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Watch a giant military drone land on a Wyoming highway
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Coping advice from people with the world’s most stressful jobs
Australia wants a laser weapon powerful enough to stop a tank
How fast is supersonic flight, and why does it create sonic booms?
The Marines are getting supersized drones for battlefield resupply
Watchdog sounds alarm on the Navy’s fire preparedness
The Terranaut is a new mine-hunting bot designed for beaches
Startup claims biometric scanning can make a ‘secure’ gun
A new kind of Kevlar aims to stop bullets with less material
This online atlas is a goldmine for amateur intelligence sleuths
With VENOM, the Air Force aims to test autonomy on combat F-16s
Colombia is deploying a new solar-powered electric boat
The Navy’s version of a Roomba inspects billion-dollar ships for damage
This ATV-mounted, drone-killing laser burns with the power of one dishwasher
Watch this Navy drone take off and land on its tail like a rocket
Why the Air Force wants 1,000 new combat drones
These 3D printed engines can power space-bound rockets—or hypersonic weapons
Joint Task Force Rattlesnake is rescuing snowbound Californians
What to know about the MQ-9 Reaper, the drone the US just lost over the Black Sea
The US military wants ideas for fast aircraft that don’t need runways
Ukraine is getting mobile bridges from the US. Here’s how they can help.
This small prototype submarine could fly through the water for covert missions
Why the US military plans to start making its own jet fuel
US intelligence: Energy weapons or attacks very unlikely to have caused ‘Havana syndrome’
Why the Space Force is testing out tech for small, high-flying satellites
The real star of this aerial selfie isn’t the balloon—it’s the U-2 spy plane
Putin is backing away from New START—here’s what that nuclear treaty does
Why DARPA put AI at the controls of a fighter jet
Biden says flying objects likely not ‘related to China’s spy balloon program’
How a video game could help us better understand nuclear war
Why the US might be finding more unidentified flying objects
How high do planes fly? It depends on if they’re going east or west.
Ukraine is getting flying bombs with a 93-mile range
Spy balloons have been surveilling humans since 1794
Russia’s robot tanklet is being pitched as an anti-armor tool
DARPA wants to push the boundaries of where satellites can fly
DARPA wants aircraft that can maneuver with a radically different method
M1 Abrams tanks and other armored vehicles could change how Ukraine fights
Is the truth out there? Decoding the Pentagon’s latest UFO report.
A Cold War spy plane now tracks humanity’s greatest threat for NASA
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launches have been a slow burn—for an interesting reason
The best—and worst—places to shelter after a nuclear blast
How a US intelligence program created a team of ‘Superforecasters’
Why the Navy is getting fast new medical ships
Swiss scientists successfully used lasers to divert lightning bolts
The illuminating tech inside night vision goggles, explained
The Army takes another crack at augmented reality headsets
The US Navy used solar-powered Saildrones to scout in the Persian Gulf
These are the tank-destroying vehicles the US is sending to Ukraine
A new radar installation in the Pacific will let US forces look over the horizon
Why the US is selling Volcano Mine Dispensers to Taiwan
Australia’s stealthy military drone sub will be called Ghost Shark
A look at the new B-21 Raider—and the stealth bomber that preceded it
The Patriot missiles going to Ukraine have a long wartime history
The Mayhem drone will aim to collect intelligence at hypersonic speeds
Armored vehicles with laser weapons are coming to a US fort next year
Inside Google’s quest to digitize troops’ tissue samples
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SpaceX’s new Starshield program will supply satellite networks to the military
Ukraine could use ‘threat emitters’ to trick Russian pilots
The Army’s Black Hawk helicopter replacement is a speedy tiltrotor aircraft