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Oct 11, 2021

Chinese Flying Wing Drones Launch Swarming Decoys At Enemy Warships In Industry Video

A video presentation from the Aviation Industry Corporation of China points to new swarming drone and electronic warfare ambitions.

BYJoseph Trevithick

Oct 11, 2021

BYThomas Newdick

Jul 30, 2021

Barksdale B-52 Brandishes Its Modern Arsenal In New Loadout Photos

Stratofortress weapons options have changed a lot over the years and are set to morph even more drastically in the decades to come.

BYThomas Newdick

Jul 30, 2021

BYJoseph Trevithick

Jul 26, 2021

MC-145B Wily Coyote Special Ops Planes Will Be Able To Launch Stealth Cruise Missiles

The ability to launch Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles could give the modified Polish transport aircraft a role in higher-end conflicts.

AGM-158 Joint Air-To-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) photo

BYJoseph Trevithick

Jul 26, 2021

BYJoseph Trevithick

Jul 14, 2020

Air Force Close To Test Firing Low-Cost Cruise Missile As Work On Swarming Munitions Progresses

The service is developing inexpensive stand-off munitions that can be networked together and with other weapons.

Miniature Air-Launched Decoy (MALD) photo

BYJoseph Trevithick

Jul 14, 2020

BYJoseph Trevithick

Feb 3, 2020

Navy To Greatly Expand P-8 Poseidon’s Mission With New Missiles, Mines, Bombs, And Decoys

The plan reflects the better part of a decade of debate about expanding the roles and missions of these maritime patrol aircraft.

BYJoseph Trevithick

Feb 3, 2020

BYJoseph Trevithick

Jun 26, 2019

USAF Wants To Network Its Precision Munitions Together Into A ‘Golden Horde’ Swarm

The 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 Trevithick

Jun 26, 2019

BYTyler Rogoway

Aug 24, 2018

Recent MALD-X Advanced Air Launched Decoy Test Is A Much Bigger Deal Than It Sounds Like

It’s not the most glamorous weapons program in the Pentagon’s portfolio, but it is absolutely essential to the future of American air dominance.

BYTyler Rogoway

Aug 24, 2018

BYTyler Rogoway

Feb 7, 2017

More Details Emerge On Kratos’ Optionally Expendable Air Combat Drones

The USAF doesn’t seem interested in fielding a high-end unmanned air combat vehicle, but they might be interested in fielding lots of cheaper, lower-end ones that they can even choose to throw away for certain missions.

BYTyler Rogoway

Feb 7, 2017