Featured in US ArmyBYBrett Tingley and Joseph TrevithickJan 5, 2022ShareArmy Green Berets Brought Out Their Newest Sniper Rifle For A Celebrity Shoot-OffArmy Green Berets first began receiving their new Advanced Sniper Rifles last year and conventional units are now set to get versions of these guns. BYBrett Tingley and Joseph TrevithickJan 5, 2022ShareBYJoseph TrevithickNov 19, 2021ShareThis Is Our First Look At The Army’s New 20mm Aerial Cannon On An Actual HelicopterThe XM915 cannon is being tested on a UH-60 Black Hawk, but is under development for the Army’s Future Armed Reconnaissance Aircraft. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 19, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickNov 17, 2021ShareUnwanted British Sentinel Radar Planes To Be Picked Up By US Army: ReportThe Sentinel Airborne Stand-Off Radar aircraft, controversially retired earlier this year, may now be headed to the United States. BYThomas NewdickNov 17, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickOct 25, 2021ShareCompetition To Build An Army Stryker That Zaps Drone Swarms Heats UpA Stryker armed with a high-power microwave weapon joins a field with two other designs equipped with turreted lasers. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 25, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickOct 22, 2021ShareGreen Berets Hone Their Destruction Of Enemy Air Defenses Skills For A Peer ConflictArmy Special Forces soldiers knocked out “enemy” air defenses, snooped on mock missile silos, and sabotaged a simulated port in a recent exercise. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 22, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickOct 15, 2021ShareNew Tracked Unmanned Vehicle Bristles With A Whopping 50 Switchblade Suicide DronesGeneral Dynamics Land Systems’ TRX is a modular unmanned ground vehicle design, and versions of it will be headed to an Army experiment next year. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 15, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickOct 14, 2021ShareThe Army Just Tested Its New Ballistic Missiles That Takes Aim At Previously Prohibited Ranges (Updated)The Precision Strike Missile was expected to fly at least 499 kilometers in the test, just shy of a range limit in a former treaty with Russia. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 14, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickOct 14, 2021ShareArmy Halts Widely-Hyped Multi-Billion Dollar Advanced Augmented Reality Goggle Program (Updated)The Army had awarded Microsoft a contract worth up to nearly $22 billion earlier this year to start building the potentially game-changing headsets. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 14, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickOct 13, 2021ShareThe Army Plans To Fire Its Version Of The Navy’s SM-6 Missile From This LauncherThe Army will field ground-launched SM-6s and Tomahawk cruise missiles using a launcher the Navy has also tested on an unmanned boat. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 13, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickOct 11, 2021ShareThis Is Our First Look At The Marines’ Loitering Munition-Armed Light Armored VehicleThe ‘suicide drones’ will allow Marine light armored units to surveil the battlefield and strike targets with pinpoint precision from up above. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 11, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickOct 8, 2021ShareThe Iron Dome Air Defense System Is Heading To GuamThe U.S. Army is sending Iron Dome to Guam amid discussions about how to improve the island’s air and missile defenses in the face of Chinese threats. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 8, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickOct 8, 2021ShareAmerican Forces Have Been Quietly Deployed To Taiwan With Increasing Regularity: ReportA report that the U.S. military has been stepping up its activities in Taiwan for at least a year comes amid growing fears of a Chinese invasion. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 8, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickSep 17, 2021ShareRussian-Made Mi-17 Helicopter Flown By Secretive U.S. Unit Lands In Farmer’s FieldA Bell 407 helicopter from the same organization swooped in after the Mi-17 was forced to make an emergency landing. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 17, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickSep 13, 2021ShareThe Army Has Started Fielding Its First New Short Range Air Defense System In DecadesThe arrival of new Stryker-based air defense vehicles in Germany comes as aerial threats, especially small drones, continue to grow. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 13, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickAug 13, 2021ShareEmergency Troop Surge Now Needed For Afghan Withdrawal (Updated)U.S. troops will safeguard diplomats and others evacuating the country, but the Biden administration insists the fall of Kabul is not inevitable. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 13, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickAug 4, 2021ShareRipsaw Unmanned Mini-Tank Sent To The Army’s Shooting Range For The First TimeThe Ripsaw is better known for its action movie pedigree, but the Army’s unmanned version packs a very real 30mm cannon. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 4, 2021ShareBYBrett TingleyJul 29, 2021ShareNew Swarming Capability Planned For The V-Bat Vertical Takeoff And Landing DroneThe V-Bat is getting a revolutionary AI brain, swarming capabilities, and there are plans to increase the drone’s ability to work without GPS. BYBrett TingleyJul 29, 2021ShareBYBrett TingleyJul 16, 2021ShareWatch This Black Hawk Clip Street Lights During Emergency Landing In Romanian CapitalThe US Army Black Hawk helicopter rehearsing for a military ceremony had to make a harrowing landing on the streets of Bucharest, Romania. BYBrett TingleyJul 16, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJul 12, 2021ShareThe Army Is Once Again Trying To Sell Off Some Of Its Underappreciated Naval FleetTwo years ago, Congress forced the Army to halt similar plans to divest some of these vessels, which would be important in a peer state conflict. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 12, 2021ShareBYBrett TingleyJul 8, 2021ShareThis Is What A Black Hawk Helicopter Looks Like Through The Army’s New Night Vision GogglesNew images shared online demonstrate the revolutionary capabilities of the Army’s new Enhanced Night Vision Goggle-Binocular system. BYBrett TingleyJul 8, 2021ShareBYBrett TingleyJul 7, 2021ShareJoint Light Tactical Vehicle Funds Redirected By Army To Buy New HumveesThe US Army wants to divert funding away from its Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program to buy new Humvees and update its older ones. BYBrett TingleyJul 7, 2021ShareBYBrett TingleyJun 28, 2021ShareThe CIA’s Bird-Shaped Aquiline Drones Could Still Be Caged Up At Area 51It’s unknown what became of the CIA’s Project Aquiline assets once they were boxed up and stored at the infamously secretive desert testing facility. BYBrett TingleyJun 28, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 17, 2021ShareArmy’s New Unmanned Missile Launcher Could Target Ships And Air DefensesA slick Army video presentation on its experimental Autonomous Multi-Domain Launcher also reveals new details about its future missile plans. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 17, 2021ShareBYBrett TingleyJun 15, 2021ShareThe U.S. Military Doesn’t Even Track How Many Weapons It Loses, And It Has Lost ThousandsA scathing report details how over 2,000 weapons have gone missing from military arsenals in the last decade alone and the data is far from complete. BYBrett TingleyJun 15, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickJun 14, 2021ShareSpecial Ops MH-47 Chinooks Can Use These Fuel Dump Pipes To Help Climb Over MountainsPipes for dumping fuel are more commonly associated with fixed-wing aircraft, but have a niche role on the Special Operations Chinook, too. BYThomas NewdickJun 14, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 10, 2021Share7.62x51mm Rifles And Miniguns Adapted To Fire Longer-Range Polymer Cased 6.8mm Ammo In TestsAmmunition maker True Velocity says it can give many guns that fire 7.62x51mm ammunition far better performance with just the swap of a barrel. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 10, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 4, 2021ShareLong In Development Hypervelocity Rounds For Navy Railguns And Deck Guns Killed Off In BudgetThe Navy and other services had hoped to be able to fire hypervelocity projectiles from various guns at a range of surface and aerial threats. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 4, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 3, 2021ShareArmy’s 1,000 Mile Range Supergun Set To See Its Budget SlashedThe Army’s Strategic Long Range Cannon program had been planning to demonstrate a prototype weapon by 2023. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 3, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMay 21, 2021ShareLand-Based Strike Version Of Navy’s Long-Range Air Defense Blasting Missile Breaks CoverThe Advanced Reactive Strike Missile will be able to hit targets on land and at sea and be fired from a launcher inside a shipping container. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 21, 2021ShareBYAdam KehoeMay 17, 2021ShareWhat We Know About The High-Altitude Balloons Recently Lingering Off America’s CoastlinesThe military has been testing high-altitude balloons that are steerable and can remain aloft for long periods while carrying cutting-edge payloads. BYAdam KehoeMay 17, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMay 14, 2021ShareThe Army Has Finally Revealed The Range Of Its New Hypersonic WeaponThe missile’s range would’ve violated a now-defunct treaty with Russia and this disclosure comes amid criticism of its utility in the Pacific region. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 14, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickMay 14, 2021ShareThe Army Is Testing Arming Its Light Tactical Vehicles With Drones (Updated)A DAGOR ultra-light tactical vehicle appeared at the recent Edge 21 exercise packing tube-launched drones. BYThomas NewdickMay 14, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMay 10, 2021ShareThe Army Is Training Specialized Companies Of Green Berets To Crack “Hard Targets”The shift in mission for certain Special Forces units is part of a broader push to prepare for higher-end fights with Russia and China. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 10, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMay 10, 2021ShareWatch This Night Stalker AH-6 Little Bird Execute A Maritime Rope Ladder ExtractionThis is a tactic that allows the armed light attack helicopters to quickly extract individuals when traditional rescue options might not be available. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 10, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMay 6, 2021ShareB-52 Simulated A Hypersonic Weapon Strike During Massive Alaskan War GamesThe Air Force touted its first end-to-end simulated hypersonic weapon strike, but new networking concepts that made it possible may be the real star. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 6, 2021ShareBYBrett TingleyApr 16, 2021ShareNew Army Training Doc Outlines Ways To Give Soldiers Superhuman-Like Sensory PerceptionThe Advanced Situational Awareness concept aims to give soldiers an unconscious “human edge” through various techniques. BYBrett TingleyApr 16, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickApr 9, 2021ShareThe Army’s Plan To Finally Replace The Tank Busting TOW MissileAfter 50 years of service, and the Army is now set on replacing the TOW with a missile that can reach at least twice as far at a much higher speed. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 9, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickApr 8, 2021ShareOne of US Special Operations Command’s Newest Spy Planes Is Hunting Terrorists In LibyaA pair of de Havilland Dash-8-based aircraft appear to have taken over directly from two older, shadowy surveillance aircraft. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 8, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickApr 6, 2021ShareThe Army Wants Networked Mines That Leap Up To Attack The Tops Of TanksMinefields networked together would provide improved capabilities and could help limit risks to friendly troops and innocent civilians. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 6, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickApr 5, 2021ShareThese Are The Two Companies Competing To Build The Army’s Next Arctic Combat VehicleThe new vehicles will offer Army soldiers added mobility and other capabilities while operating in the increasingly strategic Arctic region. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 5, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickApr 4, 2021ShareArmy Makes Gargantuan Bet On New Augmented Reality Goggles For Its SoldiersAugmented reality headsets could give individual Army soldiers unprecedented situational awareness and immediate access to critical information. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 4, 2021ShareBYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayApr 2, 2021ShareThe Cheyenne Attack Helicopter Had A Crazy Rotating Gunner’s Seat Right Out Of Star WarsLockheed’s AH-56 Cheyenne was ahead of its time in many ways. While its swiveling gunner’s seat was not one of them, it certainly was cool. BYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayApr 2, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMar 19, 2021ShareNavy Wants Triple-Packed Hypersonic Missile Modules On Its Stealthy Zumwalt DestroyersThe modules are too large for the ship’s existing vertical launch cells, so they would likely take the place of its all but abandoned deck guns. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 19, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMar 19, 2021ShareArmy Delivers First Canisters To Its New Hypersonic Missile Battery But Won’t Say Where It’s BasedThe prototype outfit will now begin training with two inert canisters that are identical to the ones that will soon hold live missiles. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 19, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMar 17, 2021ShareAn Army AH-64 Apache Used An Israeli-Made Missile To Blast A Small Boat 20 Miles AwayThe Israeli Spike-NLOS missile will give the Army’s AH-64s a new, extremely precise way to deal with threats on land and at sea at extended ranges. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 17, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMar 16, 2021SharePentagon Unveils Details On Effort To Equip Its Services With Massive Swarms Of Deadly DronesThe Pentagon has quietly laid critical groundwork for fielding weaponized swarms of drones across all of the services. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 16, 2021ShareBYBrett TingleyMar 12, 2021ShareModular Solar Generators Could Be Key In Helping Power Remote Bases During A Major ConflictSolar generators that fit inside standard shipping containers could help revolutionize energy logistics for critical expeditionary operations. BYBrett TingleyMar 12, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMar 12, 2021ShareNorthrop Grumman Reveals Sky Viper Chain Gun And New Suicide Drone For Future HelicoptersSwarming loitering munitions, fast-firing cannons, and other new capabilities are core components of the Army’s Future Vertical Lift initiative. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 12, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMar 4, 2021ShareFBI’s Elite Hostage Rescue Team Is Now Flying Gloss Black UH-60 HelicoptersThe FBI’s UH-60 Black Hawks have only been seen previously in the US Army’s standard green paint scheme. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 4, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMar 2, 2021ShareAir Force F-15Es Train To Launch Cruise Missiles Over The Baltic SeaThe event also saw F-35 Joint Strike Fighters helping to pass vital information between Air Force and Army air and missile defense units. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 2, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickFeb 22, 2021ShareAmerican Avenger Air Defense Systems Reportedly Spotted On A Highway Linking Iraq And SyriaThe reported appearance of the Avengers in western Iraq comes not long after a top American general warned about the threat posed by small drones. BYJoseph TrevithickFeb 22, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJan 27, 2021ShareArmy Eyes Unmanned Launcher Trucks Able To Fire Missiles Loaded With Swarming MunitionsThis combination would enable a relatively small number of personnel to deliver swarms of drones that could wreak havoc, including on air defenses. BYJoseph TrevithickJan 27, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickJan 25, 2021ShareThe “Lady Bird Special” Was The Lowliest Of Air Force One AircraftPresident Lyndon B. Johnson used the small King Air to access his beloved ranch in Texas. BYThomas NewdickJan 25, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJan 25, 2021ShareBoeing And Lockheed Martin Reveal What Could Be The Army’s UH-60 Black Hawk ReplacementBoeing and Lockheed are facing off against Bell to provide a solution that is faster, more maneuverable, and otherwise more capable than the H-60. BYJoseph TrevithickJan 25, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJan 21, 2021ShareNew Pods Will Allow Reaper Drones To Hunt Submarines And Launch Small Weapons And DronesRecent tests show how the pods will enable MQ-9s to take on anti-submarine missions, but that’s just the beginning. BYJoseph TrevithickJan 21, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJan 16, 2021ShareThose Mysterious Dark Helicopters Were Landing On Multiple Downtown LA Rooftops Last Night (Updated)The flight activity looked very similar to past urban training exercises that Army special operations aviation units have conducted in Los Angeles. BYJoseph TrevithickJan 16, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJan 15, 2021ShareEverything We Know About The Mysterious Dark Helicopters That Have Been Circling Los AngelesThe dark gray helicopters with no readily identifiable markings and unusual antennas have caught people’s attention as they zip around Los Angeles. BYJoseph TrevithickJan 15, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickDec 23, 2020ShareEarly Christmas Present: Army Receives Potentially Revolutionary Unmanned Ground VehiclesThe Army wants to acquire lightweight, low-cost unmanned ground vehicles to serve as robotic scouts and more. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 23, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickDec 21, 2020ShareIsraeli, Serbian, And Swedish Self-Propelled Howitzers Are Headed To A U.S. Army Shoot-OffThe Army wants a new mobile 155mm howitzer to arm its brigades equipped with Stryker wheeled armored vehicles. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 21, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickDec 10, 2020ShareOne Of The Navy’s First Female Submarine Officers May Be Headed To The MoonHalf of those picked for NASA’s Artemis program, aimed at going back to the moon by 2024, come from the U.S. military. Here’s a bit more about them. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 10, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickNov 30, 2020ShareThe Army Wants To Launch Drone Swarms Behind Enemy Lines From High-Altitude BalloonsThe balloons could also collect intelligence, serve as communications relays, and send sensors falling down to the ground to watch for enemy activity. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 30, 2020ShareBYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayNov 27, 2020ShareThis Is The First Photo Ever Of A Stealthy Black Hawk HelicopterAlmost a decade since we learned of the stealth Black Hawks used in the Bin Laden raid, we have seen no images of them or of their lineage, until now. BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayNov 27, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickNov 27, 2020ShareThe Youngest World War II Medal Of Honor Recipient Threw Himself On Two Grenades And Lived“Indestructible” Jack Lucas’ selfless actions saved three other Marines during the Battle of Iwo Jima. Now he is getting a destroyer named after him. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 27, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickNov 27, 2020ShareThe Army Tried To Turn Nerf Footballs Into Hand GrenadesThe goal of the “football device” was to give soldiers a way to take out tanks at close range in a package the Army hoped would be instinctual to use. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 27, 2020Share12345
BYBrett Tingley and Joseph TrevithickJan 5, 2022ShareArmy Green Berets Brought Out Their Newest Sniper Rifle For A Celebrity Shoot-OffArmy Green Berets first began receiving their new Advanced Sniper Rifles last year and conventional units are now set to get versions of these guns. BYBrett Tingley and Joseph TrevithickJan 5, 2022Share
BYJoseph TrevithickNov 19, 2021ShareThis Is Our First Look At The Army’s New 20mm Aerial Cannon On An Actual HelicopterThe XM915 cannon is being tested on a UH-60 Black Hawk, but is under development for the Army’s Future Armed Reconnaissance Aircraft. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 19, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickNov 17, 2021ShareUnwanted British Sentinel Radar Planes To Be Picked Up By US Army: ReportThe Sentinel Airborne Stand-Off Radar aircraft, controversially retired earlier this year, may now be headed to the United States. BYThomas NewdickNov 17, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickOct 25, 2021ShareCompetition To Build An Army Stryker That Zaps Drone Swarms Heats UpA Stryker armed with a high-power microwave weapon joins a field with two other designs equipped with turreted lasers. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 25, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickOct 22, 2021ShareGreen Berets Hone Their Destruction Of Enemy Air Defenses Skills For A Peer ConflictArmy Special Forces soldiers knocked out “enemy” air defenses, snooped on mock missile silos, and sabotaged a simulated port in a recent exercise. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 22, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickOct 15, 2021ShareNew Tracked Unmanned Vehicle Bristles With A Whopping 50 Switchblade Suicide DronesGeneral Dynamics Land Systems’ TRX is a modular unmanned ground vehicle design, and versions of it will be headed to an Army experiment next year. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 15, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickOct 14, 2021ShareThe Army Just Tested Its New Ballistic Missiles That Takes Aim At Previously Prohibited Ranges (Updated)The Precision Strike Missile was expected to fly at least 499 kilometers in the test, just shy of a range limit in a former treaty with Russia. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 14, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickOct 14, 2021ShareArmy Halts Widely-Hyped Multi-Billion Dollar Advanced Augmented Reality Goggle Program (Updated)The Army had awarded Microsoft a contract worth up to nearly $22 billion earlier this year to start building the potentially game-changing headsets. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 14, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickOct 13, 2021ShareThe Army Plans To Fire Its Version Of The Navy’s SM-6 Missile From This LauncherThe Army will field ground-launched SM-6s and Tomahawk cruise missiles using a launcher the Navy has also tested on an unmanned boat. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 13, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickOct 11, 2021ShareThis Is Our First Look At The Marines’ Loitering Munition-Armed Light Armored VehicleThe ‘suicide drones’ will allow Marine light armored units to surveil the battlefield and strike targets with pinpoint precision from up above. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 11, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickOct 8, 2021ShareThe Iron Dome Air Defense System Is Heading To GuamThe U.S. Army is sending Iron Dome to Guam amid discussions about how to improve the island’s air and missile defenses in the face of Chinese threats. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 8, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickOct 8, 2021ShareAmerican Forces Have Been Quietly Deployed To Taiwan With Increasing Regularity: ReportA report that the U.S. military has been stepping up its activities in Taiwan for at least a year comes amid growing fears of a Chinese invasion. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 8, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickSep 17, 2021ShareRussian-Made Mi-17 Helicopter Flown By Secretive U.S. Unit Lands In Farmer’s FieldA Bell 407 helicopter from the same organization swooped in after the Mi-17 was forced to make an emergency landing. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 17, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickSep 13, 2021ShareThe Army Has Started Fielding Its First New Short Range Air Defense System In DecadesThe arrival of new Stryker-based air defense vehicles in Germany comes as aerial threats, especially small drones, continue to grow. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 13, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickAug 13, 2021ShareEmergency Troop Surge Now Needed For Afghan Withdrawal (Updated)U.S. troops will safeguard diplomats and others evacuating the country, but the Biden administration insists the fall of Kabul is not inevitable. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 13, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickAug 4, 2021ShareRipsaw Unmanned Mini-Tank Sent To The Army’s Shooting Range For The First TimeThe Ripsaw is better known for its action movie pedigree, but the Army’s unmanned version packs a very real 30mm cannon. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 4, 2021Share
BYBrett TingleyJul 29, 2021ShareNew Swarming Capability Planned For The V-Bat Vertical Takeoff And Landing DroneThe V-Bat is getting a revolutionary AI brain, swarming capabilities, and there are plans to increase the drone’s ability to work without GPS. BYBrett TingleyJul 29, 2021Share
BYBrett TingleyJul 16, 2021ShareWatch This Black Hawk Clip Street Lights During Emergency Landing In Romanian CapitalThe US Army Black Hawk helicopter rehearsing for a military ceremony had to make a harrowing landing on the streets of Bucharest, Romania. BYBrett TingleyJul 16, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJul 12, 2021ShareThe Army Is Once Again Trying To Sell Off Some Of Its Underappreciated Naval FleetTwo years ago, Congress forced the Army to halt similar plans to divest some of these vessels, which would be important in a peer state conflict. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 12, 2021Share
BYBrett TingleyJul 8, 2021ShareThis Is What A Black Hawk Helicopter Looks Like Through The Army’s New Night Vision GogglesNew images shared online demonstrate the revolutionary capabilities of the Army’s new Enhanced Night Vision Goggle-Binocular system. BYBrett TingleyJul 8, 2021Share
BYBrett TingleyJul 7, 2021ShareJoint Light Tactical Vehicle Funds Redirected By Army To Buy New HumveesThe US Army wants to divert funding away from its Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program to buy new Humvees and update its older ones. BYBrett TingleyJul 7, 2021Share
BYBrett TingleyJun 28, 2021ShareThe CIA’s Bird-Shaped Aquiline Drones Could Still Be Caged Up At Area 51It’s unknown what became of the CIA’s Project Aquiline assets once they were boxed up and stored at the infamously secretive desert testing facility. BYBrett TingleyJun 28, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 17, 2021ShareArmy’s New Unmanned Missile Launcher Could Target Ships And Air DefensesA slick Army video presentation on its experimental Autonomous Multi-Domain Launcher also reveals new details about its future missile plans. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 17, 2021Share
BYBrett TingleyJun 15, 2021ShareThe U.S. Military Doesn’t Even Track How Many Weapons It Loses, And It Has Lost ThousandsA scathing report details how over 2,000 weapons have gone missing from military arsenals in the last decade alone and the data is far from complete. BYBrett TingleyJun 15, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickJun 14, 2021ShareSpecial Ops MH-47 Chinooks Can Use These Fuel Dump Pipes To Help Climb Over MountainsPipes for dumping fuel are more commonly associated with fixed-wing aircraft, but have a niche role on the Special Operations Chinook, too. BYThomas NewdickJun 14, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 10, 2021Share7.62x51mm Rifles And Miniguns Adapted To Fire Longer-Range Polymer Cased 6.8mm Ammo In TestsAmmunition maker True Velocity says it can give many guns that fire 7.62x51mm ammunition far better performance with just the swap of a barrel. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 10, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 4, 2021ShareLong In Development Hypervelocity Rounds For Navy Railguns And Deck Guns Killed Off In BudgetThe Navy and other services had hoped to be able to fire hypervelocity projectiles from various guns at a range of surface and aerial threats. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 4, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 3, 2021ShareArmy’s 1,000 Mile Range Supergun Set To See Its Budget SlashedThe Army’s Strategic Long Range Cannon program had been planning to demonstrate a prototype weapon by 2023. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 3, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMay 21, 2021ShareLand-Based Strike Version Of Navy’s Long-Range Air Defense Blasting Missile Breaks CoverThe Advanced Reactive Strike Missile will be able to hit targets on land and at sea and be fired from a launcher inside a shipping container. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 21, 2021Share
BYAdam KehoeMay 17, 2021ShareWhat We Know About The High-Altitude Balloons Recently Lingering Off America’s CoastlinesThe military has been testing high-altitude balloons that are steerable and can remain aloft for long periods while carrying cutting-edge payloads. BYAdam KehoeMay 17, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMay 14, 2021ShareThe Army Has Finally Revealed The Range Of Its New Hypersonic WeaponThe missile’s range would’ve violated a now-defunct treaty with Russia and this disclosure comes amid criticism of its utility in the Pacific region. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 14, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickMay 14, 2021ShareThe Army Is Testing Arming Its Light Tactical Vehicles With Drones (Updated)A DAGOR ultra-light tactical vehicle appeared at the recent Edge 21 exercise packing tube-launched drones. BYThomas NewdickMay 14, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMay 10, 2021ShareThe Army Is Training Specialized Companies Of Green Berets To Crack “Hard Targets”The shift in mission for certain Special Forces units is part of a broader push to prepare for higher-end fights with Russia and China. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 10, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMay 10, 2021ShareWatch This Night Stalker AH-6 Little Bird Execute A Maritime Rope Ladder ExtractionThis is a tactic that allows the armed light attack helicopters to quickly extract individuals when traditional rescue options might not be available. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 10, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMay 6, 2021ShareB-52 Simulated A Hypersonic Weapon Strike During Massive Alaskan War GamesThe Air Force touted its first end-to-end simulated hypersonic weapon strike, but new networking concepts that made it possible may be the real star. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 6, 2021Share
BYBrett TingleyApr 16, 2021ShareNew Army Training Doc Outlines Ways To Give Soldiers Superhuman-Like Sensory PerceptionThe Advanced Situational Awareness concept aims to give soldiers an unconscious “human edge” through various techniques. BYBrett TingleyApr 16, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickApr 9, 2021ShareThe Army’s Plan To Finally Replace The Tank Busting TOW MissileAfter 50 years of service, and the Army is now set on replacing the TOW with a missile that can reach at least twice as far at a much higher speed. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 9, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickApr 8, 2021ShareOne of US Special Operations Command’s Newest Spy Planes Is Hunting Terrorists In LibyaA pair of de Havilland Dash-8-based aircraft appear to have taken over directly from two older, shadowy surveillance aircraft. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 8, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickApr 6, 2021ShareThe Army Wants Networked Mines That Leap Up To Attack The Tops Of TanksMinefields networked together would provide improved capabilities and could help limit risks to friendly troops and innocent civilians. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 6, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickApr 5, 2021ShareThese Are The Two Companies Competing To Build The Army’s Next Arctic Combat VehicleThe new vehicles will offer Army soldiers added mobility and other capabilities while operating in the increasingly strategic Arctic region. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 5, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickApr 4, 2021ShareArmy Makes Gargantuan Bet On New Augmented Reality Goggles For Its SoldiersAugmented reality headsets could give individual Army soldiers unprecedented situational awareness and immediate access to critical information. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 4, 2021Share
BYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayApr 2, 2021ShareThe Cheyenne Attack Helicopter Had A Crazy Rotating Gunner’s Seat Right Out Of Star WarsLockheed’s AH-56 Cheyenne was ahead of its time in many ways. While its swiveling gunner’s seat was not one of them, it certainly was cool. BYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayApr 2, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMar 19, 2021ShareNavy Wants Triple-Packed Hypersonic Missile Modules On Its Stealthy Zumwalt DestroyersThe modules are too large for the ship’s existing vertical launch cells, so they would likely take the place of its all but abandoned deck guns. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 19, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMar 19, 2021ShareArmy Delivers First Canisters To Its New Hypersonic Missile Battery But Won’t Say Where It’s BasedThe prototype outfit will now begin training with two inert canisters that are identical to the ones that will soon hold live missiles. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 19, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMar 17, 2021ShareAn Army AH-64 Apache Used An Israeli-Made Missile To Blast A Small Boat 20 Miles AwayThe Israeli Spike-NLOS missile will give the Army’s AH-64s a new, extremely precise way to deal with threats on land and at sea at extended ranges. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 17, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMar 16, 2021SharePentagon Unveils Details On Effort To Equip Its Services With Massive Swarms Of Deadly DronesThe Pentagon has quietly laid critical groundwork for fielding weaponized swarms of drones across all of the services. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 16, 2021Share
BYBrett TingleyMar 12, 2021ShareModular Solar Generators Could Be Key In Helping Power Remote Bases During A Major ConflictSolar generators that fit inside standard shipping containers could help revolutionize energy logistics for critical expeditionary operations. BYBrett TingleyMar 12, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMar 12, 2021ShareNorthrop Grumman Reveals Sky Viper Chain Gun And New Suicide Drone For Future HelicoptersSwarming loitering munitions, fast-firing cannons, and other new capabilities are core components of the Army’s Future Vertical Lift initiative. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 12, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMar 4, 2021ShareFBI’s Elite Hostage Rescue Team Is Now Flying Gloss Black UH-60 HelicoptersThe FBI’s UH-60 Black Hawks have only been seen previously in the US Army’s standard green paint scheme. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 4, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMar 2, 2021ShareAir Force F-15Es Train To Launch Cruise Missiles Over The Baltic SeaThe event also saw F-35 Joint Strike Fighters helping to pass vital information between Air Force and Army air and missile defense units. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 2, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickFeb 22, 2021ShareAmerican Avenger Air Defense Systems Reportedly Spotted On A Highway Linking Iraq And SyriaThe reported appearance of the Avengers in western Iraq comes not long after a top American general warned about the threat posed by small drones. BYJoseph TrevithickFeb 22, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJan 27, 2021ShareArmy Eyes Unmanned Launcher Trucks Able To Fire Missiles Loaded With Swarming MunitionsThis combination would enable a relatively small number of personnel to deliver swarms of drones that could wreak havoc, including on air defenses. BYJoseph TrevithickJan 27, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickJan 25, 2021ShareThe “Lady Bird Special” Was The Lowliest Of Air Force One AircraftPresident Lyndon B. Johnson used the small King Air to access his beloved ranch in Texas. BYThomas NewdickJan 25, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJan 25, 2021ShareBoeing And Lockheed Martin Reveal What Could Be The Army’s UH-60 Black Hawk ReplacementBoeing and Lockheed are facing off against Bell to provide a solution that is faster, more maneuverable, and otherwise more capable than the H-60. BYJoseph TrevithickJan 25, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJan 21, 2021ShareNew Pods Will Allow Reaper Drones To Hunt Submarines And Launch Small Weapons And DronesRecent tests show how the pods will enable MQ-9s to take on anti-submarine missions, but that’s just the beginning. BYJoseph TrevithickJan 21, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJan 16, 2021ShareThose Mysterious Dark Helicopters Were Landing On Multiple Downtown LA Rooftops Last Night (Updated)The flight activity looked very similar to past urban training exercises that Army special operations aviation units have conducted in Los Angeles. BYJoseph TrevithickJan 16, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJan 15, 2021ShareEverything We Know About The Mysterious Dark Helicopters That Have Been Circling Los AngelesThe dark gray helicopters with no readily identifiable markings and unusual antennas have caught people’s attention as they zip around Los Angeles. BYJoseph TrevithickJan 15, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickDec 23, 2020ShareEarly Christmas Present: Army Receives Potentially Revolutionary Unmanned Ground VehiclesThe Army wants to acquire lightweight, low-cost unmanned ground vehicles to serve as robotic scouts and more. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 23, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickDec 21, 2020ShareIsraeli, Serbian, And Swedish Self-Propelled Howitzers Are Headed To A U.S. Army Shoot-OffThe Army wants a new mobile 155mm howitzer to arm its brigades equipped with Stryker wheeled armored vehicles. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 21, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickDec 10, 2020ShareOne Of The Navy’s First Female Submarine Officers May Be Headed To The MoonHalf of those picked for NASA’s Artemis program, aimed at going back to the moon by 2024, come from the U.S. military. Here’s a bit more about them. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 10, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickNov 30, 2020ShareThe Army Wants To Launch Drone Swarms Behind Enemy Lines From High-Altitude BalloonsThe balloons could also collect intelligence, serve as communications relays, and send sensors falling down to the ground to watch for enemy activity. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 30, 2020Share
BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayNov 27, 2020ShareThis Is The First Photo Ever Of A Stealthy Black Hawk HelicopterAlmost a decade since we learned of the stealth Black Hawks used in the Bin Laden raid, we have seen no images of them or of their lineage, until now. BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayNov 27, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickNov 27, 2020ShareThe Youngest World War II Medal Of Honor Recipient Threw Himself On Two Grenades And Lived“Indestructible” Jack Lucas’ selfless actions saved three other Marines during the Battle of Iwo Jima. Now he is getting a destroyer named after him. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 27, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickNov 27, 2020ShareThe Army Tried To Turn Nerf Footballs Into Hand GrenadesThe goal of the “football device” was to give soldiers a way to take out tanks at close range in a package the Army hoped would be instinctual to use. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 27, 2020Share