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Australia Seals Deal To Buy MQ-4C Drones As Military Competition In the Pacific Heats Up
Australia

Australia Seals Deal To Buy MQ-4C Drones As Military Competition In the Pacific Heats Up

The long-range, high-flying unmanned aircraft will patrol the country's large maritime borders and keep tabs on Chinese developments in the Pacific.

Army Lays Out Plans For Pilot-Optional ‘Knife Fighter’ Attack Reconnaissance Rotorcraft
U.S. Army

Army Lays Out Plans For Pilot-Optional ‘Knife Fighter’ Attack Reconnaissance Rotorcraft

The service says it wants flying prototypes by 2022 and that it could have the first examples in service six years afterward.

F-15SA Bristles With A Dozen AIM-120 Missiles During Star Wars Canyon Run
F-15

F-15SA Bristles With A Dozen AIM-120 Missiles During Star Wars Canyon Run

Saudi Arabia's newest F-15 derivative shows that it can carry more air-to-air missiles than any other operational fighter.

Potential New Crisis Between Israel And Syria Looms As Assad Pushes Toward Israeli Border
Israel

Potential New Crisis Between Israel And Syria Looms As Assad Pushes Toward Israeli Border

Israel and Russia reportedly struck a deal to get Iran off the Israeli border, but there may already be cracks appearing in any such arrangement.

The Presidential Motorcade Has A New Mysterious And Sinister Looking Vehicle
Presidential Transport

The Presidential Motorcade Has A New Mysterious And Sinister Looking Vehicle

A huge, heavily customized, jet-black truck that sports a big glossy dome on top has been noticed taking up the rear of the Presidential Motorcade.

U.S. Navy Pilot Pronounced Dead In A-29 Super Tucano Crash At White Sands Missile Range
U.S. Navy

U.S. Navy Pilot Pronounced Dead In A-29 Super Tucano Crash At White Sands Missile Range

Naval Aviator Lt. Christopher Casey Short perished as a result of the incident.

DARPA’s Amazing Reconfigurable Wheel Tracks Go From Wheel To Track In Two Seconds Flat
U.S. Homeland

DARPA’s Amazing Reconfigurable Wheel Tracks Go From Wheel To Track In Two Seconds Flat

The experimental technology looks to solve one of the biggest conundrums of mechanized warfare.

Army Plans To Double Guided Artillery Rocket’s Range By Putting Control Fins On Its Tail
U.S. Army

Army Plans To Double Guided Artillery Rocket’s Range By Putting Control Fins On Its Tail

Moving the control surfaces from the nose to the tail allows the weapons to be more aerodynamic and strike the enemy nearly 90 miles away.

A-29 Super Tucano Crashed At White Sands Missile Range In New Mexico (Updated)
U.S. Homeland

A-29 Super Tucano Crashed At White Sands Missile Range In New Mexico (Updated)

The incident occurred near the Red Rio Bombing and Gunnery range located North of Holloman Air Force Base.

The Air Force Wants Its B-52s To Carry Mysterious 20,000lb Weapons Under Their Wings
B-52

The Air Force Wants Its B-52s To Carry Mysterious 20,000lb Weapons Under Their Wings

The service says the bombers need new underwing pylons for particularly heavy bombs or missiles, but hasn't identified any specific types.

This Top Gun Cast Interview Shot By USS Enterprise Media Staff Is Solid Gold
Hollywood

This Top Gun Cast Interview Shot By USS Enterprise Media Staff Is Solid Gold

Shot during Top Gun's production aboard the ship, this time capsule of a video was the calm before the storm for the cast and the Navy.

Canada May Make It Much Harder For U.S. To Win Its Hornet Replacement Fighter Contract
Canada

Canada May Make It Much Harder For U.S. To Win Its Hornet Replacement Fighter Contract

With a chill spreading over historically toasty U.S.-Canada relations, Ottawa may penalize the U.S. by making its fighters less competitive.

U.S. Intel Says China To Have Railgun-Armed Ships By 2025
China

U.S. Intel Says China To Have Railgun-Armed Ships By 2025

A U.S. intelligence review offers new details about a Chinese prototype electromagnetic weapon that first appeared in public earlier in 2018.

Turkey’s F-35 Rollout Ceremony Got Pretty, Pretty, Weird
Turkey

Turkey’s F-35 Rollout Ceremony Got Pretty, Pretty, Weird

Music and a crazy dance routine interspersed speeches that notably did not touch on tensions between the United States and Turkey over the jets.

The German Air Force Wants To Know If Its Eurofighters Can Carry U.S. Nuclear Bombs
Germany

The German Air Force Wants To Know If Its Eurofighters Can Carry U.S. Nuclear Bombs

Germany's formal inquiry suggests that the European fighter remain its preferred option for replacing its aging Tornado combat jets.

It’s Official, Contractor-Owned MQ-9 Reaper Drones Will Watch Over Marines in Afghanistan
Afghanistan

It’s Official, Contractor-Owned MQ-9 Reaper Drones Will Watch Over Marines in Afghanistan

The deal will be an important stepping stone for the service as it gets closer to acquiring bigger, multi-mission unmanned aircraft.

Sweden’s Notorious Little Carrier Killing Sub Just Got Some Major Upgrades
Baltic Sea

Sweden’s Notorious Little Carrier Killing Sub Just Got Some Major Upgrades

Gotland blazed a trail for modern air-independent propulsion equipped diesel-electric subs, wreaking havoc on U.S. carrier groups in drills.

B-1 Bombers Return To The Skies But USAF Says Problems May Still Remain
B-1

B-1 Bombers Return To The Skies But USAF Says Problems May Still Remain

The Bones are no longer grounded over an ejection seat scare, but the process to identify and fix the underlying issues is still ongoing.

The USMC Is Buying New Amphibious Vehicles That Can’t Swim Faster Than What They Have Now
Amphibious Operations

The USMC Is Buying New Amphibious Vehicles That Can’t Swim Faster Than What They Have Now

The service itself isn't sure that the expensive new wheeled vehicles will ever be able to fully replace the existing tracked types.

Audio Of Pilot’s Encounter With Strange Object Over New York Surfaces
U.S. Homeland

Audio Of Pilot’s Encounter With Strange Object Over New York Surfaces

Not only do we have the audio recordings of the exchange between the pilot and ATC, but the FAA has confirmed that an incident took place.