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The Defense Department’s Close Combat Lethality Task Force supports innovative technology with DoD dollars, such as the Army’s program to equip infantry units with a heads-up display designed to provide a digital weapon-sight reticle, as well as tactical data about the battlefield environment. Army photo

Inside SecDef Jim Mattis’ $2.5 Billion Plan to Make the Infantry Deadlier

DoD is investing in weapons, unmanned systems, body armor, training and new technology for close-combat forces.

In the past, high-tech weapons programs were canceled to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But now the Army says new technologies for ground troops could soon be on the way. (Getty Images)

Army Chief: US Military Can't Afford to Lose Future Arms Race

The Army needs ground-breaking war machines to match Russia and China, whose militaries are becoming high-tech terrors.

U.S. Army soldiers shoot the Javelin, an anti-tank weapon, at the Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, on July 28, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Patrick Kirby)

Javelin Anti-Tank Missiles from US Army Stockpile Headed to Eastern Europe

The U.S. plans to transfer hundreds of Javelin anti-tank missiles from the U.S. Army stockpile to the government of Georgia i...

In a First, Marines Shoot HIMARS Rocket from Amphibious Ship

The amphibious transport dock USS Anchorage became the base for a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System rocket launch this we...

The Army decided it would not consider Beretta USA’s M9A3 for the Modular Handgun System program. Photo courtesy of Beretta USA

Army Rejects M9A3 Proposal, Opts for New Pistol

Army officials will not evaluate an improved version of the 9mm pistol, instead searching for a more modern soldier sidearm....

A U.S. Army soldier fires an M4. Army photo

Army Wants Upgrades to Improve M4A1 Carbine's Performance, Accuracy

The Army is considering upgrades to the M4A1 Carbine that could improve its accuracy and performance and alter its appearance...

An operator pours weapons onto Captain Crunch's intake belt. Army photo

'Captain Crunch:' The DoD Gun Muncher That Has Destroyed 1M Firearms

It's the place where military weapons go to die.

A civilian instructor coaches two paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team on how to use a Carl Gustav 84mm recoilless rifle during a certification class Dec. 6, 2011, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (U.S. Army photo)

US Army Adds 84mm Recoilless Rifle to Platoon Arsenal

Army infantry platoons will soon have the 84mm Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle as a permanently assigned weapon.

A soldier aims an XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement weapon system at Aberdeen Test Center, Md. Army photo

Investigators to Army: Consider Canceling Troubled Airburst Weapon

After two years of delays, the U.S. Army should consider canceling the shoulder-fired 25mm airburst weapon, investigators say...

Army Defends New Airburst Weapon Targeted by Pentagon Critics

Army weapons officials are planning a late-September response to Pentagon investigators' recent criticisms of the XM25.

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