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Q-9

USAF Wants MQ-9 Reaper Successor At A Fraction Of The Cost At $10M Each

The USAF has aggressive cost and schedule goals for new drones to succeed the MQ-9 fleet that has suffered major losses.

U.S. Navy

USS Abraham Lincoln Is Getting A Badly Needed Scrubbing While In Thailand

The ship pulled into Thailand earlier this week caked in rust and algae after 286 days at sea.

People's Liberation Army Air Force (China)

China’s Huge WZ-X Stealth Drone’s Strange Wing Configuration Confirmed

New photos of the WZ-X airborne give us a clearer view of the aircraft's unique wing design.

Short-Range Air Defense Systems (SHORADS)

U.S. Air Force Seeks Anti-Aircraft Guns To Protect Its Overseas Bases

The request for anti-drone and anti-cruise missile guns comes as the Air Force is pushing to take on more air defense responsibilities at its forward bases.

M1 Abrams

How Russian Drones Forced Ukraine To Park Its M1 Abrams Tanks

After two costly operations, Ukraine's 425th “Skala” Regiment stopped deploying its M1A1s, but they have not lost all faith in the main battle tank.

U.S. Navy

The Three Foreign Frigates Being Studied For Possible U.S. Navy Service

Modern Japanese, South Korean, and Turkish frigate designs have emerged as possible contenders to meet increasingly urgent Navy demands.

Russia

Ukrainian Sea Drones Strike Russian Black Sea Resort Town Of Sochi For The First Time

Ukraine Situation Report: The strike on Sochi's port highlights the increasing reach of Kyiv's drone boat attack campaign.

F-15

First USAF F-15EX To Be Based In Japan Departs Boeing’s St. Louis Plant

The first F-15EX bound for the Japanese base comes as the program grapples with future sustainment concerns.

How Drone Detection Is Evolving To Counter Smaller, Faster, And Swarm Threats

Branded Content: Leonardo DRS explains how tactical radars form a central element of a layered counter-UAS threat detection system.

Royal Air Force

UK Government Commits To Boom Refueling For RAF Tankers

The next-generation Tempest fighter is driving the Royal Air Force to add a capability it currently lacks.

F-16

Missile Shortage Has Now Hit Ukrainian F-16 Force

The shortage is so acute that the air force frantically tracks incoming missile shipments and waits to see whether they arrive before Russia’s next aerial barrage.

Iran

Iranian Oil Tankers In The Cross Hairs Of New U.S. Campaign

At least two Iranian oil tankers were struck by the U.S. as part of Trump's new tanker-for-a-tanker policy.

Site Expansions Underpin Lockheed Martin’s Munitions Production Ramp

Branded Content: Bigger sites, advanced manufacturing techniques, and boosting the workforce are key industry commitments to increased munitions production.

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)

USS Abraham Lincoln Looks Like It’s Been Through Hell After 286 Days At Sea

We got our first good look at the Lincoln as it pulled into port in Thailand for its only liberty call of its entire cruise and after sustaining high-tempo combat ops for months.

Frigates

Israeli LORA Ballistic Missiles Fired From German Frigate

LORA could give Germany’s navy a way to strike highly defended and hardened targets hundreds of miles inland.

China

Chinese Cargo Ships Clandestinely Gather Signals Intelligence: Report

It should not come as too much of a surprise that China is using its massive commercial fleet to spy around the globe as they go about their business.

Germany

Germany Formally Accuses Russia Of Attempted Drone Strike On Ukrainian An-124 Cargo Jet

The news comes as Germany's power grid is also targeted, with separate incidents pointing to a widening threat in Germany and beyond.

Carrier Tracker

Where Are The Aircraft Carriers?: USS Abraham Lincoln Escorted To Thailand As The Middle East Heats Up

The Navy pulled a cruiser from the George Washington Carrier Strike Group to escort USS Abraham Lincoln into the South China Sea under unclear circumstances.

U.S. Navy

Navy Sounds Like It Now Wants The Air Combat Drone It Notoriously Passed Over A Decade Ago

A carrier drone with a heavy weapons capacity, long reach, and the ability to operate in heavily contested airspace is just what the junked X-47B was designed to offer.

M2/3 Bradley

Competing Bradley Fighting Vehicle Replacement Prototypes Delivered To The U.S. Army (Updated)

American Rheinmetall and General Dynamics Land Systems are facing off to supply the Army's future XM30 Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle.