Test units will soon start experimenting with early M1E3 prototypes, with the Army now hoping production could kick off in 2027.

The Army will begin testing its new M1E3 Abrams prototypes with select units this summer and into early fall, with the ...

The U.S. Army has quietly crossed a symbolic threshold, moving its next-generation Abrams from briefing slides to metal. The early M1E3 prototype, now visible in official imagery, offers the first ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Army announced the completion of an Abrams tank prototype, known as the M1E3, this week on social media. (X) The Army ...

The Army is not just tweaking the Abrams, it is rebuilding the idea of a main battle tank around a smaller, lighter, more flexible machine that can get to the field faster and change with the fight.

It’s been about 30 years since the Army welded a new Abrams tank, and it was going to be another decade until they built a new one, when the service sat down to hammer out the requirements for the ...

The war in Ukraine has shown how vulnerable armored vehicles can be to attacks by cheap, expendable drones, threatening the tank’s century-long primacy on the battlefield. The war in Ukraine has shown ...

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has his "Arsenal of Freedom Tour" in full swing, visiting the nuclear submarine production floor at Newport News, Virginia, and Blue Origin’s space launch at Cape ...

The U.S. Army's M1E3 Abrams tank made its debut as a pre-prototype at the Detroit Auto Show. (U.S. Army) The chief of staff of the Army is celebrating progress on a new generation of Abrams tank that ...

LIMA, Ohio -- On Wednesday, Oct. 4, members of the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center workforce celebrated the delivery of the next iteration of the iconic Abrams Main Battle Tank as the Army accepted ...

The legendary Abrams tank is getting a hybrid version. Designed by the U.S. Army and built by Roush, the diesel-hybrid M1E3 Abrams tank is lighter and more efficient. It can be deployed quickly in any ...

The Army specifically requires the new tank series to be lighter in weight than its predecessors. As exemplified by Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, main battle tanks (MBTs) are not just military ...