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Stealthy XQ-58 Drone Busts The Networking Logjam Between F-22 And F-35
Drones

Stealthy XQ-58 Drone Busts The Networking Logjam Between F-22 And F-35

By Joseph Trevithick, Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Dec 15, 2020

Here Is What The Air Force’s New Robot Dogs Are Actually Capable Of
Drones

Here Is What The Air Force’s New Robot Dogs Are Actually Capable Of

By Brett Tingley

Updated on Dec 15, 2020

Inside The Air Force’s Elite Aggressor Program With One Of Its Top Pilots
People

Inside The Air Force’s Elite Aggressor Program With One Of Its Top Pilots

By Jamie Hunter

Updated on Dec 15, 2020

U-2 Spy Plane Taps Into Computers On The Ground To Expand Data Processing Ability Mid-Mission
Skunk Works

U-2 Spy Plane Taps Into Computers On The Ground To Expand Data Processing Ability Mid-Mission

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Dec 15, 2020

U.S. Slams Turkey With Sanctions For Purchase Of Russia’s S-400 Air Defense System
Turkey

U.S. Slams Turkey With Sanctions For Purchase Of Russia’s S-400 Air Defense System

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Dec 14, 2020

Explosive-Laden Boat Strikes Oil Tanker In Saudi Arabian Port
Saudi Arabia

Explosive-Laden Boat Strikes Oil Tanker In Saudi Arabian Port

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Dec 14, 2020

This Navigator Aboard A Russian Il-76 Looks Like A TIE Fighter Pilot From Star Wars
Russia

This Navigator Aboard A Russian Il-76 Looks Like A TIE Fighter Pilot From Star Wars

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Dec 14, 2020

Metallic Coating-Clad ARES Experimental Jet Flies Alongside Its Successors In Mysterious Tests
U.S. Homeland

Metallic Coating-Clad ARES Experimental Jet Flies Alongside Its Successors In Mysterious Tests

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 13, 2020

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

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

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Dec 12, 2020

DARPA’s Gremlins Drones Were “Just Inches” From Successfully Being Recovered In Flight
Drones

DARPA’s Gremlins Drones Were “Just Inches” From Successfully Being Recovered In Flight

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 11, 2020

No, Russia Really Doesn’t Need A New Single-Engine Fighter
Russia

No, Russia Really Doesn’t Need A New Single-Engine Fighter

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 11, 2020

Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles Are Getting Replacement Wings Ripped Off Saudi F-15S Jets
Saudi Arabia

Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles Are Getting Replacement Wings Ripped Off Saudi F-15S Jets

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 11, 2020

F-16 Belonging To The Wisconsin Air National Guard Crashes In Michigan (Updated)
U.S. Homeland

F-16 Belonging To The Wisconsin Air National Guard Crashes In Michigan (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 11, 2020

Navy Creates New Warrant Officer Role To Operate Its Carrier-Based Tanker Drones
Drones

Navy Creates New Warrant Officer Role To Operate Its Carrier-Based Tanker Drones

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Dec 10, 2020

Navy’s New Controversial Shipbuilding Plan Raids Air Force And Army’s Piggy Banks
Procurement

Navy’s New Controversial Shipbuilding Plan Raids Air Force And Army’s Piggy Banks

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Dec 10, 2020

Russia Is Using Augmented Reality To Produce Its Su-57 Fighter
Russia

Russia Is Using Augmented Reality To Produce Its Su-57 Fighter

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Dec 10, 2020

Marine Corps F-35Cs Make First Arrested Landings At An Expeditionary Airfield
U.S. Homeland

Marine Corps F-35Cs Make First Arrested Landings At An Expeditionary Airfield

By James Deboer

Updated on Dec 10, 2020

How The Once Elusive Dream Of Laser Weapons Suddenly Became A Reality
Lasers

How The Once Elusive Dream Of Laser Weapons Suddenly Became A Reality

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 10, 2020

Israeli Offering Could Meet U.S. Navy’s Requirements For A New Submarine Launched Drone
Israel

Israeli Offering Could Meet U.S. Navy’s Requirements For A New Submarine Launched Drone

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Dec 9, 2020

Nigeria’s MiG-21 Fighter Jet Force Is Up For Sale
Africa

Nigeria’s MiG-21 Fighter Jet Force Is Up For Sale

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 9, 2020

Watch Crew Eject From An Australian Super Hornet After An Aborted Takeoff
Australia

Watch Crew Eject From An Australian Super Hornet After An Aborted Takeoff

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Dec 9, 2020

Chuck Yeager’s Amazing Life Told Through The Airplanes He Flew
People

Chuck Yeager’s Amazing Life Told Through The Airplanes He Flew

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Dec 9, 2020

Here’s What’s In New Guidelines For Defending Infrastructure Against Drone Attacks
U.S. Homeland

Here’s What’s In New Guidelines For Defending Infrastructure Against Drone Attacks

By Brett Tingley

Updated on Dec 8, 2020

These Bizarre Infrared Pods Put Missile Seekers And Countermeasures To The Test
U.S. Homeland

These Bizarre Infrared Pods Put Missile Seekers And Countermeasures To The Test

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 8, 2020

These Three Companies Will Build Drones To Carry The Air Force’s “Skyborg” AI Computer Brain
Artificial Intelligence

These Three Companies Will Build Drones To Carry The Air Force’s “Skyborg” AI Computer Brain

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 7, 2020

Thieves Broke Into Russia’s Il-80 Doomsday Plane
Russia

Thieves Broke Into Russia’s Il-80 Doomsday Plane

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 7, 2020

Flooding Threatens To Put New British Carrier Out Of Action For Six Months
United Kingdom

Flooding Threatens To Put New British Carrier Out Of Action For Six Months

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 7, 2020

General Atomics Avenger Drone Flew An Autonomous Air-To-Air Mission Using An AI Brain
Artificial Intelligence

General Atomics Avenger Drone Flew An Autonomous Air-To-Air Mission Using An AI Brain

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Dec 6, 2020

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

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

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Dec 5, 2020

France Confirms That Indonesia Wants To Buy Rafale Fighter Jets
Procurement

France Confirms That Indonesia Wants To Buy Rafale Fighter Jets

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 4, 2020

Laser Weapons On The Battlefield Of Tomorrow: Separating Fact From Fiction
Lasers

Laser Weapons On The Battlefield Of Tomorrow: Separating Fact From Fiction

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 4, 2020

China’s Y-20 Transport Appears To Be Finally Flying With Indigenous Jet Engines
China

China’s Y-20 Transport Appears To Be Finally Flying With Indigenous Jet Engines

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 3, 2020

Crazy Video Footage Shows The Exact Moment The Arecibo Radio Telescope Collapsed
South America

Crazy Video Footage Shows The Exact Moment The Arecibo Radio Telescope Collapsed

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 3, 2020

The Untold Story Of How Indonesian And Australian Jets Nearly Came To Blows Over East Timor
Australia

The Untold Story Of How Indonesian And Australian Jets Nearly Came To Blows Over East Timor

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 2, 2020

Russia’s Okhotnik Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle Tests Air-To-Air Missiles: Report
Russia

Russia’s Okhotnik Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle Tests Air-To-Air Missiles: Report

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 2, 2020

Navy Boss Tells Congress That A New Frigate Will Be Named USS Congress. No, Really.
U.S. Homeland

Navy Boss Tells Congress That A New Frigate Will Be Named USS Congress. No, Really.

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 2, 2020

Pilot In A Real Aircraft Just Fought An AI-Driven Virtual Enemy Jet For The First Time
U.S. Homeland

Pilot In A Real Aircraft Just Fought An AI-Driven Virtual Enemy Jet For The First Time

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Dec 2, 2020

Yes, Serbian Air Defenses Did Hit Another F-117 During Operation Allied Force In 1999
Europe

Yes, Serbian Air Defenses Did Hit Another F-117 During Operation Allied Force In 1999

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Dec 2, 2020

Air Force To Build Alternate Airbase On Tinian Island In Case Guam Gets Knocked Out
Indo-Pacific

Air Force To Build Alternate Airbase On Tinian Island In Case Guam Gets Knocked Out

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 2, 2020

Collapsed Arecibo Radio Telescope Was Originally Built For Ballistic Missile Defense Research
South America

Collapsed Arecibo Radio Telescope Was Originally Built For Ballistic Missile Defense Research

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Dec 1, 2020

Let’s Talk About Remote-Controlled Gun Turrets And The Killing Of Iran’s Top Nuclear Scientist
Iran

Let’s Talk About Remote-Controlled Gun Turrets And The Killing Of Iran’s Top Nuclear Scientist

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 1, 2020

What It Is Like Flying The Most Advanced F-15 Eagle Ever Built
U.S. Homeland

What It Is Like Flying The Most Advanced F-15 Eagle Ever Built

By Jamie Hunter

Updated on Nov 30, 2020

Navy Will Spend Around $30 Million To Scrap Fire-Damaged USS Bonhomme Richard
U.S. Homeland

Navy Will Spend Around $30 Million To Scrap Fire-Damaged USS Bonhomme Richard

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Nov 30, 2020

Australia Teams Up With U.S. To Get Hypersonic Missiles For Its Super Hornets In Five Years
Australia

Australia Teams Up With U.S. To Get Hypersonic Missiles For Its Super Hornets In Five Years

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Nov 30, 2020

The Army Wants To Launch Drone Swarms Behind Enemy Lines From High-Altitude Balloons
Drones

The Army Wants To Launch Drone Swarms Behind Enemy Lines From High-Altitude Balloons

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Nov 30, 2020

F-15 Eagle Pilot Explains Exactly How He Downed Three Migs During Two Wars
People

F-15 Eagle Pilot Explains Exactly How He Downed Three Migs During Two Wars

By Jamie Hunter

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

How A Canadian Pilot Became The First Westerner To Fly The Feared MiG-29 Fulcrum
People

How A Canadian Pilot Became The First Westerner To Fly The Feared MiG-29 Fulcrum

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

Air Combat Tales From Australia’s Storied Pitch Black Aerial War Games
Australia

Air Combat Tales From Australia’s Storied Pitch Black Aerial War Games

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

Why Russia’s MiG-35 Is Starting To Look Like A Dead Duck
Russia

Why Russia’s MiG-35 Is Starting To Look Like A Dead Duck

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

The British Had A Plan To Drop Anthrax Laced Cattle Feed Over Germany In 1942
WWII

The British Had A Plan To Drop Anthrax Laced Cattle Feed Over Germany In 1942

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

This Was The Largest Conventional Explosion America Ever Set Off
Cold War

This Was The Largest Conventional Explosion America Ever Set Off

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

This Is The First Photo Ever Of A Stealthy Black Hawk Helicopter
Electronic Warfare/Countermeasures

This Is The First Photo Ever Of A Stealthy Black Hawk Helicopter

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

The Only Missile-Toting Ekranoplan Russia Ever Built Just Took Its Last Trip On The Caspian
Russia

The Only Missile-Toting Ekranoplan Russia Ever Built Just Took Its Last Trip On The Caspian

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

Here’s How An EC-135 Crew Pulled Off One Of The Most Jaw-Dropping Air Show Takeoffs Ever
Cold War

Here’s How An EC-135 Crew Pulled Off One Of The Most Jaw-Dropping Air Show Takeoffs Ever

By Robert Hopkins

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

Russia Releases “Tsar Bomba” Test Footage Of The Most Powerful Nuclear Bomb Blast Ever
Cold War

Russia Releases “Tsar Bomba” Test Footage Of The Most Powerful Nuclear Bomb Blast Ever

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

Navy F/A-18 Squadron Commander’s Take On AI Repeatedly Beating Real Pilot In Dogfight
Artificial Intelligence

Navy F/A-18 Squadron Commander’s Take On AI Repeatedly Beating Real Pilot In Dogfight

By Commander Colin 'Farva' Price

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

The Potentially Revolutionary Celera 500L Aircraft Officially Breaks Cover
U.S. Homeland

The Potentially Revolutionary Celera 500L Aircraft Officially Breaks Cover

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

The Mysterious Cold War Case Of Unidentified Aircraft Descending On Loring Air Force Base
Cold War

The Mysterious Cold War Case Of Unidentified Aircraft Descending On Loring Air Force Base

By Brett Tingley

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

F-102 Delta Dagger’s Weapons Bays Combined Rockets And Missiles In A Feat Of Cold War Ingenuity
Cold War

F-102 Delta Dagger’s Weapons Bays Combined Rockets And Missiles In A Feat Of Cold War Ingenuity

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

Drug Cartel Now Assassinates Its Enemies With Bomb-Toting Drones
South America

Drug Cartel Now Assassinates Its Enemies With Bomb-Toting Drones

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

Historic Indian Carrier Set To Be Scrapped After 58 Years Of Service With Two Navies
India

Historic Indian Carrier Set To Be Scrapped After 58 Years Of Service With Two Navies

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

Strike Eagle Pilot Gives A Detailed Walk Around Tour Of An F-15E
United Kingdom

Strike Eagle Pilot Gives A Detailed Walk Around Tour Of An F-15E

By Jamie Hunter

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

The Forgotten Fireball Made The First Jet-Powered Carrier Landing By Accident
People

The Forgotten Fireball Made The First Jet-Powered Carrier Landing By Accident

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

Area 51 Has A Huge New Hangar Facility That Points To A Drone Swarm Future
U.S. Homeland

Area 51 Has A Huge New Hangar Facility That Points To A Drone Swarm Future

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Nov 27, 2020