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By Joseph Trevithick Oct 9, 2018

These Pods Could Let Drones Carry Throngs of Small Smart Bombs And It's Just The Start

By Joseph Trevithick Oct 8, 2018

One Of These Big Cannon Toting Armored Vehicles May Replace the Bradley Fighting Vehicle

The Army is looking closely at European designs as it seeks to reinvigorate its capabilities to fight large-scale conflicts.

By Joseph Trevithick Oct 5, 2018

DARPA's Virus-Carrying Bugs Aren't Officially Weapons, But It Sure Sounds Like They Could Be

Scientists fear that perception could be destabilizing as Russia alleges without evidence that the United States has a covert bio-weapons program.

By Joseph Trevithick Oct 5, 2018

Kenya and Lebanon Will Get Little Bird Choppers That Can Carry Up To Six Weapons At Once

The U.S. government has also green-lit the sale of Bell 407GX helicopters to Iraq with the same system.

By Joseph Trevithick Oct 4, 2018

Navy Spends Millions On Sub-Launched Hypersonics As USAF Touts New Hypersonic X-Plane

The U.S. military as a whole has a voracious appetite for the fast-flying vehicles and there's no sign it will be satiated anytime soon.

By Joseph Trevithick Oct 4, 2018

China Snuck Chips Into CIA, U.S. Military, Commercial Servers Leaving Them Open To Hacks: Report

If accurate, this would be an unprecedented security risk and we may be hearing about more hardware tampering in the future.

By Joseph Trevithick Oct 4, 2018

The U.S. State Department Has Its Own Sprawling Air Force, Here's What's In Its Inventory

The Department has more than 200 helicopters, aircraft, and small drones, including a particularly shadowy small transport plane.

By Joseph Trevithick Oct 3, 2018

U.K. Could Hand Deal Straight To Boeing For New Royal Air Force E-7 Radar Planes

The possible sole-source deal has already sparked criticism at home and abroad from other companies hoping to get involved in the project.

By Joseph Trevithick Oct 2, 2018

Syria Finally Gets Its S-300 SAM System, But It's A Token Capability At Best

Assad has only received four launchers and the Russians say it will take three months to train enough Syrians to operate them.

By Joseph Trevithick Oct 2, 2018

U.S. Navy Releases Images Of Chinese Warship's Dangerous Maneuvers Near Its Destroyer

The series of pictures gives a good sense of just how close the two ships came to hitting each other.

By Joseph Trevithick Oct 2, 2018

NATO Envoy Says U.S. Looking At Ways To 'Take Out' Russia's Treaty-Violating Missiles (Updated)

The remarks were worryingly unclear on exactly what the United States was prepared to do and under what circumstances.

By Joseph Trevithick Oct 1, 2018

Chinese Warship Passed Dangerously Close To American Destroyer During South China Sea Patrol

The unprecedented incident comes as the United States and China have canceled a number of high-level meetings over trade and other disputes.

By Joseph Trevithick Oct 1, 2018

Iran Claims Their RQ-170-Shaped Drones And Missiles Hit Targets In Syria Near U.S. Forces

The operation was officially a response to a terrorist attack in Iran, but it was clearly also a message to Tehran's regional opponents.

By Joseph Trevithick Sep 28, 2018

Canada Considers Buying Huge Non-Flyable Drone From Germany To Meet Arctic Patrol Needs

The Germans removed virtually all essential components and put what's left of the aircraft into storage five years ago.

By Joseph Trevithick Sep 27, 2018

Here Are The Specific Terms Of The USAF's T-X Contract That Boeing Just Won

The deal has a fixed price, but it also includes a mechanism for purchasing additional aircraft and simulators.

By Joseph Trevithick Sep 27, 2018

Marine F-35Bs Fly First-Ever Strike Missions Against 'Fixed Targets' in Afghanistan (Updated)

The debut combat missions for American Joint Strike Fighters came after the same jets conducted armed reconnaissance patrols near Somalia.

By Joseph Trevithick Sep 26, 2018

CIA Put The First Mi-17 Chopper It Flew Into Afghanistan After 9/11 In A Museum You Can't Visit

The Agency put it on display, but not for the public, to mark the anniversary of the start of its operations in the country in 2001.

By Joseph Trevithick Sep 26, 2018

One Company Thinks Flying Platforms Have Finally Come Of Age, But Will The Military Hop On Board?

Tests of a new individual flying platform will wrap up soon, but the system is still limited in how long it can stay in the air.

By Joseph Trevithick Sep 25, 2018

Marine F-35Bs Flew Surveillance Missions Near Somalia And Were Ready To Strike If Necessary

Now the jets may be preparing for the first-ever American Joint Strike Fighter strikes in Afghanistan.

By Joseph Trevithick Sep 25, 2018

Bell Unveils V-247 Vigilant Tilt-Rotor Combat Drone Mock-Up at USMC Tech Expo

The Marines are looking at the design as part of their own multi-role drone program, but it could be appealing to other services, as well.

By Joseph Trevithick Sep 25, 2018

USMC Cancels Upgrades For Amphibious Vehicles With Replacements Still Years Away

The older vehicles are set to serve through at least 2030, but will now do so without the improvements the design sorely needs.

By Joseph Trevithick Sep 24, 2018

Dark Horse Contender Boeing Snags Air Force Deal To Replace Aging UH-1N Hueys With MH-139

Partnered with Italian defense contractor Leonardo, the company was the only one to offer a chopper that's not already in U.S. military service.

By Joseph Trevithick Sep 24, 2018

Giving Syria S-300 Surface To Air Missile Systems Won't Halt Israeli Strikes

If the missiles actually arrive and stay, they would represent a clear escalation, but Israel won't stop its strikes because of them.

By Joseph Trevithick Sep 20, 2018

SpaceX Exec Says Company Would Launch A Weapon Into Space In 'Defense Of This Country'

It might not be a hypothetical question for long now that Congress has asked the US military to develop anti-missile defenses in space.

By Joseph Trevithick Sep 20, 2018

Lockheed Martin Is Crafting New Stealth and Drone Tanker Concepts For The USAF

The Air Force knows it needs tankers that can survive in high-risk areas and it might end up flying a mix of manned and unmanned types.