America Arming Itself with $4.5 Billion Worth of Brand New Attack Helicopter Missiles
2 Apr 2024, 10:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Army orders an additional $483 million worth of Hellfire and JAGM missiles, bringing the total value of the contract to $4.5 billion
High-Speed Cruise Missile Stands No Chance Against America's Newest Defense Radar
25 Mar 2024, 08:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American defense contractor Raytheon announced the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor passed another crucial test.
U.S. Army Fires HIMARS-Loaded Extended-Range Rocket at Target in New Mexico
12 Mar 2024, 10:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Army and Lockheed Martin conducted yet another test of the Extended-Range Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System.
Bell 360 Invictus Attack Helo Gets Fitted with a New Engine, Closer to 2024 Test Flight
21 Nov 2023, 07:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Bell announced this week it has installed the new General Electric T901 engine in the 360 Invictus helicopter
U.S. Army Tests Counter-Drone System That Can Track Swarms of 30+ Drones
26 Oct 2023, 07:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Army and Raytheon successfully test the Ku-band Radio Frequency Sensor as a means to counter small drone activity
Bell 360 Invictus Attack Helicopter, Meet Your New T901 Engine
24 Oct 2023, 07:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Aviation company Bell announced this week it received from the U.S. Army the General Electric T901 engine that will go in the 360 Invictus attack helicopter.
Next Time You See a Business Jet Overhead, It Might Be the U.S. Army
19 Oct 2023, 13:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Army is looking at replacing the aging fleet of turboprop intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance planes with business jet-based ones
U.S. Readying Huge Lasers to Fight Off UAVs, Rockets and Even Mortars
12 Oct 2023, 06:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contrator Lockheed Martin was awarded a contract to deliver up to four 300 kW-class defensive lasers to the U.S. Army
Air-Breathing Artillery Round Fired to Record Distance, Will Now Get JDAM Computer
11 Oct 2023, 06:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractors Boeing and Nammo announce the completion of a successful indirect fire test of the Ramjet 155 artilerry projectile over in the U.S.
USAF Spends $35 Million on Same Rotary Engine That Got the Army All Worked Up
9 Oct 2023, 08:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The USAF announced an extra $20 million contract for a company called LiquidPiston to advance a revolutionary rotary engine
U.S. Army Will Get the TRX for Testing, But Not the Mighty Ram Truck
9 Oct 2023, 06:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The third entry in the U.S. Army's future robotic combat vehicle (RCV) program is the General Dynamics TRX tracked platform
Wolf-X Combat Robot Can Fit Inside a Chinook, Carries an MK44 Chain Gun with Ease
6 Oct 2023, 06:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The second entry in the U.S. Army robotic combat vehicle (RCV) competition is the HDT Wolf-X, an eight-wheeled vehicle that fits inside a Chinook.
Ripsaw M3 Robotic Vehicle Is a Glimpse Into America's Future Wars
3 Oct 2023, 07:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Army selected four companies for the Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV) program, Textron is one of them and the Ripsaw M3 its entry
U.S. Army to Upgrade UH-72 Lakota ISR Helicopters to Fight Crime and Protect Borders
22 Aug 2023, 07:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A total of 50 UH-72A Lakota helicopters in the service of the Army National Guard will get the Security & Support Battalion Mission Equipment Package
Tiny Rotary Engine Is Going Into Warfare to Become Part of New U.S. Army Generators
1 Aug 2023, 11:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / LiquidPiston will supply Parsons Corporation with the small XTS-210 to be used in a new power field generator for the U.S. Army
Atomic Annie : The Full Story of the Most Bonkers Weapon in American History
27 Jul 2023, 15:17 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Today, at least seven T131 cannons reside in museums across North America, along with some of their prime mover trucks, are on display in museums
The GMC Hummer EV Doesn’t Need To Exist, but Its Militarized Cousin Sure Does
14 Jul 2023, 20:01 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / There's certainly more plausible deniability around justifying the Hummer H1's existence because the truck it's based upon was built to protect soldiers.
U.S. Army Spends $1.6 Billion on M2 Bradley Replacement, the XM30 Infantry Combat Vehicle
27 Jun 2023, 10:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Army announced it awarded $1.6 billion worth of contracts to General Dynamics and American Rheinmetall for developing the M2 Bradley replacement
M10 Booker Is the Army's First Vehicle Named After a Soldier Who Served in a Post-9/11 War
15 Jun 2023, 12:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Army said it decided on the name to be used for the Mobile Protected Firepower, and that's M10 Booker Combat Vehicle
This Airboat-Like Contraption Fights to Become a U.S. Army Drone for Future Wars
29 Mar 2023, 11:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Shield AI V-BAT drone is part of the U.S. Army's Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (FTUAS) program, new version being made with Northrop Grumman