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Project FoX Brings Tablet-Based Apps To F-35 Stealth Fighter Cockpits

Project FoX Brings Tablet-Based Apps To F-35 Stealth Fighter Cockpits Project FoX Brings Tablet-Based Apps To F-35 Stealth Fighter Cockpits

By Thomas Newdick

Apr 16 8:13 PM EDT

These Bizarre Infrared Pods Put Missile Seekers And Countermeasures To The Test

These Bizarre Infrared Pods Put Missile Seekers And Countermeasures To The Test These Bizarre Infrared Pods Put Missile Seekers And Countermeasures To The Test

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Dec 7 8:43 PM EST

Navy Fighter Jet Crashes In The Desert Near China Lake Test Base (Updated)

Navy Fighter Jet Crashes In The Desert Near China Lake Test Base (Updated) Navy Fighter Jet Crashes In The Desert Near China Lake Test Base (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Oct 20 3:28 PM EDT

Her Majesty’s Death Ray: How The AIM-9L Sidewinder Vanquished The Argentine Air Force

Her Majesty’s Death Ray: How The AIM-9L Sidewinder Vanquished The Argentine Air Force Her Majesty’s Death Ray: How The AIM-9L Sidewinder Vanquished The Argentine Air Force

By Rowland White

Nov 27 6:13 PM EST

Stealthy ‘Son Of Ares’ Jet Seen Covered In Mirrors During Mysterious Test Flights

Stealthy ‘Son Of Ares’ Jet Seen Covered In Mirrors During Mysterious Test Flights Stealthy ‘Son Of Ares’ Jet Seen Covered In Mirrors During Mysterious Test Flights

By Tyler Rogoway

Jun 19 3:21 PM EDT

Stealthy ‘Son Of Ares’ Mystery Jet Appears With Odd Markings And NASA F-15 Escort

Stealthy ‘Son Of Ares’ Mystery Jet Appears With Odd Markings And NASA F-15 Escort Stealthy ‘Son Of Ares’ Mystery Jet Appears With Odd Markings And NASA F-15 Escort

By Tyler Rogoway

Jun 19 3:25 PM EDT

Scaled Composites’ Mysterious Stealthy Jets Spotted Working With High-Flying Proteus (Updated)

Scaled Composites’ Mysterious Stealthy Jets Spotted Working With High-Flying Proteus (Updated) Scaled Composites’ Mysterious Stealthy Jets Spotted Working With High-Flying Proteus (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Jun 11 12:20 PM EDT

This Blue Angel Flyby Is How Top Gun 2 Captured That Crazy Hypersonic Jet Takeoff Scene

This Blue Angel Flyby Is How Top Gun 2 Captured That Crazy Hypersonic Jet Takeoff Scene This Blue Angel Flyby Is How Top Gun 2 Captured That Crazy Hypersonic Jet Takeoff Scene

By Tyler Rogoway

Apr 5 2:03 PM EDT

Army Night Stalker Chinook Teamed Up With Bomb-Slinging Drone In Complex AI-Enabled Test

Army Night Stalker Chinook Teamed Up With Bomb-Slinging Drone In Complex AI-Enabled Test Army Night Stalker Chinook Teamed Up With Bomb-Slinging Drone In Complex AI-Enabled Test

By Joseph Trevithick

Sep 11 1:45 PM EDT

USMC’s Huge New CH-53K King Stallion Helicopter Has Not So Tiny Problems, Faces More Delays

USMC’s Huge New CH-53K King Stallion Helicopter Has Not So Tiny Problems, Faces More Delays USMC’s Huge New CH-53K King Stallion Helicopter Has Not So Tiny Problems, Faces More Delays

By Joseph Trevithick

Jan 11 8:29 PM EST

What It’s Like To Work Inside The Navy’s Secretive China Lake Weapons Development Center

What It’s Like To Work Inside The Navy’s Secretive China Lake Weapons Development Center What It’s Like To Work Inside The Navy’s Secretive China Lake Weapons Development Center

By Tyler Rogoway

Dec 1 7:05 AM EST

Weapons Testers At China Lake Obliterate Everything In This Crazy ‘Greatest Hits’ Reel

Weapons Testers At China Lake Obliterate Everything In This Crazy ‘Greatest Hits’ Reel Weapons Testers At China Lake Obliterate Everything In This Crazy ‘Greatest Hits’ Reel

By Tyler Rogoway

Nov 15 5:30 PM EST