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Loyal Wingman

$20 Billion Price Tag To Complete Development Of USAF’s Next Generation Fighter (Updated)

The Air Force could also still proceed with its original 6th generation stealth combat jet plans, but would need billions more in funding.

Russian Army

North Korean Air Defense System Revealed In Ukraine By Russian Friendly Fire Strike

A North Korean-made surface-to-air missile system, broadly analogous to the Russian Tor, has appeared for the first time in combat in the Kursk region.

Bunker Talk

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

Plenty of stored canned foods to go around!

United Kingdom

Land Rover Replacement Program Kickstarted By U.K. Military After 76 Years Of Service

After multiple false starts, the United Kingdom is looking for a successor for the last of its venerable Land Rover light utility vehicles.

Unmanned

Two More CL-415 Super Scoopers On The Way To Fight Palisades Fire After One Damaged By Drone

Officials hope the aircraft hit by the drone will be repaired and ready to fly again early next week.

Loyal Wingman

Second Batch Of Air Force CCA Drones Could Be 20 To 30 Percent Pricier Than The First

Concerns still loom over how the Air Force will pay for its CCA drones, as well as other advanced next-generation aircraft.

Unmanned

One Of Just Two CL-415 Super Scooper Planes Taken Out Of Palisades Fire Fight By Drone

The drone strike punched a hole in the CL-415's wing and caused all firefighting aircraft on the Palisades fire to be temporarily grounded.

Russia

Biden Puts Forward Final Ukraine Military Aid Package Of His Administration

Ukraine Situation Report: Plans for future aid to Kyiv were also unveiled, but all that could change with the new U.S. administrations.

Northern Europe

U.S. Navy Still Wants To Operate Out Of This Norwegian Submarine Cave, But A Deal Remains Elusive

Sold after the Cold War, the U.S. Navy remains interested in once again using the Olavsvern complex as a hub for Arctic operations.

Leopard

Sweden Buys More Leopard 2 Tanks As Part Of Major Defense Build-Up

The Swedish tank force is undergoing a renaissance as part of an ambitious build-up spurred by the Russian threat.

Airborne Sensors

Army Wants To Test Air-Launched Drones From A Global Express Business Jet

The planned trials tally with previous comments about launching the drones from the new Global 6500-based HADES surveillance jet.

Ohio Class (SSGN variant)

Ohio Class Guided Missile Submarine Deployed Underwater Drones On Award Winning Secret Missions

USS Michigan's operations included three separate missions vital to national security and ones that involved special operations forces.

NATO

Why Greenland Is Of Growing Strategic Significance

Donald Trump seems more insistent than ever on controlling Greenland, but regardless of his controversial intentions, the island is of real strategic importance

F-15

Stealthy AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles To Arm F-15EX, F-15E

Arming the F-15E and EX with AGM-158Cs will give the Air Force a major boost in its ability to target enemy ships over long distances.

Russia

Ukraine Targets Strategic Bomber Fuel Supplies In Long-Range Strike On Russia

The strike was designed to keep Russian bombers from generating combat sorties.

U.S. Air Force

Lack Of Hardened Aircraft Shelters Leaves U.S. Airbases Vulnerable To China New Report Warns

China is already massively outpacing the U.S. military in new hardened aircraft shelter and other airbase construction.

Procurement

Cost Of Navy’s Newest Arleigh Burke Destroyers Is Ballooning

A wide array of chronic cost overruns and industrial capacity factors could torpedo the Navy’s goal of fielding a 390-ship force by 2054.

Russia

Ukraine Claims Its Drone Boats Are Now Launching Kamikaze FPV Drones At Russian Shore Targets

Ukraine says it has destroyed three Russian air defense systems in some of the first successful FPV drone strikes launched from drone boats at sea.

Baltic Sea

NATO Boosting Naval Presence And AI Monitoring In Baltic Sea After Undersea Cables Cut

NATO is responding to the suspected severing of undersea cables linking Finland and Estonia by a Russian-linked oil tanker.

Bunker Busters

Hints At More B61 Nuclear Bomb Variants In The U.S. Military’s Future

A true successor to the specialized deep bunker-busting B61-11 variant could be a future addition as adversaries increasingly go underground.