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Probe Into Handling Of UFO Encounters Launched By Pentagon’s Inspector General
U.S. Homeland

Probe Into Handling Of UFO Encounters Launched By Pentagon’s Inspector General

Confusion and questions surround how well resourced and supported those investigating Unidentified Aerial Phenomena are within the Pentagon.

Turkey Now Has A High-Speed Missile-Like Drone That’s Launched From A Larger Drone
Turkey

Turkey Now Has A High-Speed Missile-Like Drone That’s Launched From A Larger Drone

The adapted target drone carries an explosive warhead but could ultimately offer much more, as well.

Crash In Iraq Helps Unmask Secretive Ultra-Quiet Special Operations Drone Program
Iraq

Crash In Iraq Helps Unmask Secretive Ultra-Quiet Special Operations Drone Program

The loss of a Long Endurance Aircraft Program drone has provided the first real window into these discreet drones and their operations.

F-16s Are Now Getting Washed By Robots
F-16

F-16s Are Now Getting Washed By Robots

This is the first demonstration of an automated cleaning process that saves large amounts of labor and could become standard across the Air Force.

Declassified Docs Offer New Details About A Growing RQ-170 “Wraith” Force
RQ-170

Declassified Docs Offer New Details About A Growing RQ-170 “Wraith” Force

The Air Force has been flying the stealthy RQ-170 for nearly a decade and a half, but has been very slow to disclose details about them.

British F-35Bs Will Soon Fly Middle East Combat Missions From HMS Queen Elizabeth
F-35

British F-35Bs Will Soon Fly Middle East Combat Missions From HMS Queen Elizabeth

The British and American stealth fighters are teaming up for the biggest carrier-based F-35 deployment ever.

Bin Laden Raid Pilot Says Unique Marine Air-To-Air Course Likely Saved Him From Pakistani F-16s
160th SOAR "Nightstalkers"

Bin Laden Raid Pilot Says Unique Marine Air-To-Air Course Likely Saved Him From Pakistani F-16s

Ten years after the historic mission, we learn how a Marine course in air-to-air helicopter combat may have saved a Chinook from being shot down.

How A Presidential “Beast” Limo Almost Got Overrun In The Slums Of Mumbai
Presidential Transport

How A Presidential “Beast” Limo Almost Got Overrun In The Slums Of Mumbai

A secret service agent details the trials and tribulations of the presidential limo, which sound amazingly pedestrian.

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

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

Talk amongst yourselves...

Trucks Get Parked Over Air Force Nuclear Missile Silos During Tests… Just In Case
U.S. Air Force

Trucks Get Parked Over Air Force Nuclear Missile Silos During Tests… Just In Case

It may seem bizarre and even redundant, but the semi-truck barrier serves as the very last safety precaution against an accidental launch.

F-22 And F-35 Datalinks Finally Talk Freely With Each Other Thanks To A U-2 Flying Translator
U-2

F-22 And F-35 Datalinks Finally Talk Freely With Each Other Thanks To A U-2 Flying Translator

Beyond linking up F-22s and F-35s, the U-2 and its gateway payload also connected naval and ground assets, and more.

Top Aces’ Aggressor A-4s Are Now The World’s Most Advanced Skyhawks
A-4

Top Aces’ Aggressor A-4s Are Now The World’s Most Advanced Skyhawks

Fitted with advanced sensors including AESA radars, the contractor-operated jets will put the German military to the test.

Remembering The Time Grumman Helped Craft A Modern Fighter For China
China

Remembering The Time Grumman Helped Craft A Modern Fighter For China

The brief thaw in America's relations with China in the 1980s yielded this surprising hybrid fighter program led by Grumman.

The RQ-180 Drone Will Emerge From The Shadows As The Centerpiece Of An Air Combat Revolution
RQ-180

The RQ-180 Drone Will Emerge From The Shadows As The Centerpiece Of An Air Combat Revolution

The Air Force's secretive, very stealthy, and high-flying drone won't be just a better spy aircraft, it will be a deeply networked game-changer.

The Marines’ New Unmanned Ship Killing Missile Launcher Truck Breaks Cover
Naval Strike Missile (NSM)

The Marines’ New Unmanned Ship Killing Missile Launcher Truck Breaks Cover

Naval Strike Missiles fired from unmanned launcher vehicles are important components of new distributed concepts of operations the Marines are developing.

Does Spending Nearly $18B On A Few Dozen New ICBM Interceptors Even Make Sense Strategically?
U.S. Homeland

Does Spending Nearly $18B On A Few Dozen New ICBM Interceptors Even Make Sense Strategically?

With so much spent on so few interceptors, each costing at least $74M, enemies are incentivized to simply build more missiles to overwhelm the system.

World’s Biggest Airplane Takes To The Skies For A Second Time After A Two Year Hiatus (Updated)
U.S. Homeland

World’s Biggest Airplane Takes To The Skies For A Second Time After A Two Year Hiatus (Updated)

After enduring major uncertainty about its future after the death of Paul Allen, Stratolaunch's primary owner, the firm is back to flight testing.

Russian Cruise Missile Spins Out Of Control Before Crashing Into Sea Near Launching Destroyer
Russia

Russian Cruise Missile Spins Out Of Control Before Crashing Into Sea Near Launching Destroyer

Weapons trials for the newly modernized Udaloy class destroyer didn't go entirely to plan.

The Marines Are Already Ditching Their Young RQ-21 Blackjack Drones
Force Design 2030

The Marines Are Already Ditching Their Young RQ-21 Blackjack Drones

The Marine Corps is looking at other drones, including the MQ-9 Reaper and the small and more unusual V-Bat, to meet its unmanned aircraft needs.

Here’s What The Army’s Long-Awaited Super Air Defense Network Can Actually Do
U.S. Army

Here’s What The Army’s Long-Awaited Super Air Defense Network Can Actually Do

We go in-depth with Northrop Grumman's Kenn Todorov on what the Integrated Battle Command System is capable of now and what it could do in the future.