It looks like the next generation gunship is going to be based on a bomber, and not a transport aircraft like the C-130 pictured below. Amy Butler of Aviation Week & Space Technology has an ...

The AC-130’s laser feels like the future, but in fact it’s actually a few years late. In 2015, the Air Force challenged industry to put a 120-kilowatt laser on a gunship by 2020.

One day, years and years down the line, a laser-armed gunship might fly top cover for U.S. Special Forces. But in the meantime, the Air Force’s fleet of 25 AC-130 gun-armed gunships (pictured ...

However, the U.S. Air Force is considering removing these from future versions of the gunship as future campaigns may not need them. The AC-130 has several weaknesses Jodisgoing180/Getty Images ...

The Air Force's Airborne High Energy Laser, or AHEL, will not be used on the AC-130J gunship after the weapon missed a flight test window that would have allowed its use.

Ultimately, the KAI LAH gunship marks a significant milestone in South Korea’s military modernization efforts. (These are the future military helicopters of the world. Here is a look at the ...

Russia expects to test fly a new high-speed helicopter gunship prototype in 2019. Compared to even the fastest conventional helicopters—which are physically limited to roughly 200 miles per hour ...