US Army Adds 84mm Recoilless Rifle to Platoon Arsenal Army infantry platoons will soon have the 84mm Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle as a permanently assigned weapon.
Investigators to Army: Consider Canceling Troubled Airburst Weapon After two years of delays, the U.S. Army should consider canceling the shoulder-fired 25mm airburst weapon, investigators say...
Army Defends New Airburst Weapon Targeted by Pentagon Critics Army weapons officials are planning a late-September response to Pentagon investigators' recent criticisms of the XM25.
The Marine Corps Is Experimenting With a New Service Rifle The Marine Corps' experimental battalion has been conducting exercises with the M27 to evaluate it as the new rifle for...
Army Kills Contract for Shoulder-Fired Airburst Weapon The XM25 airburst weapon has stirred excitement in the infantry community, but it has also been plagued by program delays.
Marine Unit in Norway First to Deploy with Rifle Suppressors Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines, were the first Marine infantry unit to deploy with suppressors on every service...
Is Now the Time to Arm US Tanks with Israeli Anti-Missile Tech? The U.S. Army is poised to step into a new world of armor protection.
Army to Gunmakers: Show Us a New 7.62mm Service Rifle Army weapons officials launched a survey to see what gunmakers can offer for an off-the-shelf 7.62mm Interim Combat Service...
For Decades, Recipients Were Honored with Purple Hearts Made During WWII. This Company Now Forges New Medals. For decades, recipients of the Purple Heart were honored with medals that had been forged during World War II, leftover stock...
Officers with Higher Rank Get Better Care than Those with Lower Ranks at Military Hospitals, Study Finds A look at 1.5 million emergency room visits in the military health system shows that, in addition to racial bias, disparities...
Another Dead End for Airborne Lasers: Air Force Scraps Effort to Mount Directed-Energy Weapon on Fighter Jet The Self-Protect High-Energy Laser Demonstrator, or SHiELD, was envisioned as a laser weapon mounted on fighter jets such as...
'He Was Great Before He Came to Us': Air Force Leaders Speak at Funeral of Florida Airman Killed by Police The military connection and the attendance and participation by Air Force officials made the service for Roger Fortson an...
Military Ospreys Can't Fly More Than 30 Minutes from Landing Airfield Months After Grounding Lifted Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy V-22 Ospreys were all given the green light to fly again in early March and have been slowly...