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The u-hawk autonomous drone helicopter by lockheed.

Sikorsky’s new autonomous unmanned Black Hawk helicopter is here

By Miguel Ortiz

Students in the Infantry Mortar Leader Course conduct mortar training on the 60, 81, and the 120mm mortars at Red Cloud Range, Fort Benning, Georgia.

This is how an Army mortar works (from an 11C)

By Adam Gramegna

Basiji militants march while holding AK-47 rifles during a parade of an alleged 110,000 paramilitary Basij and IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) forces in downtown Tehran, Iran, on January 10, 2025. (Photo by Hossein Beris / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by HOSSEIN BERIS/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

This is how an AK-47 works

By Adam Gramegna

The LICC-IWS weapon being tested by soldiers.

The military’s irregular warfare researchers are testing a new round, rifle, and machine gun

By Miguel Ortiz

The Army’s (possible) future grenade launcher is like a rifle on steroids

By Miguel Ortiz

F-111s at Red Flag

Why Australia buried all of its old F-111 Aardvark tactical aircraft

By Blake Stilwell

army ammo problem army

Delta Force legend Larry Vickers says the Army has an ammo problem

By Miguel Ortiz

special operations command rifle

This is the Special Operations Command’s new $92 million rifle

By Miguel Ortiz

narco-terrorist drug boat

3 cheaper ways the Navy could destroy a narco-terrorist drug boat

By Miguel Ortiz

cribbage navy submariners

How cribbage became the card game that rules the Navy’s Submarine Force

By Daniella Horne

black hawk drone mothership

New Army contract will turn Black Hawk helicopters into drone-launching motherships

By Miguel Ortiz

SR-71 blackbird revealed getty

Why the SR-71 Blackbird is the only aircraft with the SR designation

By Blake Stilwell

bill weaver mach 3 lockheed

A pilot survived a Mach 3 ejection from the edge of space by not ejecting at all

By Friedrich Seiltgen

ukraine massive rifle

Ukraine is using this massive rifle that’s bigger than a Barrett .50 cal

By Miguel Ortiz

army m17 sig sauer p320 fix

A new patent says the Sig Sauer P320 is unsafe—but offers a fix

By Miguel Ortiz

Gee bee racer jimmy doolittle

The Gee Bee Racers of the early 1930s created winners and widows

By Friedrich Seiltgen

first jump jet hawker kestrel air force

The world’s first jump jet: How we got the legendary Harrier II

By Friedrich Seiltgen

XM17 competition

Why the Army didn’t finish testing the Sig Sauer P320 during the XM17 competition

By Miguel Ortiz

saddam air force

Why Saddam Hussein buried Iraq’s air force in the desert

By Blake Stilwell

Sidewinder loading

The Navy is spending $1.1 billion on the most successful air-to-air missile in the world

By Miguel Ortiz

Air Force major command allegedly stops using Sig Sauer’s M18 following death of airman

By Miguel Ortiz

Maj. Jonathon Bless tests optics on XM7 rifle on Oct. 16, 2024 at Fort Campbell, Ky. The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) leads the Army's Transformation-in-Contact initiative with the 1st Brigade Combat Team "Bastogne" conducting situational training and live-fire exercises as a part of the Headquarters, Department of the Army's (HQDA) operational assessment.

Why the Army doesn’t need the Sig Sauer M7 rifle

By Miguel Ortiz

The surprising FBI evaluation and ICE ban of the troubled Sig Sauer P320

By Miguel Ortiz

air force fighter

If the F-47 is named after Trump, here are the namesakes of America’s other fighter jets

fighter jets can headbutt enemy planes

How fighter jets can ‘headbutt’ enemy planes

the B-2 longest bombing mission

Midnight Hammer was the second-longest bombing mission: The B-2 also flew the longest

By Miguel Ortiz

robot bomb remote control tank

These robot bombs and remote-control tanks almost made it to combat

By Bethaney Phillips

Three NASA armored personnel carriers sit parked outside of a facility.

Why Cold War NASA had 4 armored personnel carriers

sig sauer p320 banned

Sig Sauer’s P320 banned by Chicago Police Department and other law enforcement agencies

By Miguel Ortiz

stealth bomber designer

Why a principal designer of the Stealth Bomber is in a supermax prison

By Blake Stilwell

This look inside the B-2 Bomber is so detailed it should be classified

By Warrior Scout

A thermal camera image shows an Iranian F-14 on the ground with targeting sites overlaid on it.

Aviation nerds are mourning Iran’s F-14 Tomcats

Massive ordnance penetrator

The Massive Ordnance Penetrator is a 30,000-pound bunker buster bomb

By Miguel Ortiz

Ukrainian border guards check their UAVs not the "Dildo of Consequences"

Ukraine’s new, drone-delivered weapon is basically a phallic claymore

7 companies you didn’t know made firearms for the military

7 companies you didn’t know made firearms for the military

By Miguel Ortiz

USS Wisconsin (BB-64) Fires a three-gun salvo from her forward 16/50 gun turret, during bombardment duty off Korea. Photograph is dated 30 January 1952. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Here’s what happened when North Korea actually hit an American battleship

By Blake Stilwell

U.S. Soldiers with the Pennsylvania National Guard train with RQ-28 short range reconnaissance quadcopters during a field training exercise at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, Oct. 19, 2024. Instructors with the Pennsylvania National Guard's 166th Regiment - Regional Training Institute led the training, where Soldiers gained the most up-to-date knowledge and readiness with these drones. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Aliyah Vivier)

Being a drone operator is getting harder and harder

The ArmaLite in Irish music isn’t the AR-15

The ArmaLite in Irish music isn’t the AR-15

By Miguel Ortiz

A gift from his dad saved this Marine’s life in Fallujah

A gift from his dad saved this Marine’s life in Fallujah

By Miguel Ortiz

the flint machine gun

You have to see this Flintlock Machine Gun from the 1700s

By Blake Stilwell

Delta Airlines used to fly the Lockheed Hercules cargo plane

Delta Airlines used to fly the Lockheed Hercules cargo plane

By Miguel Ortiz

WATM year in review

Our top articles and memorable moments from 2024

By Tessa Robinson

The Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) completes one of its first flights on the U.S. Navy EA18G GROWLER®. The U.S. Navy will employ NGJ-MB on the GROWLER® to target advanced electronic warfare threats.

RTX’s Raytheon awarded $590 million production contract for Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band

By Tessa Robinson

Why the US government had to pay Beretta after awarding them the M9 contract

Why the US government had to pay Beretta after awarding them the M9 contract

By Miguel Ortiz

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A pilot from the 416th Flight Test Squadron successfully fires the newest variant of the AIM-9 Sidewinder for the first time from an F-16 Fighting Falcon on April 9. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tom Reynolds)

Raytheon awarded $736M contract for AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles

By Miguel Ortiz

The third Delta sniper you didn’t see in ‘Black Hawk Down’

The third Delta sniper you didn’t see in ‘Black Hawk Down’

By Miguel Ortiz

DULAC, LOUISIANA - SEPTEMBER 11: Floodwater fills a neighborhood as Hurricane Francine moves in on September 11, 2024 in Dulac, Louisiana. Hurricane Francine maintains its Category 1 classification and is projected to make landfall along the Louisiana coast later this afternoon. Weather analysts are predicting 90mph winds near the eye and a strong storm surge along the coast. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Emergency planning for military families: A guide for creating contingency plans for deployments

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Soldiers of the 4th Ranger Training Battalion, Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade, demonstrate the U.S. Army’s newest weapon during a Rangers in Action Ceremony September 16, 2022, at Victory Pond, Fort Benning, Georgia. The XM5 Rifle will replace the M4/M4A1 carbine within the close combat force. The new ammunition includes multiple types of tactical and training rounds that increase accuracy and are more lethal against emerging threats than both the 5.56mm and 7.62mm ammunition. (U.S. Army photo by Patrick A. Albright, Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Benning Public Affairs)

What troops really think of the Army’s new XM7 rifle

By Miguel Ortiz

A Soldier demonstrates how on of the sleep study suites are used at the Center for Military Psychiatry and Neuroscience of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Oct. 26, 2021. WRAIR conducts sleep restriction and deprivation studies and evaluates countermeasures to develop knowledge products and materiel solutions to enhance Soldier alertness, decision-making, and performance .

The importance of sleep: Tips for restful nights

By Jessica Evans

The old Air Force One’s last mission was just before 9/11

The old Air Force One’s last mission was just before 9/11

By Miguel Ortiz

Veteran and popular firearms YouTuber Paul Harrell dies at 58

Veteran and popular firearms YouTuber Paul Harrell dies at 58

By Miguel Ortiz

U.S. Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, 17th Field Artillery Brigade launch the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) from the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) in Delamere, Northern Territory, Australia in support of Talisman Sabre 2023 on July 27, 2023. U.S. Army photo

Simple US rules change could drastically improve Ukraine’s invasion

Operation Gunnerside: The most successful sabotage of WWII

By Bethaney Phillips

How machine guns on World War I biplanes never hit the propeller

By Blake Stilwell

Today in military history: Senates approves female combat pilots

Today in military history: Senates approves female combat pilots

Air Force’s newest tanker flies around the world for the first time

Air Force’s newest tanker flies around the world for the first time

By Miguel Ortiz

Two Civil War soldiers awarded Medal of Honor for Great Locomotive Chase

Two Civil War soldiers awarded Medal of Honor for Great Locomotive Chase

By Miguel Ortiz

soldiers are in the shade

4 Army tips to beat the summer heat

By Miguel Ortiz

NATO membership closer for Ukraine with the help of this rifle

NATO membership closer for Ukraine with the help of this rifle

By Miguel Ortiz, Tessa Robinson

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - APRIL 15: Firearms are displayed at the Sig Sauer booth at the National Rifle Association's Annual Meetings & Exhibits at the Indiana Convention Center on April 15, 2023 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The convention, which is expected to draw around 70,000 guests, opened yesterday and runs through Sunday. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

SIG Sauer’s legal battles and why the XM7 might not replace the M4

By Miguel Ortiz

prisoners of war during Desert Storm

7 POWs who were total badasses after being taken captive

Why the Sherman tank was nicknamed ‘death trap’

Why the Sherman tank was nicknamed ‘death trap’

By Tim Kirkpatrick

That time American and Russian tanks faced off in a divided Berlin

5 simple things movies get wrong about clearing houses

5 simple things movies get wrong about clearing houses