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Defense contractor Anduril has formally announced that it is one of five companies working on the US Air Force's Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) advanced drone program.
Loyal Wingman

Anduril Is Helping The Air Force To Develop Its Loyal Wingman Drone

Anduril is one of five companies now working on the Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, which is a top priority for the Air Force.

Scrapped NH90
Helicopters

Australia Is Literally Burying Its Doomed NH90 Helicopter Fleet

The Australia's young NH90 helicopters were such a nightmare that they are being stripped of parts and buried after nobody wanted them.

The Army's Reagan Test Site support operations were among many affected by wild waves that swamped Roi-Namur Island in the Kwajalein Atoll on Jan. 20.
Space

Reagan Test Site Damage From Massive Waves Seen In Imagery

All operations at the Reagan Test Site, located in a remote area of the Pacific, have been impacted by flooding caused by massive waves.

F-15 retirement Kingsley Field
F-15

The Last USAF F-15C/D Eagle Instructor Pilots Are Now In Training

The instructors will help train the final cadre of pilots set to fly the F-15C/D in the twilight of its Air Force career.

F-16 Block 70
F-16

Flying The Block 70 F-16 ‘Ultimate’ Viper According To Its Test Pilot

Fifty years on from the Viper's first flight, test pilot Ryan “Cujo” Blake talks about flying the new Block 70/72 F-16.

IL-76 crashes in Russia
Il-76

Claims Swirl Around Russian Il-76 Jet Crash Near Ukraine Border

Russia says the aircraft was carrying prisoners of war, while Ukrainian accounts claim it was transporting missiles.

Turkish Navy frigate TCG Istanbul at sea
Turkey

Turkey’s First Domestically-Produced Frigate Has Entered Service

TCG Istanbul represents a significant achievement for Turkey's shipbuilding industry, which aims to become ever more self-reliant.

Satellite imagery The War Zone has obtained from Planet Labs shows the aftermath of U.S. and U.K. strikes on Houthi targets at Sanaa International Airport in Yemen's capital.
Yemen

Damage Analysis From Yesterday’s Strikes On Airport In Yemen’s Capital

Satellite imagery provides a new window into the latest U.S. and U.K. strikes overnight on Houthi targets at Sanaa International Airport.

California Air National Guard MQ-9 Reaper drones were prepared to sink a rocket booster with Hellfire missiles after a test in December, but it slipped beneath the waves on its own.
Q-9

MQ-9 Reapers Were Ready To Blow Up A Rocket Booster Off California

California Air National Guard MQ-9s were on station to make sure a missile defense test's rocket booster safely sank in the Pacific Ocean.

B-21's first flight
B-21

B-21 Raider Now In Production Just Two Months After First Flight

The Pentagon announced that it issued a production contract for the most advanced combat aircraft ever designed.

Challenger 3 prototype breaks cover.
Royal Army

This Is The Challenger 3 Advanced Main Battle Tank

After prototype trials, the United Kingdom plans to convert 148 of its existing Challenger 2 tanks to the same advanced standard.

Image of HMS Defender firing it's Sea Viper missile, seen here off Scotland’s Outer Hebrides and Norway’s Arctic coast.
News & Features

Royal Navy Destroyers To Get Ballistic Missile Defense Upgrade

The improved Sea Viper air defense system will be better able to counter ballistic missiles, including ones that threaten the ship itself.

Reported long-range Ukrainian drone strikes against St. Petersburg, Russia, raise questions about Moscow's ability to provide air defenses for its cities.
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: Russia May Have To Move Air Defenses To Cover Cities

Reported Ukrainian drone attacks near St. Petersburg indicates Russia may have a big problem with air defense capacity.

Houthi Strikes by Typhoon fighters.
Yemen

New Airstrikes Target Houthi Forces In Yemen (Updated)

The latest strikes by the U.S. and U.K. on Houthi targets in Yemen comes after reports that the Pentagon has given the operation a new name.

Israeli Merkava Mk 3 tanks have recently begun emerging with improved defensive features against drones and improvised explosive devices that use magnets to stick the hulls of armored vehicles.
Israel

Israeli Merkava Tanks Get Improved Anti-Drone, Magnet Bomb Defenses

The threats the Israel Defense Forces are facing in Gaza are significantly transforming the look of its Merkava Mk 3 tanks.

F-35 SPEAR METEOR
F-35B

F-35 To Get Meteor, SPEAR 3 Missiles “By End Of Decade”

The new weapons will provide an especially lethal combination with the F-35’s stealth and forthcoming upgraded sensors.

The Bradley's gunner talks about learning lessons from video games to take out a Russian tank.
Ukraine

Video Games Helped Ukrainian Bradley Gunner Win Duel With Russian T-90M Tank

The gunner and driver of the Bradley seen in a wild battle with a Russian T-90M tank captured in a viral video explain how it went down.

Al Assad airbase was struck many militia projectiles on Jan 20, 2024
Iran

Massive Attack On Al Assad Air Base In Iraq, Airstrikes Hit Houthi Missiles (Updated)

The militia attack on Al Assad was the largest yet, meanwhile the campaign to preemptively strike Houthi missiles seems to be gaining steam.

A small group of shelterers knit and read the evening newspaper in this small section of an air raid shelter under the railway arches, somewhere in South East London. Makeshift beds have been constructed from crates and planks of wood. This photograph was probably taken in November 1940
Bunker Talk

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

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Houthi Anti-ship ballistic missile attack in Red Sea video capture.
Red Sea

Video Of Anti-Ship Missile Striking Ship During Red Sea Attack Surfaces

The video shows one of the Houthis' Iranian-derived anti-ship missiles impacting the bulk carrier M/V Zografia in the Red Sea.