This Is Our First Look At The Army’s New 20mm Aerial Cannon On An Actual Helicopter
The XM915 cannon is being tested on a UH-60 Black Hawk, but is under development for the Army’s Future Armed Reconnaissance Aircraft.
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A Marine F-35B Fighter Jet Accidentally Shot Itself With Its Own Gun Pod (Updated)
Thankfully no one was injured, but the incident damaged the aircraft.
Navy’s Stealthy Zumwalt Destroyer Has Finally Fired Its 30mm Guns For The First Time
The test is a promising sign that the ship is slowly making progress in proving its basic capabilities.
Photos Surface Of The Army’s Crazy 1,000 Mile Range Supergun Concept: Here’s What We Know
The U.S. Army recently, and apparently inadvertently, offered a look at new concept art and models relating to a massive artillery piece that could have a range of 1,000 miles or more. The design concept has features that are reminiscent of the Cold War-era efforts such as the Army’s M65 “Atomic Annie” 280mm cannon and the modified 16-inch naval gun employed in the U.S.-Canadian High Altitude Research Project, or HARP. It also has a general look that wouldn’t be out of place in the G.I. Joe universe.
DARPA Wants Millions To Design An Unmanned ‘Flying Gun’ Under Its New Gunslinger Program
Tucked away inside the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s most recent budget proposal is a request for millions of dollars to explore what one could best describe as an unmanned flying gun pod capable of engaging targets on the ground and it in the air. This comes around a year and a half after DARPA first announced it was working on what it called a “Flying Missile Rail” that combat jets could use to simply carry AIM-120 air-to-air missiles under their wings or launch like a drone, which would then engage aerial targets with those weapons.
Get To Know The Brutal Artillery Of The Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War was one of the first conflicts fought with devastating cannons, howitzers, and mortars.
Marines To Finally Add 30mm Cannon To Bolt-On “Harvest Hawk” Armament Kits For KC-130Js
The guns will add a new and valuable capability to the add-on weapon and sensor packages, which already include precision guided missiles and bombs.
France Tests Huge 140mm Tank Gun As It Pushes Ahead With Germany On A New Tank Design
The Germans are also working on a 130mm cannon that might be another option for the future Franco-German tank.
US Army Eyes Adding Unique 40mm Cannon To Its Stryker and Bradley Armored Vehicles
The 40mm Cased Telescoped Cannon is compact and powerful and could arm some of the service’s future Next-Generation Combat Vehicles, too.
The USAF Still Can’t Get The New AC-130J Ghostrider’s 30mm Cannon To Work Reliably
A new Pentagon report says that gun routinely fails and that the plane’s basic design also causes the 105mm shells on board to fall apart.