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May 13, 2021 9:30 PM
Did a Tesla Model S Plaid Just Set the Quarter-Mile Record for Production Cars?
May 13, 2021 7:49 PM
Colonial Pipeline Paid a $5 Million Ransom To Get Things Back Online
May 13, 2021 7:08 PM
Watch an Oregon State Trooper Risk His Life to Take Out a Wrong-Way Camry Driver
May 13, 2021 5:42 PM
Why I Suddenly Want a Seventh-Generation Toyota Celica GT-S
May 13, 2021 4:07 PM
Hyundai Will Invest $7.4B Into American EV Manufacturing and Infrastructure By 2025
May 13, 2021 3:03 PM
California BMW Owner Sued by Neighbors for Loud Exhaust, Risky Driving
May 13, 2021 2:13 PM
Hummer Erupts in Flames Just Feet From Gas Pump After Stockpiling Fuel in the Trunk
May 13, 2021 11:16 AM
Jailed Autopilot Abuser Buys Another Tesla, Immediately Starts Riding In Back Seat
May 13, 2021 11:11 AM
Look at the Terrifying Cracked Beam That Shut Down the Vital I-40 Bridge Indefinitely
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By Thomas Newdick Mar 10, 2021

The U.S. Navy’s Submarine-Launched Aerial Drone Capacity Is Set To Greatly Expand

The Blackwing drones, which can be fired from countermeasures launchers, will carry surveillance payloads, and possibly more in the future. 
By Thomas Newdick Mar 10, 2021

Belgium’s Hard-Worked F-16 Fighter Jet Fleet Has Just Been Grounded

A dramatic engine failure last month means the Netherlands has had to step in to protect Belgian airspace.
By Thomas Newdick Mar 9, 2021

The Soviet Union’s Railway-Based Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Had An Inflatable Nosecone

The Soviet Union was the only country to field a fully operational rail-mobile ICBM and it had one highly unusual feature.
By Thomas Newdick Mar 9, 2021

Air Force's MQ-9 Reaper Drone Replacement Requirements Now Include Air-To-Air Combat Capability

The Reaper’s successor should be able to defend both high-value manned aircraft and itself, in a high-end battlespace, according to the Air Force.
By Thomas Newdick Mar 8, 2021

British Armed Forces Poised To Make Big Cuts To F-35 Plans And More

The large-scale modernization promised under the upcoming defense review is likely to be tempered by some severe force reductions.
By Thomas Newdick Mar 5, 2021

Yes, The U.S. Navy Also Took The Spitfire Into Battle During World War II

On the type's 85th birthday, we celebrate the little-known and short-lived U.S. Navy Spitfire unit that fought a different kind of war over Normandy.
By Thomas Newdick Mar 5, 2021

Navy Mysteriously Cancels Plan To Arm Jets With “Screaming Arrow” Hypersonic Anti-Ship Missile

Three days after it was disclosed, the Navy’s scramjet-powered anti-ship missile program is apparently no more.
By Thomas Newdick Mar 4, 2021

What Is A Diamond DA42 Light Aircraft Doing At Russia’s Airbase In Syria?

Two of the Austrian-designed aircraft have a very special place in Russia’s expansive aircraft inventory. 
By Thomas Newdick Mar 3, 2021

Watch Russia’s Su-57 Felon Advanced Combat Jet Let Its 30mm Cannon Rip

Huge flames leap out of the side of the jet fighter as it fires its 30mm internal gun on the ground.
By Thomas Newdick Mar 3, 2021

Golden Horde Swarming Munitions Program Back On Target After Second Round Of Tests

Four specially adapted Small Diameter Bombs were released by an F-16 near Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. 
By Thomas Newdick Mar 2, 2021

F-15E Strike Eagles May Have Yet Another Role: Smart Bomb Transporter

The plan isn’t for the jet to drop a full load of smart bombs on enemy targets, but to carry its own reloads and spare bombs for stealth jets.
By Thomas Newdick Mar 1, 2021

The Air Force Is Having To Reverse Engineer Parts Of Its Own Stealth Bomber

Twenty-one years after the last Spirit was delivered, the Air Force is working out how to build the exotic spare parts the bomber requires.
By Thomas Newdick Feb 26, 2021

F/A-18 Legacy Hornets Have Left The Navy’s Carrier Decks For The Last Time

U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18C Hornets returned home after the type’s final carrier deployment aboard USS Nimitz.
By Thomas Newdick Feb 25, 2021

Mirage F1 Aggressor Jet Crash Lands At Tyndall Air Force Base (Updated)

Details are still emerging about an incident involving a contracted “red air” adversary jet at the sprawling Florida base.
By Thomas Newdick Feb 24, 2021

Check Out The Mystery Drone Model On The Desk Of This General Atomics Executive

This model, and another we could identify, provide a tantalizing glimpse into the company’s work on high-tech combat drones.
By Thomas Newdick Feb 24, 2021

Iran’s Latest Indigenous Drone Is A Predator Lookalike

The appearance of the new drone follows longstanding Iranian claims of having captured one of the U.S.-made Predators.
By Thomas Newdick Feb 23, 2021

The First F-15EX Fighter Jet Has Now Flown In Its Air Force Colors

The aircraft is slated to be one of the first two F-15EXs to be handed over to the Air Force for test work in the coming months.
By Thomas Newdick Feb 23, 2021

Laser Defense Pod For The Air Force's Fighter Jets Is Finally Taking Shape

The much-delayed SHiELD program is finally coming together, with official plans to deliver the finished demonstrator pod later this year.
By Thomas Newdick Feb 22, 2021

Russia Provides A Glimpse Of Its Orion Drone Executing Combat Trials In Syria

The Orion drone, now said to be in production for Russia, is seen releasing both apparent guided munitions and dumb bombs. 
By Thomas Newdick Feb 22, 2021

It’s Official: KC-46 Tankers And More F-35s For Israel, But No Advanced F-15s For Now

Assisted by U.S. financing, the Israeli Air Force will boost its stealth fleet and overhaul its tanker and rotary-lift capabilities.   
By Thomas Newdick Feb 19, 2021

Airbus C295 Transport Testbed Emerges Loaded With Turkish Guided Bombs

Photos of the bomb-laden transport prove the flight-test campaign for the mini-gunship is gathering pace. 
By Thomas Newdick Feb 19, 2021

There Were Doomsday Ships Ready To Ride Out Nuclear Armageddon Before There Were Doomsday Planes

Had nuclear war broken out, three different presidents could have sought refuge aboard the Navy’s unique ‘Floating White Houses.’
By Thomas Newdick Feb 18, 2021

New Docs Show 1983 NATO Exercise Led To The Soviets Arming 100 Jets For Nuclear War

Newly released 1983 ‘War Scare’ documents reveal alarming details of the Soviet nuclear attack preparations.
By Thomas Newdick Feb 18, 2021

Air Force Boss Wants Clean-Sheet Fighter That’s Less Advanced Than F-35 To Replace F-16

With a “son of F-16” under study, the Air Force's original procurement plan for the F-35 is looking increasingly precarious.
By Thomas Newdick Feb 17, 2021

Russia Claims Its Su-57 Felon Fighter Has Been Testing A New Hypersonic Missile

Unverified statements suggest Russia is working on an all-new hypersonic air-to-ground missile.