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Ukraine's Magyar Birds drone unit is now using a system to counter Russian fiber-optic-controlled FPV drones.
Russia

Ukraine Discloses New Method To Defeat Russian Fiber-Optic-Controlled FPV Drones

One Ukrainian military drone unit is using mobile radars to track enemy FPV drones which are then destroyed by friendly ones.

200702-N-SB299-1015 SAN DIEGO (July 2, 2020) The guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) arrives at its homeport of Naval Base San Diego following more than two years of restoration and modernization at Huntington Ingalls Industries - Ingalls Shipbuilding Division's Pascagoula, Mississippi shipyard. The ship was damaged during a 2017 collision that claimed the lives of seven Sailors. While in San Diego, the crew will complete extensive training and certifications through Basic, Advanced, and Integrated phases of training. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Alex Millar/Released)
Artificial Intelligence

Destroyer Has Become First U.S. Navy Ship To Deploy Artificial Intelligence System

The destroyer USS Fitzgerald embarked an AI-enabled monitoring system that helps the crew spot maintenance needs before they metastasize into bigger problems.

A U.S. Army UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter has completed initial ground runs with two of the new T901 Improved Turbine Engines. Developed under the Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP), the T901 was planned to power the now-canceled Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) but will instead now make its way into the UH-60 and the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter.
UH-60

UH-60 Black Hawk Begins Ground Tests With Far More Powerful T901 Engines

The Improved Turbine Engine has powered a Black Hawk for the first time and is also due to be installed in AH-64 attack helicopters.

Dozens Of Israeli Patriot Missiles Sent To Ukraine
Israel

Dozens Of Israeli Patriot Missiles Sent To Ukraine

The retired Israeli Patriot PAC-2 interceptors are badly needed in Ukraine and more missiles, and even surplus missile batteries, could follow.

U.S. Air Force F-16 Vipers have been using 70mm laser-guided rockets to down Houthi drones during operations in and around the Red Sea in the past year.
F-16

F-16s Have Been Using Laser-Guided Rockets To Shoot Down Houthi Drones

Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System rockets now officially have a combat-proven air-to-air capability that could be valuable beyond the Red Sea.

F-35 Alaska
F-35A

F-35 Caught On Video Tumbling Vertically Into The Runway At Alaskan Air Base

The F-35A crashed at its home field, Eielson AFB, this afternoon and its dramatic last moments were caught on video from the flightline.

Denmark will spend more than $2 billion on new ships, aircraft and drones to patrol Greenland.
China

Denmark To Boost Greenland Military Presence Amid Trump’s Quest To Obtain Island

The $2 billion effort aims to purchase three new Arctic patrol boats, two new long-range drones and additional maritime patrol aircraft.

Airbus and Navantia will explore the integration of the Sirtap drone on the LHD Juan Carlos I. Both companies have signed an agreement on board the Navy's flagship to study the possible use of the RPAS from its deck.
NATO

Spain Wants To Convert Its Aircraft Carrier For Drone Operations

The Spanish Navy is the latest to eye the potential of fixed-wing drone operations from big deck amphibious assault ships.

President Donald Trump has laid out a vision for a new Iron Dome air and missile defense system to shield the U.S. homeland, which directly hearkens back to the Reagan-era Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI).
U.S. Homeland

Weaponizing Space Key To Trump’s Iron Dome Missile Defense Shield Vision

The very ambitious Iron Dome plan calls back to Reagan's "Star Wars," and notably lacks any explicit mention of drone threats.

DDG missile firing. (U.S. Navy)
Red Sea

What Red Sea Battles Have Taught The Navy About A Future China Fight

The past 15 months in the Red Sea have provided the Navy with a real-world stress test of its systems, platforms and people.

The first supersonic flight of the Boom Supersonic XB-1.
U.S. Air Force

Boom! The XB-1 Demonstrator Jet Has Gone Supersonic

Hitting the Mach 1 milestone is an important development and makes Boom Aerospace the first private company to fly a supersonic civil jet.

The U.S. Air Force has dramatically plussed-up contracts with General Electric and Pratt & Whitney, both of which now have a ceiling of $3.5 billion, to continue work on prototype next-generation jet engines.
NGAD

Billions For Next Generation Fighter Jet Engines Greenlit By Air Force

The USAF just accelerated funding for advanced engine work primarily for its sixth-generation tactical jet, the future of which is now uncertain.

A Congolese army tank heads towards the front line near Kibumba in the area surrounding the North Kivu city of Goma on May 25, 2022 during clashes between the Congolese army and M23 rebels. - DR Congo soldiers fought M23 militiamen on several fronts in the troubled east of the country Wednesday, military and local officials said, with the government appearing to implicate Rwanda in the violent flare-up.
Africa

Rebel Troops Claim Capture Of Congo Border City Stoking Fears Of Wider Conflict

War-torn and mineral-rich, the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been rocked by its latest insurgency.

An Air Force C-32A VIP transport jet, on a special mission for President Donald Trump, had to delay its landing at Joint Base Andrews because F-16C Vipers were scrambled to intercept a drone.
C-32

C-32 Forced To Delay Landing After F-16s Scrambled To Intercept Drone Near Capital

The incident took place as President Donald Trump has vowed to provide more details about mysterious drones.

Satellite imagery shows clear indications that Russia's increasingly anticipated withdrawal of forces from its Tartus naval base in Syria has finally started.
Syria

Russian Withdrawal From Prized Syrian Naval Base Now Underway

Satellite imagery shows the departure of vehicles and materiel from Syria's port of Tartus after Russian cargo ships were finally allowed in.

A newly emerged photo of the still-mysterious Chinese tailless combat aircraft, likely from the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation, which first appeared last month, provides a better view of the rear aspect of the jet. This would appear to confirm that the aircraft’s outer wing sections, as we had previously suggested, act as moving control surfaces.
J-XDS

China’s Mysterious Tailless Stealth Fighter Has Swiveling Wingtips

We now know the Chinese advanced fighter design incorporates moving wingtip surfaces, providing additional control authority for the tailless jet.

NANTWICH, ENGLAND - MAY 24: The ballistic missile early warning control centre inside the former RAF Hack Green secret nuclear bunker on May 24, 2023 in Nantwich, England. Hack Green played a central role in the defence of Britain for almost sixty years. It was chosen during WW2 to protect the land between Birmingham and Liverpool from hostile attack and as a location for the new RADAR equipment. The bunker went on to be used for shelter and protection during the Cold War. As relations between East and West thawed many of the UK's nuclear bunkers were sold off. The Secret Bunker is now privately owned by the Siebert family and is run as a museum trust. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
Bunker Talk

Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

Don't stare too long at the clock on the wall.

Russians have entered a key Ukrainian stronghold in Donetsk Oblast.
Russia

Russians Enter Last Major Ukrainian Stronghold In Key Eastern Sector

Ukraine Situation Report: Loss of Velyka Novosilka could pave the way for deeper Russian advances.

DUKW (or ‘Duck’) amphibious truck, outfitted with an extension ladder to scale cliffs in northern France and then rain down suppressive fire on the German defenders.
WWII

Army Rangers Used Gun-Toting Fire Engine Ladders To Assault Cliffs On D-Day

Amphibious vehicles fitted with 100-foot extension ladders and topped with guns was developed for one specific D-Day assault mission.

One of Ukraine’s Cold War-era Leopard 1 main battle tanks survived as many as a dozen hits from Russian first-person view (FPV) attack drones, according to Ukrainian sources. The incident underscores the proliferation of this particular threat on the battlefield but also points to the effectiveness of the ‘up-armored’ version of the venerable Leopard 1, examples of which have received a variety of different protective measures in Ukrainian service.
Leopard

Ukrainian Leopard 1 Tank Survived A Dozen Drone Strikes: Report

Ukrainian Leopard 1 tanks have received significant additional protection measures to ensure they are still relevant on the battlefield.