The Air Force’s A-10 Thunderbolt IIs have escaped retirement, again. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink announced in an X post Monday that the Warthogs will keep flying through 2030 to “preserve combat power until the Defense Industrial Base ramps up ...

PARIS — Denmark will receive the French-Italian SAMP/T NG air-defense system starting in 2028 after orders were signed in the first quarter of this year, according to French defense firm Thales, which will supply the radar for the Danish system. ...

Blacksburg, Virginia, April 17th 2026 – Delta Three Oscar, the tactical division of D3O, the global leader in advanced protection materials, and Craig International Ballistics (CIB), a leading manufacturer of high-performance ballistic systems, today jointly announce successful testing of five ...

CAMBRIDGE BAY, Nunavut — Over the past three months, Canadian soldiers conducted a more than 5,000-kilometer snowmobile patrol in extreme Arctic conditions traveling from Inuvik, Northwest Territories, to Churchill, Manitoba, braving blizzards and minus-60 degree Celsius temperatures in military exercises ...

Despite the recent ceasefire between Iran and the United States, the Islamic Republic continues to restrict shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. In response, the United States has established its own naval blockade in the strait and sends thousands more ...

Beecher Tactical – 3D Printed Plate Carrier Back in 2006 I wrote in my introduction to the book “Battle Rattle” about the future of load carriage and my prediction that one day we would no longer sew fabric together but ...

NASHVILLE—When Army leaders talk about their new tiltrotor platform, the first thing they tout are its speed, range and load capacity, all eclipsing the UH-60 Black Hawk whose missions it’s destined to take over.  But bringing the MV-75 Cheyenne II ...

One of the biggest geopolitical consequences of the recent U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Iran is the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Though the exact status of the waterway remains unclear at the time of writing, the daily flow of oil and gas through it ...

Ukraine’s success in decimating Russia’s Black Sea Fleet without having a Navy of its own is “case alpha” in finding new ways to employ robots across land, sea, and air, Rear Adm. Doug Sasse said Monday. But the U.S. Navy ...

The Gun Data Codes system is a standardized framework developed to classify, organize, and record detailed information about firearms in official databases. It is most commonly associated with national and interstate information systems used by law enforcement agencies, where consistency ...