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The US Army can’t build new weapons anymore
Summary and Key Points – The cancellation of the M10 Booker in mid-2025 has ignited a rapid shift in the U.S. Army land warfare strategy. It follows a pattern of the Army cancelling many different weapons platforms with little to show for it.
The jamming cut soldiers off from commanders and limited what they could see. They located the source and took it out with mortars.
Recent live-fire training near the North Korean border helped familiarize U.S. soldiers with CROWS, which lets them fire weapons from inside armored vehicles.
Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington, DC. U.S. Army Releases Performance Details As Laser Weapons Enter Service is available to both Aviation Week & Space Technology and AWIN subscribers.
The war in Ukraine showed the US Army just how effective small drones can be. They can be more than scouts. They can be offensive weapons.
A surprise weapon is hitting Russian tanks in Ukraine: US laser-guided Copperhead 155mm artillery rounds from the 1980s. This is not just the US Army dumping some of its outdated stock to an ally grateful for anything it can get;
The Army (US Army) introduced the M7 carbine and M250 squad automatic weapon in 2025 using SIG Sauer’s new 6.8x51mm ammunition. The Army replaced the Beretta M9 pistol with the SIG Sauer P320 starting in 2014. The Browning M2 heavy machine gun has ...
NGC2 analyzes supply and maintenance needs, getting fixes to soldiers faster. The software also simulates how enemy attacks could influence logistics.