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Israeli forces are shooting down large numbers of their own drones in friendly fire incidents, underscoring challenges the U.S. military will also have to contend with as uncrewed aerial systems become an ever more ubiquitous component of operations.
Unmanned

Israel Is Shooting Down A Lot Of Its Own Drones

Israeli difficulties in separating friendly drones from hostile ones underscore critical issues that U.S. forces also need to address.

The Marines' ACV is getting a big 30mm cannon.
Armored Vehicles

Marines Poised To Get Their 30mm Cannon-Armed Amphibious Combat Vehicle

Armed with a 30mm Bushmaster cannon, the ACV-30 will provide the U.S. Marine Corps with its largest direct-fire gun.

The future of the Harvest Hawk armament kits for Marine Corps KC-130J tanker/transport aircraft are increasingly uncertain as focus shifts to planning for future high-end conflicts.
KC-130

Marine KC-130Js May Lose Their Missile-Firing Harvest Hawk Kits

The future of armed Marine KC-130Js is in question as a fight in the Pacific brews, but new electronic warfare capabilities are on the horizon.

Testing of DARPA's Manta Ray UUV
U.S. Homeland

Manta Ray Underwater Drone Even More Enormous Than We Thought

New images of the giant underwater drone prototype show it completing in-water testing off Southern California earlier in the year.

ATACMS cluster munitions struck a Russian training ground in Luhansk Oblast about 50 miles from Ukrainian lines.
MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS)

ATACMS Volley Strikes Mass Of Russian Troops Training In Eastern Ukraine

In a little more than 90 seconds, four ATACMS hit a concentration of Russian troops reportedly preparing to attack in the Kharkiv area.

Footage has been published, apparently for the first time, showing a Chinese H-6 bomber dropping one of the shadowy air-launched ballistic missiles known by the designation 2PZD-21. The missile is part of a growing armory of Chinese aero-ballistic missiles and is widely understood to be a ‘carrier-killer’ weapon designed to be used as part of the country’s anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) strategy. However, many questions remain about the role of the weapon and its capabilities.
H-6 Bomber

China’s H-6K Bomber Seen Firing Air-Launched Ballistic Missile For First Time

A newly released video shows the Chinese air-launched ballistic missile in action, dropped by an H-6K bomber.

The Army has unveiled a new Bradley Fighting Vehicle variant, the M2A4E1, equipped with an Iron First active protection system and other upgrades.
M2/3 Bradley

This Is The Army’s New M2A4E1 Bradley That Features Iron Fist Protection

Hard-kill active protection systems offer valuable additional defense against missiles and rockets, and could be used to swat down drones.

Marines Osprey
MV-22

How The Marines Plan To Fly The MV-22 Osprey Into The 2060s

Software, cockpit, and maintenance improvements are all on the cards, as is a potential optionally piloted configuration.

A 49th Wing F-16 Viper takes off Jan. 19, 2022, at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. Holloman is the Air Force’s premiere training base for F-16 Viper and MQ-9 Reaper aircrew. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Adrian Salazar)
U.S. Homeland

F-16 Crashes Near Holloman Air Force Base In New Mexico (Updated)

Although details remain limited at this time, we know the pilot was able to safely eject before impact.

US Marine Corps units are set to begin receiving new Iron Dome and counter-drone systems next year as part of a larger air and missile defense push.
Land

Marines To More Than Triple Size Of Air Defense Forces By 2029

The Marines' growing number of air and missile defense units are set to begin receiving new Iron Dome and counter-drone systems next year.

Israel is mothballing its Patriot air defense systems, will Ukraine get them?
MIM-104 Patriot

Could Ukraine Get Israel’s Mothballed Patriot Air Defense Batteries?

As Ukraine sits in dire need of air defenses, Israel will reportedly place all its Patriot systems into storage over the next two months.

The Kaman Corporation has announced the first flight of its KARGO UAV, a rotary-wing drone intended for autonomous, expeditionary resupply. The design is aimed for the U.S. Marine Corps, for which Kaman previously developed the K-MAX unmanned helicopter. The KARGO UAV is now competing in the Marines’ Medium Autonomous Resupply Vehicle — Expeditionary Logistics (MARV-EL) program, with a winner due to be selected this summer.
Helicopters

Kaman’s Kargo Logistics Drone For The Marines Now In Flight Test

The multi-copter, now flying in prototype form, is competing for a U.S. Marine Corps autonomous resupply vehicle requirement.

F-35 has gotten its name from Poland.
Eastern Europe

Poland’s Future F-35s Have Been Officially Named “Husarz”

The name for Poland's F-35s, chosen via a public competition, draws on the nation's military history for inspiration.

Ukraine is losing ground as it awaits for badly needed ammunition.
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Frontline Defenses Deteriorating Under Russian Pressure

Ukraine is falling back in areas as Russia's onslaught intensified, with tired troops in need of more ammo, which they hope arrives soon.

Yak52 engages orlan drone
Russia

Ukraine May Now Be Using WWI-Style Air Combat Tactics Against Drones

Ukraine appears to have used the propeller-driven Soviet-era trainer in an effort to down Russian aerial drones.

SAOC will replace the E-4B, now we have a better idea of what it will look like.
E-4

E-4B Doomsday Plane Replacement Concept Art Has Some Interesting Features

The Survivable Airborne Operations Center concept from Sierra Nevada Corp. has major similarities and differences with its E-4B predecessor.

China’s latest aircraft carrier, the Fujian, appears poised to leave port to begin its first at-sea trials. The development comes soon after five aircraft mockups appeared on the deck of the flattop, as you can read about here. Once the Fujian goes to sea, it will mark a hugely important step in the development of China’s naval aviation, with the carrier being the first of its kind to be fully locally designed and also its first to launch aircraft via catapults rather than by a ‘ski jump’ takeoff ramp.
People's Liberation Army Navy (China)

China’s New Aircraft Carrier Pulls Away From Its Pier Ahead Of Sea Trials

China’s first domestically designed aircraft carrier will introduce the People’s Liberation Army Navy to ‘cat and trap’ naval air operations.

SNC has won the competition to deliver new Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC) 'doomsday planes' to succeed the Air Force's E-4B Nightwatch jets.
E-4

Job Of Building The Air Force’s Next Doomsday Planes Falls To Sierra Nevada Corp. (Updated)

The Survivable Airborne Operations Center aircraft will replace the USAF's highly specialized 747-based E-4B strategic command post jets.

American chemist and Nobel laureate Dr Willard Libby (1908 - 1980) in the fallout shelter he built himself near his home in California, USA, circa 1960. The shelter, intended to withstand a nuclear blast, burnt down in the Bel Air Fire of November 1961. Libby was on the General Advisory Committee of the Atomic Energy Commission. (Photo by/Pix/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Bunker Talk

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

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M1 Abrams Ukraine
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: M1 Abrams Tanks Withdrawn From The Fight, Officials Say

After at least five losses from a fleet of 31, Ukrainian Abrams tanks have been temporarily withdrawn from operations, according to reports.