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These German soldiers and their mules have achieved all my relationship goals
"If you are good to the mules, the mules will be good to you."
Here’s your first look at the Army’s futuristic new sniper scope in action
Meet the Family of Weapon Sights-Sniper.
The Army’s new infantry goggles put the ‘Tron’ in ‘Army Strong’
“This changes how we operate honestly."
Women in the Air Force are finally getting body armor that fits
"It shows us that the military is starting to appreciate us females more, especially as cops."
The Marine Corps’s new battlewagon is a better tank-killer than the service’s tanks, general says
Here comes the JLTV.
DARPA is developing an air-launched drone missile that fires air-to-air missiles
"The LongShot program changes the paradigm of air combat operations."
The Army’s Black Hawk fleet has a serious mishap problem
Five Black Hawk crashes have killed 12 soldiers across the U.S. over the last year and a half.
Drones pose the biggest threat to US troops in the Middle East since IEDs, top general says
Welcome to the Drone Wars.
No enemy has downed an Air Force AC-130 gunship in 30 years. Here’s why
“The lessons passed on to crews trained since that fateful day are the true legacy of Spirit 03.”
Navy adopts battlefield blood transfusion technique from the Army Rangers
"The more people who are familiar with the training, the more lives we can save."
Watch the Air Force’s first new F-15 in nearly 20 years make its maiden flight with a ‘Viking’ takeoff
Here comes the F-15EX.
This could be the Army’s next-generation rifle optic of choice
Soldiers are about to get their hands on a new rifle optic
Russia is building a futuristic combat suit it claims can stop .50 caliber bullets
Get ready for a fourth generation of Rostec's Sotnik battle armor.
The Air Force wants privacy curtains so you can poo while you B-52
“They’ve got to poop in a bag? WTF? What is this WWII?”
The Army is evaluating a brand new anti-tank missile for its arsenal
Here comes the boom!
The Army just got its hands on its most advanced Apache helicopter yet
The latest upgrade to the Apache's venerable airframe is officially coming in for a landing.
The Air Force is developing spray-on tech to make you heal like Wolverine
Airmen, meet X-Men
The Marine Corps is on the hunt for a next-generation fire-resistant combat utility uniform
Here comes some new threads.
How Kombucha tea inspired a new way for soldiers to defend against chemical attacks
"Living materials could provide the most effective sensing of chem/bio warfare agents."
The Marine Corps is eyeing a long-range robot boat that can nail targets with kamikaze drones
The service wants the Long Range Unmanned Surface Vessel to back up grunts in the Indo-Pacific region.
This futuristic twin-blade helicopter may be the Army’s replacement for the iconic Black Hawk
Introducing the Defiant X.
The Army is officially buying the sniper rifle the entire US military wants
Here's why the U.S. military is falling in love with the Barrett MRAD.
The Army’s next-generation body armor plates don’t currently get the job done
'The Army should continue the testing of the lighter-weight Generation III VTP designs'
