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An F-15E on a flight line in San Antonio, Texas. The aircraft was recently upgraded with Eagle Passive/Active Warning and Survivability System, advanced electronic warfare system.
F-15

F-15E Strike Eagle With New EPAWSS Electronic Warfare Suite Heads To Frontline Unit

The 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath in England is the first recipient of the sophisticated Eagle Passive/Active Warning Survivability System.

The ex-USS John F. Kennedy left Philadelphia today for a journey to a Texas scrapyard
U.S. Navy

The Famed Ex-USS John F. Kennedy Casts Off On Its Final Voyage (Updated)

The Kitty Hawk class carrier was sold for one cent to scrappers after attempts at making it a museum ship failed.

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 23, 2024) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) fires an SM-2 missile during a live-fire exercise. Spruance, assigned to the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, is currently underway in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations conducting advanced tactical training that increases warfighting capability and tactical proficiency across all domains. (U.S. Navy photo by Ensign John Rosenberg)
Red Sea

Navy Warships Have To Leave Red Sea Fight For Weeks To Reload Their Missiles

Such a reality, and its implications for a war with China, are driving the development of the Transferrable Reload At-sea Method used to reload missiles underway.

A Russian decoy drone was engaged by Ukrainian air defenses over Kyiv today, close to where President Volodymyr Zelensky was meeting British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, leader of one of Ukraine’s staunchest military allies. The drone’s presence further underscores the threat posed by long-range Russian uncrewed aerial vehicles, and the incident coincided with Starmer announcing that the United Kingdom would provide Ukraine with additional mobile air defense systems.
Unmanned

This Is The Type Of Russian Decoy Drone Shot Down Over Kyiv As Britain’s Prime Minister Met Zelensky

Russia is increasingly using decoy drones, at least one of which was reportedly shot down over Kyiv as Ukrainian and British leaders signed a multi-billion-dollar military aid package.

The Ukrainian Air Force is investigating whether key personnel were sent to the front lines, a move that could drastically affect its combat capability.
MiG-29

Investigation Launched Into Transfer Of Ukrainian MiG-29 Maintainers, Air Defenders To Front Lines

The Ukrainian Air Force acknowledged that sending these troops to the front could drastically affect its combat capabilities.

Newly released pictures offer the first real look at the four new large launch tubes for firing Intermediate-Range Conventional Prompt Strike (IRCPS) hypersonic missiles now installed on the U.S. Navy's stealth destroyer USS Zumwalt.
U.S. Navy

First Look At Stealth Destroyer’s Hypersonic Missile Launchers

USS Zumwalt will pack a dozen long-range hypersonic missiles, but one of its Advanced Gun Systems still remains after the refit.

Navy MH-60 drone kill in the Red Sea.
MH-60/AH-60

Navy MH-60 Seahawk Helicopter Has Shot Down Its First Drone

A Navy MH-60 Romeo Seahawk helicopter deployed to the Red Sea has shot down a Houthi drone, the vice chief of Naval Operations revealed Tuesday.

Iran has developed a reputation for launching some unconventional naval vessels, some of them downright bizarre — at least when compared with their equivalents elsewhere in the world. Its latest offering, the Zagros, is very much in keeping with this trend: a surveillance ship based on a corvette hull, an unorthodox approach for a type of vessel that’s normally converted from a commercial hull.
Iranian Navy

Iran Unveils New Spy Ship Based On Corvette Hull

While most intelligence-gathering ships are based on commercial designs or specifications, Iran’s new spy ship uses a Mowj class corvette hull.

General Atomics has offered a look at a new air-to-surface missile it is developing.
Air-To-Ground

New Air-Launched Cruise Missile Teased By General Atomics

General Atomics entering the air-to-surface missile market space makes sense, especially given a surge of interest in lower-cost designs.

A conceptual design of the U.S. Navy's future DDG(X) warship.
U.S. Homeland

DDG(X) Next-Generation Destroyer’s Capabilities And Costs Are Solidifying

The Navy’s head of surface warfare says DDG(X) is a "clean-sheet imperative" that will prioritize electricity production, endurance and advanced weapons.

Rendering of a Medium Landing Ship.
China

Navy Now Seeking Commercial Ship Design To Propel Its Long-Delayed Medium Landing Ship Program Forward

The Navy halted the Medium Landing Ship effort last month after high cost estimates and is now seeking commercial vessel designs to move Marines in a Pacific fight.

Members of Hamas's armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, arrive in a vehicle at a street in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on January 15, 2025, amid the ongoing war in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. Thousands of Gazans celebrated on January 15 as news spread that a ceasefire and hostage release deal had been reached between Israel and Hamas, aimed at ending more than 15 months of war in the Palestinian territory.
Israel

Gaza Ceasefire Agreed To, Final Israeli Approval Pending (Updated)

After more than 15 months of fighting, a Gaza ceasefire deal that includes the release of Israeli hostages is expected to be implemented within days.

Norwegian F-35s are in Poznań, Poland, as part of Norway's contribution to NATO's integrated air and missile defense.
F-35A

Norwegian F-35s Scrambled In Poland During Russian Missile Strikes On Ukraine

Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion, multiple missiles and drones have entered Polish airspace, which is now also defended by Norwegian assets.

Analysis of china's new stealth tailless fighter aircraft
J-36

What China’s Next Generation Stealth Jet Reveal Really Means

Deep analysis on China's new advanced tailless 'fighter' aircraft, what we know and what we don't, and their broader implications.

An image has appeared showing a Chinese commercial roll-on/roll-off (RO/RO) ferry linked to a temporary pier via a barge with jack-up supports. This follows the emergence of satellite imagery showing multiple similar, but different jack-up barges in various stages of construction at a shipyard in southeastern China.
People's Liberation Army Navy (China)

Chinese Barge Usable For Potential Taiwan Beach Landings Seen In Action In New Image

Barges with jack-up legs could be key connectors for Chinese ships, including commercial ferries, and the shore.

How many weapons US Navy ships launched in the Red Sea.
Iran

Navy Just Revealed Tally Of Surface-To-Air Missiles Fired In Ongoing Red Sea Fight

Navy surface combatants have fired off hundreds of missiles and five-inch shells to repel Houthi drone and missile attacks.

Saxony-Anhalt, Altengrabow: A new RCH 155 wheeled howitzer from tank manufacturer KNDS is on display at the Altengrabow military training area. Here, KNDS is using the platform of the Boxer wheeled tank as a weapon carrier for an automated and remote-controlled artillery gun. With the fully automated wheeled howitzer, which fires on the move, the tank manufacturer KNDS promises the Bundeswehr and the armed forces of partner countries an advantage on the battlefield. In addition, two soldiers are said to be sufficient as a crew, whereas previously five men were needed as driver and operator in the tracked Panzerhaubitze 2000.
Cannons

Ukraine Gets First RCH 155 Wheeled Howitzer, Boxer Fighting Vehicles May Follow

The RCH 155 can provide extremely agile artillery and even direct fire support and is based on the modern Boxer platform.

Ukraine carried out one of its largest drone strikes in the war, hitting targets in about a dozen regions inside Russia
Russia

Mass Ukrainian Drone Onslaught Strikes Targets Across Western Russia

The attacks struck fuel production sites, weapons storage facilities and other military targets across about a dozen regions in Russia.

The new Tempest configuration, this time with Japan Air Self-Defense Force markings.
Royal Air Force

UK Emphasizes Need To Arm Tempest Stealth Fighter With Larger, Longer Range Air-To-Air Missiles

Giving the Tempest ‘bigger sticks’ is seen as critical to keeping pace with adversary developments, particularly the rapid pace of China’s airpower evolution.

The U.S. Navy's Orca UUV.
News & Features

What The Navy’s Massive Orca Submarine Drone Is Actually Capable Of

We dive deep with the captain in charge of the Orca program on the drone's current abilities and what it could be capable of in the future.