The modern tank is being redesigned around crew survival rather than crew placement. That shift is pushing more armies and manufacturers toward unmanned turrets, automated loading systems, and crew ...

Key point: China’s latest tank is a good advancement, but it is still not good enough. What’s up with China’s tanks? Can they keep up with the Armata and the M1A2D? One interesting aspect of China’s ...

A couple of commenters on our story about Alcoa's new version of aluminum armor for military vehicles said aluminum had proven to be less than blast-proof in ships in some military situations, such as ...