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NGAD CCA unmanned collaborate combat aircraft
NGAD

New Details On The Secretive Air Force Plan For Teaming Fighter Pilots With Drones

Needing to balance solving unknowns about the Collaborative Combat Aircraft against demand for its disruptive abilities is driving decisions.

Ukraine shoot down Russian jets
NATO

Ukraine Situation Report: Multiple Russian Aircraft Shot Down In A Day

The Russian Air Force had another bad day in the skies over Ukraine as Kyiv claims it downed four jets, drones, and a cruise missile.

Electronic Warfare Barge China
China

Chinese Countermeasure Barge Covered In Radar Reflectors Emerges

The barge, which is festooned with radar reflectors, antennas, defensive launchers, and other gear, first appeared in model form a year ago.

Planning Air Raid
Bunker Talk

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

Talk amongst yourselves.

Shahed 136 Ukraine
NATO

Ukraine Situation Report: Russia’s Drone War Erupts Thanks To Iran

Russia's Iranian-made Shahed-136 kamikaze drones rain down around Odesa while a Mohajer-6 also makes its first appearance in the conflict.

Air Force Generals Aren’t “Losing Sleep” Over China’s J-20 Stealth Fighter
J-20

Air Force Generals Aren’t “Losing Sleep” Over China’s J-20 Stealth Fighter

Air Force chiefs aren't too concerned with China's J-20 stealth fighter, but say the service has to keep modernizing to keep it that way.

Frigate Typhoon Strike
United Kingdom

British Typhoon Fighters Helped Sink A Warship For The First Time

A rare complex live-fire exercise off the Scottish coast saw a range of anti-ship weapons blast a decommissioned U.S. Navy frigate.

B-2 damaged Palmdale landing
B-2

Damaged B-2 Returns To Palmdale For Repairs A Year After Landing Mishap

A B-2 Spirit has been ferried to Plant 42 in California for restoration a year after it ended up wing-down in the dirt.

Russian soldiers train
NATO

Ukraine Situation Report: Conscripts Won’t Solve Russian Army’s Systemic Problems, Pentagon Says

300,000 soldiers may patch holes in Russia's lines but won't fix the logistics and morale nightmares that have plagued its forces in Ukraine.

GA-ASI Gambit series drones
NGAD

General Atomics’ Gambit Drones To Have Different Airframes With Common ‘Cores’

General Atomics is pitching a modular family of drones intended to perform various missions alongside manned aircraft that all use a common chassis-like 'core.'

New Look At Air Force’s Ship-Killing Smart Bomb In Action, Seeker Details Revealed
U.S. Air Force

New Look At Air Force’s Ship-Killing Smart Bomb In Action, Seeker Details Revealed

Air Force's new Quick Sink weapon uses a low-cost seeker that turns Joint Direct Attack Munition bombs into all-weather anti-ship weapons.

F-35B_NIGHT_AFTERBURNER
F-35

XA100 Next Generation Adaptive Engine Could Now Power F-35B, Too

General Electric is now pitching its advanced XA100 engine for all three F-35 variants and has an eye on future aircraft programs, too.

USS Zumwalt deploys to Guam
U.S. Navy

Navy’s Stealth Destroyer May Be On Its First Operational Deployment

The USS Zumwalt is now operating as part of the Navy's forward-deployed 7th Fleet and the service says its conducting "fleet operations."

C-130 Amphibian
C-130

C-130 Seaplane Should Fly In 2023 Says Air Force Special Ops Commander

Faced with a potential fight against China across vast swaths of ocean, the amphibious C-130 could soon finally become a reality.

Mystery Drone Boat Washes Up Near Home Of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet (Updated)
Unmanned

Mystery Drone Boat Washes Up Near Home Of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet (Updated)

The unidentifiable unmanned surface vessel, which has features that could point to it being an explosive-laden suicide drone boat, appeared after a nearby blast.

Russia mobilization nuclear
NATO

Ukraine Situation Report: Russia’s Partial Mobilization, Nuclear Threats

Putin’s long-awaited call to mobilize at least a portion of the Russian population was accompanied by nuclear threats toward the West.

KC-390 Millennium tanker
U.S. Air Force

KC-390 With A Boom Could Be The Agile Tanker The Air Force Needs

A modified version of the Brazilian KC-390 could bring fuel forward to austere airstrips and thirsty fighters on edge of enemy airspace.

Russian air force shot down
NATO

Ukraine Situation Report: 80 Percent Of Kyiv’s Airpower Remains Intact

HARM missiles are helping Ukraine's aircraft operate more freely as Russia's failure to gain air superiority has left its planes vulnerable.

Northrop Grumman Unmanned Teaming
U.S. Air Force

Drones Teamed With Manned Aircraft Will Help Counter China: Pacific Air Forces Chief

Pairing manned and unmanned aircraft will present China with multiple dilemmas, the head of U.S. Air Forces Pacific says.

B-21 Raider
B-21

B-21 Raider Will Be Rolled Out In Early December

The B-21 is one of the most significant U.S. military aviation programs in recent years, and its rollout is hotly anticipated.