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AI reading side numbers on carrier jets.
Artificial Intelligence

Using AI To Read Aircraft Identification Numbers On Navy Carrier Decks In Testing

The Navy’s NOCTRNAL project connects artificial intelligence to cameras around the carrier's flight deck to automate aircraft identification and tracking.

Pacific Defender 24 will see European AirPower head to the Pacific.
Air Combat Exercises

European Air Power Teams Up For Pacific Mega Deployment

Covering some 36,000 miles, Pacific Skies 24 will see German, French, and Spanish aircraft hopscotch all over the Asia-Pacific theater.

North Korea may send troops to Ukraine
North Korea

Ukraine Situation Report: North Korea May Send Forces To Occupied Territories

Even sending hordes of laborers, let alone troops, to Ukraine would mark a new phase in North Korea's mutual aid relationship with Russia.

A conventionally powered Portuguese attack submarine has completed a rare voyage under the Arctic ice. As well as being a first-of-its-kind mission for the Portuguese Navy, the deployment underlines the importance of the Arctic theater to NATO’s submarine fleet, although it’s nuclear-powered boats that traditionally dominate in this challenging area of operations.
Arctic

Portuguese Diesel-Electric AIP Submarine Just Patrolled Under The Arctic Ice

The Arpão is the first Portuguese sub to operate below the ice and could herald patrols by other advanced conventionally powered NATO boats.

Leonardo's AW609 tiltrotor has completed a series of shipboard trials aboard the Italian carrier ITS Cavour, a major milestone in the aircraft's development.
Future Vertical Lift

AW609 Tiltrotor Has Flown From Italy’s Aircraft Carrier Cavour

Successful ship trials look to have put the AW609 closer to entering military service after more than 20 years in development.

Congress is pressing ahead with legislation that would compel the Air Force to restore nuclear capability to its entire fleet of B-52 bombers after the likely sunset of an armed control deal with Russia.
B-52

What It Will Take To Make The Entire B-52 Fleet Nuclear-Capable

Congress looks set to compel the Air Force to restore nuclear weapons capability on dozens of B-52s after the New START treaty with Russia expires.

smoke billows following an Israeli air strike that targeted a house in the southern Lebanese village of Khiam near the Lebanese-Israeli border on June 21, 2024, amid ongoing cross-border clashes between Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on June 21, that fighting between Israel and Hezbollah must not turn Lebanon into "another Gaza." (Photo by Rabih DAHER / AFP) (Photo by RABIH DAHER/AFP via Getty Images)
Iran

War Drums Grow Louder Along The Israel-Lebanon Border

America's top uniformed officer says the U.S. military may not be able to support Israel like in the past if an all-out war with Hezbollah were to erupt.

80-passenger Soviet Mil Mi-6P helicopter
Russia

The Story Of The Soviet Union’s Monster Mi-6 Helicopter Airliner

The airline variant of the Mi-6 could seat up to 80 passengers and was intended to usher-in a new era of Soviet rotary-wing commercial air travel.

A USAF F-15EX Eagle II armed with 12 AIM-120 AMRAAMs.

F-15EX Testers Are Now Preparing The Eagle II For Rapidly Adapting To New Missions

Long-range kill chains, outsized weapons, and drone teaming are all possibilities, with tablet interfaces keeping new software from accessing the jet's computer.

The Ohio class nuclear ballistic missile submarine USS Tennessee, the Ticonderoga class cruiser USS Normandy, an E-6B Mercury 'doomsday plane,' and a P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft recently took part in an unusual show of force in the Norwegian Sea.
P-8

U.S. Ballistic Missile Submarine, ‘Doomsday Plane’ Take Part In Rare Show Of Force Off Norway

USS Tennessee and the E-6B Mercury were joined in the Norwegian Sea by a Ticonderoga class cruiser and P-8 patrol plane.

A propeller-driven Yak-52 primary training aircraft has appeared with an impressive collection of kill marks displayed on its fuselage; seemingly confirmation of its success having been impressed into service as a drone-killer. While we reported on a series of previous videos showing the use of Soviet-era Yak-52s to attack Russian drones, the latest evidence suggests that the unorthodox solution could be becoming a more important part of Ukraine’s multilayered air defenses.
Ukrainian Air Force

Yak-52 Kill Marks Hint At Success In Ukraine’s Drone War

For the first time, a Ukrainian Yak-52 propeller-driven trainer has appeared with markings that could indicate a string of aerial victories against Russian drones.

Ukraine attacked a Russian space communications facility in Crimea.
MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS)

Ukraine Used Prized ATACMS Missiles To Strike Unique Cold War-Era Space Communications Station

The NIP-16 space communications and tracking facility is an intriguing target for a Ukrainian ATACMS strike that may point to its new purpose.

A secretive stealthy drone being developed under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Series Hybrid Electric Propulsion AiRcraft (SHEPARD) Demonstration program has now been designated the XRQ-73.
Stealth

Shadowy XRQ-73 Hybrid-Electric Stealthy Flying Wing Drone Emerges

The XRQ-73 is a direct evolution of a ultra-quiet, high-efficiency recon drone the U.S. Intelligence Community developed with the Air Force.

On June 16, 2024 3d Multi-Domain Task Force and 1-181 Field Artillery Regiment of the Tennessee National Guard employed the U.S. Army Autonomous Multi-Domain Launcher (AML) and the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) as part of the Valiant Shield 24 Combined Joint SINKEX. The AML and PrSm engaged a maritime target alongside other joint assets during the SINKEX. The VS24 SINKEX is the first employment of both the AML and the PrSM outside of the U.S and is a significant milestone in the Army’s continuing development of long-range fires capabilities.
Precision Strike Missile (PrSM)

Army’s New PRsM Ballistic Missile Hits Moving Ship For The First Time In Pacific Test

During the Valiant Shield exercise, the missile was fired from an unmanned launcher against a ship with the help of a high-endurance balloon and drone.

Ukraine is set to be the first to use a U.S.-made 105mm "soft-recoil" howitzer in combat, which could have impacts outside of that conflict.
Cannons

Humvee-Mounted Low-Recoil 105mm Howitzer To Make Combat Debut In Ukraine

The Hawkeye howitzer offers Ukraine a new shoot-and-scoot artillery option, but this real-world combat testing could have impacts elsewhere.

Russia is now using the Sea of Azov to launch missiles act Ukraine.
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Russia Now Launching Kalibr Cruise Missiles From The Sea Of Azov

Russia moved cruise missile-firing warships from the Black Sea into the confines of the Sea of Azov in an effort to protect them against Ukrainian attacks.

Family Fallout Survival Plan @ Levittown Shopping Center, 1960's
Bunker Talk

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

Get out of the fallout!

A mysterious array of what looks like 16 hemispherical structures has emerged in Ukraine without immediate explanation.
Land-Based Electronic Warfare

What Is This Mystery Row Of Spheres In A Ukrainian Field?

Help us solve the mystery of this curious array that could be a military system or something else entirely, like an agricultural apparatus.

Yemen has released a video showing its Tufan-1 uncrewed surface vessel (USV), or drone boat, blowing apart a target vessel during tests.
Yemen

Small, Agile Houthi Drone Boat Shown Obliterating Ship During Test

Video comes just days after the Houthis scored their first hit of the current crisis on a commercial ship with an explosive-packed uncrewed surface vessel.

Satellite imagery has offered even clearer looks at Northrop Grumman's Manta Ray submersible drone.
U.S. Homeland

Huge Manta Ray Underwater Drone Looks Like A Docked Star Wars Spaceship

We are finally getting an idea of the size of the sci-fi-looking Manta Ray drone thanks to satellite imagery.