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  • Special Operations

    May 2023

    Upgraded Assault Rifles In Store for Commandos

    By Scott R. Gourley
    U.S. Special Operations Command is already looking to expand the capabilities of its Reduced Signature Assault Rifle — formerly known as the Personal Defense Weapon — before its manufacturer has even delivered the first weapon in the program.
  • Special Operations

    April 2023

    Special Ops Ammo Spreads to Other Services

    By Scott R. Gourley
    After nearly a decade of being fired by U.S. special operators, polymer-cased ammunition is moving into several new calibers and being adapted by other services.
  • Armaments

    October 2022

    ‘Proximity’ Ammo Takes Out Enemy Drones

    It is notoriously hard to shoot down small drones using small arms and regular bullets, but new ammo for a chain gun gives users a better chance of destroying them in mid-air.
  • International

    September 2022

    EXCLUSIVE: Ukraine Looks to U.S. Defense Industry to Secure Victory

    Ukraine’s successful counteroffensive shows that Russia’s military is in decline, and with continued support from U.S. industry, victory for Ukraine is certain, according to a senior Ukrainian defense official.
  • Army News

    February 2021

    Army Taking Serious Look at Composite Cartridges

    The Army’s next-generation squad weapon program is experimenting with composite-cased 6.8 mm ammunition, which may help lighten soldiers’ loads.
  • Defense Department

    May 2002

    Funds for Demilitarization Drop More than 30 Percent

    By Harold Kennedy
    The war on terrorism and U.S. armed forces’ efforts to improve their ability to fight similar wars in the future are cutting into the Pentagon’s program of scrapping its stockpiles of obsolete, unwanted and dangerous conventional ammunition.
  • Defense Department

    April 2002

    U.S. Facing Alarming Ammunition Shortfalls

    By Lawrence P. Farrell
    Since the war against terrorism started last October, the Defense Department has requested—and Congress appropriated—several billion dollars in supplementary funding for military equipment needed to fight the war.
  • Defense Department

    December 2001

    Planned JDAM Upgrade Boosts Accuracy to 10 Feet

    By Sandra I. Erwin
    An imaging infrared seeker that can improve the accuracy of the JDAM satellite-guided munitions by more than 200 percent has been tested successfully and is ready for production, said program officials.
  • Defense Department

    December 2001

    Munitions Sector ‘In Trouble,’ Despite New Funds

    By Sandra I. Erwin
    An influx of new money at the Pentagon will help replenish cruise missiles and satellite-guided bombs, but it will not necessarily fix industrial base problems in the ammunition sector, sources said.
  • Defense Department

    December 2001

    Breaking the Small-Arms Technology Barrier

    By Virginia Hart Ezell
    It has no moving parts. Yet, it can fire standard, small-caliber projectiles from multiple barrels at speeds up to one million rounds per minute. Is it still a gun?
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