After two decades of searching for a new grenade launcher, the U.S. Army appears to be zeroing in on a choice. The Army is seeking prototypes for the Precision Grenadier System, which will replace the M203 and M320 grenade launchers. ...

The March 2026 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 1,412,917 is an increase of 1.9 percent compared to the March 2025 NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 1,386,724. For comparison, the unadjusted March 2026 FBI NICS figure of ...

Fire Point, maker of Ukraine’s Flamingo cruise missile, is in talks with European companies to launch a new air defense system by next year, a senior executive told Reuters, creating a low-cost alternative to the increasingly hard-to-get Patriot system. With ...

I ran across this great article form the May-June, 1972, issue of Infantry Magazine by Lieutenant Colonel Larry S. Mickel. It concerns the history of the canteen cup, which was near and dear to many a Soldier’s heart from the ...

BFG Monday – The Battlefield Evolves. Your Gear Should Too. Outdated gear costs more than weight—it costs performance. Helium Whisper® revolutionized load carriage—cutting weight by up to 50% while exceeding legacy materials in durability and abrasion resistance.Less weight.More mobility.Greater survivability.This ...

FORT BENNING, Ga. — The U.S. Army Sniper Course at Fort Benning is working to improve sniper survivability and lethality in large-scale combat operations by evaluating and integrating advanced signature management technology into training. “What we’ve seen in the last ...

A supervisory engineer at Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division spent years building a jammer designed to defeat America’s own radars. The harder his team made it for friendly pilots to see through the jamming, the better they were doing ...

You hear a bump in the night. Your thoughts are racing and you are groggy. What’s going on? Is it a family member? An intruder? Where is your gun and did you forget to lock the door? Are you prepared to fight? ...

U.S. special forces rescued a downed airman in Iran in a complex operation that averted a potential crisis for President Donald Trump, as the war entered its sixth week with little sign of progress in diplomatic efforts for a resolution. ...

CHAD – When April Fool’s Day Jokes Backfire In our industry, perhaps the most classic backfired April Fool’s Day joke was the 5.11 Tactical Kilt which they ended up making for several years after public outcry. On the other hand, ...