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These are the tank-destroying vehicles the US is sending to Ukraine
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These are the tank-destroying vehicles the US is sending to Ukraine

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Why the US is selling Volcano Mine Dispensers to Taiwan
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Why the US is selling Volcano Mine Dispensers to Taiwan

By Kelsey D. Atherton

How a robotic arm could help the US Army lift artillery shells
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How a robotic arm could help the US Army lift artillery shells

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The Army’s Black Hawk helicopter replacement is a speedy tiltrotor aircraft
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The Army’s Black Hawk helicopter replacement is a speedy tiltrotor aircraft

By Rob Verger

The most awesome aerospace innovations of 2022
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The most awesome aerospace innovations of 2022

By Rahul Rao, Rob Verger

The Army shot down a missile surrogate using new command-system tech
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The Army shot down a missile surrogate using new command-system tech

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The Army wants to modernize battlefield medicine with blood delivery by drone
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The Army wants to modernize battlefield medicine with blood delivery by drone

By Kelsey D. Atherton

These military vehicles are designed to deploy drone-like missiles
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These military vehicles are designed to deploy drone-like missiles

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The Army’s new light tank can venture where its beefier cousins can’t
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The Army’s new light tank can venture where its beefier cousins can’t

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Lockheed’s newest high-energy weapon is multiple lasers in one
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Lockheed’s newest high-energy weapon is multiple lasers in one

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Everything to know about the Army’s new 38-ton light tank
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Everything to know about the Army’s new 38-ton light tank

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The Army’s Chinook helicopters are grounded. Here’s why.
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The Army’s Chinook helicopters are grounded. Here’s why.

By Rob Verger

How a ‘digital twin’ of an Apache helicopter could help keep these old birds flying
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How a ‘digital twin’ of an Apache helicopter could help keep these old birds flying

By Rob Verger

The Army’s new Arctic vehicle, Beowulf, is made for ice and marshes
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The Army’s new Arctic vehicle, Beowulf, is made for ice and marshes

By Kelsey D. Atherton

After a two-month flight, the Army’s Zephyr drone fell from the sky
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After a two-month flight, the Army’s Zephyr drone fell from the sky

By Rob Verger

Move over, autopilot: This AI can avoid other planes
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Move over, autopilot: This AI can avoid other planes

By Rob Verger

A solar-powered Army drone has been flying for 40 days straight
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A solar-powered Army drone has been flying for 40 days straight

By Rob Verger

A short history of US hypersonic weapons testing
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A short history of US hypersonic weapons testing

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Why Bell’s sleek new helicopter has detachable wings
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Why Bell’s sleek new helicopter has detachable wings

By Rob Verger

Meet the JLTV, the Humvee’s agile new cousin
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Meet the JLTV, the Humvee’s agile new cousin

By Kelsey D. Atherton

What the future holds for the Army’s venerable Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle
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What the future holds for the Army’s venerable Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Take a peek at Sikorsky’s scout helicopter prototype
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Take a peek at Sikorsky’s scout helicopter prototype

By Rob Verger

Why the US Army wants an ‘aerial tier network’ for better communications
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Why the US Army wants an ‘aerial tier network’ for better communications

By Kelsey D. Atherton

A next-gen tank will be revealed in October. Here’s what we know about it so far.
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A next-gen tank will be revealed in October. Here’s what we know about it so far.

By Kelsey D. Atherton

How the massive ‘flow battery’ coming to an Army facility in Colorado will work
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How the massive ‘flow battery’ coming to an Army facility in Colorado will work

By Rob Verger

two drones flying
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The Army is testing out ‘wolfpacks’ of swarming drones

By Kelsey D. Atherton

This is the Army’s plan to battle climate change—and still fight wars
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This is the Army’s plan to battle climate change—and still fight wars

By Kelsey D. Atherton

a helicopter with no one on board
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A Black Hawk helicopter flew for the first time without pilots

By Rob Verger

a coaxial helicopter
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Check out the helicopter vying to be the next Black Hawk

By Rob Verger

a fighter jet turns in the sky
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The most compelling military tech stories from the land, air, and sea this year

By Rob Verger

The Army’s Infantry Squad Vehicle seats 9 and can be dropped from a cargo plane
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The Army’s Infantry Squad Vehicle seats 9 and can be dropped from a cargo plane

By Kelsey D. Atherton

A Laser Weapon System on a Naval ship in 2012.
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General Atomics and Boeing will build a giant laser for the US military

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Tank in trouble? The Army can just 3D print the part.
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Tank in trouble? The Army can just 3D print the part.

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Check out the futuristic turrets US tanks might sport
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Check out the futuristic turrets US tanks might sport

By Kelsey D. Atherton

an apache helicopter
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Here’s how the US Army plans on winning the wars of our future

By Kelsey D. Atherton

U.S. Military Wants To Blow Up Landmines With Lasers
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U.S. Military Wants To Blow Up Landmines With Lasers

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Army Truck Shoots Drones, Mortars With Lasers
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Army Truck Shoots Drones, Mortars With Lasers

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Football Pads And Other NFL Technology We Owe To The Military
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Football Pads And Other NFL Technology We Owe To The Military

By Colin Lecher

New Surveillance Blimp Stays Aloft For 30 Days Straight
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New Surveillance Blimp Stays Aloft For 30 Days Straight

By Kelsey D. Atherton

These multi-tasking machines can roll across the ground—or fly through the air
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These multi-tasking machines can roll across the ground—or fly through the air

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Army Wants Drones On Demand, 3D-Printed In 24 Hours Or Less
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Army Wants Drones On Demand, 3D-Printed In 24 Hours Or Less

By Kelsey D. Atherton

West Point Cadets Are Shooting Down Drones With Cyber Rifles
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West Point Cadets Are Shooting Down Drones With Cyber Rifles

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The Army’s launching drones from dune buggies. Here’s why.
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The Army’s launching drones from dune buggies. Here’s why.

By Kelsey D. Atherton

A soldier looks at a gun sight.
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The Army is giving its gun sights a seriously high-tech upgrade

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Soldiers wearing augmented reality headsets while sitting in a vehicle.
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These augmented-reality goggles let soldiers see through vehicle walls

By Kelsey D. Atherton

This remote-controlled landmine will attack tanks from above
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This remote-controlled landmine will attack tanks from above

By Kelsey D. Atherton

US Army soldier running on a track in a bomb suit
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Meet the woman who set a record for running in a 96-pound bomb suit

By David Roza/Task & Purpose

A 120mm mortar fires from a military vehicle.
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Laser detection and GPS guide this new mortar to its target with better accuracy

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Greenland's ice sheet
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How a top-secret nuclear project became a gold mine for data on Greenland’s ice sheet

By Ellie Shechet

Three paratroopers walk across a snowy field.
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The Army put fitness trackers on paratroopers in Alaska to fine-tune its training

By Rob Verger

A rendering of the Defiant X helicopter from Sikorsky and Boeing.
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Check out the double-rotor helicopter that could be the US Army’s next Black Hawk

By Rob Verger

A Black Hawk helicopter with a rescue basket beneath it.
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Getting rescued by helicopter has risks. This gadget could make it safer.

By Rob Verger

ACRT sled drag
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Here’s what the U.S. Army’s new gender-neutral fitness test will look like

By Sara Chodosh

Can you pass the U.S. Army’s World War I-era intelligence test?
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Can you pass the U.S. Army’s World War I-era intelligence test?

By Eleanor Cummins

Consumer drones are causing problems for the military
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Consumer drones are causing problems for the military

By Kelsey D. Atherton

AH-64D Apache Helicopter Fires Flares
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Here come the helicopters with weaponized lasers

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Small Scale Model Of The Joint Tactical Aerial Resupply Vehicle
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Come watch the Army’s hoverbike prototype fly

By Kelsey D. Atherton

DAPL
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There will be #NoDAPL at Lake Oahe. What now?

By Mary Beth Griggs

New Hand Grenade Design For U.S. Army In The Works
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New Hand Grenade Design For U.S. Army In The Works

By Kelsey D. Atherton

People looking at hovercraft
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The Army Is Definitely Still Working On A Hoverbike

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Soldiers With Multipurpose Unmanned Tactical Transport Robot
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Army Tests War Robots In The Pacific

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Forgotten Cold War Waste Will Re-emerge With Global Warming
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Forgotten Cold War Waste Will Re-emerge With Global Warming

By Meaghan Lee Callaghan

Flyboard In Flight
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Homeland Security Company Wants To Sell Hoverboards To The Military

By Kelsey D. Atherton

This Robot Can Open Your Pill Bottles For You
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This Robot Can Open Your Pill Bottles For You

By Kelsey D. Atherton