopped using them in active combat.

The program squeezes more life out of old Black Hawks via the installation of new "glass" cockpits where analogue gauges once were.

New policies give troops on the ground – whoever they might be – more authority to call in fire support amid a growing commitment.

This Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System model has a powerful radar pod underneath its fuselage.

It may not be a perfect solution, and it certainly doesn't look like much, but it could get the job done when more capable assets are not available.

US special operations forces change their uniform as they move to the front lines in Mosul, while Washington pours in more troops.

The service wants the electromagnetic cannons in action by 2025, but power, cooling and just finding space on board ships are major challenges.

After almost getting canned in 2012, the Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System is now snooping abroad.

The proposed weapon sounds like it was tailored to one company and its ammunition.

The Kremlin is keen to reassert its influence in North Africa and the Middle East—as well as challenge United States power in those regions.

SkyNet rounds are just one tool the Pentagon is looking at to counter the threat of small and readily available remote-control aircraft.

But how much the Trump administration will ultimately change things remains uncertain.

Deployment to Syria is a significant escalation of the American campaign in the country.

Upgrade kits make the guns safer and handier for Marines, but shotguns are still very much niche weapons on the modern battlefield.

The system still hasn't proven itself against missiles like North Korea's Musudan.

Unfortunately, the Abrams Reactive Armor Tiles might not be the best solution for the threats at hand.

We can talk chasing missile-filled cargo ships across the globe, super-tech Navy patents, geopolitics, LCS mishaps—you know, no big whoop.

Patent documents indicate that the U.S. and China are actively developing radical new craft that seem eerily similar to UFOs reported by Navy pilots.