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One of Lockheed's top laser minds tells about the limits of current tech and what is needed to make lasers more prevalent on tomorrow's battlefield.

The Y-20, China's largest indigenous aircraft, needs new, more powerful engines to reach its full potential.

Different views show cables breaking apart, sending the 900-ton instrument platform falling hundreds of feet into the reflector dish below.

Amid rising tensions, one Indonesian Air Force Hawk pilot had an intense aerial encounter with an Australian Hornet.

The flying-wing drone has apparently begun tests carrying air-to-air missile surrogates for a planned "fighter-interceptor role."

It may sound like a joke, but it actually fits with the Navy's updated ship naming conventions, and especially for the new class of frigates.

Donning an augmented reality headset in the cockpit, a veteran F-22 pilot just had a dogfight with a projection of a Chinese J-20 fighter.

New details regarding the incident confirm long-standing rumors of an F-117 being damaged by a surface-to-air missile over Serbia.

With the threat of China rising, the Pentagon is looking for new airfields and to expand existing ones for distributed operations in the Pacific.

The destroyed telescope, best known for other scientific research, including attempts to contact extraterrestrials, was born out of the Cold War.

The scenario sounds like something straight out of a Hollywood blockbuster, but lightweight remote-controlled gun turrets do indeed exist.

A test pilot's perspective on Qatari F-15QA trials that will pave the way to deliveries in 2021, and help the development of the USAF's new F-15EX.

Other options, such as turning it into a hospital ship or a submarine tender, were also considered, but none made sense financially.

Plans call for the rapid prototyping of a new air-breathing long-range missile for the Royal Australian Air Force.

The balloons could also collect intelligence, serve as communications relays, and send sensors falling down to the ground to watch for enemy activity.

AC-130W pilots get a huge boost in situational awareness and more from the helmet mounted display that is usually found on fighters.

Cesar "Rico" Rodriguez gives a remarkable account of how he brought down three enemy fighters, two during Desert Storm and one during Allied Force.

There's a lot more involved with punching a torpedo out of a submarine than stuffing it in a tube and opening the hatch.

Photographing three different U.S. Air Force tactical jets with gobs of vapor pouring off of them while flying in formation is far from common.

The F-117 force's presence over the southwestern U.S. has greatly expanded in recent years. Now it appears to have taken on a formal aggressor role.