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MAC MC-130
C-130

C-130 Seaplane Program Put On Back Burner (Updated)

Funding challenges and 'reprioritization of capabilities' has resulted in an indefinite delay of the C-130 floatplane's test flight.

General Atomics MQ-9 Reapers offered to Ukraine
Ukraine

MQ-9 Reapers Offered To Ukraine For $1, But Relevancy Questions Remain

The sale price is very attractive, but what the drones could bring to the fight remains dubious and there will be millions in other costs.

Gambit Drone Chosen To Fly Under Secretive Off-Board Sensing Station Program
OBSS

Gambit Drone Chosen To Fly Under Secretive Off-Board Sensing Station Program

General Atomics' Gambit series of drones are designed around a novel concept involving a common modular 'core.'

SAO PAULO CARRIER
South America

Brazil Plans To Sink Its Asbestos-Riddled Aircraft Carrier In The Atlantic

Sinking the aircraft carrier Sao Paulo in the Atlantic would be a sad, and potentially toxic end after a disappointing career with Brazil.

General Atomics Liberty Lifter
Amphibious Operations

Huge Ekranoplan-Like Airlifter Design Teams Selected By DARPA

Aurora Flight Sciences and General Atomics have been chosen to compete to design and possibly build the gigantic Liberty Lifter X-plane.

Putin meeting on border strikes
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Russia Says It’s Relocating Citizens Near Border Due To Attacks

A Russian official told Putin that thousands of residents from border areas were resettled after Ukrainian attacks and more need to be.

Bell FARA Invictus
FLRAA

Bell’s 360 Invictus Readies For Flight But Still Has No Engine

Bell's Future Armed Reconnaissance Aircraft pitch is ready for ground runs, but is waiting on its new General Electric engine to get started.

Air Force Says It Needs More Survivable Tankers By 2040
U.S. Air Force

Air Force Says It Needs More Survivable Tankers By 2040

The need for less vulnerable tankers to support future conflicts against near-peer opponents like China is growing.

General Atomics Eaglet
Q-1

MQ-1C Has Air-Launched The Eaglet Drone On Its First Flight

Eaglet is a multi-role air-launched drone that can operate where it's too dangerous for higher-end manned and unmanned aircraft.

Ukraine river attacks
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: The Battle For Dnipro River Islands

Ukraine captured Kherson City in November, but the two sides are fighting over nearby river islands, used by Russians to attack the city.

New Shots Of Stealthy XQ-58A Valkyrie Highlight Its Runway Independence
XQ-58

New Shots Of Stealthy XQ-58A Valkyrie Highlight Its Runway Independence

Valkyries, or future derivatives thereof, could be rapidly launched and recovered from remote forward areas, since they don't need runways.

F-35 Thule Air Base greenland
F-35

F-35s Have Debuted At Greenland’s Strategic Thule Air Base

With the Arctic becoming a region of increasing strategic importance, the U.S. has begun flying its F-35s from the remote Greenland base.

Armed Bell 407
Civil Aviation

Bell Is Arming Its Civil Helicopters In Hopes Of Replacing Europe’s Russian Rotorcraft

Bell executives foresee the Russian rotorcraft industry collapsing, opening a market for affordable, easy-to-operate alternatives.

DARPA's Hypersonic Airbreathing Weapon Concept completes final flight
HAWC

DARPA’s Hypersonic Cruise Missile Flew Its Final Test, Follow-On To Come

Lessons learned throughout DARPA's Hypersonic Airbreathing Weapon Concept effort will be applied to the agency’s new MoHAWC program.

Intriguing Features Seen On Largely Intact Russia Cruise Missile Wreck
Air-To-Ground

Intriguing Features Seen On Largely Intact Russia Cruise Missile Wreck

One of Russia's most modern missiles, and one that has ravaged Ukraine in recent months, came down relatively intact in Central Ukraine.

Bradleys to Ukraine
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: M2 Bradleys Have Begun Their Voyage To The Battlefield

The first shipment of more than 60 of 109 Bradley Fighting Vehicles promised to Ukraine has left a port in South Carolina.

Russian Salvo Submarine Missile
Cold War

Soviet Submarine Launched All Its Missiles In An Unprecedented Rehearsal For Armageddon

With the Soviet empire only months away from collapse, its Navy conducted an unprecedented test of its submarine-launched doomsday weapons.

POLAND F-16
Eastern Europe

Ukraine Claims Poland In Talks To Transfer Its F-16s (Updated)

Poland says it's backing a collaborative effort to get F-16s into Ukrainian hands, but didn't specify if it could include its advanced F-16s.

M1 Abrams Was Once Tested With A Diesel Engine That Replaces Its Thirsty Turbine
M1 Abrams

M1 Abrams Was Once Tested With A Diesel Engine That Replaces Its Thirsty Turbine

Concerns over Ukraine's ability to fuel and maintain the Abrams' turbine engine have arisen, but other engine options have existed.

Iran Drone attack
Iran

Iran Claims It Has Come Under Drone Attack Following Explosions

The Iranian Ministry of Defense claims drones struck a facility in Isfahan as reports of blasts in other cities cause alarm.