LONG BEACH, Calif. — President Donald Trump’s Department of War is betting big on a “new-guard” of weapons manufacturers in his push to expand domestic defense production. After decades of legacy ...

For better or worse, the future of warfare involves new and more powerful weapons to tackle adversaries on a global scale. Weapons technology is a billion-dollar business, so there is plenty of ...

The reason why this has taken so long is that there's a big difference between developing a functional, practical laser weapon and making one that's fully operational. Modern weapon systems act as one ...

References by Pentagon officials, the think tank world, and various world leaders to autonomous weapon systems often cite a U.S. military policy requirement that doesn’t even exist. Published in 2012 ...