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How F-16 Testers Are Evolving The Jet’s New Radar Beyond The Homeland Defense Mission
Airborne Radar

How F-16 Testers Are Evolving The Jet’s New Radar Beyond The Homeland Defense Mission

By Jamie Hunter

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

The Plan For Making Aging USMC F/A-18 Hornets Deadlier Than Ever For A Final Decade Of Service
Airborne Radar

The Plan For Making Aging USMC F/A-18 Hornets Deadlier Than Ever For A Final Decade Of Service

By Jamie Hunter

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

MIT Lincoln Lab’s Storied 707 Military Testbed Jet Is Now At The Boneyard
Airborne Radar

MIT Lincoln Lab’s Storied 707 Military Testbed Jet Is Now At The Boneyard

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

This Plane Wasn’t Snooping On Protesters In Los Angeles, It Was Dropping Irradiated Bugs
Wide Area Aerial Surveillance

This Plane Wasn’t Snooping On Protesters In Los Angeles, It Was Dropping Irradiated Bugs

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Oct 21, 2020

India’s First Indigenous Air-Launched Radar-Killing Missile Is Headed For Service
Airborne Radar

India’s First Indigenous Air-Launched Radar-Killing Missile Is Headed For Service

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Oct 9, 2020

F/A-18 Super Hornets Are Flying Middle East Combat Missions With New Infrared Sensor Pod
Infrared Search And Track

F/A-18 Super Hornets Are Flying Middle East Combat Missions With New Infrared Sensor Pod

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Oct 8, 2020

MQ-9 Reaper Flies With AI Pod That Sifts Through Huge Sums Of Data To Pick Out Targets
Airborne Sensors

MQ-9 Reaper Flies With AI Pod That Sifts Through Huge Sums Of Data To Pick Out Targets

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Sep 5, 2020

Over 200 Guard And Reserve F-16s Can Now Carry The Dragon’s Eye Radar Pod
Airborne Radar

Over 200 Guard And Reserve F-16s Can Now Carry The Dragon’s Eye Radar Pod

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Sep 1, 2020

Navy’s Super Hornet Boss On The Jet’s Game-Changing Infrared Search And Track Sensor
Infrared Search And Track

Navy’s Super Hornet Boss On The Jet’s Game-Changing Infrared Search And Track Sensor

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jul 27, 2020

Eurofighter’s New Radar Is Nearly Ready But Royal Air Force Wants An Even Better One
Airborne Radar

Eurofighter’s New Radar Is Nearly Ready But Royal Air Force Wants An Even Better One

By Jamie Hunter

Posted on Jul 17, 2020

F-15 Uses New Infrared Search And Track Pod To Shoot Down Target With AIM-9X Sidewinder
Infrared Search And Track

F-15 Uses New Infrared Search And Track Pod To Shoot Down Target With AIM-9X Sidewinder

By Jamie Hunter and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 16, 2020

This Mysterious Military Spy Plane Has Been Flying Circles Over Seattle For Days
Wide Area Aerial Surveillance

This Mysterious Military Spy Plane Has Been Flying Circles Over Seattle For Days

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 5, 2020

Missile Defense Agency Seeking A High-Flying Drone For “Airborne Laser 2.0”
Airborne Sensors

Missile Defense Agency Seeking A High-Flying Drone For “Airborne Laser 2.0”

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 5, 2020

The Mysterious Case Of The F-117 Nighthawk’s Flip-Down Radar Locators
Airborne Radar

The Mysterious Case Of The F-117 Nighthawk’s Flip-Down Radar Locators

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

Could the F-35 Become the Biggest Electronic Intelligence Collection System Ever Devised?
Airborne Sensors

Could the F-35 Become the Biggest Electronic Intelligence Collection System Ever Devised?

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 2, 2020

The Air Force Almost Got A Near Hypersonic Radar Plane Killing Cruise Missile Decades Ago
Airborne Radar

The Air Force Almost Got A Near Hypersonic Radar Plane Killing Cruise Missile Decades Ago

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 1, 2020

No, The F-117 Never Had Air-To-Air Capability, But One Did Get A Radar
Airborne Radar

No, The F-117 Never Had Air-To-Air Capability, But One Did Get A Radar

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jun 19, 2020

Navy P-8 With Secretive Radar Pod Surveils Massive Chinese Naval Base In South China Sea
Airborne Radar

Navy P-8 With Secretive Radar Pod Surveils Massive Chinese Naval Base In South China Sea

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on May 15, 2020

Behold These Awesome Shots Of A Navy P-8A Poseidon Carrying Its Big Secretive Radar Pod
Airborne Radar

Behold These Awesome Shots Of A Navy P-8A Poseidon Carrying Its Big Secretive Radar Pod

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on May 15, 2020

Air Force Is Down To One Tired Old Jet To Fly Open Skies Surveillance Flights
Wide Area Aerial Surveillance

Air Force Is Down To One Tired Old Jet To Fly Open Skies Surveillance Flights

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Apr 29, 2020

CIA’s Predecessor To The SR-71 Blackbird Tested Electron Guns To Hide From Radars
Airborne Radar

CIA’s Predecessor To The SR-71 Blackbird Tested Electron Guns To Hide From Radars

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Mar 25, 2020

Air Force Isn’t Happy With Boeing’s Plans To Fix The KC-46 Tanker’s Troubled Vision System
Airborne Sensors

Air Force Isn’t Happy With Boeing’s Plans To Fix The KC-46 Tanker’s Troubled Vision System

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 1, 2020

Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet Takes Flight With New Infrared Search And Track Pod
Infrared Search And Track

Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet Takes Flight With New Infrared Search And Track Pod

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jan 15, 2020

Surveillance Plane Joins Intensifying Hunt For Mystery Drones Over Colorado And Nebraska (Updated)
Wide Area Aerial Surveillance

Surveillance Plane Joins Intensifying Hunt For Mystery Drones Over Colorado And Nebraska (Updated)

By Brett Tingley

Updated on Jan 9, 2020

Check Out The Crazy Radar That Lies Beneath The MC-130H Combat Talon II’s Gonzo Nose
Airborne Radar

Check Out The Crazy Radar That Lies Beneath The MC-130H Combat Talon II’s Gonzo Nose

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 31, 2019

RC-135 Rivet Joint Surveillance Jet Emerges With Puzzling New Modification
Airborne Sensors

RC-135 Rivet Joint Surveillance Jet Emerges With Puzzling New Modification

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 6, 2019

Russia Plans To Set Up Massive New Radar Array To Help “Control” The Arctic Region
Airborne Radar

Russia Plans To Set Up Massive New Radar Array To Help “Control” The Arctic Region

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Dec 3, 2019

The Russians Just Did A Fly-By Of Area 51
Wide Area Aerial Surveillance

The Russians Just Did A Fly-By Of Area 51

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 1, 2019

China’s High-Speed Drone Is Rocket-Powered And All About Doing What Satellites Can’t
Wide Area Aerial Surveillance

China’s High-Speed Drone Is Rocket-Powered And All About Doing What Satellites Can’t

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 1, 2019

Here’s What The Ball On The Nose Of UAE’s Block 60 F-16E/F Desert Falcon Does
Infrared Search And Track

Here’s What The Ball On The Nose Of UAE’s Block 60 F-16E/F Desert Falcon Does

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 1, 2019

These Images Of An F-22 Raptor’s Crumbling Radar Absorbent Skin Are Fascinating
Airborne Radar

These Images Of An F-22 Raptor’s Crumbling Radar Absorbent Skin Are Fascinating

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 1, 2019

Are Some Of The UFOs Navy Pilots Are Encountering Actually Airborne Radar Reflectors?
Airborne Radar

Are Some Of The UFOs Navy Pilots Are Encountering Actually Airborne Radar Reflectors?

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 1, 2019

U.S. Intelligence Agency Eyes The Navy’s MQ-25 Drone For Maritime Surveillance Missions
Wide Area Aerial Surveillance

U.S. Intelligence Agency Eyes The Navy’s MQ-25 Drone For Maritime Surveillance Missions

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Oct 3, 2019

The F-35A Is Set To Finally Get Chaff Countermeasures To Confuse Enemy Radars
Airborne Radar

The F-35A Is Set To Finally Get Chaff Countermeasures To Confuse Enemy Radars

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Sep 9, 2019

Air Force Touts B-1B Bomber’s Potential To Carry Huge Hypersonic Missiles And External Stores
Airborne Sensors

Air Force Touts B-1B Bomber’s Potential To Carry Huge Hypersonic Missiles And External Stores

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Sep 7, 2019

Russian Surveillance Plane Is Flying Missions Over U.S. Military Bases In Hawaii
Wide Area Aerial Surveillance

Russian Surveillance Plane Is Flying Missions Over U.S. Military Bases In Hawaii

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 16, 2019

Nearly All F-15Es Photographed Arriving In Middle East Carried Dragon’s Eye Radar Pods
Airborne Radar

Nearly All F-15Es Photographed Arriving In Middle East Carried Dragon’s Eye Radar Pods

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 11, 2019

This Shadowy Testbed Jet Has Been Flying Missions With A False Registration For Months
Airborne Sensors

This Shadowy Testbed Jet Has Been Flying Missions With A False Registration For Months

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 10, 2019

U.S. Fighter Jets Are About To Get Infrared Sensors That Could Be Huge For UFO Reporting
Infrared Search And Track

U.S. Fighter Jets Are About To Get Infrared Sensors That Could Be Huge For UFO Reporting

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 10, 2019

Congress Demands Space-Based Missile Defense Weapons and Sensors No Matter What
Airborne Sensors

Congress Demands Space-Based Missile Defense Weapons and Sensors No Matter What

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 1, 2019

Lockheed Is Proposing a Major ‘Triple Intelligence’ Upgrade for the U-2 Spy Plane
Airborne Radar

Lockheed Is Proposing a Major ‘Triple Intelligence’ Upgrade for the U-2 Spy Plane

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

We Now Know Exactly What Sensors the Army’s Powerful New RO-6A Spy Planes Will Carry
Airborne Sensors

We Now Know Exactly What Sensors the Army’s Powerful New RO-6A Spy Planes Will Carry

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Shadowy USAF Spy Plane Spotted Over Seattle Reportedly Reappears Over Syria
Wide Area Aerial Surveillance

Shadowy USAF Spy Plane Spotted Over Seattle Reportedly Reappears Over Syria

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

USAF Uses Textron’s Scorpion Jet As the Latest Testbed for Its Modular Sensor Pod
Airborne Sensors

USAF Uses Textron’s Scorpion Jet As the Latest Testbed for Its Modular Sensor Pod

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

This Is All The Stuff You Can Hang Out of a C-130’s Rear Paratrooper Doors
Wide Area Aerial Surveillance

This Is All The Stuff You Can Hang Out of a C-130’s Rear Paratrooper Doors

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Boeing Might Include Stealthy Features on Overhauled US Navy Super Hornets
Airborne Sensors

Boeing Might Include Stealthy Features on Overhauled US Navy Super Hornets

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

This Unique EPA Plane Is Monitoring Toxic Waste Dumps Around Houston
Wide Area Aerial Surveillance

This Unique EPA Plane Is Monitoring Toxic Waste Dumps Around Houston

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

India Wants To Breathe Extra Life Into Its Old Jaguar Jets By Adding New Radars
Airborne Radar

India Wants To Breathe Extra Life Into Its Old Jaguar Jets By Adding New Radars

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

The USAF Tested an Advanced, Modular Sensor Pod on a Vintage Airliner
Airborne Sensors

The USAF Tested an Advanced, Modular Sensor Pod on a Vintage Airliner

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

South Africa’s Gripen Fighter Jets Will Stalk Rhino Poachers
Wide Area Aerial Surveillance

South Africa’s Gripen Fighter Jets Will Stalk Rhino Poachers

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Blackwater Founder Erik Prince’s Armed Crop Duster Is At The Paris Air Show
Wide Area Aerial Surveillance

Blackwater Founder Erik Prince’s Armed Crop Duster Is At The Paris Air Show

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

This Is How America Keeps Watch Over North Korea From The Sky
Wide Area Aerial Surveillance

This Is How America Keeps Watch Over North Korea From The Sky

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Miniature Smart Bombs Could Help Give the F-35 Firepower It Desperately Needs
Targeting Pods

Miniature Smart Bombs Could Help Give the F-35 Firepower It Desperately Needs

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

These Secretive US SpecOps Spy Planes Are Getting New Sensors And Anti-GPS Jamming Gear
Wide Area Aerial Surveillance

These Secretive US SpecOps Spy Planes Are Getting New Sensors And Anti-GPS Jamming Gear

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 14, 2019

F-15C Eagle’s New Infrared Search And Track Pod Spotted At Huge Exercise In Alaska
Infrared Search And Track

F-15C Eagle’s New Infrared Search And Track Pod Spotted At Huge Exercise In Alaska

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 18, 2019

Behold An MC-130J Spec Ops Transport With Its Badly Needed Terrain Following Radar Installed
Airborne Radar

Behold An MC-130J Spec Ops Transport With Its Badly Needed Terrain Following Radar Installed

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on May 16, 2019

An HC-130J Combat King combat search and rescue plane is among a wave of U.S. military aircraft in or heading to the Middle East.
Airborne Sensors

USAF Wants To Turn HC-130J’s Self Defense Suite Into “Sauron’s Eye” Vision System

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 2, 2019

USAF F-35As Flew First-Ever Combat Strikes With Radar Reflectors And Sidewinders Fitted
Airborne Radar

USAF F-35As Flew First-Ever Combat Strikes With Radar Reflectors And Sidewinders Fitted

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Apr 30, 2019

Lockheed Tests Game-Changing F-35-Like X-Ray Vision System On Bell’s V-280 Valor
Airborne Sensors

Lockheed Tests Game-Changing F-35-Like X-Ray Vision System On Bell’s V-280 Valor

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Apr 17, 2019

One of Saudi Arabia’s RE-3A Spy Planes Now Looks Just Like a U.S. Air Force RC-135
Wide Area Aerial Surveillance

One of Saudi Arabia’s RE-3A Spy Planes Now Looks Just Like a U.S. Air Force RC-135

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Apr 16, 2019

Indian Radar Data That Supposedly Proves They Downed An F-16 Is Far From “Irrefutable”
Airborne Radar

Indian Radar Data That Supposedly Proves They Downed An F-16 Is Far From “Irrefutable”

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Apr 9, 2019

Here’s Where Boeing Aims To Take The Super Hornet In The Decades To Come
Airborne Sensors

Here’s Where Boeing Aims To Take The Super Hornet In The Decades To Come

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Apr 4, 2019

Skunk Works’ Helendale Radar Signature Test Range Is Where Stealth Dreams Become Reality
Airborne Radar

Skunk Works’ Helendale Radar Signature Test Range Is Where Stealth Dreams Become Reality

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Apr 2, 2019

Mysterious Cloud Of Chaff Lights Up Radar Over Dozens Of Miles Of New Mexico Airspace
Airborne Radar

Mysterious Cloud Of Chaff Lights Up Radar Over Dozens Of Miles Of New Mexico Airspace

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Mar 7, 2019