Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The US Army is trying a new, quicker, more iterative approach to weapons and systems development. Its new command and control ...

The U.K. Ministry of Defence recently tested the DragonFire laser weapon at a facility in Scotland, destroying high-speed drones with its targeted energy technology. Why it matters: Militaries have ...

Summary and Key Points - The cancellation of the M10 Booker in mid-2025 has ignited a rapid shift in the U.S. Army land warfare strategy. It follows a pattern of the Army cancelling many different ...

Twenty-eight cadets from the prestigious United States Military Academy (USMA) in West Point, N.Y., were brought in for a day-long roundtable to discuss best ways for the Army to prepare for ...

Artillery has come a long way since it was first adopted as part of siege weaponry in ancient times, as today's systems are infinitely more advanced. It used to be that you could lob a rock at a wall ...

Editor's Note: In this second installment of a two-part series on leadership and readiness, the article argues that the future of military advantage lies not in weapons or algorithms, but in character ...

YJ-19, China's first operational hypersonic cruise missile, seen during a military parade in Beijing, Sept. 3, 2025. (Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images) There are two competing narratives about the ...

The future arrived on December 28, 2025 as the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) announced that Iron Beam became the first high-energy tactical laser weapon to be fully integrated and cleared for operations ...

PICATINNY ARSENAL, NJ — Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll, Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Deputy Under Secretary of the Army David Fitzgerald, and U.S. Representative Thomas Kean Jr.

Many military weapons failed not due to poor design but because they required ideal conditions war rarely provides. Systems dependent on clear weather, secure logistics, uncontested access and ...