Tech &amp; Tactics (Page 3)

Posted on Aug 19, 2025

Soldiers carry a simulated casualty dummy during an EMP exercise.

Warfare

The reality about EMPs and the US military

Posted on Aug 15, 2025

A U.S. soldier fires an Austrian Steyr AUG bullpup rifle.

Guns

Why the US military refuses to adopt bullpup rifles

Posted on Aug 13, 2025

USS George Washington (CVN-73), HMS Prince of Wales (R09), JS Kaga (DDH-184), and an American amphibious assault ship sail together in the North Philippine Sea, with several aircraft overhead.

Carriers

3 aircraft carriers and ships, fighters from 6 navies train in the Pacific

Posted on Aug 10, 2025

A Z-137 crop duster plane with two missiles under its wings flies over the skies of Ukraine.

Drones

A missile-armed crop duster is the latest anti-drone weapon in Ukraine

Posted on Aug 10, 2025

The Navy, in partnership with Skydweller Aero, recently achieved continuous solar-powered unmanned flight during a nonstop three-day test from Stennis, Mississippi. Led by the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD), the test of Skydweller UAS marks a significant advancement in both long-endurance solar-powered UAS technology and its potential to enhance maritime intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR).

Drones

The Navy flew a solar-powered drone for 73 hours straight

Posted on Aug 5, 2025

Destroyers

Navy destroyer named for Marine Medal of Honor recipient Kyle Carpenter

Posted on Aug 4, 2025

Drones

How far does the US military have to go to catch up on drones?

Posted on Aug 4, 2025

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Maxwell Carson, 49th Security Forces Squadron response force member, fires an M18 pistol during the Special Reactions Team tryout competition at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, May 22, 2025. The timed shooting portion of the tryout adds stress while requiring strict accuracy standards. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Elijah Strickland)

Guns

Air Force enacts service-wide inspections of M18 pistols

Posted on Aug 3, 2025

A flight of F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft sit for a weapons check prior to takeoff at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, July 28, 2025. As part of the Super Squadron Test Phase II, pilots and F-16s will be temporarily relocated to Osan Air Base aiming to consolidate air power and increase combat capability on the Korean Peninsula. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Landon Gunsauls)

Fighter Aircraft

Air Force creates a second ‘super squadron’ in South Korea

Posted on Aug 2, 2025

Ranger transits the Pacific Ocean during Integrated Battle Problem (IBP) 23.2, Sep. 15, 2023.

Ships

Robot warships are here. Now the Navy needs to figure out how to use them.

Posted on Aug 1, 2025

210421-N-FC670-1008 PACIFIC OCEAN (April 21, 2021) A Seahawk medium displacement unmanned surface vessel participates in U.S. Pacific Fleet’s Unmanned Systems Integrated Battle Problem (UxS IBP) 21, April 21. UxS IBP 21 integrates manned and unmanned capabilities into challenging operational scenarios to generate warfighting advantages. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Shannon Renfroe)

Ships

What the US Navy could learn from Ukraine about sinking enemy ships

Posted on Jul 31, 2025

U.S. Army Sgt. Elena Killough and Sgt. Demond Blach, assigned to the Deathwatch Platoon, 10th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, conduct maintenance on an Unmanned Aircraft System during a first person view individual qualification on Grafenwöhr Training Area, July 21, 2025. The 1st ABCT, 3rd Infantry Division, tests purpose-built, retrievable FPV drones to highlight the ability against autonomous targets to improve battlefield readiness and integration with armored units. The 1st ABCT, 3rd Infantry Division, and V Corps are part of America’s Forward Deployed Corps in Europe which works alongside NATO Allies and regional security partners to provide combat-ready forces, execute joint and multinational training exercises, and retain command and assigned units in the European Theater. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Josefina Garcia)

Drones

No drone war for old men? How an Army exercise highlighted a generational divide

Posted on Jul 30, 2025

Space Force’s secretive X-37B space plane is heading back to orbit

Posted on Jul 28, 2025

U.S. Army paratroopers operate and analyze a first-person view (FPV) drone in-flight April 27, 2025. Photo by Sgt. Mariah Y. Gonzalez

Artillery

‘Brutality over precision’ — What the Army is learning from Russia in Ukraine

Posted on Jul 28, 2025

A THAAD rocket battery fires, with one munition launching from the system in a plume of fire into the sky.

Missiles

The US used nearly a quarter of its most advanced missile interceptors against Iran

Posted on Jul 28, 2025

An M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank at Bergen-Hohne Training Area, Germany, equipped with Abrams Reactive Armor Tiles and the Trophy Active Protection System, July 10, 2020.

Tanks

What the Army is doing to keep its tanks alive against drones

Posted on Jul 24, 2025

Two U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors fly in formation with two Norwegian F-35A Lightning II fighters during an air refueling over Norway, Aug. 15, 2018.

Why NATO is betting big on the F-35

Posted on Jul 21, 2025

The Army is rapidly advancing capabilities in the Short-Range Reconnaissance (SRR) program by deploying cutting-edge Small Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (SUAS) to Trans-formation in Contact (TiC) Brigades. In April, the PEO Aviation, Project Office UAS, responded to an urgent request to deploy Tranche 2 SUAS to the 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 101st Airborne Division (Fort Campbell, Kentucky) in support of their rotation at the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) at Fort Johnson, Louisiana. Both the Skydio X10D system and Teal Drones' Black Widow system will support Army TiC Brigades in developing and refining tactics, techniques, and procedures for employing networked reconnaissance and surveillance systems against emerging battlefield threats. (Photo Credit: Courtesy photo)

Drones

Expect to see more drones during training under new Pentagon rules

Posted on Jul 17, 2025

Guns

The Army wants to replace the M240 medium machine gun

Posted on Jul 17, 2025

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emil Michael tour multi-domain autonomous displays in the courtyard of the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., July 16, 2025.

Hypersonics, AI, drone swarms: Pentagon pours $179 billion into R&D

Posted on Jul 16, 2025

Guns

Marines to field new smart scope to help shoot down small drones

Posted on Jul 16, 2025

Paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, walk the final mile of the 12-mile ruck march during E3B on Fort Liberty, North Carolina, Sept. 21, 2024. E3B is a week-long testing event that gives Soldiers the opportunity to earn the Expert Infantryman Badge, Expert Soldier Badge, or Expert Field Medical Badge. Soldiers must pass the expert physical fitness assessment, day and night land navigation, soldier tasks including weapons, medical and patrol lanes, and a 12-mile ruck march, in order to earn their badge. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Catessa Palone)

The Pentagon is throwing $200 million at ‘Grok for Government’ and other AI companies

Posted on Jul 14, 2025

Airmen from the 109th Electromagnetic Warfare Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard, tune a receiver at the start of Resolute Space 2025 on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, July 8, 2025. Nested under the 2025 Department of the Air Force exercise series, Resolute Space 2025 demonstrates the Space Force’s preparedness for complex, large-scale military operations by exercising our ability to operate in a contested, dynamic environment against high-end threats on short notice across the service and with joint and international partners. (U.S. Space Force photo by Lt. Col. Victoria Hight)

Space Force is training for ‘orbital warfare’ in its largest exercise yet

Posted on Jul 14, 2025

A man fishes in front of the Russian Navy Kuznetsov class aircraft carrier moored off the coast of the town of Limassol, in the Meditteranean island of Cyprus on February 27, 2014. AFP PHOTO / YIANNIS KOURTOGLOU (Photo credit should read Yiannis Kourtoglou/AFP via Getty Images)

Carriers

Russia might finally be done with its perpetually broken aircraft carrier

Updated on Jul 13, 2025

Vehicles

The CV90 is a great vehicle, so why doesn’t the US buy it?

Posted on Jul 12, 2025

Guns

Here is every rifle Marines have used in the last 250 years

Posted on Jul 7, 2025

An 8th Air Force B-17 bomber flies over a bombed target in 1943.

Bombers

The Army Air Forces tried to use remote-controlled bombers as attack drones in World War II

Posted on Jul 7, 2025

Drones

Pentagon sets up interservice counter-drone task force

Posted on Jul 6, 2025

A T-6A Texan II taxis on the runway at Sheppard Air Force Base in 2019.

Tangled straps likely caused Air Force instructor pilot’s death, report finds

Posted on Jun 29, 2025

Amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA- 7) , departs Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., April 7, 2022. Tripoli completed flight deck operations with 20 F-35B Lightning II jets from Marine Fighter Attack Squadrons 211 and 225, Marine Aircraft Group 13, and 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, as well as Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron 1, as part of the U.S. Marine Corps’ Lightning carrier concept demonstration. The Lightning carrier concept demonstration shows Tripoli and other amphibious assault ships are capable of operating as dedicated fixed-wing strike platforms when needed, capable of bringing fifth generation Short Takeoff/Vertical Landing aircraft wherever they are required. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Samuel Ruiz)

Amphibious Operations

Lightning Carriers: The Marines’ secret weapon in the Pacific

Posted on Jun 26, 2025

An M10 Booker undergoing testing at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds.

Tanks

The Army doesn’t want the M10 Booker. Do the Marines need it?

Posted on Jun 21, 2025

Five U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcons assigned to the 79th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron taxi within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, May 29, 2025. U.S. and Coalition forces are postured to rapidly establish credible, combat-ready forces within the AOR to deter adversary threats of aggression and, if necessary, respond with effective and overwhelming force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kevin Dunkleberger)

2 aircraft carriers, 9 destroyers, and multiple fighter wings gather in the Middle East

Posted on Jun 20, 2025

U.S. Army Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment "Red Currahee," 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), supporting 3rd Infantry Division, conducts live-fire on an M4 Carl Gustaf weapon during exercise Silver Arrow at Camp Adazi, Latvia, Sept. 17. The training focused on AT4-CS and M4 Carl Gustaf assigned teams engaging notional targets. The 3rd Infantry Division’s mission in Europe is to engage in multinational training and exercises across the continent, working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America’s forward deployed corps in Europe. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. H Howey)

Weapons

Army to study how sniper rifle, anti-armor and artillery fire impact brain health

Posted on Jun 20, 2025

A sailor hammers away at floor planks in a trench in Latvia.

Drones

Marines and sailors are building trenches for the drone age

Posted on Jun 17, 2025

Drones

US base defense in the era of large-scale drone attacks

Posted on Jun 14, 2025

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Dustin K. Wright stands in front of an American flag.

Helicopters

Army identifies 101st Airborne soldier killed in training accident

Posted on Jun 14, 2025

A U.S. Army Soldier, with the New Jersey Army National Guard’s 44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, fires the MK-22 Precision Sniper Rifle as part of a weapon familiarization range on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, Oct. 22, 2023. The MK-22 replaced the Army’s existing M2010 and M107 sniper rifles. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Michael Schwenk)

Guns

Ranges on Fort Benning aren’t long enough for Army’s new sniper rifle

Posted on Jun 12, 2025

A Patriot missile system is test fired at the NATO Missile Firing Installation in Chania, Greece. Credit: Anthony Sweeney

Golden Dome: Revolutionary missile defense or money pit?

Posted on Jun 10, 2025

Men in uniform stand in the background as the new commander of the 111st Electromagnetic Warfare Company accepts the guidon.

National Guard activates first-of-its-kind electromagnetic warfare company

Posted on Jun 10, 2025

Concept art of two sleek, futuristic uncrewed Collaborative Combat Aircraft flying in the clouds.

Drones

Air Force sets up new Experimental Operations Unit for Collaborative Combat Aircraft

Posted on Jun 7, 2025

U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to 10th Mountain Division, complete a training and validation exercise on the AN/TPQ-53 radar system in Sierra Vista, Ariz., March 12, 2025. The AN/TPQ-53 radar system is a unique military capability provided by Joint Task Force - Southern Border to augment U.S. Customs and Border Protection along the southern border. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Chase Murray)

Drone Swarms

Soldiers on US-Mexico border hunt drones with air defense radars typically used in combat

Posted on Jun 4, 2025

Drone Swarms

No ‘silver bullet’ against a drone attack like Operation Spider’s Web

Posted on Jun 3, 2025

Drones

Army medics were moving blood to the frontlines with drones in a major recent exercise

Posted on Jun 2, 2025

Three soldiers hold a green and yellow flag on an airfield.

Army shuts down its sole active-duty information operations command

Posted on Jun 2, 2025

The superstructure of the aircraft carrier the USS Harry S. Truman, with a combat action ribbon banner.

Carriers

USS Harry S. Truman returns home after six months of fighting Houthis

Posted on Jun 2, 2025

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 4th Battalion, 118th Infantry Regiment, 218th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, South Carolina Army National Guard, conduct an Integrated Training Weapons Strategy (ITWS) qualification table for the newly fielded Next Generation Squad Weapon Rifle (NGSW-R) XM7 and Next Generation Squad Weapon Automatic Rifle (NGSW-AR) XM250, during a week-long training event held at Fort Stewart, Georgia, June 20, 2024. During the first four days, the Soldiers learned about the XM7 and XM250 technical and tactical capabilities, then continued the training by firing and zeroing both weapons. The South Carolina Army National Guard is the third Army National Guard command to receive the new weapons, Following the North Carolina National Guard and the West Virginia National Guard. The 4-118th is part of the 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, the “Old Hickory,” a modular heavy-brigade with headquarters in North Carolina. The “Old Hickory” is the second major command in the U.S. Army to be issued the new weapons. The XM7 and the XM250 will replace the currently issued M4 Carbine and the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, respectively. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Turner Horton)

Guns

Army’s next generation rifle designated M7 amid criticism over performance

Posted on May 22, 2025

U.S. Army Spc. Anton Lane, a combat medic with specialized drone training, assigned to 5-7 Cavalry, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division inspects a Skydio X10E4TT drone prior to flight during exercise Combined Resolve 25-2 at Hohenfels, Germany on May 17, 2025. TiC is grounded in one principle: increasing the lethality of our formations by creating more agile and mobile units capable of responding to complex combat scenarios (US Army photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Fist Class Richard Hoppe, Released).

Drones

The Army wants more drones, electronic warfare tech. This unit is the guinea pig.

Posted on May 21, 2025

Tanks

The Army takes steps so its 250th birthday parade won’t destroy DC streets

Posted on May 17, 2025

A tiltrotor aircraft flies across the plains.

Helicopters

101st Airborne tapped as first unit to get new Black Hawk replacement

Posted on May 17, 2025

An F-35A Lightning II performs a restricted climb over March Air Reserve Base during takeoff for a practice demonstration, April 11, 2025. The F-35A Demonstration Team showcases the power, precision, and lethality of the world’s most advanced multirole stealth fighter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Nathan Poblete)

F-35’s close call over Yemen raises questions about how it’s used

Posted on May 13, 2025

Guns

Why the Army’s new XM7 rifle reignited a debate over volume of fire

Posted on May 12, 2025

A soldier wearing goggles inspects a drone at a work station.

Drones

173rd Airborne builds its own FPV drone lab to get around procurement wait

Posted on May 12, 2025

Army infantry officer calls new XM7 ‘unfit for use as a modern service rifle’

Posted on May 6, 2025

Soldiers in uniform carrying rifles move out of a building. One jumps out of a window in the back while one holds a rifle facing the camera.

Hegseth orders consolidation and transformation of the Army

Posted on May 3, 2025

The Army wants to use 3D-printed drones to spot threats soldiers can’t see

Posted on Apr 25, 2025

‘Watch your step’ — Are land mines making a comeback?

Posted on Apr 22, 2025

The end of the ‘Golden Hour’ and the transformation of US military combat medicine

Posted on Apr 18, 2025

s Russia’s military truly crippled, or does its “quantity over quality” approach to manning and equipment suggest it can keep going?

Russia continues to throw troops into a meat grinder in Ukraine

By James Clark

Posted on Apr 15, 2025

Hostilities in the Red Sea underscore a serious problem facing the U.S. Navy: it’s burning through missiles faster than it can replace them.

How prolonged engagements at sea put the Navy in an unexpected position

By James Clark

Posted on Apr 11, 2025

Here’s how the US military is preparing for an Arctic War

By James Clark

Posted on Apr 8, 2025

Sailors stand on top of a submarine as it sits in port.

Submarines

Navy commissions its newest submarine, the USS Iowa

Posted on Apr 6, 2025

A rat on a leash runs across the ground, a red sign with a skull and crossbones behind him.

Tactics

Hero rat sets Guinness World Record for detecting landmines