The Navy Finally Pulls the Plug on the Railgun The program, which began in 2005, was supposed to use magnetic fields instead of gunpowder to fire rounds.
New AC-130J Completes First Test Flight After more than a year of modification, the newly created AC-130J Ghostrider took to the sky for the first time as a gunship.
In New Realignment, Air Force Wants to Shift Some HH-60s, A-10s and F-22s The move is predicated on Congress approving the Air Force's request to get rid of 42 A-10s outlined in its 2022 budget.
Switzerland Becomes Latest Nation to Choose F-35 for Its Next Fighter Jet The deal with Lockheed costs roughly $5 billion Swiss francs, which amounts to $5.5 billion in U.S. currency.
SOCOM Leads Development of 'Iron Man' Suit The Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit, or TALOS, is the vision of Navy Adm. William H. McRaven, SOCOM's commander.
Marine Corps Takes Major Step Forward on New King Stallion Helicopter Program Teams from Marine Corps Air Station New River are preparing for suitability and evaluation tests on the newest CH-53K King...
A Marine's Invented Truck Tool Is Now Available to Any Unit in the Corps The Marine Corps believes that tools produced through 3D printing help decrease maintenance time and increase readiness.
Texas Police Department Deploys Military Surplus MRAP in Barricaded Shooter Crisis The Pentagon's office for logistics is hailing a win for a program that gives cast-off military gear and vehicles to law...
Air Force Picks Langley to Host F-22 Formal Training Unit The move is three years in the making, but don't expect to see more fifth-generation jets at Langley just yet.
Asian Americans Lobby to Name Navy Ship for Filipino Sailor Supporters say naming a ship for Telesforo Trinidad would honor tens of thousands of Filipinos and Americans of Filipino...
Hegseth Orders End to Race Consideration in Admissions at Military Service Academies Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered all military service academies to no longer consider race, ethnicity or sex for...
'Billion Dollar Spy' Is the Real Story of the Only Russian Agent Whose Portrait Hangs in CIA Headquarters The upcoming film, based on a book from Pulitzer Prize-winning author David E. Hoffman, stars Russell Crowe, Tony Goldwyn...
Pentagon Moves Out on Transgender Ban After Supreme Court Ruling About 1,000 service members who volunteered to leave the military after the Trump administration unveiled its transgender...
Soviet-Era Spacecraft Plunges to Earth After 53 Years Stuck in Orbit The chances of anyone getting clobbered by spacecraft debris were exceedingly low, scientists said.
Lessons Not Learned As this is being written on the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the final end of the Vietnam War, that history is...