Featured in SurveillanceBYBrett TingleyJul 20, 2021ShareThis Spherical Manned Airship Was Tested By The Navy As An Eye In The SkyThe AeroSphere was designed to be an optionally-manned high-altitude surveillance platform that could loiter for long periods above a target area. BYBrett TingleyJul 20, 2021ShareBYBrett TingleyJun 28, 2021ShareThe CIA’s Bird-Shaped Aquiline Drones Could Still Be Caged Up At Area 51It’s unknown what became of the CIA’s Project Aquiline assets once they were boxed up and stored at the infamously secretive desert testing facility. BYBrett TingleyJun 28, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickApr 7, 2021ShareRussia Looks To Repurpose Surveillance Jets After Open Skies Treaty ExitTwo relatively new sensor-equipped Tu-214ON aircraft need a new mission, which could include watching over the Arctic or military installations. BYThomas NewdickApr 7, 2021ShareBYRobert HopkinsNov 27, 2020ShareA Dozen Of The Most Unusual Variants Of The Ubiquitous KC-135 Family Of AircraftThe KC-135A Stratotanker has been reworked into many different configurations, some of which are bizarre, to accomplish a dizzying array of missions. BYRobert HopkinsNov 27, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayAug 25, 2020ShareChina Freaks Out Over Supposed U-2 Spy Plane Flight Over Its Naval ExerciseChina says the U-2 dangerously interfered with its naval drills. Meanwhile, it seems Beijing may execute a major anti-ship ballistic missile test. BYTyler RogowayAug 25, 2020ShareBYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickJul 5, 2020ShareThis Mysterious Military Spy Plane Has Been Flying Circles Over Seattle For DaysNobody seems to know who specifically the aircraft belongs to or what it’s up to, but based on its configuration, its capabilities are pretty clear. BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickJul 5, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJul 5, 2020ShareUnusual High-Altitude Spy Plane Appears at Special Operations ExerciseGerman company Grob only ever made five G 520s and one showed up for drills in Indiana. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 5, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 2, 2020ShareCould the F-35 Become the Biggest Electronic Intelligence Collection System Ever Devised?Go ask ALIS if your enemy’s air defenses are ten feet tall… BYTyler RogowayJul 2, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMay 29, 2020ShareCustoms And Border Protection Reaper Drone Appears Over Minneapolis ProtestsThe unmanned aircraft looks to be surveilling the city, which has seen increasingly violent protests following the police killing of George Floyd. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 29, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowaySep 25, 2019ShareChina’s Reported Plan To Deploy Weaponless Stealth Drones On Its Carriers Make Perfect SenseIt’s not about the weapons such a drone can carry, it’s about the targeting data it can reliably supply to far more powerful and longer-range weapons. BYTyler RogowaySep 25, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickAug 15, 2019ShareRussian Surveillance Plane Is Flying Missions Over U.S. Military Bases In HawaiiThe Russian Tu-154M-ON has been grabbing pictures of Hickam Air Force Base and other strategic sites under the Open Skies Treaty. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 15, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 17, 2019ShareNorthrop Grumman’s Optionally Manned Firebird Aircraft Has Its First Official CustomersFirebird has been flown aboard a 747 to the U.K. for the country’s biggest air show and aerospace expo that kicks off this weekend. BYTyler RogowayJul 17, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareShadowy USAF Spy Plane Spotted Over Seattle Reportedly Reappears Over SyriaThe secretive CASA CN-235 likely carries a suite of sensors ideal for hunting ISIS terrorists in the region. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareSouth Africa’s Gripen Fighter Jets Will Stalk Rhino PoachersGripen pilots will use their targeting pods to hunt down the illegal hunters. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareRussia’s “Counter-Sabotage Vehicle” Guards the Country’s Mobile ICBMsThe BPDM Typhoon-M has cameras, radars, and a drone to watch out for hostile infiltrators. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayMay 2, 2019ShareOptionally Manned Firebird Rapidly Matures Ahead Of International Debut This SummerWith three aircraft now in testing, Northrop Grumman looks toward the international market and new payload partners to make Firebird soar. BYTyler RogowayMay 2, 2019Share12
BYBrett TingleyJul 20, 2021ShareThis Spherical Manned Airship Was Tested By The Navy As An Eye In The SkyThe AeroSphere was designed to be an optionally-manned high-altitude surveillance platform that could loiter for long periods above a target area. BYBrett TingleyJul 20, 2021Share
BYBrett TingleyJun 28, 2021ShareThe CIA’s Bird-Shaped Aquiline Drones Could Still Be Caged Up At Area 51It’s unknown what became of the CIA’s Project Aquiline assets once they were boxed up and stored at the infamously secretive desert testing facility. BYBrett TingleyJun 28, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickApr 7, 2021ShareRussia Looks To Repurpose Surveillance Jets After Open Skies Treaty ExitTwo relatively new sensor-equipped Tu-214ON aircraft need a new mission, which could include watching over the Arctic or military installations. BYThomas NewdickApr 7, 2021Share
BYRobert HopkinsNov 27, 2020ShareA Dozen Of The Most Unusual Variants Of The Ubiquitous KC-135 Family Of AircraftThe KC-135A Stratotanker has been reworked into many different configurations, some of which are bizarre, to accomplish a dizzying array of missions. BYRobert HopkinsNov 27, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayAug 25, 2020ShareChina Freaks Out Over Supposed U-2 Spy Plane Flight Over Its Naval ExerciseChina says the U-2 dangerously interfered with its naval drills. Meanwhile, it seems Beijing may execute a major anti-ship ballistic missile test. BYTyler RogowayAug 25, 2020Share
BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickJul 5, 2020ShareThis Mysterious Military Spy Plane Has Been Flying Circles Over Seattle For DaysNobody seems to know who specifically the aircraft belongs to or what it’s up to, but based on its configuration, its capabilities are pretty clear. BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickJul 5, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJul 5, 2020ShareUnusual High-Altitude Spy Plane Appears at Special Operations ExerciseGerman company Grob only ever made five G 520s and one showed up for drills in Indiana. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 5, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 2, 2020ShareCould the F-35 Become the Biggest Electronic Intelligence Collection System Ever Devised?Go ask ALIS if your enemy’s air defenses are ten feet tall… BYTyler RogowayJul 2, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMay 29, 2020ShareCustoms And Border Protection Reaper Drone Appears Over Minneapolis ProtestsThe unmanned aircraft looks to be surveilling the city, which has seen increasingly violent protests following the police killing of George Floyd. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 29, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowaySep 25, 2019ShareChina’s Reported Plan To Deploy Weaponless Stealth Drones On Its Carriers Make Perfect SenseIt’s not about the weapons such a drone can carry, it’s about the targeting data it can reliably supply to far more powerful and longer-range weapons. BYTyler RogowaySep 25, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickAug 15, 2019ShareRussian Surveillance Plane Is Flying Missions Over U.S. Military Bases In HawaiiThe Russian Tu-154M-ON has been grabbing pictures of Hickam Air Force Base and other strategic sites under the Open Skies Treaty. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 15, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 17, 2019ShareNorthrop Grumman’s Optionally Manned Firebird Aircraft Has Its First Official CustomersFirebird has been flown aboard a 747 to the U.K. for the country’s biggest air show and aerospace expo that kicks off this weekend. BYTyler RogowayJul 17, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareShadowy USAF Spy Plane Spotted Over Seattle Reportedly Reappears Over SyriaThe secretive CASA CN-235 likely carries a suite of sensors ideal for hunting ISIS terrorists in the region. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareSouth Africa’s Gripen Fighter Jets Will Stalk Rhino PoachersGripen pilots will use their targeting pods to hunt down the illegal hunters. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareRussia’s “Counter-Sabotage Vehicle” Guards the Country’s Mobile ICBMsThe BPDM Typhoon-M has cameras, radars, and a drone to watch out for hostile infiltrators. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayMay 2, 2019ShareOptionally Manned Firebird Rapidly Matures Ahead Of International Debut This SummerWith three aircraft now in testing, Northrop Grumman looks toward the international market and new payload partners to make Firebird soar. BYTyler RogowayMay 2, 2019Share
