Paratroopers Train with Anti-Drone Ammunition

US Army Soldiers assigned to the XVIII Airborne Corps train and familiarize themselves with the 5.56mm L-variant Drone Round to counter small unmanned arial systems at Oak Grove Training Center, N.C., April 9, 2026. The 5.56mm L-variant Drone Round is designed to neutralize sUAS by volume of fire...

By Eric G •

Mikoyan MiG-29: The Reactive Fulcrum?

Military aircraft design of the Cold War era could be described as akin to physics, or, more specifically, to Newton’s Third Law of motion, which states, “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” From lessons learned in the Vietnam War, the United States Air Force determi...

By Peter Suciu •

Army Sniper Course Tests Signature Management Tech to Enhance Health, Safety

FORT BENNING, Ga. — The U.S. Army Sniper Course at Fort Benning is working to improve sniper survivability and lethality in large-scale combat operations by evaluating and integrating advanced signature management technology into training. “What we’ve seen in the last few years in recent co...

By Eric G •

AI Your Rifle? Army’s SMASH System Is A Drone Killer!

This content is copyrighted and may not be reproduced without the express permission of GunsAmerica.com and BAAANG Media LLC. AI Your Rifle? Army’s SMASH System Is A Drone Killer! The SMASH system is designed specifically to help soldiers track and engage those fast-moving aerial targets. The p...

By Larry Z •

Evolution of the Flying Wing

From its earliest experimental roots to today’s cutting-edge stealth bombers, the flying wing has remained one of aviation’s most radical and enduring ideas. Stripped of traditional fuselage and tail structures, this design prioritizes aerodynamic efficiency above all else. The design reduces...

By Friedrich Seiltgen •

Off-Grid Comms: Going Stealth with the Starlink Mini

Reliable communication used to be the first thing you lost the moment you stepped away from the grid. Once your cell signal faded, you were effectively on your own. Starlink, and now the Starlink Mini, have changed that reality in a way that is nothing short of game-changing. In a compact, packab...

By Scott Conditt •

A Student's Vision of The New Generation of Russian Light Machine Gun

A recent post by Kalashnikov.ru  shed light on the work of a young engineering student on a proposed light machine gun design. It was an interesting design recently submitted at the M. T. Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University (ISTU), where the annual exchange between academic traini...

By Lynndon Schooler •

101st Airborne Division Tests Next-Gen Drones

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) tested their ability to integrate unmanned aircraft systems to support ground forces during a live-fire exercise on March 12. “We are no strangers to innovation here on Fort Campbell,” said Brig. Gen. Travis McIntosh, deputy com...

By Eric G •
« Newer Posts Older Posts »