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Russian Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarines Are Now Cocooned In Nets
Unmanned

Russian Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarines Are Now Cocooned In Nets

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted 17 Hours Ago

The Nimitz class USS Theodore Roosevelt has become the first U.S. Navy supercarrier with a Unmanned Air Warfare Center (UAWC) fully capable of supporting the forthcoming MQ-25 Stingray tanker drone.
MQ-25

USS Theodore Roosevelt Is The First Carrier With A Drone Control Center Ready For MQ-25 Stingray Ops

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted Yesterday

A KC-135 Stratotanker damaged in a mid-air collision over Iraq is now undergoing full repairs at Tinker Air Force Base.
KC-135

KC-135 That Lost Its Tail In Deadly Collision Over Iraq Now At Tinker AFB Repair Shop

By Howard Altman

Posted Yesterday

Jet-Powered JDAM Production Is A Go For The U.S. Navy
Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)

Jet-Powered JDAM Production Is A Go For The U.S. Navy

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 6, 2026

Kratos is working to ramp up production of conventional takeoff and landing and rocket-assisted takeoff versions of the Valkyrie.
XQ-58

XQ-58 Valkyrie Drones With Built-In Landing Gear Are Now In Production

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 6, 2026

A full look at the F/A-18F from VX-31 carrying the AIM-260.
Royal Australian Air Force

Australia To Become First Foreign Operator Of AIM-260 Air-To-Air Missile

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 6, 2026

05 August 2026, Saxony, Schkeuditz: A Ukrainian Antonov AN-124 cargo plane is parked at Leipzig/Halle Airport. Following the nighttime drone incident at Leipzig/Halle Airport, specialists from the Federal Police defused a drone equipped with an explosive device. Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa (Photo by Hendrik Schmidt/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Unmanned

Explosive Drone Found Next To Ukrainian An-124 In Germany Signals A New Threat Reality

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Aug 6, 2026

Details are still limited, but a Kratos Valkyrie drone in a "test configuration" has crashed at the U.S. Army's Dugway Proving Ground in Utah.
XQ-58

XQ-58 Valkyrie Crashes At Dugway Proving Ground In Utah (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick, Howard Altman

Posted on Aug 5, 2026

Boeing and Northrop Grumman are laying the groundwork to take teaming between the P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol plane and the MQ-4C Triton long-endurance maritime surveillance drone to a new level.
MQ-4C

P-8 Poseidon Crews Controlling MQ-4C Triton Drones Becoming A Reality

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 5, 2026

President Donald Trump ordered a redo of the White House helipad construction project.
VH-3

Trump Orders White House Helipad Construction Redo: Report

By Howard Altman

Posted on Aug 4, 2026

The U.S. Air Force's X-62A test jet was able to use its artificial intelligence (AI) driven 'brain' to autonomously spot and track other aircraft in flight, and then move to intercept them, in recent testing.
Collaborative Combat Aircraft

X-62A Toting Infrared Search And Track Pod Used Its AI ‘Brain’ To Autonomously Intercept An ‘Enemy’ T-38

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 4, 2026

F-35 crashed at MCAS miramar.
F-35B

F-35B Crashes And Burns At Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jul 31, 2026

Turkish Aerospace has released new footage showing the second airworthy prototype of its next-generation KAAN fighter successfully conducting powered taxi tests, marking the latest milestone in the aircraft’s flight-test campaign and signaling that another maiden flight is now approaching.
Turkish Air Force

Turkey’s Latest Kaan Fighter Prototype Begins Taxi Tests

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 31, 2026

The U.S. Air Force Reserve's 442nd Fighter Wing is now set to transition to the F-15E Strike Eagle after retiring the last of its A-10 Warthog ground attack jets.
F-15

F-15Es Replacing A-10s At Whiteman AFB Signals Bigger Realignment Of Eagle Fleet

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 30, 2026

Egypt has confirmed its port of Damietta was attacked by drones.
Unmanned

Drone Strike On Egyptian Port On Mediterranean Stokes Concerns Iran Conflict Will Widen (Updated)

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jul 30, 2026

A pair of previously unseen missiles slung beneath the wings of a Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) Mitsubishi F-2 fighter underscores the progress Tokyo is making on expanding its long-range strike arsenal. While the weapon has not been officially identified, its size, configuration, and timing strongly suggest it could be the air-launched version of Japan’s new Type 25 Surface-to-Ship Missile (25SSM).
Japan Air Self Defense Force

Japanese F-2 Fighter Appears With New Large Stealth Cruise Missile Under Its Wings

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 30, 2026