Yorktown is undertaking a comprehensive, decade-long modernization of its ordnance storage infrastructure to support the Navy ...

Amid waves of Iranian drone attacks, the U.S. Defense Department is pushing to finally field high-energy laser weapons in the ...

For decades, many of the most advanced military weapons were developed in complete secrecy.

The United States Navy has quietly resumed live-fire testing of a prototype electromagnetic railgun.

Military weapons don’t change unless the battlefield forces them to. For Navy SEALs, that pressure came as warfare moved indoors, after dark, and into environments where adaptability mattered more ...

The Navy’s railgun matters again, but not for the reason that first made it famous. After years of silence, the prototype ...

“This is the time for this,” Adm. Daryl Caudle said when discussing shipboard lasers, a remark that captures the real ...

Shawna McCreary wanted to be an astronaut as far back as she can remember. Then she found a passion for flying, something she got from her dad, and a Morgan High School teacher named Thomas Heppner ...

From intelligence to research and grant applications, artificial intelligence is playing a bigger role in government and military operations.

A new report raises serious concerns with how few guardrails there are for advanced weaponry, as the Department of Defense demands billions for these systems ...

The history of warfare stretches back thousands of years. One of the earliest recorded conflicts took place around 2700 B.C., ...

Warfare transitioned from open battlefields to urban environments. Compact carbines with shorter barrels replaced full-length rifles for maneuverability. Combat now occurs predominantly after dark.