The Iowa Army Ammunition Plant is shut down to safely remove highly explosive lead azide, a chemical used in munitions, the U.S. Army reveals.

As conflicts around the world deplete stockpiles, the U.S. wants to create a research and manufacturing center to boost explosives production.

The United States Army is moving to overhaul its munitions infrastructure by setting up ...

The U.S. Army is testing a new 30-millimeter explosive round at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona that is designed to take out ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. – The U.S. Army's Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center, known as DEVCOM CBC, tested collective capabilities to determine if military working ...

A US Army explosive ordnance disposal officer has broken the world record for running a mile in a bomb suit by 20 seconds. The Army said Wednesday that Capt. Travis G. Chewning-Kulick, wearing a heavy ...

CAMP DAWSON, W.Va. – U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians honed their lifesaving and mission-enabling skills with interagency bomb squads during a nationwide training exercise. During ...

Capt. Travis Chewning-Kulick ran a 7 minute, 4 second mile, loaded down by 50 pounds of explosive ordnance protective gear across his body. By Nicholas Slayton Published Apr 26, 2025 5:58 PM EDT U.S.

US Army Capt. Travis G. Chewning-Kulick completed the mile in a 62-pound bomb suit and was 20 seconds faster than the previous record, the Army said.

U.S. government technical and toxicological references indicate that domestic production of two critical military explosives, RDX and HMX, depends on a single production site in eastern Tennessee. A ...