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XQ-58 is being offered to Europe via a partnership with Airbus. XQ-58

XQ-58 Valkyrie Heading To European Market With Kratos-Airbus Team-Up

Harnessing a new Airbus-developed mission system, the stealthy Valkyrie drone will be offered to Germany, but there is big potential for sales across Europe.

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The operations room at Northern Radar, the joint civil and military air traffic control centre at RAF Lindholme, Doncaster, 28th August 1968. The station provides 11,000 radar services a month to civil and military aircraft over an area of 12,000 square miles. (Photo by Ted West/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Bunker Talk

Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

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Spanish photographer Javier Alonso de Medina Salguero captured some amazing images of a Eurofighter striking a bird.
Typhoon

Eurofighter Typhoon Canopy-Shattering Bird Strike Captured In Amazing Images

A photographer snapped the instant a Spanish Eurofighter impacted a bird during an aerobatic demonstration.

L3Harris has formally rolled out its modular Wolf family of "launched effects vehicles," which includes the Red Wolf, configured for long-range precision strikes against targets on land or at sea, and the Green Wolf fitted with an electronic warfare payload.
Air-To-Ground

‘Wolf Pack’ Of Modular Mini Cruise Missiles Unveiled By L3Harris

L3Harris is the third company just this week to make an announcement about cheaper stand-off munitions that can be produced quickly at scale.

Leonidas HPM systems are now in there second generation.
High Powered Microwaves

Army Puts $43M Bet On Next Gen Leonidas High Power Microwave Counter Drone Tech

Epirus’ CEO says successful tests of the company’s Gen II system capable of rapidly taking down swarms of drones could lead to an official program of record. 

The Argentine Navy has brought back to service an example of the classic Cold War-era Grumman S-2 Tracker anti-submarine warfare aircraft. Returning to duty a remarkable 73 years after the type first took to the air, the S-2T in question is currently the only example of the Tracker in active military service anywhere in the world. At the same time, the fact that the aircraft has been reactivated points to the very limited resources available to modernize the Argentine Navy’s aging air component.
South America

This S-2 Tracker Is The Last Of Its Kind In Military Use

Argentina first introduced the classic S-2 Tracker back in 1962 and just one example of the sub-hunting plane is still active today.

While the U.S. and allies are ramping up deliveries of Patriot air defense batteries to Ukraine, Switzerland will have to wait for theirs.
NATO

Patriot Deliveries To Ukraine Ramping Up, Others Being Delayed

While the U.S. and NATO allies are working to provide Ukraine with additional Patriot batteries, there aren’t enough for everyone who ordered them.

Army’s Sig P320 Derived Pistols Will Remain Unchanged After Concerning FBI Report
Small Arms

Army’s Sig P320 Derived Pistols Will Remain Unchanged After Concerning FBI Report

ICE is the latest agency to drop the P320 amid uncommanded discharge concerns while Sig says it participated with the FBI in follow-up tests.

A first rendering has been released showing the new fighter demonstrator being built in the United Kingdom as part of the Tempest next-generation air combat program. The crewed flight test vehicle, which is planned to take to the air in 2027, will feed into the design of the Tempest, which is being developed as a stealthy fighter for the U.K.’s Royal Air Force, as well as for Italy and Japan, and is expected to be in service by 2035.
United Kingdom

This Is What The UK’s New Stealth Fighter Demonstrator Will Look Like

The demonstrator for the Tempest program is the first new fighter design to be developed in the UK in 40 years.

Israeli just bombed the Syrian Defense Ministry and presidential palace in Damascus claiming support for the Druze community in southern Syria.
Syria

Israel Strikes At The Heart Of Syria’s Military Command In Dramatic Escalation (Updated)

The Israeli airstrikes come amid increasing tensions over the Syrian government’s treatment of the Druze community in the southern part of the country.

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No JASSM missiles for Ukraine according to Trump.

No Long-Range Missiles For Ukraine: Trump

Ukraine Situation Report: The U.S. will not give Kyiv new advanced long-range weapons to attack Russia as hopes of a peace deal disintegrate.

Taiwanese forces, including personnel armed with Stinger shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles, have used the subway to maneuver around the capital city of Taipei as part of a major annual exercise for what looks to be the first time.

Taiwanese Troops Train To Use Subway To Their Advantage During Chinese Invasion Of Taipei

The Taipei Metro could prove critical to Taiwanese troops for moving around the capital during an invasion.

Footage from a recent Russian bombardment of the Ukrainian city of Chernivtsi provides us with what is likely our best look so far at a Kh-101 cruise missile fitted with a cluster warhead. While Russian forces have made extensive use of a variety of cluster munitions in the conflict, resulting in many civilian deaths and serious injuries, it’s notable that the relatively high-end Kh-101 is also now being used in this capacity, suggesting it is finding favor as a terror weapon as Moscow steps up its campaign against cities across Ukraine.

Cluster Warhead Version Of Russian Kh-101 Cruise Missile Caught On Camera

The terrifying effects of what appears to be the submunition-dispensing air-launched Kh-101 cruise missile were seen during an attack on Chernivtsi.

Step Toward Blocking E-7 Wedgetail Radar Jet Program Cancellation Taken By Congress

Step Toward Blocking E-7 Wedgetail Radar Jet Program Cancellation Taken By Congress

The Pentagon wants to buy extra E-2 Hawkeyes instead of E-7s ahead of establishing a satellite constellation to do their job.

Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

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An Antonov-124 Ruslan was spotted over Kyiv on Friday, the first such sighting since the all-out war began.

Lumbering An-124 Condor Cargo Jet Appears In Kyiv’s Highly-Restricted Airspace

We break down where the massive jet, which was unexpected to the citizens of Kyiv, likely came from and where it was going.

M240 Medium Machine Gun Successor Now Being Sought By U.S. Army

M240 Medium Machine Gun Successor Now Being Sought By U.S. Army

A replacement for the M240 under the Future Medium Machine Gun program could offer infantry and other units greater range and terminal ballistics.

The U.S. Air Force is moving ahead to add new external pylons onto its B-1B Lancer bombers after years of experimentation.

B-1B To Finally Get New External Pylons Drastically Expanding Missile Carriage Potential (Updated)

The Air Force sees external pylons as key to increasing the B-1’s ability to launch standoff strikes ahead of the arrival of the B-21 Raider.

Drone strikes across Ukraine in largest Russian barrage ever.

Largest Russian Long-Range Drone Onslaught Of The War Rains Down On Ukraine

Ukraine Situation Report: The unprecedented Russian attack came just hours after Trump announced arms shipments to Ukraine would resume.

The Pentagon is brushing off concerns that it is running low on Patriot interceptors.

Patriot Missile Stockpile Concerns Grow, Pentagon Claims It Has Enough

After years of intercepting Russian weapons in Ukraine and recently engaging Iranian missiles, the Pentagon’s supply of Patriots is a hot-button issue.

While the J-20S was officially unveiled at the Zhuhai Airshow last year, there are rumors that it might be publicly unveiled as an operational PLAAF asset in September of this year, when the PLAAF marks the 80th anniversary of Japan’s defeat in World War II.

China’s Two-Seat J-20 Stealth Fighter Poised To Enter Operational Service

A new electro-optical sensor system, paint scheme, and other refinements suggest the two-seat J-20S is in operational service, or very close to it.

PLAN red sea laser incident.

German Surveillance Plane Targeted By Chinese Warship’s Laser In Red Sea Points To Disturbing Pattern

The incident is the latest in which a Chinese naval vessel has been accused of firing a laser at a Western military aircraft.

Boom On KC-46 Tanker Just Broke Off During F-22 Refueling Mission (Updated)

Boom On KC-46 Tanker Just Broke Off During F-22 Refueling Mission (Updated)

The KC-46 Pegasus was operating off Virginia when it lost its boom and declared an emergency.

The U.S. Navy has canceled a variant of its Razorback uncrewed underwater vehicle (UUV) designed to be launched and recovered via a standard submarine torpedo tube.

Navy Cancels Nuclear Submarine Torpedo Tube-Launched And Recovered Underwater Drone (Updated)

The Navy has been pushing to give its submarines new ways to hunt and gather intelligence with drones sent out and retrieved via torpedo tube.

An unknown containerized launcher able to fire the same suite of artillery rockets and ballistic missiles as the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) and M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) seen at the U.S. Army’s Fort Bragg earlier this year has been identified.

Mysterious Guided Rocket Launcher Disguised In A Shipping Container At Fort Bragg Identified

The Army’s top general in the Pacific recently touted how “boxes of rockets” hiding out in the open creates dilemmas for adversaries.

A South Korean AH-64 Apache helicopter fires rockets during a combined live-fire exercise between the South Korean and US armies at the Rodriguez Live Fire Complex in Pocheon on October 30, 2024. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP) (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images)

South Korea Canceling AH-64 Apache Order A Sign Of What’s To Come

While claims the attack helicopter is irrelevant are hyperbolic, their survivability, employability, and return on investment are definitely in question.

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