Soldiers to Get Advanced Virtual Training Tools Next Year, Army Says The U.S. Army is gearing up to launch the first iterations of its new virtual reality simulators.
The SB>1 Defiant Hasn't Flown Yet. But Army Officials Say They're Not Worried The Army says the Future Vertical Lift, or FVL, will produce a new family of advanced aircraft over the next decade.
Army Chief: Pass New Combat Fitness Test or 'Hit the Road' "We don't want young men and women to get killed in action because they weren't fit."
Tech Firm Pitches Mini-Generator to Lighten Battery Load for Troops One soldier could serve as a recharger for the entire unit.
Army Chief Wants 100 Percent of Units Ready to Deploy by 2023 The Army's chief of staff says the service will reduce the number of non-deployable troops by as many as 20,000 soldiers.
Army Begins Field Testing Remotely Operated Weapon Station on Strykers The Army has begun field testing the Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station-Javelin atop its Stryker vehicles in Europe.
Army to See Designs of Future Attack-Recon Helicopters in December Recent solicitations will advance the attack-reconnaissance and advanced drone programs for the Future Vertical Lift effort.
Air Force, Navy and Army Now Working Together to Improve Military Moves After this summer's PCS season led to a surge in complaints against moving companies, officials hope to avoid a repeat.
Army, Marines to Buy Thousands of New Binocular-Style Night-Vision Goggles The Army plans to start equipping its first close-combat unit with new binocular-style night-vision devices in 2019.
Army Eyes Narrower Body Armor to Shave Off Weight Army officials want to make soldiers' body armor up to 30 percent lighter.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...