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The directed energy system emits an adjustable energy beam that, when aimed at airborne targets such as drones, renders them unable to fly. (Photo: Monica K. Guthrie, PAO, U.S. Army)

Beam On: A Wide Range of Counter-Drone Technologies Comes of Age

M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun

M777 Howitzer

A-10 Thunderbolt II

A-10 Thunderbolt II

UH-60A/L Black Hawk Helicopter

B-1B Lancer

Amphibious Assault Ship Tarawa Wasp

Tarawa/Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship

MK19 Grenade Launcher

MK19 Grenade Machine Gun

Gerald R. Ford Class Aircraft Carrier

Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV)

Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV)

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5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron load crews load a AGM-86B air-cruise launch missile trainer onto a B-52H Stratofortess at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Feb. 26, 2014. (U.S. Air Force/Tech. Sgt. Aaron D. Allmon II)

No Move to Speed Up New Nuclear Cruise Missile Development

A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit deployed from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., flies overhead after returning from a local training mission at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Jan. 12, 2017. (U.S. Air Force/Airman 1st Class Jazmin Smith)

B-2 Stealth Bomber Makes Emergency Landing in Colorado; Crew Safe

An Airman holds a hot cup inside a KC-10 Extender at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., June 21, 2018. The base is working on developing a new handle for the cup which could save the Air Force thousands. (U.S. Air Force/Tech. Sgt. James Hodgman)

Senator Won't Back Down on Air Force's Pricey Coffee Cups

The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star breaks ice in McMurdo Sound near Antarctica on Jan. 13, 2018, in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2018, the U.S. military’s contribution to the National Science Foundation-managed U.S. Antarctic Program. Chief Petty Officer Nick Ameen/Coast Guard

Philly Shipyard Makes a Play for its Future in Polar Icebreakers

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB-20) is in the ice Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, about 715 miles north of Barrow, Alaska, in the Arctic. The Healy is in the Arctic with a team of about 30 scientists and engineers aboard deploying sensors and autonomous submarines to study stratified ocean dynamics and how environmental factors affect the water below the ice surface for the Office of Naval Research. (NyxoLyno Cangemi/U.S. Coast Guard)

Coast Guard Icebreaker Crew Completes Second Arctic Mission

U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft, assigned to the 36th Fighter Squadron, participate in an elephant walk during Exercise VIGILANT ACE 18 at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. (U.S. Air Force photo/Franklin R. Ramos)

Pentagon Cancels Large-Scale Vigilant Ace Exercise with South Korea

Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star sits on blocks in a Vallejo, Calif., dry dock facility undergoing depot-level maintenance including inspections and repairs to critical cutter components prior to the cutter’s next patrol, April 16, 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Matthew S. Masaschi)

Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star Returns Home After 6 Months in Dry Dock

This photo, courtesy of www.scramble.nl, shows a Belgian F-16 that was destroyed when a mechanic accidentally fired a Vulcan cannon at it from another aircraft. Visit Scramble Magazine on Facebook at @scramblemagazine. Scramble Magazine photo

Mechanic Accidentally Fires Cannon, Destroying F-16 on Ground in Belgium

Photo illustration of the Defiant from Sikorsky-Boeing. Courtesy of Sikorsky-Boeing

The SB>1 Defiant Hasn't Flown Yet. But Army Officials Say They're Not Worried

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A-10 Thunderbolt II

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