Key Points The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet has made a name for itself as a powerhouse in the U.S. Navy since its introduction in ...

Just before the outbreak of the American Civil War, inventor Richard Jordan Gatling designed the world’s first successful rapid-fire weapon. Technically not a “machine gun” in the modern sense, it was ...

GD-OTS is providing M61A1 Vulcan 20mm rotary cannon for F-16s. General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (GD-OTS) has received an $88.27 million IDIQ sole-source contract from the USAF to provide ...

[Monthly Defense Times Editor-in-Chief An Seung-beom] The 30mm wheeled anti-aircraft gun is a next-generation low-altitude air defense weapon system introduced to the Army since the mid-1970s to ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The “Gatling principle” is the idea that multiple rotating barrels can allow for a faster rate of fire and prevent the barrels from overheating. This principle has ...

Capable of accurately delivering a 'wall of metal' via its array of large-calibre rapid fire cannons and long-range machine guns, the AC-130U Gunship carries the most complex aircraft weapon system in ...

A maintenance worker accidentally fired a 20mm Vulcan cannon from an F-16 jet he was working on at Belgium’s Florennes Air Force Base earlier this week, destroying another F-16 while damaging another ...

August 20, 2020: South Korea is replacing its antiquated American made Vulcan anti-aircraft vehicles with a new AAGW (Anti-Aircraft Gun Wheeled Vehicle System). The new system is armed with two 30mm ...

A maintenance worker accidentally fired a 20mm Vulcan cannon from an F-16 jet at a Belgian air force base, destroying a nearby F-16 jet and damaging others, according to reports. The technician at ...