Dynetics, a subsidiary of Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has won a $237.4 million contract from the U.S. Army to develop launcher and interceptor prototypes for a ground-based weapon system intended to engage ...

CAMP GRAYLING, Mich. - Indirect fire infantrymen, commonly referred to as mortarmen, provide offensive, defensive and retrograde ground combat tactical operational support. During Northern Strike 24-1 ...

CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait - When a blaring siren pierced the Kuwaiti air, "Raider" Brigade soldiers donned their M40 Protective Masks and filled the bunkers scattered across Camp Buehring's sandy surface.

The U.S. military would certainly need plenty of howitzers, multiple-launch rocket systems, and anti-ship missiles to fight China or Russia, but infantry units will increasingly need next-generation ...

Three soldiers were killed in an attack on a coalition forces base in the former Shiite militia stronghold of Basra, the U.S. military said Friday. The soldiers were killed about 9:15 p.m. Thursday ...

In April 2016, the U.S. Army successfully fired a Miniature Hit-to-Kill missile as part of an engineering demonstration of the Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2-Intercept. (Michael Smith ...

Cubic has overcome the challenge of simulating the use of combustible charges and the recoil-assisted breech in its M777 155 mm howitzer simulator solution. An M777 is shown here in action with US ...

The U.S. Army is looking for potential industry partners to build a ground-based mobile platform for intercepting cruise missiles and unmanned aircraft systems, according to a solicitation notice ...

The U.S. Army will buy the Israeli-made Iron Dome air-defense system to protect soldiers from indirect-fire threats on the battlefield. "The U.S. Army has announced its intent to procure a limited ...

An area in eastern Syria where some US troops are based came under an “indirect fire attack” Saturday but no casualties were reported, according to a US defense official. The attack happened near a ...

When most fire department personnel think of wildland fires, their first thought might be about how fast they would need to put water on the fire. That’s understandable; that’s their ...

The US military conducted strikes in Syria after indirect fire posed what a US-led coalition official called “an imminent threat” to troops near Green Village, a base in the east of the country near ...