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F-22 Pilot Controls FQ-44 Fighter Drone From The Cockpit For The First Time
This is a key milestone as F-22s will be the Air Force's first aerial 'quarterbacks' for Collaborative Combat Aircraft drones.
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Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week
Where is that drip sound coming from?
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What The Army’s Pacific Commanders Are Learning From Ukraine And Iran Conflicts
Battles far away are informing major changes to how the Army trains, equips and operates in the vast Pacific.
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The Army’s Plan For Employing LUCAS Kamikaze Drones Against Its Adversaries
A vision of Army units launching long-range one-way attack drones at enemy warships and ballistic missiles in the Pacific and Europe is taking shape.
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Canada’s Snowbirds Say Farewell To The CT-114 Tutor Jet
After 55 years with the Tutor, the aerobatic team faces an extended hiatus before transitioning to the PC-21 turboprop in the early 2030s.
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Leonardo DRS Explains How Army Counter-UAS Mission Is Evolving
Branded Content: Reconfigurable, platform-agnostic, palletized solutions are taking priority for Army’s mobile counter-unmanned aerial systems mission.
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First C-130J For Navy’s New E-130J Phoenix II Ballistic Submarine Communications Fleet Delivered
The E-130J will be taking over the Take Charge And Move Out mission from the jet-powered E-6B Mercury.
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MQ-72C Cargo Helicopter Drone Capabilities Demonstrated For U.S. Army
The Marines have been the primary interested party in the MQ-72C, but the Army already flies the UH-72 Lakota and needs similar capabilities.
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Army Wants High-Energy Laser Weapons It Can Put On “Any Vehicle In The Motorpool”
The Army sees modular laser systems not tied to specific vehicles as key to truly operationalizing and distributing counter-drone laser capabilities.
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The Days Of Army Air Defense Systems Firing Just One Type Of Interceptor Are Ending
The Army is pursuing an increasingly diverse array of new anti-air interceptors for use with existing launchers and new architectures.
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Army Explains How Merops Interceptor Drone Became Program Of Record In Just 142 Days
The low-cost interceptor, rushed to NATO partners after drone incursions, is now an example of how the Army hopes to rapidly field emerging capabilities.
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Specter Jet-Powered Drone Aims At Low Cost, Multi-Mission, Single Use
The turbojet-powered drone is designed for one-way attack missions, but AEVEX says it could also carry cameras, jamming gear, and other payloads.
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PAC-3 Edge Will Be The Most Capable Patriot Interceptor Ever
The new interceptor will sit at the top of the Patriot missile family and promises more range, altitude, and maneuverability against rapidly-developing threats.
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New Montana “Super Range” Complex Could Add Critical Weapons Testing Capacity
Trump announced a new facility aimed at testing autonomous weapons, space, and electronic warfare technology, supersonics and hypersonics.
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High Altitude Balloons Are A “Game-Changing” Capability: Army Space Command Boss
The Army recently disclosed it rushed high-altitude balloons to support operations in the Middle East.
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F-35C Makes First Arrested Landing Aboard A Ford Class Carrier
The landing on the future USS John F. Kennedy marks a key step in integrating the F-35C with the Ford class after years of delays and technical challenges.
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North Korea’s ‘Hunchback’ Submarine Makes First At-Sea Appearance For Missile Tests
North Korea claims to have launched two cruise missiles from its bizarre modified Romeo class missile boat.
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USS Abraham Lincoln Comes Home With Its Island Superstructure Covered In Kill Marks
The drone and ship kill marks visualize the role the Lincoln Carrier Strike Group played in the fight with Iran.
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Navy Doubles Down On X-BAT VTOL ‘Fighter’ Drone Development
X-BAT flight testing is getting closer on the horizon, and an extremely ambitious timeline to reach an operational capability has been revealed.
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Sikorsky Aiming For Black Hawk ‘Nose Jobs’ To Be Available Within The Next Year
A larger swappable nose creates opportunities to rapidly inject new capabilities and flexibility into old and new H-60 helicopters.
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European U740 Variant Of The XQ-58A Valkyrie Has Flown
A team-up of Airbus and Kratos has put the U740 into the sky as Germany races to field advanced air combat drones by 2029.
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This Is Our First Look At The Wolf Armored Fighting Vehicle That Aims To Replace The Bradley
Wolf is competing against a variant of the German-designed Lynx to become the Army’s XM30 Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle.
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New Coyote Anti-Drone Interceptor Swaps Jet Engine For Rocket Power
The Coyote Block 2 is already combat proven, but more capable kamikaze drones have driven a need to fly faster and farther.
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Test Plans Change, Small Distinctions Emerge Between XM30 Bradley Replacement Prototypes
Aberdeen Proving Ground and Fort Hood now have the prototype mechanized infantry combat vehicles on hand.
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Anduril Unveils Steelfin Family Of Modular Surface-To-Air Missiles
Anduril aims to produce Steelfin interceptors at scale by leveraging common components that can be configured for different threats.
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Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week
The throw rug really pulls the bunker together, don’t you think?
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First Look At Hypersonic Boost-Glide Vehicle Just Tested By South Korea
There is something of a budding, but murky hypersonic arms race emerging on the Korean Peninsula.
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B-52 To Get Stealthy AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles
Integrating the AGM-158C LRASM onto the B-52 means all three of the USAF’s bombers now have this capability and the B-21 will surely follow.
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Retired KC-10 Extender Tankers Could Get A Second Life With North African Mystery Operator
The USAF wants to know what it would take to regenerate a quartet of KC-10s for an undisclosed operator, and there are a couple of likely suspects.
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U.S. Makes F-35 Push As Portugal Weighs F-16 Replacement
The U.S. bid faces European rivals as Lisbon weighs the cost, capability, and strategic implications of its next fighter.
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Sikorsky’s “Black Hawk 2070” Strategy Includes Drones, New Engines, And Flying The Pilotless U-Hawk This Year
Branded Content: A planned suite of UH-60 upgrades includes the uncrewed U-Hawk, new engines, more range, launched effects, and expanding autonomy.
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Blackbeard Hypersonic Missile Shown Being Fired From Ground Launcher
Blackbeard is part of the Army’s push to make hypersonic weapons more mobile and affordable.
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How The Groundwork For F-47 Flight Testing Is Being Laid
The Air Force Test Center plans to use an evolving blend of real-world and digital testing once the F-47 starts flying.
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British Commandos Emerge From German Submarine During Major NATO Exercise
The largest U.K. Commando Force exercise in 15 years is preparing for potential contingencies across the North Atlantic and High North.
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Glaring Lack Of Investment In Aircraft Shelters Highlighted By B-1B’s Sudden Retreat From U.K. Airbase
At this point, it could take a disaster for the USAF to invest in giving its prized assets sitting in the open on a flightline physical cover from drone attacks.
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