After a decade-plus of changes to the military fitness tests, the biggest change in our Department of Defense fitness testing has been the removal of situps and crunches, replaced by the plank pose.

Over the past 20 years, to say that all military branches of the Department of Defense have changed their fitness testing and standards is an understatement. Largely due to the wars in Iraq and ...

STUTTGART, Germany — The U.S. military is testing a new way to shield troops deployed to Africa from unmanned aerial attacks, relying on commercial technology to produce swarms of counter-drones and ...

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The Textron ARV-30 prototype conducts open water testing at Camp Pendleton, California. (U.S. Marine Corps) The vehicles vying to replace the Marine Corps’ aging light armored vehicle fleet hit the ...

U.S. forces this week wrapped up their participation in an annual Arctic training exercise that for the first time was held in both Alaska and Greenland. Arctic Edge, which began in 2018, includes ...

YUMA PROVING GROUND, Ariz. — The Yuma Test Center at U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground recently tested a new 30 mm Aviation Proximity Explosive, APEX, round primarily developed for firing from the AH-64 ...

The U.S. military is conducting tests with the ‌Federal Aviation Administration in New Mexico of a high-energy laser to deal with drone threats, Reuters reported. "This upcoming event will ...

After two high-profile incidents, the U.S. Defense Department and Federal Aviation Administration are planning a joint test of a laser system this weekend designed to shoot down drones, according to a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Grant Borden instructs security forces personnel on setting up a counter-small unmanned aircraft ...

Army combat uniforms, like those worn here, are only to be distributed after certain material testing is completed. (Mindaugas Kulbis/AP) A North Carolina-based company providing insect-prevention ...