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Watch this new Canada-made troop transport pass its explosive tests
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Watch this new Canada-made troop transport pass its explosive tests

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Futuristic aircraft and robotic loaders dazzled at a Dallas tech summit
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Futuristic aircraft and robotic loaders dazzled at a Dallas tech summit

By Rob Verger

This massive armored vehicle has a giant plow for clearing Russian mines
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This massive armored vehicle has a giant plow for clearing Russian mines

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Saab says it has solved a modern camouflage conundrum
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Saab says it has solved a modern camouflage conundrum

By Kelsey D. Atherton

the black hornet drone
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The US military’s tiniest drone feels like it flew straight out of a sci-fi film

By Rob Verger

Lockheed Martin test-fired a missile with twice the range of existing rocket artillery
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Lockheed Martin test-fired a missile with twice the range of existing rocket artillery

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Lockheed Martin plans to make its most powerful military laser yet
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Lockheed Martin plans to make its most powerful military laser yet

By Kelsey D. Atherton

A US Marine launching a Switchblade 300 drone during training in desert terrain.
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Everything to know about Switchblades, the attack drones the US gave Ukraine

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The Army’s next armored troop transport will have AI target recognition
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The Army’s next armored troop transport will have AI target recognition

By Kelsey D. Atherton

In photos: Soldiers jam drones with blocky Dronebuster guns
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In photos: Soldiers jam drones with blocky Dronebuster guns

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The M10 Booker combat vehicle.
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The Army’s new 42-ton assault vehicle has a compelling backstory

By Kelsey D. Atherton

humvees in Kuwait in 2005
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The Pentagon wants to retrofit vehicles to drive themselves

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Watch a giant military drone land on a Wyoming highway
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Watch a giant military drone land on a Wyoming highway

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Australia wants a laser weapon powerful enough to stop a tank
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Australia wants a laser weapon powerful enough to stop a tank

By Kelsey D. Atherton

A new kind of Kevlar aims to stop bullets with less material
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A new kind of Kevlar aims to stop bullets with less material

By Rob Verger

the v-280 valor flies
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The US military wants ideas for fast aircraft that don’t need runways

By Kelsey D. Atherton

armored vehicle launched bridge
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Ukraine is getting mobile bridges from the US. Here’s how they can help.

By Kelsey D. Atherton

US M1 Abrams tank
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M1 Abrams tanks and other armored vehicles could change how Ukraine fights

By Kelsey D. Atherton

A night vision view of a C-17 pilot in the airplane's cockpit.
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The illuminating tech inside night vision goggles, explained

By Rob Verger

soldiers wearing augmented reality goggles
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The Army takes another crack at augmented reality headsets

By Kelsey D. Atherton