The U.S. military is back to testing railgun technology at White Sands Missile Range, showcasing a powerful weapon that could ...

Can a weapon the Navy set aside in 2021 still earn a place on a future capital ship? The question is back on the table because the service quietly confirmed new railgun work in its 2025 review. At ...

One of the neat things about keeping tabs on American military technology is that it allows for a little more insight into a government's defense priorities and how far their senior military ...

The destroyer Rafael Peralta fires its Mark 45 5-inch light-weight gun during a live-fire exercise while operating in the Philippine Sea in January 2023. (MC1 Greg Johnson/U.S. Navy) The U.S. Navy ...

U.S. soldiers and Marines have fired Raytheon’s Excalibur guided artillery shell more than 1,000 times in land combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now, Tucson-based Raytheon Missile Systems is vying to ...

FN America has been awarded a $9.9 million contract to supply the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy with FN M240B machine guns, ...

The Mk 110 gun system, known internationally as the Bofors 57 Mk 3, is the deck gun of choice for the Constellation class. It is a multi-mission, medium-caliber shipboard weapon, effective against air ...

A group of Chinese navy engineers claim to have built an electromagnetic rail gun that can swiftly fire a multitude of projectiles without sustaining damage. There were older photos that China had ...

Urban warfare has a way of exposing weaknesses in both tactics and equipment. For U.S. Navy SEAL teams operating in dense cities, the firearms they carry often determine how quickly they can seize ...