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The tailless X-36 demonstrator was one of several test planes and studies that likely paved the way for the F-47 sixth-generation stealth fighter.

The sensor-packed ME-11Bs will fly faster, farther, and higher than the Army's current turboprop intel aircraft and could also launch drones.

North Korea's radar plane, based on an Il-76 cargo jet, has been taking shape for more than a year.

The Airbus Low-Cost Air Defense or LOAD concept takes an existing target drone and adds small air-to-air missiles to bring down enemy UAVs.

The USAF says that an existing B-52 radar modernization plan remains unchanged despite delays, but it is clearly also looking at other options.

The SM-6 is the U.S. military's most immediate option for tackling growing threats posed by advanced maneuvering hypersonic weapons.

The facility holds some of Iran's most advanced weapons, but there appears to be a glaring vulnerability in how it is constructed.

The U.S. is flowing in airpower to the Indian Ocean outpost as threats to Iran escalate and the bombing campaign against the Houthis grinds on.

Taiwan has not moved as fast as some may have expected to build an uncrewed surface vessel force, but that appears to be changing.

The Navy is reportedly set to follow the Air Force’s lead and name the company chosen to develop and build its carrier-based sixth-generation fighter.

Proceeding with the F-47 will impact tanker needs and there have been questions about whether the USAF can even afford to buy both aircraft.

The most surprising feature on the F-47 Next Generation fighter are canard foreplanes that aren't conducive to extreme degrees of stealth.

Ukrainian special operations forces state they called in the rocket artillery strike after spotting the helicopters at a forward arming and refueling point.

Imagery shows Navy F/A-18E/Fs equipped with GBU-53/B Stormbreakers being launched on missions against Houthi militants in Yemen.

Each firm built a demonstrator jet, one flying in 2019 and the other in 2022, that logged hundreds of hours, resulting in major program risk reduction.

The Air Force's next and possibly last manned tactical jet will be built by Boeing.

Plenty of board games and hot cocoa in the ole bunker.

New 6.5mm Creedmoor rifles would give Secret Service counter-sniper teams valuable extra range, accuracy, and ballistic performance.

The attack on Engels Air Base, 300 miles from Ukraine, sent a shockwave across the city and a towering black cloud overhead.

The large-scale weaponization of space appears to be imminent as competition in orbit heats up between the U.S. and its adversaries.