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Here Is What Each Of The Navy’s Ship-Launched Missiles Actually Costs
U.S. Navy

Here Is What Each Of The Navy’s Ship-Launched Missiles Actually Costs

Arming America's fleet of fighting ships is an extremely expensive endeavor.

F-16 Belonging To The Wisconsin Air National Guard Crashes In Michigan (Updated)
F-16

F-16 Belonging To The Wisconsin Air National Guard Crashes In Michigan (Updated)

The aircraft crashed in Michigan's Upper Peninsula during a night training sortie.

Navy Creates New Warrant Officer Role To Operate Its Carrier-Based Tanker Drones
U.S. Navy

Navy Creates New Warrant Officer Role To Operate Its Carrier-Based Tanker Drones

The MQ-25 Stingray has also just completed its first flight with an aerial refueling pod attached.

Navy’s New Controversial Shipbuilding Plan Raids Air Force And Army’s Piggy Banks
U.S. Navy

Navy’s New Controversial Shipbuilding Plan Raids Air Force And Army’s Piggy Banks

The Navy's latest shipbuilding plan requires extra funding to pay for a new class of aircraft carriers, extra frigates, and more.

Russia Is Using Augmented Reality To Produce Its Su-57 Fighter
Russia

Russia Is Using Augmented Reality To Produce Its Su-57 Fighter

Increasingly high-tech manufacturing methods are being used as the production of the Su-57 Felon ramps up.

One Of The Navy’s First Female Submarine Officers May Be Headed To The Moon
U.S. Navy

One Of The Navy’s First Female Submarine Officers May Be Headed To The Moon

Half of those picked for NASA's Artemis program, aimed at going back to the moon by 2024, come from the U.S. military. Here's a bit more about them.

Two Navy Carriers Are About To Head Out On Grueling “Double Pump” Deployments
U.S. Navy

Two Navy Carriers Are About To Head Out On Grueling “Double Pump” Deployments

The USS Theodore Roosevelt and USS Dwight D. Eisenhower will have deployed twice in 12 months, which puts immense strain on the ships and their crews.

Marine Corps F-35Cs Make First Arrested Landings At An Expeditionary Airfield
U.S. Marine Corps

Marine Corps F-35Cs Make First Arrested Landings At An Expeditionary Airfield

When it comes to austere operations, the F-35C shows it can do much of what the F-35B can and more as the Marines gear up for a fight in the Pacific.

How The Once Elusive Dream Of Laser Weapons Suddenly Became A Reality
Lasers

How The Once Elusive Dream Of Laser Weapons Suddenly Became A Reality

One of Lockheed Martin's top directed energy minds explains how breakthroughs in communications and industrial tech made laser weapons possible.

Watch Elon Musk’s Starship Rocket Go Out With A Boom Wile E. Coyote Style
Falcon (SpaceX)

Watch Elon Musk’s Starship Rocket Go Out With A Boom Wile E. Coyote Style

Today's explosive trial of the SpaceX Starship prototype was considered a success according to the company's rapid development through testing model.

Israeli Offering Could Meet U.S. Navy’s Requirements For A New Submarine Launched Drone
Israel

Israeli Offering Could Meet U.S. Navy’s Requirements For A New Submarine Launched Drone

Submarine-launched drones are already a reality now and the Navy is working hard to expand their use across its underwater fleets.

Nigeria’s MiG-21 Fighter Jet Force Is Up For Sale
Africa

Nigeria’s MiG-21 Fighter Jet Force Is Up For Sale

Nigeria's Cold War-era Fishbed jets are up for grabs after many years of being grounded.

Here’s France’s Plan For Its New Nuclear Powered Supercarrier (Updated)
French Navy

Here’s France’s Plan For Its New Nuclear Powered Supercarrier (Updated)

France is planning for its next aircraft carrier to be substantially larger than its existing flattop, Charles de Gaulle.

Watch Crew Eject From An Australian Super Hornet After An Aborted Takeoff
Australia

Watch Crew Eject From An Australian Super Hornet After An Aborted Takeoff

Both pilots ejected successfully before the fighter jet ended up nose-down in the grass alongside the runway.

Chuck Yeager’s Amazing Life Told Through The Airplanes He Flew
People

Chuck Yeager’s Amazing Life Told Through The Airplanes He Flew

Chuck Yeager is among the most famous aviators of all time. The airplane was his brush, the sky his canvas, and flying was his art.

Here’s What’s In New Guidelines For Defending Infrastructure Against Drone Attacks
Loitering Munitions

Here’s What’s In New Guidelines For Defending Infrastructure Against Drone Attacks

The guidelines focus on how to better harden sensitive facilities against drone attacks without high-end anti-drone technologies.

These Bizarre Infrared Pods Put Missile Seekers And Countermeasures To The Test
Infrared Search And Track

These Bizarre Infrared Pods Put Missile Seekers And Countermeasures To The Test

Infrared data collected by the pods is used for developing new missiles, sensors, aircraft, and countermeasures, and for the evaluation of enemy ones.

These Three Companies Will Build Drones To Carry The Air Force’s “Skyborg” AI Computer Brain
Skyborg

These Three Companies Will Build Drones To Carry The Air Force’s “Skyborg” AI Computer Brain

The Skyborg program is seeking to infuse artificial intelligence-driven autonomy into modular unmanned air combat vehicles.

The Air Force’s Brand New HH-60W Rescue Helicopters Already Need Major Upgrades
HH-60

The Air Force’s Brand New HH-60W Rescue Helicopters Already Need Major Upgrades

Some of the capabilities the Air Force wants to add to the HH-60Ws are already found on the existing HH-60Gs they're supposed to replace.

Thieves Broke Into Russia’s Il-80 Doomsday Plane
Russia

Thieves Broke Into Russia’s Il-80 Doomsday Plane

The criminals removed a hatch and made off with radio equipment from the strategic airborne command post.