Photo Of The Day: Exercise Crete, held at Waiouru Military Training Area and led by 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, stood as one of the largest NZ Army exercises in 2025, culminating in a live-fire defensive battle at dawn on the final day. More than 300 personnel participated...
Cumulative IBAS funding reaches $34 million as Kopin accelerates U.S.-based development and manufacturing of next-generation military MicroLED displaysWESTBOROUGH, Mass.–Kopin Corporation (NASDAQ: KOPN), a leading provider of application-specific optical systems, optical interconnect device...
Galvion, a global leader in the design and manufacture of innovative head systems, power and data management solutions, and integrated soldier systems, will showcase a new Cortex™ EVO HALO integration concept for the U.S. Army’s in-service Next-Generation Integrated Head Protection System (NG...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army today released How the Army Fights, new operational warfighting guidance that provides a common framework for translating tactical success into campaign-level advantage for the Joint Force. Developed by the Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, How the Army Fights builds o...
We’ve told you - Germany's army is swapping rifles, one unit and one shooting range at a time. This is TFB's Photo of the Day and here we have soldiers of the 1st Company, Panzerpionierbataillon 701, based in Gera (Germany) that are getting acquainted with their future service rif...
TFB reached out to the Irish Department of Defence for comment on the new procurement and a spokesperson for the department responded:
West Hartford, CT — October 6, 2026 — Colt is proud to support the Government of Guatemala’s Foreign Military Sales(FMS) program with the historic acquisition of more than 2,000 M4A1 rifles. In announcing the initial delivery, the Guatemalan Army stated: “In a ceremonial act, the High Com...
About 97% of soldiers have used the Neurocognitive Assessment Tool, helping medical professionals combat the effects of blast overpressure and low-level blast exposure, the Army’s top leader overseeing safety and occupational health said. “It demonstrates our commitment to cognitive s...
Barrel-life specifications are a familiar sight in government solicitations, technical documents, and manufacturer literature, but what do they actually mean? A barrel rated for a certain number of rounds is not necessarily guaranteed to perform identically throughout that entire service life, an...
Weapons familiarization exists for exactly this moment: handing a soldier an unfamiliar rifle and letting muscle memory catch up. At Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Poland, a U.S. Army staff sergeant with 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, part of NATO's Forward Land Forces Battle Gro...