AFA Symposium 2025

The target drone could be of particular use in stimulating Iran’s air defenses to help collect intelligence on them, among other possible tasks.

Battlefield space is heating up as the DIA warns that China could use orbital directed energy weapons to take down satellites by the end of the decade.

The 19-seat aircraft features an unusual array of ducted fans, and the technology behind it could have implications beyond civilian aviation.

The Ethiopian leader says the multirole fighter jets arrived a year ahead of schedule, with four S-400 batteries also planned under the deal.

An independent assessment calls for new action to prevent critical aerial refueling assets from being neutralized before they even get in the air.

What it was like to sit at the controls of the Skunk Works’ legendary Blackbird while hurtling over hostile territory at Mach 3.3.

The Makin Island amphibious ready group pulls into Yokosuka a week behind the Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group, as the carrier’s jets conduct a simulated strike during exercise Keen Sword 27.

The TSMB M-25 represents a modern attempt to combine great destructive potential with very high mobility.

The Chinese spaceplane design is unsurprisingly very similar to the U.S. Space Force’s history-making X-37B.

The purpose-built aerial CASEVAC platform is claimed to have completed two battlefield evacuations in a week, including a mission under electronic attack.

The fortunes of the AGM-183A, which is now set to arm B-52 and B-1 bombers, have now been fully reversed.

The meeting between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Iran took place as the U.S. and Israel are spinning-up for a new round of strikes.

Cyber threats against critical infrastructure are exploding, with worries enemies could neuter U.S. military units before they even leave their garrisons.

Britain’s last bid to destroy Argentina’s fleet threatening Exocet anti-ship missile-armed combat jets during the Falklands War.

Babcock is looking to pitch its Arrowhead 140 design for an American frigate requirement, potentially in partnership with a major U.S. shipbuilder.

How long are we going to be locked in here?

Israeli Air Force operations, ship movements, ominous messaging and more point to the possibility that the war with Iran is about to erupt again.

General Atomics is now working with Spirit Defense to help meet surging USAF demands for fighter drones within the next six years.

The ground- and air-launched weapons will give Denmark all-new options for striking deep behind enemy lines as NATO reinforces its Baltic flank.

Bombers are now being viewed as another potential air-to-air asset on top of growing the fighter fleet and establishing a CCA force.

The KJ-3000 is the most capable of China’s rapidly expanding airborne early warning and control aircraft fleet.

The first public look at the missile in a surface-launched configuration comes as its manufacturer expands production.

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.

Satellite imagery depicts new construction and cleared wreckage after strikes at an Iranian airbase with underground hangars and taxiway tunnels.

The Army wants to buy up to 100 new USVs and add autonomous capabilities into existing crewed vessels.

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.

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.

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.

The ex-USAF KC-10 is now headed for a second career in the private sector with Omega Air Refueling.

Reducing the speed at which weapons using Starlink can operate affects a wide range of Ukrainian offensive campaigns and defenses against Shahed drones.