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Jeep Made a Military-Grade Gladiator With the Company Behind the Humvee

Is Jeep reenlisting in the U.S. Army with the help of AM General?

Amazon May Become One of the Largest Defense Contractors Overnight

Jeff Bezos is eyeing a $10 billion Pentagon contract called JEDI

This Restored WWII Spitfire Has Begun a Circumnavigation of the Globe

The “Silver Spitfire” took off from the U.K. last week, will reach the U.S. soon

US Navy Task Force on Climate Change Is No More

Few details exist on what, if anything, will replace it

Fallen Vietnam Hero Finally Returns Home — on a Plane Piloted by His Son

"It was peaceful, it was beautiful and it was a privilege to watch."

Timex Teamed Up With YMC to Update Its U.S. Marine Corps Watch

This limited-edition MK1 blends understated design, affordability and history

Can We Interest You in an Auction of Military Tactical Vehicles?

Bid on surplus Humvees, Growlers and cargo trucks

Why the British Military Ran a Laundry Service and Massage Parlor

The 1970s ruse was an elaborate, dangerous and ultimately deadly way to trace explosives.

The Pentagon Wants $304 Million To Make A Space Laser

A particle-beam could be in orbit by 2023.

Pentagon Wants $304 Million to Test Space Lasers to Stop ICBM Threat

The project would assess the viability of putting a particle-beam missile interceptor in orbit by 2023.

Rods From God: A Space Weapon to Make Thor Jealous

This far-out, decades-old idea wasn’t laughed off by the U.S. Air Force.

How Ulysses S. Grant Came to Be Seen as a Failure

Grant won the Civil War and the presidency, but ultimately lost the game of history.

Inside the Secret WWII Training and Interrogation Base in the Shadow of D.C.

Fort Hunt, known only by a PO box, held high-value German prisoners and U.S. secrets.

How Lobster Bellies Could Be Design Prototype for Military Armor of the Future

The naturally-occuring hydrogel polymer in the crustacean's shell is both rugged and flexible.

American-Made Fighter Jets Still Flying in Iranian Air Force 40 Years Later

US warplanes sold to the country in the 1970s get homegrown hacks to keep them operational.

Inside the CIA’s Secret Cold War Program to Spy on a Soviet Embassy

The now-declassified Project CATOPHAT was the World Cup of spy games.

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U.S. Military Announces Plan to Develop Synthetic Jet Fuels

It could have non-military implications as well

Meet the Man Who Rescues Hostages

A British special forces legend on the job's most difficult mission

Navy Honors World War II Hero Charles Jackson French

He saved wounded sailors from enemy forces — and sharks

Is Artificial Blood in the Military's Future?

Blood donations have been down in recent years

Inside the Navy's (Literally) Poetic New Year's Tradition

Ships' logs tend to rhyme early in the new year

Somehow, U.S. Military Biometric Data Ended Up For Sale on eBay

A security researcher found something unexpected — and alarming

The U.S. Army Investigated the Death of a Red Panda

No, this isn't the beginning of a disaster movie

A Green Beret Commander on the War in Afghanistan, “Retrograde” and Those Still Left Behind

LTC Matthew A. Chaney is featured in a searing new National Geographic documentary

The Hottest Collector Car for 2023 Will Be the…Hummer H1?

Hagerty's annual list of 11 enthusiast vehicles they believe will gain the most value is dominated by models from the '90s and 2000s