Featured in Golden HordeBYThomas NewdickDec 2, 2021ShareThe Air Force Wants A New Generation Of Affordable Air-To-Ground Munitions With Swappable WarheadsIt’s hoped that this new class of weapons will be more versatile than current munitions as well as more plentiful. BYThomas NewdickDec 2, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickJun 24, 2021ShareAir Force Finds New Need For Low-Cost Engine Tech Used On Nazi Buzz BombsA startup is reviving the powerplant used in the V-1 flying bomb for use in an air-launched decoy, and possibly more. BYThomas NewdickJun 24, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMar 16, 2021SharePentagon Unveils Details On Effort To Equip Its Services With Massive Swarms Of Deadly DronesThe Pentagon has quietly laid critical groundwork for fielding weaponized swarms of drones across all of the services. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 16, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickMar 3, 2021ShareGolden Horde Swarming Munitions Program Back On Target After Second Round Of TestsFour specially adapted Small Diameter Bombs were released by an F-16 near Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. BYThomas NewdickMar 3, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMar 1, 2021ShareHere’s Everything We Know About Skunk Works’ Secretive ‘Speed Racer’ ProgramThe design is primarily intended to validate new digital engineering tools and techniques, but that could be just the beginning. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 1, 2021ShareBYThomas Newdick and Joseph TrevithickJan 8, 2021ShareThe Age Of Swarming Air-Launched Munitions Has Officially Begun With Air Force TestThe Air Force has begun test-launching networked glide bombs that work together to sort, target, and destroy targets cooperatively on their own. BYThomas Newdick and Joseph TrevithickJan 8, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickOct 3, 2020ShareAir Force C-17 Launched A Pallet Of Mock Cruise Missiles During Recent Arsenal Plane TestThe test was part of a larger set of experiments centered on improving the service’s communications and data-sharing networks. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 3, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJul 14, 2020ShareAir Force Close To Test Firing Low-Cost Cruise Missile As Work On Swarming Munitions ProgressesThe service is developing inexpensive stand-off munitions that can be networked together and with other weapons. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 14, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMar 20, 2020ShareAir Force’s Gray Wolf Program Tests Game-Changing Small Low-Cost Jet EngineThe Air Force funded the development of the engine as part of a project to develop low-cost cruise missiles, but it could have wider applications. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 20, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareSPEAR Mini-Cruise Missile Getting An Electronic Warfare Variant To Swarm With Is A Huge DealThe advent of a swarm of networked SPEAR strike and electronic warfare missiles is very bad news for enemy air defenses and the targets they protect. BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 26, 2019ShareUSAF Wants To Network Its Precision Munitions Together Into A ‘Golden Horde’ SwarmThe goal is for missiles and bombs to be able to work together on their own in flight in order to maximize the impact on their targets. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 26, 2019Share
BYThomas NewdickDec 2, 2021ShareThe Air Force Wants A New Generation Of Affordable Air-To-Ground Munitions With Swappable WarheadsIt’s hoped that this new class of weapons will be more versatile than current munitions as well as more plentiful. BYThomas NewdickDec 2, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickJun 24, 2021ShareAir Force Finds New Need For Low-Cost Engine Tech Used On Nazi Buzz BombsA startup is reviving the powerplant used in the V-1 flying bomb for use in an air-launched decoy, and possibly more. BYThomas NewdickJun 24, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMar 16, 2021SharePentagon Unveils Details On Effort To Equip Its Services With Massive Swarms Of Deadly DronesThe Pentagon has quietly laid critical groundwork for fielding weaponized swarms of drones across all of the services. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 16, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickMar 3, 2021ShareGolden Horde Swarming Munitions Program Back On Target After Second Round Of TestsFour specially adapted Small Diameter Bombs were released by an F-16 near Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. BYThomas NewdickMar 3, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMar 1, 2021ShareHere’s Everything We Know About Skunk Works’ Secretive ‘Speed Racer’ ProgramThe design is primarily intended to validate new digital engineering tools and techniques, but that could be just the beginning. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 1, 2021Share
BYThomas Newdick and Joseph TrevithickJan 8, 2021ShareThe Age Of Swarming Air-Launched Munitions Has Officially Begun With Air Force TestThe Air Force has begun test-launching networked glide bombs that work together to sort, target, and destroy targets cooperatively on their own. BYThomas Newdick and Joseph TrevithickJan 8, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickOct 3, 2020ShareAir Force C-17 Launched A Pallet Of Mock Cruise Missiles During Recent Arsenal Plane TestThe test was part of a larger set of experiments centered on improving the service’s communications and data-sharing networks. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 3, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJul 14, 2020ShareAir Force Close To Test Firing Low-Cost Cruise Missile As Work On Swarming Munitions ProgressesThe service is developing inexpensive stand-off munitions that can be networked together and with other weapons. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 14, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMar 20, 2020ShareAir Force’s Gray Wolf Program Tests Game-Changing Small Low-Cost Jet EngineThe Air Force funded the development of the engine as part of a project to develop low-cost cruise missiles, but it could have wider applications. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 20, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareSPEAR Mini-Cruise Missile Getting An Electronic Warfare Variant To Swarm With Is A Huge DealThe advent of a swarm of networked SPEAR strike and electronic warfare missiles is very bad news for enemy air defenses and the targets they protect. BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 26, 2019ShareUSAF Wants To Network Its Precision Munitions Together Into A ‘Golden Horde’ SwarmThe goal is for missiles and bombs to be able to work together on their own in flight in order to maximize the impact on their targets. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 26, 2019Share
