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MDA’s priorities highlight the need for sensors that can differentiate between lethal and non-lethal targets, as well as continued development of the Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR), and an ongoing …

This September, the Army plans a “shoot off” of competing anti-aircraft systems as it tries to rebuild battlefield air defenses it largely disbanded since 9/11.

Defense and industry sources assess the specter of massive salvo strikes, sub-munition warheads and multiple reentry vehicles, or MRV, as the next major technological challenges that Israel’s integrated, multitiered national …

Over two weeks in July, U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps F-35 joint strike fighters got the chance to fly simulated combat missions together during Red Flag 17-3, marking the …

From what little we know about the 41-foot long craft, technically known as the CCA Mk. 1, it is low-observable design with a composite material hull and a pair of …

On Aug. 1, the department delivered to Congress its plan for devolving the undersecretary of defense for acquisition, sustainment and technology, or AT&L, into two smaller organizations — the undersecretary …

The 10-megajoule medium-range multi-mission railgun system, one of two prototypes in development for the service, has completed final assembly and factory acceptance test, General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems recently announced.

The aircraft offered in the proposal includes fixed-wing planes, attack helicopters and drones capable of providing close-air support to maneuvering ground forces.

The question if the U.S. Navy will achieve its goal of building a 355-ship fleet will largely rest on if the U.S. Congress can repeal the Budget Control Act of …

The Russian Federation’s naval parades in Syria, Crimea, St. Petersburg, and Vladivostok

The Raytheon-built AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR), based at the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Kauai Hawaii, detected and tracked medium-range ballistic missile target for the test on …

A SpaceX official told Reuters it did not expect to win this bidding competition because the mission required a heavy-lift launcher and its Falcon Heavy booster has not yet flown.

The F-35A made its aerial demonstration debut on June 19, 2017 at the Paris Air Show in front of crowds of thousands.

The Small Diameter Bomb II, or SDB II, is designed to destroy moving targets in all kinds of weather, such as small groups of ISIS or terrorist fighters on-the-move in …

Upgraded radar, weapons and cybersecurity technology are being engineered into the F-22 is designed to enable the stealth fighter to counter attacks from emerging future enemy threats, dogfights successfully against …

he U.S. Air Force has quietly inserted itself into the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program with a request of 140 units in fiscal 2018, but the service is poised to …

Video: USAF A-10s Drop Guided weapons and Fire 30 MM gun at the Nevada Test and Training Range.

Most of the holdouts from the Soviet Navy are approaching the end of their useful lifespans, although the Russians have made some effort at refitting and updating parts of the …

Ships use GPS (Global Positioning System) and other similar devices that rely on sending and receiving satellite signals, which many experts say are vulnerable to jamming by hackers.

The Raptors launched inert AIM-9 and AIM-120 missiles against multiple BQM-167A sub-scale aerial targets, marking a significant effort along the 3.2B initial operational test and evaluation upgrade timeline.

Not only did the milestones mark the ship’s first at-sea fixed-wing flight operations, but also the first shipboard test of the two new flight deck systems — the Advanced Arresting …

The wait is over and it’s now official: The Gerald R. Ford is now officially an aircraft carrier, having recovered and launched aircraft four different times.

The Pentagon and Lockheed still have not reached a final agreement on the 11th lot of F-35 aircraft, which is slated to cover 141 aircraft for the U.S. services and …

Dover maintainers have so far repaired almost a third of the base’s 18 airlifters, and Travis Air Force Base in California has started to replace ball screw parts on its …

The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps suspended the rescue operation and launched a recovery effort instead, the Marine base Camp Butler in Japan said in a statement, essentially confirming the …

Steam turbines of [the carrier] will all start to formally enter the mooring test phase, which will be ahead of our schedule in overall progress.

The wingman of the future many not be a man or a woman at all, but rather an unmanned aerial vehicle flying in tandem with a human-piloted aircraft.

It can be powered by either a turbojet or turbofan engine, which enables it to travel at a maximum speed of Mach 0.65 (802 km/h) while cruising at terrain hugging …

“I think the Navy needs to — instead of opening a wide aperture and seeing what comes in — make some choices about what they need the ship to do, …

The system simultaneously permits the shooter to see a 40-degree view while also seeing an 18-degree view from the weapon sight.

The weapon was fired by a U.S. Air Force plane and intercepted by the system, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said, describing the test as “successful.”

Navy officials wasted no time putting the newly commissioned aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford and her new flight deck technology to the test — putting fears to rest about the …

“The intent of this system is to extend the striking capability of the carrier air wing through organic tanking capability,” Darrah said.

With a 5.45×39 mm chamber, the new assault rifle is one of nine new firearms developed for the Ratnik programme, which also include a 7.62×39 mm assault rifle and dozens …

In both air-to-air and air-to-ground roles, the ability to detect 4th-generation and earlier enemy aircraft and other threats and targets without being itself detected enables the F-35 to take action …

The idea is to blanket an area with large numbers of small projectiles to intercept and destroy incoming artillery, rocket or mortar fire.

Without electronic cloaking technologies to shrink the profiles of aerial tankers on enemy radar, both the tanker and the fighter being refuelled are precariously susceptible to detection and attack by …

The beam will travel 13 miles from a naval research facility on Tilghman Island to the Chesapeake Bay Detachment in Calvert County.

A new era of laser warfare may soon be dawning, thanks to lasers’ usefulness for countering two important weapons systems: drones and long-range missiles.

Capable of firing projectiles at speeds of Mach 7 to strike targets over 100 miles away, electromagnetic railgun systems for the Navy and the Army are now reaching the final …