Featured in testBYTyler RogowayAug 21, 2018ShareThis Video Makes Test Dropping A B61 Nuclear Bomb Look Like An Elegant DanceTonopah Test Range is supporting an American nuclear weapons renaissance of sorts after six decades of making strategic deterrent dreams come true. BYTyler RogowayAug 21, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayAug 15, 2018ShareThe U.S. Navy Has A Critically Important Submarine Test Base Tucked Away In AlaskaNot since the Cold War has underwater stealth tech been so important and a remote test site in Alaska makes sure U.S. Navy subs remain invisible. BYTyler RogowayAug 15, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 11, 2018ShareU.S. Navy Sub To Fire Harpoon Anti-Ship Missile Years After They Left The ForceThe somewhat puzzling drill does coincide with a renewed interest in pairing anti-ship missile capabilities with America’s attack submarine force. BYTyler RogowayJul 11, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayJun 28, 2018ShareThere’s A Place Where Helicopters Fly On High-Wires And Get Pummeled By MissilesDeep in White Sands Missile Range, there’s an exotic facility situated between two mountains that is critical to countermeasure and missile testing. BYTyler RogowayJun 28, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayApr 22, 2018ShareMarkings On Scaled Composites’ ARES Confirm Its Connection To Mysterious Model 401 JetsA comical sticker on the ARES jet gives us the conclusive answers we were looking for as to the Model 401’s lineage. BYTyler RogowayApr 22, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayApr 6, 2018ShareExclusive Images Unmask Name Of Scaled Composites’ Mysterious Model 401 ‘Son Of Ares’ JetThe stealthy design appears to draw its lineage from the ARES close air support jet with the prototypes being named after the gods of dread and panic. BYTyler RogowayApr 6, 2018ShareBYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickMar 28, 2018ShareMysterious B-21 Raider Combined Test Force Patch EmergesThe patch could be yet another indication that the program to develop America’s next stealth bomber is moving forward rapidly. BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickMar 28, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayMar 23, 2018ShareExclusive Photos: Lockheed Skunk Works’ X-44A Flying Wing Drone Breaks CoverWe finally get to see one of the key missing links that bridged the gap between Lockheed’s RQ-3 Darkstar and RQ-170 Sentinel flying-wing drones. BYTyler RogowayMar 23, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayMar 20, 2018ShareU.S. Army Forges Ahead With Its Railgun As Navy’s Commitment To The Tech Is QuestionedThe Navy may have been the loudest about its railgun dreams, but the Army is quietly moving ahead with turning the tech into something deployable. BYTyler RogowayMar 20, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayMar 5, 2018ShareB-21 Raider Officially Heading To Edwards Air Force Base For TestingThe commander of the 412th Test Wing made the official proclamation at a local business conference, and teased that testing would begin soon. BYTyler RogowayMar 5, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayFeb 26, 2018ShareStratolaunch Rumbles Down Runway As Pentagon’s Interest In Rapid Space Access MountsAs Paul Allen’s space launch mothership preps for its first flight the USAF has begun accelerating its quick access to space initiatives. BYTyler RogowayFeb 26, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 29, 2017ShareRussia To Begin Testing Its Fearsome New “Pantsir-ME” Naval Close-In Defense SystemThe new turret shares features found on the formidable Pantsir-S1 air defense system and the Kashtan close-in weapon system it aims to replace. BYTyler RogowayDec 29, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2017SharePentagon Flight Testers Now Have Their Own Mock Air War Called “Orange Flag”Orange is the new blue at Edwards AFB as testers from multiple services and bases take part in a new large scale flight testing exercise concept. BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayNov 26, 2017ShareRare IRST Pod Toting “Ghost” F-16D Likely Based At Area 51 Spotted In Star Wars CanyonYou never know what you are going to catch flying through Rainbow Canyon, and in this case the photographer caught a rare specimen indeed. BYTyler RogowayNov 26, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayNov 22, 2017ShareTake A Very Rare Look Inside The Secretive Tonopah Test RangeWith America revamping its nuclear arsenal, activities on the secluded range should balloon in the coming years. BYTyler RogowayNov 22, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayNov 10, 2017ShareCheck Out The B-2 Stealth Bomber’s First Visit To Edwards AFB’s Massive Anechoic ChamberThe chamber is an ideal place for the B-2’s upgrades to be tested, not to mention the upcoming B-21 Raider’s new systems. BYTyler RogowayNov 10, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayOct 12, 2017ShareWatch Scaled Composites’ Stealthy New Test Aircraft Takeoff For The First TimeThe exact purpose of the exotic little jet and its twin remains a mystery. BYTyler RogowayOct 12, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayOct 11, 2017ShareCheck Out Scaled Composites’ New Exotic And Stealthy Test AircraftA pair of the aircraft is destined for a undisclosed customer but the design sure looks a lot like a General Atomics’ Avenger unmanned aircraft. BYTyler RogowayOct 11, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayOct 2, 2017ShareLet’s Talk About The Supposed Sighting Of A Skunk Works Hypersonic Test AircraftThe report on the advanced state of the hypersonic aircraft program seems credible, but the part about the sighting at Plant 42 is far less so. BYTyler RogowayOct 2, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowaySep 29, 2017ShareWatch Safehaven Marine’s Stealthy Barracuda Patrol Boat Undergo Intense Boarding TrialsTesting of the sinister looking multi-role fast boat and its bigger cousin, Thunder Child, continues off the coast of Ireland. BYTyler RogowaySep 29, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowaySep 15, 2017ShareThis Marine One Test Helicopter Was Brought Back From The DeadThe old chopper started out life flying President Nixon and thanks to some creative maintainers at HX-21 it’s back in the air once again. BYTyler RogowaySep 15, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowaySep 3, 2017ShareNorth Korea Shows H-Bomb Warhead Design, Says It Will Use It In EMP StrikeNorth Korea with a thermonuclear bomb would be a very alarming development, but is it possible? BYTyler RogowaySep 3, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 30, 2017ShareEverything We Know The Day After North Korea Launched Its Most Threatening Missile YetThe scariest thing is that these tests are becoming commonplace, that is until one suddenly becomes a catalyst for war. BYTyler RogowayJul 30, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 10, 2017ShareThis Is What a 700-Round Burst Out of a M249 SAW Does to a SuppressorThey are becoming more popular on battlefields overseas and here at home. BYTyler RogowayJul 10, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2017ShareN. Korea Posts On-Board Film Of Missile Flight As US Says It Spied On Launch SiteWhat US asset was spying on missile test area before the launch occurred? BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2017ShareRockets’ Red Glare: North Korea Awes With Massive Missile Capability LeapNorth Korea’s 4th of July message to the US rang loud as the Liberty Bell—Kim Jong Un now has a rocket that can reach Alaska and possibly beyond. BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayMar 6, 2017ShareCheck Out This Pic of an F-35B Firing its Gun Pod in the Air for the First TimeThe F-35’s GAU-22 podded gun system lets open an inaugural burst from on high. BYTyler RogowayMar 6, 2017Share12
BYTyler RogowayAug 21, 2018ShareThis Video Makes Test Dropping A B61 Nuclear Bomb Look Like An Elegant DanceTonopah Test Range is supporting an American nuclear weapons renaissance of sorts after six decades of making strategic deterrent dreams come true. BYTyler RogowayAug 21, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayAug 15, 2018ShareThe U.S. Navy Has A Critically Important Submarine Test Base Tucked Away In AlaskaNot since the Cold War has underwater stealth tech been so important and a remote test site in Alaska makes sure U.S. Navy subs remain invisible. BYTyler RogowayAug 15, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 11, 2018ShareU.S. Navy Sub To Fire Harpoon Anti-Ship Missile Years After They Left The ForceThe somewhat puzzling drill does coincide with a renewed interest in pairing anti-ship missile capabilities with America’s attack submarine force. BYTyler RogowayJul 11, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayJun 28, 2018ShareThere’s A Place Where Helicopters Fly On High-Wires And Get Pummeled By MissilesDeep in White Sands Missile Range, there’s an exotic facility situated between two mountains that is critical to countermeasure and missile testing. BYTyler RogowayJun 28, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayApr 22, 2018ShareMarkings On Scaled Composites’ ARES Confirm Its Connection To Mysterious Model 401 JetsA comical sticker on the ARES jet gives us the conclusive answers we were looking for as to the Model 401’s lineage. BYTyler RogowayApr 22, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayApr 6, 2018ShareExclusive Images Unmask Name Of Scaled Composites’ Mysterious Model 401 ‘Son Of Ares’ JetThe stealthy design appears to draw its lineage from the ARES close air support jet with the prototypes being named after the gods of dread and panic. BYTyler RogowayApr 6, 2018Share
BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickMar 28, 2018ShareMysterious B-21 Raider Combined Test Force Patch EmergesThe patch could be yet another indication that the program to develop America’s next stealth bomber is moving forward rapidly. BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickMar 28, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayMar 23, 2018ShareExclusive Photos: Lockheed Skunk Works’ X-44A Flying Wing Drone Breaks CoverWe finally get to see one of the key missing links that bridged the gap between Lockheed’s RQ-3 Darkstar and RQ-170 Sentinel flying-wing drones. BYTyler RogowayMar 23, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayMar 20, 2018ShareU.S. Army Forges Ahead With Its Railgun As Navy’s Commitment To The Tech Is QuestionedThe Navy may have been the loudest about its railgun dreams, but the Army is quietly moving ahead with turning the tech into something deployable. BYTyler RogowayMar 20, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayMar 5, 2018ShareB-21 Raider Officially Heading To Edwards Air Force Base For TestingThe commander of the 412th Test Wing made the official proclamation at a local business conference, and teased that testing would begin soon. BYTyler RogowayMar 5, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayFeb 26, 2018ShareStratolaunch Rumbles Down Runway As Pentagon’s Interest In Rapid Space Access MountsAs Paul Allen’s space launch mothership preps for its first flight the USAF has begun accelerating its quick access to space initiatives. BYTyler RogowayFeb 26, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 29, 2017ShareRussia To Begin Testing Its Fearsome New “Pantsir-ME” Naval Close-In Defense SystemThe new turret shares features found on the formidable Pantsir-S1 air defense system and the Kashtan close-in weapon system it aims to replace. BYTyler RogowayDec 29, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2017SharePentagon Flight Testers Now Have Their Own Mock Air War Called “Orange Flag”Orange is the new blue at Edwards AFB as testers from multiple services and bases take part in a new large scale flight testing exercise concept. BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayNov 26, 2017ShareRare IRST Pod Toting “Ghost” F-16D Likely Based At Area 51 Spotted In Star Wars CanyonYou never know what you are going to catch flying through Rainbow Canyon, and in this case the photographer caught a rare specimen indeed. BYTyler RogowayNov 26, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayNov 22, 2017ShareTake A Very Rare Look Inside The Secretive Tonopah Test RangeWith America revamping its nuclear arsenal, activities on the secluded range should balloon in the coming years. BYTyler RogowayNov 22, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayNov 10, 2017ShareCheck Out The B-2 Stealth Bomber’s First Visit To Edwards AFB’s Massive Anechoic ChamberThe chamber is an ideal place for the B-2’s upgrades to be tested, not to mention the upcoming B-21 Raider’s new systems. BYTyler RogowayNov 10, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayOct 12, 2017ShareWatch Scaled Composites’ Stealthy New Test Aircraft Takeoff For The First TimeThe exact purpose of the exotic little jet and its twin remains a mystery. BYTyler RogowayOct 12, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayOct 11, 2017ShareCheck Out Scaled Composites’ New Exotic And Stealthy Test AircraftA pair of the aircraft is destined for a undisclosed customer but the design sure looks a lot like a General Atomics’ Avenger unmanned aircraft. BYTyler RogowayOct 11, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayOct 2, 2017ShareLet’s Talk About The Supposed Sighting Of A Skunk Works Hypersonic Test AircraftThe report on the advanced state of the hypersonic aircraft program seems credible, but the part about the sighting at Plant 42 is far less so. BYTyler RogowayOct 2, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowaySep 29, 2017ShareWatch Safehaven Marine’s Stealthy Barracuda Patrol Boat Undergo Intense Boarding TrialsTesting of the sinister looking multi-role fast boat and its bigger cousin, Thunder Child, continues off the coast of Ireland. BYTyler RogowaySep 29, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowaySep 15, 2017ShareThis Marine One Test Helicopter Was Brought Back From The DeadThe old chopper started out life flying President Nixon and thanks to some creative maintainers at HX-21 it’s back in the air once again. BYTyler RogowaySep 15, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowaySep 3, 2017ShareNorth Korea Shows H-Bomb Warhead Design, Says It Will Use It In EMP StrikeNorth Korea with a thermonuclear bomb would be a very alarming development, but is it possible? BYTyler RogowaySep 3, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 30, 2017ShareEverything We Know The Day After North Korea Launched Its Most Threatening Missile YetThe scariest thing is that these tests are becoming commonplace, that is until one suddenly becomes a catalyst for war. BYTyler RogowayJul 30, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 10, 2017ShareThis Is What a 700-Round Burst Out of a M249 SAW Does to a SuppressorThey are becoming more popular on battlefields overseas and here at home. BYTyler RogowayJul 10, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2017ShareN. Korea Posts On-Board Film Of Missile Flight As US Says It Spied On Launch SiteWhat US asset was spying on missile test area before the launch occurred? BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2017ShareRockets’ Red Glare: North Korea Awes With Massive Missile Capability LeapNorth Korea’s 4th of July message to the US rang loud as the Liberty Bell—Kim Jong Un now has a rocket that can reach Alaska and possibly beyond. BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayMar 6, 2017ShareCheck Out This Pic of an F-35B Firing its Gun Pod in the Air for the First TimeThe F-35’s GAU-22 podded gun system lets open an inaugural burst from on high. BYTyler RogowayMar 6, 2017Share