The American destroyer USS Higgins simulated an expeditionary reload of a Standard Missile-2 last month.

Navy officials said the training is key amid the changing threat environment sailors face, including increased missile ...

A competing missile system, the AIM-9 Sidewinder, was also released in the 1950s, but unlike the discontinued Falcon, it's ...

Discover the deadliest weapon currently deployed on U.S. Navy ships—the Tomahawk cruise missile. With long-range precision, advanced targeting, and deployment from both destroyers and submarines, it ...

Key Points The US Navy has some of the most advanced ships anywhere in the world. Among the essential weapons systems are the Tomahawk and CIWS, critical components for both offense and defense.

Since returning to office, President Donald Trump has made fielding swarms of drones a top military priority. But the ...

Many components used in key weapon systems are being manufactured by China and other countries with adversarial aims to the U.S., GAO warned in a report.