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Army promotes grenade dropping drone
Unmanned

Army Touting Grenade Dropping Drone Shows Just How Alarmingly Behind The Curve It Still Is

The U.S. Army asks "Have you ever seen a drone drop a GRENADE?" The answer is yes.

Ukraine is recruiting additional troops to fight the increasing Shahed drone threat.
Russia

Ukraine Scrambling To Fight Against Growing Russian Shahed-136 Threat

Ukraine is frantically working to cope with increasing Russian Shahed-136 drone attacks that feature evolved tactics and capabilities.

Satellite imagery of preparations for a major upcoming military parade in China points to the possibility that one or more 'loyal wingman' type drones, or at least mockups thereof, are set to be revealed.
Stealth

China’s New Drone Wingmen Look Set For Military Parade Unveiling

Just like the U.S., China is racing to field 'loyal wingman' drones that will be force multipliers for their manned counterparts.

Image of HMS TIRELESS at sea. HMS Tireless is over 25 years old but still playing a vital role in the front-line Fleet. HMS Tireless is the third of the seven Trafalgar-class submarines built at Barrow by Vickers. She was launched on 17 March 1984, so she has been plying her trade in the Royal Navy for more than a quarter of a century, but a lengthy overhaul of her propulsion, weapons systems and sensors put her in good shape for the gruelling programme of training and trials which followed.
Nuclear Attack Submarines (SSNs)

Royal Navy’s Last Nuclear Attack Submarine Of The Cold War-Era Heads Into Retirement

After a four-decade period of service, the UK has called time on the Trafalgar class, as it looks to an expanded future force of hunter-killers.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Thomas Clewell, 495th Fighter Generation Squadron crew chief, marshals an F-35A Lightning II aircraft at RAF Lakenheath, England, Nov. 19, 2024. The 495th FGS is essential to generating daily sorties, enabling pilots to train and maintain readiness to respond quickly and effectively when called upon.
F-35A

Major Indications Nuclear Bombs Are Back At USAF Air Base In England

New revelations leave little doubt about the return of American B61 bombs and nuclear strike mission to RAF Lakenheath.

British F-35 Pilot On The Combined Power Of The European Lightning Force

British F-35 Pilot On The Combined Power Of The European Lightning Force

Branded Content: The bigger picture behind the UK’s relationship with the F-35 and the benefits of the growing pan-European JSF team.

A new photo suggests that China’s Shenyang J-35, its next-generation carrier-based fighter, has now entered limited series production and is also in service with the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). The photo joins a succession of imagery showing some of China’s latest military aircraft in great detail, including previous views of the same type of jet, although still in prototype form, as you can see in our previous coverage here.
J-31

China’s J-35 Naval Stealth Fighter Looks Set For Service

There are signs that the J-35 has now entered limited series production, with carrier trials the likely next step.

The operations room at Northern Radar, the joint civil and military air traffic control centre at RAF Lindholme, Doncaster, 28th August 1968. The station provides 11,000 radar services a month to civil and military aircraft over an area of 12,000 square miles. (Photo by Ted West/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Bunker Talk

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

Hope you like Pop-Tarts and Campbells soup!

XQ-58 is being offered to Europe via a partnership with Airbus.
XQ-58

XQ-58 Valkyrie Heading To European Market With Kratos-Airbus Team-Up

Harnessing a new Airbus-developed mission system, the stealthy Valkyrie drone will be offered to Germany, but there is big potential for sales across Europe.

Spanish photographer Javier Alonso de Medina Salguero captured some amazing images of a Eurofighter striking a bird.
Typhoon

Eurofighter Typhoon Canopy-Shattering Bird Strike Captured In Amazing Images

A photographer snapped the instant a Spanish Eurofighter impacted a bird during an aerobatic demonstration.

L3Harris has formally rolled out its modular Wolf family of "launched effects vehicles," which includes the Red Wolf, configured for long-range precision strikes against targets on land or at sea, and the Green Wolf fitted with an electronic warfare payload.
Air-To-Ground

‘Wolf Pack’ Of Modular Mini Cruise Missiles Unveiled By L3Harris

L3Harris is the third company just this week to make an announcement about cheaper stand-off munitions that can be produced quickly at scale.

Leonidas HPM systems are now in there second generation.
Counter-Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (C-UAS)

Army Puts $43M Bet On Next Gen Leonidas High Power Microwave Counter Drone Tech

Epirus’ CEO says successful tests of the company’s Gen II system capable of rapidly taking down swarms of drones could lead to an official program of record. 

The Argentine Navy has brought back to service an example of the classic Cold War-era Grumman S-2 Tracker anti-submarine warfare aircraft. Returning to duty a remarkable 73 years after the type first took to the air, the S-2T in question is currently the only example of the Tracker in active military service anywhere in the world. At the same time, the fact that the aircraft has been reactivated points to the very limited resources available to modernize the Argentine Navy’s aging air component.
Maritime Patrol

This S-2 Tracker Is The Last Of Its Kind In Military Use

Argentina first introduced the classic S-2 Tracker back in 1962 and just one example of the sub-hunting plane is still active today.

While the U.S. and allies are ramping up deliveries of Patriot air defense batteries to Ukraine, Switzerland will have to wait for theirs.
MIM-104 Patriot

Patriot Deliveries To Ukraine Ramping Up, Others Being Delayed

While the U.S. and NATO allies are working to provide Ukraine with additional Patriot batteries, there aren't enough for everyone who ordered them.

Army’s Sig P320 Derived Pistols Will Remain Unchanged After Concerning FBI Report
Small Arms

Army’s Sig P320 Derived Pistols Will Remain Unchanged After Concerning FBI Report

ICE is the latest agency to drop the P320 amid uncommanded discharge concerns while Sig says it participated with the FBI in follow-up tests.

A first rendering has been released showing the new fighter demonstrator being built in the United Kingdom as part of the Tempest next-generation air combat program. The crewed flight test vehicle, which is planned to take to the air in 2027, will feed into the design of the Tempest, which is being developed as a stealthy fighter for the U.K.’s Royal Air Force, as well as for Italy and Japan, and is expected to be in service by 2035.
Typhoon

This Is What The UK’s New Stealth Fighter Demonstrator Will Look Like

The demonstrator for the Tempest program is the first new fighter design to be developed in the UK in 40 years.

Israeli just bombed the Syrian Defense Ministry and presidential palace in Damascus claiming support for the Druze community in southern Syria.
Israel

Israel Strikes At The Heart Of Syria’s Military Command In Dramatic Escalation (Updated)

The Israeli airstrikes come amid increasing tensions over the Syrian government's treatment of the Druze community in the southern part of the country.

New details emerge about the mysterious flight of the Condor over Kyiv
Russia

Details Emerge About An-124 Condor’s Mystery Flight Through Kyiv’s Restricted Airspace

Antonov Airlines, which owns and operates the An-124 Condor, has explained what it was doing and why.

KC-707 refueling F15 Baz.
Israeli Air Force

USAF Denies It Refueled Israel’s Fighters During War With Iran

Without U.S. tanker support and with just a handful of geriatric KC-707 tankers, Israel appears to have relied on other tactics to persistently reach deep into Iran.

NORTHERN TERRITORY, Australia — 3rd Multi-Domain Task Force (3MDTF) conducts the first Mid-Range Capability live fire exercise outside of the continental United States successfully sinking a maritime target with a Standard Missile-6 Force during Exercise Talisman Sabre 25 on July 16, 2025. The successful strike validated combined joint targeting and command-and-control interoperability between 3MDTF and the combined-joint force. The demonstration highlights the strength of the Australia–U.S. Alliance and the rapidly advancing capability and capacity of 3MDTF and the 10th Australian Brigade to deploy advanced, land-based maritime strike capabilities in support of regional security and stability. Talisman Sabre is a bilateral exercise that reflects the close military relationship between Australia and the United States, with multinational participation.
U.S. Army

SM-6 Fired At Target Ship Down Under By U.S. Army’s Typhon Launcher

The Army plans to field the Typhon system permanently in the Indo-Pacific, which will provide persistent long-range strike capability on China's doorstep.