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KC-46 and F-15E had an incident resulting in the loss of the tanker's boom
KC-46

Audio Reveals Details Of KC-46 And F-15E Refueling Incident That Broke The Tanker’s Boom Off

The incident occurred while F-15Es from Mountain Home AFB were providing patrols over California for President Biden vacationing there.

The War Zone has learned new details about the Ghost Shark extra-large autonomous undersea vehicle in an interview with Dr. Shane Arnott, Senior Vice President for Engineering at Anduril and the company's maritime lead.
Australia

Everything We Just Learned About The Ghost Shark Uncrewed Submarine

Anduril has laid out big plans for the Ghost Shark, one of which is now in the U.S., especially when it comes to proving out new payloads.

The U.S. Army has chosen the Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) to lead the conversion of Bombardier Global 6500 business jets into new High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System (HADES) aircraft.
Manned ISR

Army’s HADES Surveillance Bizjet Program Moves Forward With Sierra Nevada Corp. Deal

The HADES jets will pack radars and other sensors and fly faster, further, and higher than the Army's existing turboprop intel planes.

Images taken after a Ukrainian drone strike on an airbase deep inside Russia Russia shows several combat aircraft were damaged.
Russian Air Force

Russian Jets Damaged In Ukrainian Long-Range Drone Attack On Air Base

Images taken after the attack on Marinovka Air Base in Russia show several shelters containing Su-24s and Su-34s were affected by the strikes.

A Czech company has unveiled an inflatable decoy of the F-16 fighter, notably wearing Ukrainian Air Force markings. The inflatable fighter, from a firm that is already known to be providing Kyiv with decoys of other items of military equipment, appears only a matter of weeks after it was confirmed that the first real F-16s had arrived in Ukraine.
F-16

Inflatable Ukrainian F-16 Decoy Emerges At Defense Show

The appearance of the decoy, from a Czech specialist, comes soon after the arrival of the first F-16s in Ukraine.

Australia To Help Maintain Visiting U.S. Nuclear Submarine For The First Time
Diesel-Electric Submarines

Australia To Help Maintain Visiting U.S. Nuclear Submarine For The First Time

Teaming up on repairs and upkeep is a sign of things to come as Australia pushes toward its own nuclear-powered submarine future.

A Ukrainian missile struck and sunk a vessel full of fuel train cars.
Around The Globe

Ship Full Of Fuel Train Cars Detonates In Russian Port, Ukrainian Neptune Missile Suspected (Updated)

It still isn't perfectly clear what happened to the ship, but the explosion occurred at a key Russian port located in the Kerch Strait.

An example of the LCAC amphibious craft appeared recently with the face of Batman’s iconic opponent the Joker rendered in the style of how the late Heath Ledger famously portrayed him in the 2008 film The Dark Knight.
U.S. Navy

Check Out This Navy LCAC Hovercraft Adorned With Joker Artwork

The menacing grin of Batman’s nemesis the Joker appears on one of the Navy’s Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) hovercraft.

The U.S. Navy says it is on the verge of having persistent, reliable, and secure high-speed internet connections across its fleets thanks to a project leveraging commercial satellite constellations like SpaceX's Starlink.
Navies

Starlink Now Being Deployed On U.S. Navy Warships

Starlink is part of the Navy's ambitious SEA2 program that aims to provide high-bandwidth resilient global connectivity for U.S. warships that will have major operational and morale benefits.

Ukraine's probing near a Kursk border town may protend a larger attack in that sector.
Russia

Ukraine Testing Advance In Kursk Toward Russian Troops Trapped By Blown Bridges

By pushing near the town of Tetkino, Ukraine could place an estimated 3,000 Russian troops in a pincer and clear several hundred more square kilometers of territory.

A newly emerged photo provides our best look so far at the unusual layout of Iran’s intriguing drone-carrier ship, the IRGC Shahid Bagheri, including its angled flight deck. Converted from an existing commercial vessel, this so-called “forward base ship” design is definitely topical considering the kind of anti-shipping campaign currently being waged by Iranian proxies in the Red Sea and, according to the U.S., by Iran, increasingly further afield.
Iranian Navy

Iran’s Bizarre ‘Aircraft Carrier’ Seen In New Detail

A converted commercial ship with an angled flight deck, the Shahid Bagheri looks strange but could fill a mission set that Iran has been developing for years.

Ostafyevo air base
Russia

Signals Intelligence Center Targeted In Drone Attack On Moscow: Ukraine’s Intel Chief

From Moscow to Murmansk, Ukrainian drones have attacked targets across western Russia over the last 24 hours.

Shield AI

Shield AI’s Hivemind Demonstrates Collaborative Autonomy In Firejet Drones Flight Test

Branded Content: Fast, agile drones replicating unmanned wingmen fly together autonomously in key step towards future air combat.

New ‘Cheap’ Cruise Missile Concept Flight Tested By Silicon Valley-Backed Start-Up
Air-To-Ground

New ‘Cheap’ Cruise Missile Concept Flight Tested By Silicon Valley-Backed Start-Up

The need for cheaper stand-off munitions that can be produced quickly at scale has jump-started a growing non-traditional weapons industry.

Secret Service’s “Ground Force One” Presidential Armored Bus Emerges Wrapped For Harris-Walz Campaign
Presidential Transport

Secret Service’s “Ground Force One” Presidential Armored Bus Emerges Wrapped For Harris-Walz Campaign

These are the only Secret Service vehicles that have been seen decked out for a candidate, with the Trump campaign doing the same in 2020.

A notional light fighter concept has been presented by the U.S. Air Force’s senior uniformed officer, providing a thought-provoking insight on one direction that the service’s future combat fleet could take. The concept emerges as Air Force officials are increasingly questioning the requirements for the crewed sixth-generation stealth combat jet being developed as part of its Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) initiative.
NGAD

Air Force Floats Light Stealth Fighter Concept As Its Heavy Fighter Program May Be In Jeopardy

The Air Force’s top officer touted the concept as a path to develop a less expensive and more flexible fighter design, which is odd considering a top priority was the service’s NGAD heavy fighter.

A tank simulator built for online war gaming
News & Features

Guy Built This Fully-Crewed Tank Simulator That Uses Empty Soda Bottles For Shells

The home-built virtual tank simulator is operated by three people and runs World Of Tanks for its software.

Thousands of Russian troops are likely trapped in a pocket of Kursk Oblast after Ukraine destroyed three bridges over the Seim River.
Around The Globe

Thousands Of Russian Troops In Kursk Likely Trapped By Blown Bridges

Ukraine is trying to close in on Russian troops south of the Seim River to clear out another pocket of Russia's Kursk Oblast.

The U.S. Army is looking at paragliders as a way to give conventional forces, especially airborne units, new options for getting around the battlefield and surveilling enemy forces.
U.S. Army

U.S. Army Has A Plan For Paragliding Paratroopers

Paragliders could give airborne and other Army units valuable new ways to get around and perform other missions on contested battlefields.

A drone scare around the U.S. Air Force's Plant 42 in California, a major hub for advanced aerospace development work, including highly classified military programs, has led to revelations about a real wave of mysterious drone incursions in recent months.
U.S. Air Force

Palmdale UFO Scare Leads To Revelations About Mystery Drone Incursions Over Secretive Plant 42

While it isn't clear if the two are related, our investigation into the sightings has revealed that the home to Skunk Works has experienced a very concerning rash of drone incursions.