At a glance, Navy SEALs don’t appear to use radically different weapons than conventional infantry units. The difference is ...

The gun was first deployed in 1971 as the Mk 45 Mod 0, and has been updated in the more than five decades since. With the final retirement of the United States Navy's Iowa-class battleships in the ...

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) – A super-powerful gun that shoots rounds more than 100 miles away _ at several times the speed of sound _ is being developed for Navy warships. The weapon is known as an ...

Tom Cruise received the U.S. Navy's Distinguished Public Service Award for his contributions through Top Gun and other films. The Navy credited Top Gun and its sequel for boosting enlistment and ...

For much of modern naval history, the role of a destroyer has been to protect larger warships from attack by enemy submarines, surface combatants, and aircraft. This objective was accomplished with a ...

Lasers, global strike weapons, hypervelocity projectiles, maneuvering Tomahawk missiles and precision-guided deck-mounted guns… are all part of the Navy’s design for its new stealthy warship… the USS ...

From Jan. 26 to Feb. 6, Naval Weapons Station Yorktown and Cheatham Annex will join U.S. Navy installations across the ...

The future has arrived at the U.S. Navy, which will begin deploying lasers this year and an electromagnetic rail gun within two years. The laser will be set up on the transport dock USS Ponce in the ...