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The sprawling and remote facility is critical to maintaining the Navy's combat edge and, according to one man, it is also a fascinating place to work.

The system in question was clearly very advanced for its time and appears similar to the unique navigation system in A-6 Intruders from the same era.

The first message alerting others of Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor was short and devastatingly clear.

Skunk Works test pilot Harold "Hal" Farley Jr. was at the controls of the YF-117 as it wobbled into the skies for the first time over Area 51.

The launcher could allow everything from amphibious assault ships to logistics ships to carry the Navy's most potent surface-launched missiles.

The Navy wants to focus on designs that are already in service, but the under construction Type 26 design represents a unique opportunity.

The AGM-69 Short Range Attack Missile was a vital, but seldom discussed part of America's airborne deterrent during the last half of the Cold War.

Few photographs exist of these unique helicopters, but all evidence points to them belonging to the Army's highly secretive Flight Concepts Division.

Sikorsky is betting huge on its X2 technology, but there's still much to understand about it and how they see it as the future of vertical lift.

Someone or something appears to have some extremely advanced technology and the Pentagon is actively changing the nature of the conversation about it.

The presentations provide a window into what kinds of information he was receiving, and how, during a particularly critical time in history.

It's time to cut a leg off America's Cold War vintage nuclear triad and dramatically strengthen the far more relevant two that remain.

As the Army hunts for a new stealthy, high-speed, long-range attack reconnaissance helicopter, it's interesting to look back at what might have been.

The base's old Orbiter Processing Facility offers high security and isolation, as well as ease of operations and access to vast sanitized airspace.

The constellation of orbital sensors can detect infrared events such as missile launches, artillery fire, and planes exploding in the sky.

Test Pilot Paul Metz gives an in-depth brief on the YF-23 and the Advanced Tactical Fighter program, including his thoughts on why the F-22 won.

They are a low-cost addition to ships' layered defenses used to counter anti-ship missiles and the Royal Navy want to invest in improved models.

The amount of garbage commentary and skewed analysis on the whole shoot down has been unbelievable. Here's the reality, like it or not.

The Grumman A-6 Intruder's design lineage has finally come to an end after six decades of flying.

Avengers have flown over Syria and the secretive nature of who owns and operates the handful that have been delivered points to a clandestine program.