Bob Smith stepped into the Maine woods on a November afternoon in 1997 and never came back.His wife heard a single gunshot. Then… nothing.What followed was the largest ground search in the history of the Maine Warden Service. Investigators found clues—a set of boot prints, a strange arrow in the…

NASHVILLE—Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine said Thursday that autonomous weapons are going to be a “key and essential part of everything we do” when asked about how such tools would fit into the future of warfare.Speaking during a fireside chat at Vanderbilt University’s Asness Summit on Modern Conflict and…

The Defense Department has completed its $1 billion investment in L3Harris Technologies’ missile-making unit, ahead of a planned initial public offering later this year.DOD’s capital infusion is a convertible preferred security that will convert into common equity if, as planned, the IPO turns the company’s Missile Solutions business into an independent, publicly-traded company.…

My state boasts one of the longest rifle seasons in the country. While there are a few “primitive weapon” seasons scattered throughout on public lands, folks can gun hunt on private land from the weekend before Thanksgiving to the end of January. That’s two and a half months of gun…

The U.S. Navy is in its overhaul era: new warfighting strategy, new ways of doing business, new ships, and more ships ready to deploy. The chief of naval operations previewed his soon-to-be-unveiled “Fighting Instructions” on Wednesday, another initiative to follow 2025’s Golden Fleet announcement and Naval Sea Systems Command’s plan…

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