The Pentagon May Finally Get The Fighter-Sized Stealth Aerial Target Drone It Badly Needs
Well over a decade in the making, we finally got our first look at the 5th Generation Aerial Target, or 5GAT, that is slated to fly soon.
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Well over a decade in the making, we finally got our first look at the 5th Generation Aerial Target, or 5GAT, that is slated to fly soon.
The program aims to demonstrate the ability to launch and recover swarms of jet-powered drones in midair.
Out of this world, they are not.
We can talk about one-off F-16 configurations, Chinese super bases, geopolitics, B-52s saying goodbye to the bomb—you know, no big whoop.
With a resume that reads like fiction, it's pretty clear that this dude belongs in space.
There is a growing interest in .338 caliber machine guns, which offer greater range than 7.62mm types, and this one would provide a high rate of fire.
After years of work, the existing system is still riddled with problems and full of bad information, contributing to low F-35 availability rates.
The unique countermeasures system found itself onto one of Topgun's F-16s during the 1990s and it happens to have a convoluted and colorful past.
I guess you can never be too close to the action... That is until you are! In this case, we get very up close and personal with a Su-27 and T-72.
This .338 caliber design weighs less than even existing lightweight 7.62mm machine guns and has a significantly greater range.
As China's air combat capabilities rapidly evolve so do the bases used to support them. One in the Gobi Desert is uniquely critical to those efforts.
The infrared sensor is part of the Navy's Block III upgrade program and will give its Super Hornets much needed new air-to-air capabilities.
The USS Little Rock is poised to become the third active Navy ship to be equipped with a new laser weapon.
The crew of the fishing boat that "caught" it had no idea what it was, leading to speculation and discussion about its purpose. Now we have answers.
This helicopter will help train future Navy helicopter and tilt-rotor pilots, as well as those from the Marines and Coast Guard, for decades to come.
The Order of the Sword holds events full of pomp and ceremonial blades for officers, but its own lore is questionable.
The introduction of this exotic weapon to Afghanistan underlines its expanded use for targeted assassinations that we have seen in recent months.
Iran is on everyone's mind. Let's talk it out.
The U.S. and Russian Navies had a similar near-collision in the Pacific last year and this incident comes during a very tense time in this region.
The aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff while Iran was on high alert for an American counterattack after firing missiles at U.S. troops in Iraq.