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South America

Brazil’s Upgraded Tiger IIs Might Be The Most Capable F-5s In The World

Local industry has just completed a wide-ranging modernization program for the Brazilian F-5 Tiger II fleet.

UCAVs

U-2 Spy Plane Got New Target Recognition Capabilities In First-Ever In-Flight Software Update

The ability to generate Star Wars-themed logs of software changes was another part of the recent game-changing experiment.

U.S. Navy

The Navy’s Stealth Destroyer Has Fired A Missile For The First Time

After over $26B spent on the program, the launch serves as a glimmer of hope that the tiny Zumwalt class may one day live up to its potential.

China

Video Of Chinese Missile Carrier Jet Hauling What Appears To Be A Hypersonic Weapon Emerges

The video could be the first visual evidence that China is actively testing an air-launched hypersonic weapon.

Bunker Talk

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

We can talk about Cold War submarine caves, rusted and overworked surface combatants, foreign policy, Chinese swarms—you know, no big whoop!

United Kingdom

Britain Banks On Tempest Future Fighter Program As Its Next Great Hope In Combat Airpower

Britain has new data to help make crucial decisions as to its pathway to future air dominance and a healthy indigenous aerospace and defense sector.

Turkey

Turkey Has Reportedly Test Fired Its S-400 Air Defense System For The First Time

Turkey's decision to test the S-400 is another defiant step that is likely to reignite tensions between it and its NATO allies.

U.S. Navy

Navy’s Troubled Stealth Destroyers May Have Radars Replaced Before Ever Sailing On A Mission

A cost-cutting effort years ago left the DDG-1000 destroyers with degraded capabilities and a one-off combat system, but that could be changing.

Japan

Japan Just Launched Its First “Big Whale” Lithium-Ion Battery Powered Submarine

Japan is preparing to introduce an innovative new class of diesel-electric submarine, the largest it has built since World War II.

U.S. Homeland

A Guy In A Jetpack Was Spotted Again By Airliners Descending Into LAX. We Have The Audio.

For the second time in less than two months, pilots heading into Los Angeles have reported seeing what has been described as someone in a jetpack.

China

China Conducts Test Of Massive Suicide Drone Swarm Launched From A Box On A Truck

China shows off its ability to rapidly launch 48 weaponized drones from the back of a truck, as well as from helicopters.

Japan

Of Course Japan Rejected A Plan For A New Unmanned Fighter Because It Makes No Sense

The unmanned fighter proposal was just one of several options that Tokyo has studied as a replacement for the Mitsubishi F-2.

Falcon (SpaceX)

The Military’s Puzzling Plan To Have SpaceX Deliver A C-17’s Worth Of Cargo Anywhere In An Hour (Updated)

A new partnership with SpaceX and other companies could revolutionize how quickly the DoD can deliver cargo worldwide, but major questions remain.

U.S. Air Force

StormBreaker Mini Glide Bomb That Can Hit Moving Targets In Any Weather Is Ready For War

Now it has been approved for fielding, U.S. Air Force F-15E squadrons downrange will be the first to carry the precision weapons on combat sorties.

Northern Europe

This Is The Cave Facility In Norway That U.S. Navy Submarines Could Soon Operate From

Norway sold this once-secret sub base nearly a decade ago, but it has taken on new relevance as Russia steps up its activity in the region.

Air-launched hypersonic boost glide vehicles

Air Force Says New Hypersonic Missile Will Hit Targets 1,000 Miles Away In Under 12 Minutes

An Air Force Global Strike Command official has given us an indication of how fast the Air Force's new Air-launched Rapid-Response Weapon will fly.

Europe

Serbian Helicopters Blow Up Targets In Some Of The Best Anti-Tank Missile Footage We’ve Seen

Anti-tank missile-slinging Gazelle rotorcraft were just one of the highlights of Serbia's Joint Action 2020 exercise.

China

We Take A Closer Look At North Korea’s New Prototype Main Battle Tank

What we are seeing is likely more aspirational than operational, but that can change quicker than most care to admit.

F-35

All The Ways The F-35 Tried To Kill Its Pilot Prior To Eglin AFB Crash

Six total factors, including speed, helmet, oxygen, and flight control problems, led to this summer's loss of an Air Force Lightning II.

Civil Aviation

Boom Rolls Out Its XB-1 “Baby Boom” Supersonic Demonstrator Jet

The XB-1 will support the continued development of Boom's Overture supersonic airliner that is slated to fly at over twice the speed of sound.