Seven hundred lumens does not sound like much in 2026, when pocket flashlights advertise four figures. The number that matters on the new SureFire KE2-T is the other one: 70,000 candela . That is where all 700 of those lumens end up, squeezed into a tight column that reaches over 500 meters...
Kraken Kinetics is proud to publicly launch Odin Energetics, our new joint venture with Solugen Aerospace & Defense. Odin was created to rethink how America produces and delivers advanced energetics, the explosives and propellants at the core of modern munitions. The challenge is straightforw...
At CANCON West 2026, @BallisticAviation talks with Josh of LayerX Suppression about the company’s new rimfire suppressor, the Trace 22. The Trace 22 is 3D printed entirely from titanium and rated well beyond .22 LR. Along with all rimfire calibers, it’s rated for 5.7x28, .22 Magnum, a...
SAN DIEGO — 23 October 2026 — General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), the world leader in Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS), today is announcing our partnership with Spirit Defense, a Boeing Company, to support airframe production of the new FQ-42 Vengeance Collaborative Comba...
Striking enemy ships with airborne munitions became a priority after World War I. While the challenges were monumental at the time, the rewards for success were too great to pass up. However, bombs and torpedoes dropped by early naval strike aircraft stood little chance against armored warships b...
Aerospace-engineered platform extends capabilities of award-winning, one-ton Dragan Pocket Winch, enabling portable lifting in remote environments without relying on trees, vehicles or other fixed anchors Dragan Systems, the Bend-based backcountry safety and utility gear company founded by aerosp...
Fulton Armory has a new HUB Mount for the M14 and M1A. It adapts the uncommon thread pattern on these rifles to the standard 1.375x24 threads used for mounting many silencers. Keep reading for all the details.
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (AFNS) —   Operations Midnight Hammer and Epic Fury — or at least the lessons learned — were the topics of discussion at a long-range airpower panel during the Air and Space Forces Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Sept. 15. Th...
Upgrade for the Army MQ-1C Supports Long-Range Sensing SAN DIEGO — 15 October 2026 — General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has completed flight testing of the SNC Electronic Support Measures (ESM) system on the MQ-1C Gray Eagle® Extended Range (ER) Uncrewed Aircraft System...
Collaboration will explore integration of AVcapabilities with Thunder Tiger platforms, potential UAS co-production and future technology development.  ARLINGTON, Va. — (OCTOBER 14, 2026) — AeroVironment, Inc. (“AV”) (NASDAQ: AVAV), a global defense technology leader, and Thunder Tige...