In October 2025, FN announced it was ending production of the iconic SCAR, a rifle made famous by its use by Special Operations Forces during the Global War on Terror. This left the firearms community wondering what FN would replace the SCAR with; maybe a new rifle for a military contract?
Turns out, news of the SCAR’s death was greatly exaggerated. On January 15, 2026, FN announced the next generation of the SCAR.
Related: Why the Mk16 SCAR-L failed with US Army Special Forces
No, that’s literally what they’ve called it. It’s not the SCAR-2, SCAR Mk2, or even SCAR-NG.
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The 101st Airborne Division paused a major field exercise Wednesday night as military bases across the Midwest and on the Atlantic coast began bracing for a historic winter storm this weekend. Crews at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, began trimming trees on base in anticipation of ice storms, and bases from Missouri to South Carolina stood up various emergency teams with leaders of on-base emergency, medical and utilities.
France’s DGA has delivered 30 SERVAL vehicles to the Army under its SCORPION programme for new generation armoured vehicles.
Rafael Peralta could not wait to become an American.
Originally from Mexico City, Peralta would do anything for his adopted homeland. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps on the same day he received his green card in 2000 and was killed four years later while serving his country.
Related: The Vietnam tank driver who ran into a burning tank to pull his friends out
Peralta’s actions on November 15, 2004, during the Second Battle of Fallujah in Iraq earned him the Navy Cross. For years, Peralta’s family refused to accept the Navy Cross.
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The Army originally planned to field the hypersonic weapon in 2023, but technical issues and flight test delays forced the service to push back its deadline.
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The FMTV A2 LVAD enables fast airdrop of supplies and equipment directly to remote or contested locations for Army missions.
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GA-ASI’s MQ-20 Avenger autonomously intercepted a piloted aircraft, tracked it, and executed a simulated kill while respecting airspace constraints safely.
The Japanese Ministry of Defense has reported a sharp increase in the Air Self Defense Force’s emergency fighter scrambles in December 2025, with 79 launches having been made to intercept foreign military aircraft approaching the country’s airspace. Fighters were scrambled only 33 times the previous month, with incidents in December representing 17.6 percent of the year’s total of 448. Chinese military aircraft accounted for 53 of the December scrambles, while Russian aircraft were responsible for 23.