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Navy Explosives Expert Shows Off Evidence Of Iranian Involvement In Tanker Attacks
U.S. Navy

Navy Explosives Expert Shows Off Evidence Of Iranian Involvement In Tanker Attacks

The press briefing comes amid a spate of rocket attacks in Iraq that have injured at least three oil workers, which may also be tied to Iran.

Congressional Meddling Could Begin To Sink The Navy’s Frigate Program
U.S. Homeland

Congressional Meddling Could Begin To Sink The Navy’s Frigate Program

The Navy says that if a new spending bill becomes law, certain provisions will delay the frigate program's schedule by at least a year.

Marine One Has A Plush New Interior
Marine One

Marine One Has A Plush New Interior

At least one of the VH-3D helicopters, which are nearing the end of their service lives, has received a new and intriguingly familiar interior.

Russia’s Most Modern Warship And Its Escorts Have Entered The Caribbean Sea
Russia

Russia’s Most Modern Warship And Its Escorts Have Entered The Caribbean Sea

It is the first time in years a Russian surface combatant has sailed into the region, let alone one able to fire modern land attack cruise missiles.

Northrop And Raytheon Have Been Secretly Working On Scramjet Powered Hypersonic Missile
Air-launched hypersonic cruise missiles

Northrop And Raytheon Have Been Secretly Working On Scramjet Powered Hypersonic Missile

The weapon, which uses an entirely 3D-printed scramjet engine, is set to fly for the first time in "the near future."

Watch This Gorgeous Time Lapse Of A P-3s Voyage Over Greenland’s Glaciers
Arctic

Watch This Gorgeous Time Lapse Of A P-3s Voyage Over Greenland’s Glaciers

NASA monitors polar ice with a small armada of aircraft, including the P-3B Orion.

Check Out The Cockpit In Draken International’s Private Mirage F-1M Aggressor Jets
Draken International

Check Out The Cockpit In Draken International’s Private Mirage F-1M Aggressor Jets

Dozens of Mirage F-1s will soon be roaring through the skies over the United States.

Kim Jong Un’s Praetorian Guards Are Really A 100,000 Man Personal Army
North Korea

Kim Jong Un’s Praetorian Guards Are Really A 100,000 Man Personal Army

The security we saw in Singapore is nothing compared to the immense personal security force that serves the Kim family back at home.

The B-52 Looks Set To Become The USAF’s Hypersonic Weapons Truck Of Choice
B-52

The B-52 Looks Set To Become The USAF’s Hypersonic Weapons Truck Of Choice

The rise of hypersonic weapons gives the bombers a new and highly critical mission that no other U.S. combat aircraft is as well suited to perform.

Air Force Museum Condition Unknown As Wright Patterson AFB Says 150 Homes Hit By Tornado (Updated)
U.S. Homeland

Air Force Museum Condition Unknown As Wright Patterson AFB Says 150 Homes Hit By Tornado (Updated)

The Air Force is still assessing the full scope of the damage to the critical base in Ohio.

NASA Captured Two Jets’ Supersonic Shockwaves Merging By Applying New Tech To An Old Idea
NASA

NASA Captured Two Jets’ Supersonic Shockwaves Merging By Applying New Tech To An Old Idea

NASA's new very high-speed camera paired with the 'Schlieren' photography concept will help in the development of practical supersonic air travel.

Lockheed And Airbus Join Forces To Disrupt U.S. Aerial Refueling Marketplace And More
U.S. Homeland

Lockheed And Airbus Join Forces To Disrupt U.S. Aerial Refueling Marketplace And More

The team plans to pitch the A330-based tanker's services to the Pentagon and jointly develop all new tanker concepts.

Air Force To Test Target Drone Turned Low-Cost Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle
U.S. Air Force

Air Force To Test Target Drone Turned Low-Cost Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle

The USAF is interested to see what it can get out of a very budget-oriented UCAV.

Behold The First Flight Of A B-52 Bomber Carrying The AGM-183A Hypersonic Missile
B-52

Behold The First Flight Of A B-52 Bomber Carrying The AGM-183A Hypersonic Missile

The photographs from the first-ever flight test of the weapon offer the first look at its overall design.

U.S. Releases New Evidence Of Iran’s Involvement In Tanker Attacks (Updated)
Iran

U.S. Releases New Evidence Of Iran’s Involvement In Tanker Attacks (Updated)

The U.S. is building its case against Iran as it works to reach an "international consensus" that the hardline IRGC was behind the operation.

Turkey Rolls Out A Mock-Up Of Its Indigenous Stealth Fighter To An Uncertain Future
Turkey

Turkey Rolls Out A Mock-Up Of Its Indigenous Stealth Fighter To An Uncertain Future

Souring relations with the United States could have a serious impact on the Turkish fighter program, including its choice of engines.

Watch Boeing’s New KC-46 Tanker Make An Aggressive Arrival To The Paris Air Show
KC-46

Watch Boeing’s New KC-46 Tanker Make An Aggressive Arrival To The Paris Air Show

The aerial refueler's swooping landing was certainly different!

The Combat Information Center In Japan’s New Frigate Is Like A Starship’s Bridge
Japan

The Combat Information Center In Japan’s New Frigate Is Like A Starship’s Bridge

The innovative round design that is wrapped in screens looks like it came right out of Starfleet's Utopia Planitia shipyard.

Lockheed Eyes Giving F-35s More Gas With Drop Tanks And That’s A Very Good Thing
F-35

Lockheed Eyes Giving F-35s More Gas With Drop Tanks And That’s A Very Good Thing

The external tanks could give F-35s significantly valuable extra range and loiter time for certain key missions and circumstances.

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

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

We can talk Air Force One paint jobs, the dangerous situation in the Gulf of Oman, geopolitics, John Wick—you know, no big whoop.