Tag: Army, engineering, MILITARY, security, weapons
Saab says it has solved a modern camouflage conundrum
On September 5, Swedish defense giant Saab announced a new feature for its existing camouflage netting. This netting is thrown over...
Depleted uranium shells for Ukraine are dense, armor-piercing ammunition
On September 6, the Department of Defense announced $175 million in military aid to Ukraine. Included in this drawdown of existing US...
Lockheed Martin test-fired a missile with twice the range of existing rocket artillery
In late summer, in the deserts of southern New Mexico, a truck fired a rocket that then traveled 93 miles. Made and tested by defense giant...
Australia is eyeing uncrewed vessels to patrol the vast Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is vast, strategically important, and soon to be patrolled by another navy with nuclear-powered submarines. Earlier this...
The Cold War backstory of Russia’s supersonic ‘Backfire’ bomber
On August 19, a Russian Tu-22M bomber was reportedly destroyed while it was parked in an airfield in northwestern Russia. Russia’s...
B-2 bomber’s latest tech upgrade brings it into the 21st century
The B-2 Spirit bomber is an elegant machine for a war that never came. The flying wing stealth bomber, unveiled for the first time in 1988,...
Ukraine claims it built a battle drone called SkyKnight that can carry a bomb
For 18 months, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been fought largely from the ground. Neither Russia nor Ukraine has been able to...
Lockheed Martin plans to make its most powerful military laser yet
On July 28, defense giant Lockheed Martin announced it was planning to scale its current laser technology up to a 500-kilowatt-class laser....
Ukraine’s answer to Russian tanks involves a classic tactic: metal ‘hedgehogs’
When Russia launched its war on Ukraine on February 24, it did so with missiles and helicopters. Not far beyond, stretching for miles, was...
The Air Force wants to start using its ‘Angry Kitten’ system in combat
South of Death Valley this spring, the Air Force experimented with electronic warfare. In tests that took place in April at China Lake,...
