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First Look At What A Night Stalker MV-75 Cheyenne Will Look Like
A new rendering shows an MV-75 with special operations-specific features like a radar, other sensors, and in-flight refueling capability.
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Army Eyes Drone Tankers To Refuel Its New MV-75 Cheyenne II Tiltrotors
The Army and Bell have pointed to the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray drone tanker as an example of what could be on the horizon.
Production Of AH-64 Apache’s New Counter-Drone Cannon Shell Ammunition Ramping-Up
The Army anticipates a five-fold increase in procurement of the XM1225 APEX ammo.
Wolf Pack Modular Mini Cruise Missiles Pitched For Apache, Black Hawk
Already building launched effects vehicles for the Marine Corps, L3Harris now wants to bring these capabilities to U.S. Army rotorcraft.
Trump Downplays Chinese Concerns Over Iran War’s Impact On Its Oil Supplies (Updated)
The friction between the U.S. and China over disruption in energy shipments the war with Iran has caused remains a major issue.
Germany Is Now Airdropping Its Tiny Wiesel ‘Tankettes’
Already known for its agility and small size, dropping the Wiesel from A400M transports gives Germany’s airborne forces a new way of rapidly placing firepower forward.
CH-47 Chinook Air-Launching Swarms Of Drones Touted As Future Feature
Boeing also identifies growing interest in an optimally crewed version of the Chinook.
Hunting Drones From Sloppy Airstrips Is General Atomics’ Future Vision For Mojave
Pushed forward to very rough fields, Mojave could also escort helicopters, strike targets, provide surveillance and networking, and even transport cargo.
Army Names Its New MV-75 Tiltrotor Cheyenne II
First applied to a failed cutting-edge attack helicopter, the Cheyenne name returns for what is perhaps the Army’s most ambitious rotorcraft program yet.
U.S. Army UH-60M Black Hawk Tour And Mission Brief With Its Pilots
Branded Content: The UH-60M is a workhorse of the U.S. Army that can perform many duties, soon to include uncrewed battlefield support.
U.S. Navy Destroyer Equipped With New Launcher For Unknown Weapons
The Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Carl M. Levin has received an interesting new addition to its aft upper deck.
Navy Calls It Quits On Attack Submarine USS Boise’s Never Ending Overhaul
The USS Boise has been stuck in limbo for more than a third of its career, and was still years and billions of dollars away from returning to service.
Here Is What Trump’s Gargantuan $1.5T Defense Budget Has In It
The U.S. military is pushing to make huge investments in many programs in Fiscal Year 2027, but also some notable cuts.
B-21 Raider Seen From Above For The First Time
A new image of aerial refueling trials gives us our first full overhead look at the B-21 and a glimpse at some very interesting features.
Navy MQ-4C Triton Surveillance Drone Crash In The Middle East Finally Confirmed
The MQ-4C had been flying over the Persian Gulf on April 9 when it suddenly disappeared from online flight tracking sites.
Air Guard Warns Of Dire Consequences If At Least 72 Fighters Aren’t Bought Annually
Air National Guard leaders have called upon Congress to approve multiyear funding for 72 to 100 new fighters annually.
Navy Turns Around Ships Trying To Run Blockade Of Iran (Updated)
Meanwhile, CENTCOM says the blockade is working as communications between Washington and Tehran continue in hopes of more in-person talks.
Flurry Of Navy Minesweepers Appear To Be Heading Toward The Middle East
The migration of U.S. Navy minesweeping assets west from the Pacific indicates preparations are underway for a major de-mining operation.
Regent Squire Wing-In-Ground Effect Drone Demonstrator Makes First Flight
Squire is designed to take on multiple roles and the Marines say they are monitoring the aircraft’s progress.
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Angry Kitten Jamming Pod Testing On HC-130J Focuses On Receiving Threat Updates Via Satellite
Being able to rapidly reprogram Angry Kitten pods remotely based on the real-time threat environment would be hugely valuable.
KC-135 Tanker Covered In Shrapnel Patches Seen Landing In UK
A KC-135 damaged in an Iranian strike has made its way to RAF Mildenhall in the UK thanks to field repairs.
Carrier Tracker As of April 12, 2026
Trump orders U.S. Navy to blockade Strait of Hormuz as a third carrier strike group steams towards the CENTCOM area of responsibility.
Operation Epic Fury U.S. Aircraft Losses Visualized
Here are all the known American aircraft losses during the nearly six week-long war with Iran.
Bahrain First To Claim F-16 Block 70 Air-To-Air Kills
The Bahraini advanced F-16 shot down two Iranian drones during the conflict in the Middle East earlier this month.
Inside The Air Force’s Elite Ghost Tanker Unit
TWZ Special Access: We flew aboard the unique KC-135R that is the centerpiece of the Air Force’s aerial refueling test force.
Questions Loom Over Iran Ceasefire
Both sides are claiming a triumphant victory, but the peace that’s in place now is very delicate and will have to survive tumultuous negotiations.
Eurofighter Typhoon Test Fires Laser-Guided Counter-Drone Rockets
The trial couldn’t come soon enough as Typhoons battle Iranian drones in the Persian Gulf.
Trump Agrees To Ceasefire With Iran
Trump is stepping back from his threat to end Iran as a civilization predicated on the Strait of Hormuz being quickly opened.
New Views Of Massive RQ-180 Stealth Drone Flying Over Greece
The secretive drone continues to be spotted flying during the day, offering new insights into its features.
A-10 Warthog Being Tested With Aerial Refueling Probe (Updated)
Beyond a win for the A-10, putting refueling probes on USAF tactical jets could be a boon of the service’s Agile Combat Employment strategy.
Everything We Now Know About The Operation To Rescue The F-15E WSO (Updated)
We have gotten many new details about how the high-risk extraction effort deep in Iranian territory went down.
RQ-180’s Likely Role Over Iran Foreshadowed By Secret Cold War Stealth Drone Program
Large sums of money were spent trying to build a spy drone just like the RQ-180 for a very specific mission decades beforehand.
How A Dusty Strip Deep In Iran Can Be Turned Into A U.S. Special Operations Base In Hours
An ex-USAF Special Tactics Squadron member tells how the impromptu airfield in Iran would have been rapidly established and defended.
Iran Rejects Ceasefire Deal (Updated)
As Trump’s deadline for making Iran into a “living hell” fast approaches, a chasm remains between the two foes on a way to even temporarily pause the war.
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