Today, it’s difficult to engineer resilient and long-lasting components that can control the powerful beams that lasers emit.

The first time the U.S. Navy used an all-electric, high-energy laser weapon to defeat a target representing a subsonic cruise missile.

An Israeli defense contractor unveiled a remote-controlled armed robot it says can patrol battle zones, track infiltrators and open fire.

Four British soldiers have just sliced a day and 10 hours off the world record for a mixed team of four to row across the Atlantic Ocean.

The dog named Tinsley had a purpose: to take police to the scene of an accident, where two people — including her owner — lay badly injured.

Jerry Isley received earlier this year a rather unusual gift from an unlikely source, an acquaintance he’d met in person once or twice.

A selfless and hard-working veteran got the surprise of a lifetime from actor Dwayne Johnson at a recent screening of his new movie.

The new office will focus on incidents in, or near, "special use airspace" areas strictly controlled and blocked from general aviation use.

Quantum science—one of the Pentagon’s top research priorities—may be about to deliver on its longtime promise of an alternative to GPS.

The robot can gather intelligence for ground troops, carry injured soldiers and supplies in and out of battle, and strike nearby targets.

Cy Massar of Chicago, a 96-year-old World War II veteran, was honored this week with a flight on a 1940s-era plane.

Two boys in Batesville, Indiana, stopped in their tracks when a funeral procession for a military veteran passed by last week.

The programme makes use of machine learning to scrutinise a vast cache of data and notice tiny movements or changes that a human might miss.

Army-funded research identified a new material that may lead to lightweight armor, protective coatings, and blast shields

The test demonstrated the MQ-25 Stingray's ability to carry out its primary aerial refueling mission