Featured in AFRLBYBrett TingleyFeb 11, 2022SharePodded Laser Weapon Took Center Stage In Latest Air Force Virtual WargameThe wargame suggests the Air Force could increasingly turn to virtual environments to rapidly develop and assess future weapons concepts. BYBrett TingleyFeb 11, 2022ShareBYBrett TingleyJan 7, 2022ShareThe Navy Is Betting Big On High-Power Microwave WeaponsLasers dominate discussions about U.S. Navy directed energy weapons, but the service formed a new office devoted to systems that fire microwave beams. BYBrett TingleyJan 7, 2022ShareBYJoseph TrevithickDec 24, 2021ShareThe Air Force’s Christmas Present-Delivering Rocket Isn’t Real But Its Rocket Cargo Program IsA lighthearted holiday video about delivering presents via rocket reflects very real U.S. military ambitions. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 24, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickDec 20, 2021ShareHypersonic Strike Aircraft Capability Is Part Of The Air Force’s Shadowy Project MayhemThe Air Force wants this hypersonic platform to be able to carry out strike and intelligence-gathering missions with one of three different payloads. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 20, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickDec 17, 2021ShareSpecial Operations C-130 Hits Target With A ‘Rapid Dragon’ Pallet-Dropped Cruise Missile (Updated)Rapid Dragon is intended to offer a way to quickly turn cargo planes into launch platforms for cruise missiles and potentially other payloads. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 17, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickDec 14, 2021ShareThis Is Our First Look At Kratos’ Shadowy New Drone Design For The U.S. Air ForceWe are finally getting a few more details from Kratos on the secretive Off-Board Sensing Station program. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 14, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickOct 27, 2021ShareHere’s Why This New Mysterious Air Force Drone Contract Is A Big Deal (Updated)The Off-Board Sensing Station combat drone, which will use a normal runway, focuses on affordability with an eye toward large-scale production. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 27, 2021ShareBYTyler Rogoway and Thomas NewdickSep 21, 2021ShareOur Best Look Yet At ‘Rapid Dragon’ Cargo Plane-Launched Stealth Cruise Missiles In ActionThe concept of arming airlifters with cruise missiles is evolving quickly, which is a big deal for the Air Force, and possibly other air arms as well. BYTyler Rogoway and Thomas NewdickSep 21, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickSep 21, 2021ShareBoeing Unveils New Two-Stage Long-Range Air-To-Air Missile ConceptThe new missile offering from Boeing uses two stages instead of one to increase range and lethality. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 21, 2021ShareBYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayAug 5, 2021ShareKratos Says Secret “Off-Board Sensing Station” Unmanned Aircraft Will Be TransformativeThe U.S. Air Force has a classified program to field low-cost, attritable drones that can be used as “off-board sensing stations.” BYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayAug 5, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickJul 28, 2021ShareThe First XQ-58A Valkyrie Is Already Headed To A Museum (Updated)After just four confirmed test flights, the pioneering stealthy drone will be displayed at the National Museum of the USAF. BYThomas NewdickJul 28, 2021ShareBYBrett TingleyJul 21, 2021ShareAir Force Directed Energy Report Argues Defensive Force Fields May Be “Just On The Horizon”The Air Force Research Laboratory argues that we’ve hit a tipping point with directed energy technologies, bringing many science fiction concepts closer to reality. BYBrett TingleyJul 21, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJul 9, 2021ShareNASA’s Experimental X-56B Unmanned Aircraft Suffered An “Anomaly” After TakeoffHow much damage the X-56B, which NASA only began using in a new flight test program in April, may have sustained in this incident is unclear. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 9, 2021ShareBYBrett TingleyJun 30, 2021ShareSkyborg AI Computer “Brain” Successfully Flew A General Atomics Avenger DroneThe Air Force’s Skyborg continues to be integrated into more aircraft, signaling that a variety of aircraft could someday be flown by the AI system. BYBrett TingleyJun 30, 2021ShareBYBrett TingleyJun 4, 2021ShareQuantum Radar Offers No Benefits To The Military Say Pentagon Science AdvisorsA report published by the Defense Science Board casts doubts on claims that quantum radar will greatly bolster the military’s detection capabilities. BYBrett TingleyJun 4, 2021ShareBYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayMay 28, 2021ShareThat Mysterious Black Target From Kirtland AFB Was Related To A Program Called TDU-XDocuments show connections between this SR-71-shaped object and the testing of countermeasures systems and lasers. BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayMay 28, 2021Share12
BYBrett TingleyFeb 11, 2022SharePodded Laser Weapon Took Center Stage In Latest Air Force Virtual WargameThe wargame suggests the Air Force could increasingly turn to virtual environments to rapidly develop and assess future weapons concepts. BYBrett TingleyFeb 11, 2022Share
BYBrett TingleyJan 7, 2022ShareThe Navy Is Betting Big On High-Power Microwave WeaponsLasers dominate discussions about U.S. Navy directed energy weapons, but the service formed a new office devoted to systems that fire microwave beams. BYBrett TingleyJan 7, 2022Share
BYJoseph TrevithickDec 24, 2021ShareThe Air Force’s Christmas Present-Delivering Rocket Isn’t Real But Its Rocket Cargo Program IsA lighthearted holiday video about delivering presents via rocket reflects very real U.S. military ambitions. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 24, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickDec 20, 2021ShareHypersonic Strike Aircraft Capability Is Part Of The Air Force’s Shadowy Project MayhemThe Air Force wants this hypersonic platform to be able to carry out strike and intelligence-gathering missions with one of three different payloads. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 20, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickDec 17, 2021ShareSpecial Operations C-130 Hits Target With A ‘Rapid Dragon’ Pallet-Dropped Cruise Missile (Updated)Rapid Dragon is intended to offer a way to quickly turn cargo planes into launch platforms for cruise missiles and potentially other payloads. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 17, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickDec 14, 2021ShareThis Is Our First Look At Kratos’ Shadowy New Drone Design For The U.S. Air ForceWe are finally getting a few more details from Kratos on the secretive Off-Board Sensing Station program. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 14, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickOct 27, 2021ShareHere’s Why This New Mysterious Air Force Drone Contract Is A Big Deal (Updated)The Off-Board Sensing Station combat drone, which will use a normal runway, focuses on affordability with an eye toward large-scale production. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 27, 2021Share
BYTyler Rogoway and Thomas NewdickSep 21, 2021ShareOur Best Look Yet At ‘Rapid Dragon’ Cargo Plane-Launched Stealth Cruise Missiles In ActionThe concept of arming airlifters with cruise missiles is evolving quickly, which is a big deal for the Air Force, and possibly other air arms as well. BYTyler Rogoway and Thomas NewdickSep 21, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickSep 21, 2021ShareBoeing Unveils New Two-Stage Long-Range Air-To-Air Missile ConceptThe new missile offering from Boeing uses two stages instead of one to increase range and lethality. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 21, 2021Share
BYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayAug 5, 2021ShareKratos Says Secret “Off-Board Sensing Station” Unmanned Aircraft Will Be TransformativeThe U.S. Air Force has a classified program to field low-cost, attritable drones that can be used as “off-board sensing stations.” BYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayAug 5, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickJul 28, 2021ShareThe First XQ-58A Valkyrie Is Already Headed To A Museum (Updated)After just four confirmed test flights, the pioneering stealthy drone will be displayed at the National Museum of the USAF. BYThomas NewdickJul 28, 2021Share
BYBrett TingleyJul 21, 2021ShareAir Force Directed Energy Report Argues Defensive Force Fields May Be “Just On The Horizon”The Air Force Research Laboratory argues that we’ve hit a tipping point with directed energy technologies, bringing many science fiction concepts closer to reality. BYBrett TingleyJul 21, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJul 9, 2021ShareNASA’s Experimental X-56B Unmanned Aircraft Suffered An “Anomaly” After TakeoffHow much damage the X-56B, which NASA only began using in a new flight test program in April, may have sustained in this incident is unclear. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 9, 2021Share
BYBrett TingleyJun 30, 2021ShareSkyborg AI Computer “Brain” Successfully Flew A General Atomics Avenger DroneThe Air Force’s Skyborg continues to be integrated into more aircraft, signaling that a variety of aircraft could someday be flown by the AI system. BYBrett TingleyJun 30, 2021Share
BYBrett TingleyJun 4, 2021ShareQuantum Radar Offers No Benefits To The Military Say Pentagon Science AdvisorsA report published by the Defense Science Board casts doubts on claims that quantum radar will greatly bolster the military’s detection capabilities. BYBrett TingleyJun 4, 2021Share
BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayMay 28, 2021ShareThat Mysterious Black Target From Kirtland AFB Was Related To A Program Called TDU-XDocuments show connections between this SR-71-shaped object and the testing of countermeasures systems and lasers. BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayMay 28, 2021Share
