Military weapons don’t change unless the battlefield forces them to. For Navy SEALs, that pressure came as warfare moved indoors, after dark, and into environments where adaptability mattered more ...

When can you see one of the fleet lose the weapons upon which it depends most, because they are too large to fit into the vessels constructed to support them? The Trump-proposed class of ship, a Trump ...

BAE Systems has secured a U.S. Navy contract worth $122 million to perform systems engineering and integration support services and conduct special studies aimed at enhancing the service branch’s ...

New Directions Technologies has won a potential five-year, $111.4 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide test, system and transition engineering support services. The Naval Air Warfare Center ...

What happens when a ship constructed with two large guns loses one of the guns? In the case of the Zumwalt-class of the U.S.

Feb. 5 (UPI) --The U.S. Navy has developed a directed-energy weapon that can intercept unmanned drones and possibly cruise missiles while enhancing naval operations in combat areas. The weapons is the ...

A jaw-dropping new photo shows the US Navy firing off a drone-destroying laser weapon — dubbed Helios — from one of its warships. The undated image, which was published in the US Center for ...

Germany is moving ahead with a weapon that sounds like science fiction yet is already working at sea. Rheinmetall and MBDA Deutschland plan to create a joint venture in early 2026 to turn their ...

According to Rheinmetall, the German Navy’s directed energy weapon can engage a wide range of targets, including guided missiles, rockets, and drone swarms. The German Navy is getting closer to having ...

Lieutenant-Commander Clive Waghorn, who has died aged 77, was a submarine weapons engineer officer in the Cold War and one of the line of notable Royal Navy Antarctic explorers and expedition leaders ...