News &amp; Features (Page 66)

Posted on Jun 10, 2022

By Adam Kehoe and Marc Cecotti

Drone Swarms That Harassed Navy Ships Off California Demystified In New Documents

Posted on Jun 10, 2022

Northern Europe

Norway Is Done With Its Unreliable NH90 Helicopters, Wants $500M Back

Posted on Jun 10, 2022

Australia

Australia Was Poised To Get Virginia Class Nuclear Submarines Says Former Defense Minister

By Thomas Newdick, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 10, 2022

Navy MH-60S Seahawk Helicopter Crashes In Southern California

Posted on Jun 10, 2022

A full-size mockup of the fictional Darkstar hypersonic aircraft that Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works helped create for the 2022 movie Top Gun: Maverick.

Hollywood

Darkstar Mockup From Top Gun: Maverick Looks Wicked In New Video

Posted on Jun 10, 2022

Ukraine

Volga Sedan Turned Into Machine Gun-Toting Tactical Vehicle By Ukrainian Forces

Posted on Jun 10, 2022

NATO

Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv Pleads For Weapons As Putin Channels Peter The Great

Posted on Jun 10, 2022

People

SEAL-Doctor-Astronaut Jonny Kim Is Adding Pilot To His Crazy Resume

Posted on Jun 9, 2022

China

First F-35 Aggressor Dedicated To Replicating Chinese Threats Unveiled

By Jamie Hunter

Posted on Jun 9, 2022

Israel

Israel Has Extended The Range Of Its F-35s: Report

Posted on Jun 9, 2022

China

This Is Our Best Look Yet At China’s Knockoff Of The U.S. Navy’s Sea Hunter

Posted on Jun 9, 2022

People

The Afghan Army’s Last Commander On How His Country Really Fell

Posted on Jun 9, 2022

A picture of a unique and highly-modified Boeing 727 that Raytheon uses as testbed, with an inset showing online flight tracking data regarding an unusual flight the aircraft performed around the islands of Saipan and Tinian in the western Pacific in June 2022.

Indo-Pacific

Radar-Toting 727 Testbed “Voodoo 1” Appears Over Saipan

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jun 9, 2022

Russia

Sea Mines Could Prevent Ukraine Grain Shipments For Months

Posted on Jun 9, 2022

Ukraine And Russia In Back-And-Forth Battle On Donbas Frontlines

NATO

Ukraine Situation Report: Attacked On Three Sides, Ukrainians Hold The Line In The East

Posted on Jun 8, 2022

An MV-22B Osprey takes off from Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 10, 2019.

Marine MV-22 Osprey Crashed Near El Centro In Southern California (Updated)

Posted on Jun 8, 2022

Tankers off southern california with USS Nimitz

Mysterious Exercise Off Baja Brought Nellis AFB, USS Nimitz Aircraft Together

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jun 8, 2022

Russia

Ukraine Paints Refurbished Frontline MiG-29 In High-Visibility Scheme

Posted on Jun 8, 2022

Indo-Pacific

F-16 Nose-Down Landing In Hawaii Is The Third In Just A Month

Posted on Jun 8, 2022

NATO

Ukraine Situation Report: Russia Claims Destruction Of Western-Supplied M109 Howitzers

Posted on Jun 8, 2022

Ukraine

Ground-Based Tor SAM System Seen Strapped To Russian Black Sea Warship

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jun 7, 2022

Russia

Low, Fast And Dangerous: A Firsthand Account Of Ukraine’s Secret Helicopter Rescue Missions

Posted on Jun 7, 2022

South Korea

Aerial ‘Show Of Force’ Missions Are Back Over South Korea

Posted on Jun 7, 2022

Russia

‘Crowdfunded’ Aid For Russian Jet Squadron Looks Like Someone Raided A Home Depot

Posted on Jun 7, 2022

China

Taiwan Uses Naval Mines Designed Over A Century Ago

Posted on Jun 7, 2022

Civil Aviation

I Bet You’ve Never Seen A Private Jet Fly An Approach To An Aircraft Carrier Before

By Oliver Parken, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jun 7, 2022

A US Air Force RC-135U Combat Sent electronic intelligence aircraft photographed at Kadena Air Base on the Japanese Island of Okinawa in 2009.

China

U.S. RC-135U Spy Plane Just Surveilled China’s Strategic Southern Coast

Posted on Jun 6, 2022

Russia

Ancient Russian T-62 Tanks Spotted Wearing Cage Armor In Ukraine

Posted on Jun 6, 2022

Australia

Chinese Fighter’s Decoy Dump In Front Of A P-8 Sets Dangerous New Precedent (Updated)

Posted on Jun 6, 2022

KC-46A aircraft assigned to the 157th Air Refueling Wing perform an elephant walk formation on the runway at Pease Air National Guard Base, Sept. 8, 2021.

KC-46 Tanker’s Recent “97 Percent” Milestone Isn’t The Whole Story

Posted on Jun 5, 2022

NATO

Ukraine Situation Report: Reinforcements Stymie Russia’s Advance In Severodonetsk

By Stetson Payne

Posted on Jun 4, 2022

Indo-Pacific

Four B-1B Bombers Appear At Andersen AFB In Guam

Posted on Jun 4, 2022

Biden Airpsace Fighter Interept Maryland Beach

Secret Service

President Evacuated After Plane Flew Too Close To Delaware Beach Home

By Stetson Payne

Posted on Jun 4, 2022

Bunker Talk

Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

Posted on Jun 4, 2022

Germany

Tank-Killing German Tripwire Mines Are In Use With Ukrainian Forces

Posted on Jun 3, 2022

Ukrainian troops sit on an armoured vehicle as they move back from the front line near the city of Sloviansk in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas on June 1, 2022.

NATO

Ukraine Situation Report: Russia Controls Fifth Of Country After 100 Days

Updated on Jun 3, 2022

A U.S. Marine Corps Hero-400 loitering munition drone is staged before flight on San Clemente Island, California, May 25, 2022. The Hero-400 is a loitering munition that the United States Marine Corps and other Department of Defense entities are beginning to incorporate into specific mission sets. This initial training flight develops the UAS pilots’ confidence and abilities to be able to operate the Hero-400 in any clime and place, and enabling 3rd MAW to remain a more lethal and ready force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Daniel Childs)

Drones

Marines Handoff Loitering Munition Control Between Air, Sea, Land Platforms

Posted on Jun 3, 2022

Rocket Sled Track Sets Mach 5.8 Recoverable Test Speed Record

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Jun 3, 2022

The World’s Most Secretive 737 Just Migrated To Oklahoma

Posted on Jun 3, 2022

Swedish Robot 17 coastal defense Ukraine

Northern Europe

Sweden Is Sending ‘Robot 17’ Coastal Defense Missiles To Ukraine

Posted on Jun 3, 2022

Artwork depicting the Darkstar stealthy hypersonic aircraft, a fictious design that Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works created for the movie Top Gun: Maverick.

Hollywood

Skunk Works On How They Brought Top Gun: Maverick’s Darkstar To Life

Posted on Jun 3, 2022

Russia

Ex-Afghan Air Force Mi-17 Helicopters Are Now Flying For Ukraine

Posted on Jun 2, 2022

Pictures reportedly showing an array of drones on the deck of the Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong.

China

Chinese Aircraft Carrier Seen With A Fleet Of Drones On Its Deck

Posted on Jun 2, 2022

Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance ‘Fighter’ Program Enters New Stage

Posted on Jun 2, 2022

Ukraine

U.S. Plans To Sell Ukraine Armed MQ-1C Gray Eagle Drones: Report

By Dan Parsons, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jun 1, 2022

Germany

Germany Picks Chinook Over King Stallion For New Heavy-Lift Helicopter

Posted on Jun 1, 2022

Germany

Germany To Give IRIS-T Air Defense System To Ukraine

Posted on Jun 1, 2022

Russia

Estonian-Russian Citizen Tried To Smuggle Commercial Drones To The Russian Army

Posted on Jun 1, 2022

Soldiers seen moving on a tank and vehicles in the outskirts of the Lysychansk, close to Severodonetsk. Lysychansk is a city on the high right bank of the Donets River in the Luhansk region.

NATO

Ukraine Situation Report: Battle Over Critical Eastern City Becomes Brutal Street Fight (Updated)

Posted on May 31, 2022

Russia

Ukraine To Get Guided Rockets, But Not Ones Able To Reach Far Into Russia (Updated)

Posted on May 31, 2022

Russia

Russian Ka-52 Attack Helicopter’s Ludicrous Stunt Nearly Ends In Disaster

By Oliver Parken, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 31, 2022

The Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11), homeported at Naval Station Mayport, Jacksonville, Fla., arrives at the Marathi NATO Pier Complex in Souda Bay, Greece, to undergo scheduled preventative maintenance in May 2022..

Middle East

Navy Finally Sends Littoral Combat Ship To Middle East

By Howard Altman, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 31, 2022

Russia

Ukrainian Fighters With WWI Guns Channel 16th-Century Ancestors

Posted on May 29, 2022

NATO

Ukraine Situation Report: Southern Counterattack Against Russian Forces Underway

By Stetson Payne

Posted on May 28, 2022

Bunker Talk

Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

Posted on May 28, 2022

Ukrainian servicemen wave as they move with an armored vehicle toward the frontline at a checkpoint near the city of Lysychansk in the eastern Ukranian region of Donbas, on May 23, 2022, amid Russian invasion of Ukraine.

NATO

Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Forces Advance In Key Eastern Cities

Posted on May 28, 2022

China

Taiwan’s Coast Guard Tests Its Ability To Turn Cutters Into Ship Killers

Posted on May 28, 2022

Christening of the first Orca test asset at Huntington Beach, California, on April 28, 2022. The vehicle was christened by Dorothy Engelhardt, Director, Unmanned Systems, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Ships).

Drones

Navy’s 85-Foot Orca Unmanned Submarine Will Be A Minelayer First

Posted on May 27, 2022

Russia

Captured Russian Weapons Are Packed With U.S. Microchips

Posted on May 27, 2022

China

China Launches Drone Ship That Acts As A Mothership For More Drones

By Oliver Parken, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 27, 2022

Russia

Terrifying TOS-1A Thermobaric Artillery Strike Recorded In Ukraine