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United Kingdom Details Plans To Build Future Fighter Jet Engine With Japan
Japan

United Kingdom Details Plans To Build Future Fighter Jet Engine With Japan

The latest agreement brings the Japanese F-X fighter program further in line with the British-led Team Tempest.

Incredible Images Of A Stripped-Down F-22 Raptor Being Rebuilt After A Belly Landing
F-22

Incredible Images Of A Stripped-Down F-22 Raptor Being Rebuilt After A Belly Landing

The F-22 is set to return to service in early 2022, nearly four years after a botched takeoff.

Pentagon Team Has Returned From Assessing Ukraine’s Air Defense Needs
Ukraine

Pentagon Team Has Returned From Assessing Ukraine’s Air Defense Needs

There are rumblings that the U.S. government could bolster Ukraine's air defenses as a possible new Russian invasion looms.

Damaged Submarine USS Connecticut has Finally Made It Home To Washington State (Updated)
Seawolf Class

Damaged Submarine USS Connecticut has Finally Made It Home To Washington State (Updated)

USS Connecticut is now near its homeport in Bremerton nearly three months after hitting a seamount.

Navy Special Ops Has Adapted RQ-21 Blackjack Drones To Deploy Smaller Quadcopters
U.S. Navy

Navy Special Ops Has Adapted RQ-21 Blackjack Drones To Deploy Smaller Quadcopters

An image shows never seen before payloads for the MQ-21, including a parasite quadcopter payload configuration, among others.

Russia’s Predator-Like Drone Is Now Shooting Down Other Drones
Russia

Russia’s Predator-Like Drone Is Now Shooting Down Other Drones

Testing the Orion UAV in a drone interceptor role over Crimea also looks like a clear signal to Ukraine.

Hypersonic Strike Aircraft Capability Is Part Of The Air Force’s Shadowy Project Mayhem
SR-72

Hypersonic Strike Aircraft Capability Is Part Of The Air Force’s Shadowy Project Mayhem

The Air Force wants this hypersonic platform to be able to carry out strike and intelligence-gathering missions with one of three different payloads.

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

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

What's on your mind?

Alleged Israeli Airstrike Cratered The Runway At Syria’s Damascus International Airport
Israel

Alleged Israeli Airstrike Cratered The Runway At Syria’s Damascus International Airport

The apparent attack on a runway at the airport in the Syrian capital seems to be part of a recent uptick in Israeli airstrikes.

Harassment Of Navy Destroyers By Mysterious Drone Swarms Off California Went On For Weeks
U.S. Navy

Harassment Of Navy Destroyers By Mysterious Drone Swarms Off California Went On For Weeks

A new trove of documents shows that the still unsolved incidents continued far longer than previously understood.

SpaceX Rocket Will Make a Highly Unusual Flight Along California’s Coast Overnight
Falcon (SpaceX)

SpaceX Rocket Will Make a Highly Unusual Flight Along California’s Coast Overnight

The Falcon 9's unique southeastern flightpath should result in a spectacular light show for Californians.

Special Operations C-130 Hits Target With A ‘Rapid Dragon’ Pallet-Dropped Cruise Missile (Updated)
C-130

Special Operations C-130 Hits Target With A ‘Rapid Dragon’ Pallet-Dropped Cruise Missile (Updated)

Rapid Dragon is intended to offer a way to quickly turn cargo planes into launch platforms for cruise missiles and potentially other payloads.

Ukraine Once Had The World’s Largest Tu-160 Blackjack Bomber Fleet
Ukraine

Ukraine Once Had The World’s Largest Tu-160 Blackjack Bomber Fleet

On the 40th anniversary of its first flight, we look back to when Ukraine possessed an entire regiment of Tu-160 strategic bombers.

The Navy’s $9B Stealthy Super Destroyer Is Covered In Rust
U.S. Navy

The Navy’s $9B Stealthy Super Destroyer Is Covered In Rust

The controversial futuristic warship looked less than gleaming as it pulled into San Diego Bay recently.

Airbus Just Delivered The Last A380 Super Jumbo Jet (Updated)
Civil Aviation

Airbus Just Delivered The Last A380 Super Jumbo Jet (Updated)

Iconic and ambitious, the Airbus giant has been a passenger favorite, but a commercial disappointment.

British Typhoon Fighter Downed A Drone Over Syria For Its First Air-To-Air Kill
Syria

British Typhoon Fighter Downed A Drone Over Syria For Its First Air-To-Air Kill

The historic engagement took place earlier this week and is the first successful aerial engagement for an RAF fighter in over 70 years.

The Marines’ Amphibious Assault Vehicles Just Got Banned From Going In The Water Indefinitely
Amphibious Vehicles

The Marines’ Amphibious Assault Vehicles Just Got Banned From Going In The Water Indefinitely

The Corps has also yanked its aging tracked amphibious vehicles from any future scheduled deployments, leaving a big capability gap.

U.S. Air Force’s First European-Based F-35s Have Arrived In England
F-35

U.S. Air Force’s First European-Based F-35s Have Arrived In England

Based at RAF Lakenheath, the 495th Fighter Squadron is the first overseas U.S. Air Force unit to get its hands on the jet.

Damaged USS Connecticut Likely Had A “Nightmare Voyage” To San Diego Says Veteran Submariner (Updated)
U.S. Homeland

Damaged USS Connecticut Likely Had A “Nightmare Voyage” To San Diego Says Veteran Submariner (Updated)

Why the injured USS Connecticut's secretive Pacific crossing would have been an arduous one for its crew.

Damaged Submarine USS Connecticut Has Left San Diego On Its Voyage Home (Updated)
Seawolf Class

Damaged Submarine USS Connecticut Has Left San Diego On Its Voyage Home (Updated)

The submarine is making its way back to its home in Washington State after slamming into a seamount in the South China Sea months ago.