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USAF Confirms Bombers Could Have A Major Air-To-Air Combat Role
Bombers are now being viewed as another potential air-to-air asset on top of growing the fighter fleet and establishing a CCA force.
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Four KJ-3000 Radar Jets At Chinese Factory Point To Serial Production
The KJ-3000 is the most capable of China’s rapidly expanding airborne early warning and control aircraft fleet.
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Ground-Launched Rusty Dagger Low-Cost Cruise Missile Seen For The First Time
The first public look at the missile in a surface-launched configuration comes as its manufacturer expands production.
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A-4 ‘Super’ Skyhawks Playing The Bad Guys In European Skies
The A-4 Skyhawk, first flown seven decades ago, is famed for its role as a Cold War ‘red air’ aggressor, and it lives on doing that mission to this day in Europe.
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Construction Of Iran’s “Eagle 44” Underground Airbase Hasn’t Stopped Despite War
Satellite imagery depicts new construction and cleared wreckage after strikes at an Iranian airbase with underground hangars and taxiway tunnels.
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How The U.S. Army’s ‘Navy’ Aims To Go More Autonomous With Its Vessels In The Pacific
The Army wants to buy up to 100 new USVs and add autonomous capabilities into existing crewed vessels.
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Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet Spotted Carrying New AIM-174B And AIM-260 Long-Range Missiles Together
The image of the VX-31 Super Hornet gives us a glimpse of what’s soon to appear in the fleet, and the two missiles will also be joined by the AIM-424 Malice.
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Army’s Plan To Launch Hundreds Of Balloons Into Enemy Territory If A Future Conflict Breaks Out
The balloons would be used to surveil vast areas of enemy territory, decoy defenses, provide networking and launch drone attacks behind enemy lines.
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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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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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Any Decision To Buy New-Build F-16s Not An “Urgent” Priority: USAF
A top USAF general said new F-16s are “maybe the lazy” route, but are an option as the service strives for 1,509 combat-coded fighters by 2035.
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Retired KC-10 Extender Tanker Has Risen From Boneyard To Fly Again
The ex-USAF KC-10 is now headed for a second career in the private sector with Omega Air Refueling.
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Major Ukrainian Arms Maker Rethinking Future Reliance On Starlink
Reducing the speed at which weapons using Starlink can operate affects a wide range of Ukrainian offensive campaigns and defenses against Shahed drones.
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Ghost Shark Uncrewed Submarine Shown Launching Aerial Drones For The First Time
New video shows a 12-tube drone launcher and two deployable masts in action, offering new insights to what Ghost Shark can do and how it could be used.
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Ghost Shark Extra-Large Uncrewed Underwater Vehicles’ Payload Bay Seen For First Time
Ghost Shark will deploy aerial drones, lay mines, and execute seabed resupply missions as part of Australia’s new undersea arsenal.
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Second Chinese Submarine Drone Mothership Emerges
It is a scaled-down version of the first and was built by Guangzhou Shipyard International, which is well-known for pumping out special use vessels.
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Alaska’s HAARP Site Now Being Used To Test New Air Force Over-The-Horizon Radar Tech
The pursuit of over-the-horizon radars to watch over the strategic High North could point to a new role for the HAARP site.
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We Finally Know The B-21 Raider’s True Wingspan
We don’t have to endure bizarrely small size estimates for the B-21 anymore.
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Where Are The Aircraft Carriers?: October 17, 2026
USS Theodore Roosevelt arrives in Japan ahead of exercise Keen Sword, while the U.S. once again positions two aircraft carriers in the Middle East.
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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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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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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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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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Airbus Details Progress With Lakota Connector Uncrewed Cargo Helicopter
Branded Content: This aircraft is planned to enable continuous logistics support, while reducing sustainment requirements and risk to personnel.
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Sikorsky’s Nomad 100 VTOL Drone Is Now Quad-Packed In A Container For Rapid Deployment
The Fast Pack gets a quartet of autonomous fixed-wing aircraft into action as quickly as possible from remote locales with no infrastructure.
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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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General Atomics’ Mojave Drone Completes Austere Testing in Korea
Branded Content: Joint trials with its partner Hanwha Aerospace included spectacular low-level flying profiles and short-field operations.
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Sig Sauer’s M250 Machine Gun Gets Shorter And Lighter After Army Feedback
Changes that led to the M250A1 mirror the evolution of the Army’s new M7 rifle from Sig into the M8 carbine after criticism.
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Bradley’s Old TOW Launchers Get New Teeth With Spike Missile Adapter
The system allows old TOW missile launchers to fire the massively more capable Spike LR2 without major modifications.
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Drones Are Creating New Opportunities For The U.S. Army To Deceive Its Enemies
Deception and guile are emerging as primary tasks for uncrewed platforms in the Army’s new concept of operations.
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