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First Release Of USAF’s New HACM Hypersonic Cruise Missile Has Happened Over Australian Range
The US and Australia are partners on the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile, which has finally reached flight testing after major delays.
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Glaring Holes In UK Air Defense Take Center Stage In New “Britannia Shield” Proposal
The opposition Conservatives want a new network to defend Britain’s critical infrastructure and military bases.
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Anduril Dives Into Submarine Construction With New Baltimore Plant
The plans for the new facility to build submarine components were announced as the Navy is struggling to meet its delivery goals.
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First F-16 Block 72 Has Flown
Seven years after Morocco became the Block 72’s launch customer, the first of these Pratt & Whitney-powered Vipers is finally airborne.
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Houthis Lose Ground Along Strategic Bab Al Mandeb Strait In Saudi-Backed Counteroffensive
The Houthis’ previous gains, including critical coastal territory, are eroding, but it isn’t clear how long the offensive can be sustained.
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Spain Picks Airbus A321 For New Electronic Intelligence Aircraft
The three-aircraft fleet will not only restore Spain’s crewed airborne signals intelligence capability, but make it among the most powerful in Europe.
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The P-3 Orion Airborne Early Warning Aircraft Has Flown Its Last Mission
U.S. Customs and Border Protection was the only operator of P-3 AEW aircraft with their radar domes on top, using them to hunt drug smugglers.
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Blackbeard Hypersonic Missile Seen Flying On F/A-18 Super Hornet For The First Time
The Navy is pushing to get Blackbeard, a lower-cost and fast-to-produce standoff weapon, into operational service by 2028 at the latest.
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New-Build F-16s For The USAF Is An Idea That Won’t Go Away, For Good Reason
Lockheed’s F-16G pitch could be part of the answer to the Air Force’s problem of trying to grow its increasingly geriatric fighter fleet.
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Pentagon Cuts New AIM-260 Air-To-Air Missile Production Deal, Testing Accelerating
The AIM-260 was originally slated to enter service years ago and it is seen as critical to counter China’s PL-15 air-to-air missile.
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B-1B Bombers Make Hasty Departure From England
RAF Fairford, which hosted U.S. bombers during Operation Epic Fury, some of which had stayed, has been threatened openly by Iran before.
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Northrop Grumman’s Talon Blue Collaborative Combat Aircraft Has Flown
Northrop Grumman has placed its hopes in Talon Blue to capture a piece of the USAF’s future Collaborative Combat Aircraft portfolio.
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All The Weapons A Single Navy Fighter Squadron Launched During Operation Epic Fury
Strike Fighter Squadron 41’s F/A-18Fs let loose hundreds of air-to-surface and air-to-air weapons during the war with Iran.
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Germany Is Finally Giving Its F125 Frigates Some More Teeth With IRIS-T SLM Surface-To-Air Missiles
The 7,200-ton F125 frigates were built with notoriously light armament, which is now being partly addressed.
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Where Are The Aircraft Carriers?: September 30, 2026
The five-ship Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group and three-ship Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group deploy back-to-back from the West Coast.
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Navy Orders 30 Drone Ships To Finally Advance Its ‘Medium’ Uncrewed Vessel Ambitions
The Navy has taken an important step toward fielding larger USV fleets, an area where it has persistently struggled in the past.
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Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week
Who needs scary movies when you have life in 2026?!
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Taiwan’s First F-16 Block 70s Have Finally Arrived
The delivery of Taiwan’s first two new Vipers kicks off a long-awaited expansion of its fighter fleet in the face of ballooning threats from mainland China.
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AIM-260 JATM Missile Spotted On Australian Super Hornet
The secretive AIM-260 air-to-air missile will give Australian fighters a much-needed boost in reach, especially against Chinese threats.
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Vision For New Autonomous Warfare Command Laid Out By Pentagon
The new command, slated to stand up late next year, will focus on advancing operational autonomous and robotic capabilities across the services.
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F-15EX May Finally Get Missile Warning System The USAF Originally Skimped On Buying
The F-15EX is designed to host a system to optically spot incoming missiles and its omission from USAF jets has become increasingly glaring.
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Ukraine’s F-16 Fleet Is In A Readiness Crisis
As the war rages on, more than half of the aging fighters are reportedly grounded, while Western air-to-air missile stocks are also running low.
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What Boeing’s New Rendering Of Its Winning F/A-XX Fighter Tells Us
With new F/A-XX art and Boeing having now won both the USAF and Navy’s next-gen fighter contracts, we can compare concepts.
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Boeing Wins F/A-XX Next Generation Navy Stealth Fighter Contract (Updated)
F/A-XX has been a very highly anticipated contract award, especially after the Pentagon previously tried to freeze the program.
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Navy Identifies EA-18G Growler As Type Involved In Mishap Aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Last Night
The failure of an arresting wire is one of the worst nightmares for naval aircrew and sailors working on the flight deck.
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Full F-47 Production Line “Not Too Far Away”: USAF General
Boeing has been proceeding with a multi-billion-dollar expansion of its facilities in St. Louis as the F-47 program continues to ramp up.
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Heavily Damaged Submarine USS Connecticut Now Won’t Return To Service Until 2027
The Navy hoped Connecticut would be back by 2025, then this year, and it is now planning for its final retirement with repairs still underway.
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Claims Swirl Around U.S. Marines Injured Aboard Mystery Vessel Attacked In The Strait Of Hormuz
At the center of suspicions is a former Royal Mail ship with its own fascinating backstory, but what it was doing at the time is unclear.
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Shipbuilder Behind Failed Constellation Class Wants Back Into The U.S. Navy Frigate Business
Fincantieri wants to leverage its U.S. infrastructure for another new frigate as the Navy is once again looking for foreign ‘production ready’ designs.
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British Police Arrest Men Driving Toward U.S. Bomber Base In The U.K. With Suspected Explosives
RAF Fairford is a key hub for U.S. bomber and other operations, and was a major launch point for strikes on Iran earlier this year.
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Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week
I wonder if the leaves are changing color out there?
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Latvia To Order Anduril’s Barracuda Cruise Missile For Long-Range Strike Capability
The missile deal would drastically expand Riga’s precision-fire reach as NATO’s eastern flank races to build up its conventional long-range strike capabilities.
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