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A series of incidents involving students bringing firearms to North Alabama schools has renewed concerns about campus safety, ...

Laser weapons are such an entrenched sci-fi trope that it's easy to forget just how real this tech can be (and is). While we're not exactly close to seeing real-life "Star Wars" space battles, the U.S ...

A New York–based technology company says it has developed a discreet weapon detection system capable of identifying concealed threats in less than a second — a claim it believes could reshape how ...

Modern weapon systems act as one component in a much larger – often global – network. They also have to be compatible with a very complex logistical supply and maintenance line. Not to mention that ...

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The LOCUST Laser Weapon System, a 20-kilowatt counter-drone weapon, conducts tests at the Military Institute of Armament Technology in Zielonka, Poland in February 2026. (Photo by STR/NurPhoto via ...

As conflict in the Middle East intensifies, militaries are turning to a new kind of weapon — not a missile or drone, but artificial intelligence (AI). As you read this article, advanced AI systems are ...

It is not often that a revolution in the conduct of warfare occurs, however the introduction of inexpensive, commercially available unmanned aerial systems (UAS), or drones, to the battlefield is just ...

Despite years of promises, the latest budget shows directed energy systems are still largely confined to development and experimentation. After months of bold promises about its directed energy weapon ...

Some Anne Arundel County schools will start using AI weapons detectors this week, part of a pilot program that will run ...

U.S. Air Force Gen. Mike Holmes (left), commander of Air Combat Command, and U.S. Air Force Gen. Arnold W. Bunch Jr., commander of Air Force Material Command, both sign a memorandum between the two ...