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By Tyler Rogoway Sep 15, 2019

China Appears Set To Unveil Very High-Speed Drone During Big Military Parade In Beijing

The drone is similar to ones that have been spotted in satellite images in recent years, which could indicate it is approaching an operational state.
By Tyler Rogoway Sep 15, 2019

Airspace Closures For "Storm Area 51" Have Been Posted

The restrictions will keep news and tour helicopters, as well as drones, away from the Area 51 border and beyond. 
By Joseph Trevithick Sep 14, 2019

RAF To Sell-Off Its BAe 146 Military Transports That Also Cart Around the Royals

The planes can take off and land in short distances and on rough airstrips, making them unique military transports beyond flying around VIPs.
By Tyler Rogoway Sep 14, 2019

Bunker Talk: Let's Chat About All The Stories We Did And Didn't Cover This Week

We can talk about plasma stealth, mega yachts, geopolitics, swarming mini-cruise missiles—you know, no big whoop.
By Tyler Rogoway Sep 13, 2019

This Spin Recovery Clip From Microsoft's Upcoming Flight Simulator Is Absolutely Insane

The game should be revolutionary and has the much-needed potential to pull a whole new generation of young people into the world of aviation.
By Joseph Trevithick Sep 13, 2019

Navy Carrier Group Sets Sail Without Its Carrier As Maintenance Troubles Plague Force

USS Truman is still sidelined after an electrical system malfunction and no other carriers on the East Coast are available to take its place.
By Joseph Trevithick Sep 12, 2019

Navy Training Squadron Receives First E-2D Hawkeye With New Aerial Refueling Capability

The unit will now begin training aircrews to make use of the plane's new capabilities ahead of plans to begin converting operational units next year.
By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway Sep 12, 2019

The SR-71 Blackbird's Predecessor Created "Plasma Stealth" By Burning Cesium-Laced Fuel

Skunk Works needed a way to hide the A-12's radar reflecting behind, so they dumped cesium into its fuel to create a radar-absorbing exhaust plume.
By Tyler Rogoway Sep 12, 2019

SPEAR Mini-Cruise Missile Getting An Electronic Warfare Variant To Swarm With Is A Huge Deal

The advent of a swarm of networked SPEAR strike and electronic warfare missiles is very bad news for enemy air defenses and the targets they protect.
By Joseph Trevithick Sep 11, 2019

Army Night Stalker Chinook Teamed Up With Bomb-Slinging Drone In Complex AI-Enabled Test

After the MQ-1C Gray Eagle launched its miniature glide bomb, a sensor network told personnel on the ground to redirect it to strike a new target.
By Tyler Rogoway Sep 11, 2019

Looking To The Past And Thinking Of The Present As We Reflect On 9/11 And Never Forgetting

Never Forget means also remembering what binds us together as Americans and how we have way more in common than not. 
By Tyler Rogoway Sep 10, 2019

Egypt's New Ministry Of Defense "Octagon" Complex Looks Like An Alien Base From Space

The sprawling and highly exotic installation is part of a new, fledgling administrative capital located 20 miles east of Cairo.
By Joseph Trevithick Sep 10, 2019

USAF F-35As and F-15Es Flatten ISIS "Infested" Island In Iraq With 80K Pounds Of Bombs (Updated)

The strikes were a remarkable display of what precision-guided munitions can do even when it comes to efficiently carpet bombing an entire land mass.
By Joseph Trevithick Sep 10, 2019

The Navy's Oldest Attack Submarine Goes Out On Top After Circumnavigating The Globe

USS Olympia's twilight years have included a number of notable events, like being the first sub to launch a Harpoon anti-ship missile in decades.
By Joseph Trevithick Sep 9, 2019

The F-35A Is Set To Finally Get Chaff Countermeasures To Confuse Enemy Radars

These cartridges full of radar-reflecting material have been curiously absent from the stealthy fighter's already highly capable defense suite.
By Tyler Rogoway Sep 9, 2019

Watch Japan's Giant US-2 Amphibious Flying Boat Land In An Amazingly Short Distance

The US-2 may look like one of the flying boats of yesteryear, but it is actually a very modern aircraft with some remarkable features.
By Tyler Rogoway Sep 8, 2019

You Can Buy Paul Allen's Octopus, Arguably The World's Most Incredible Yacht

Allen accurately described the Octopus, a ship that's capable of exploration and entertainment, as being “less a Bentley than a Range Rover.”  
By Joseph Trevithick Sep 7, 2019

U.S. Ballistic Missile Sub Fired An Impressive Four Trident II Missiles In Just Three Days

The uncommonly large set of launches comes as the U.S. is developing multiple new warheads for the Trident II as a new arms race with Russia looms.
By Tyler Rogoway Sep 7, 2019

Bunker Talk: Let's Chat About All The Stories We Did And Didn't Cover This Week

We can talk about super-duper Tomcats, hypersonic rocket sleds, geopolitics, air-to-air missile-armed stealth bombers—you know, no big whoop.
By Tyler Rogoway Sep 6, 2019

Air Force Touts B-1B Bomber's Potential To Carry Huge Hypersonic Missiles And External Stores

The B-1B may have to fight for its life in the not so distant future, but new upgrades could give it the ammo it needs to survive the budget ax. 
By Joseph Trevithick Sep 6, 2019

Remote Navy Submarine Test Base Has Been Key In Rescuing Hundreds In The Bahamas After Dorian

The site's main job is to support various underwater test and evaluation tasks, including measuring how quiet Navy submarines are.
By Tyler Rogoway Sep 6, 2019

This Video Of A Rocket Sled Doing 6,599mph At Holloman AFB Is Absolute Insanity

The sound alone of something ripping by at hypersonic speed just feet above the desert floor is worth the click!
By Joseph Trevithick Sep 5, 2019

Upgrades Needed For Sustained F-22 Operations During A Crisis In Europe Axed For Border Wall

The Air Force had planned to award contracts for the infrastructure improvements, including a specialized repair facility, next year.
By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway Sep 5, 2019

"B-21s With Air-To-Air Capabilities," Drones, Not 6th Gen Fighters To Dominate Future Air Combat

The Air Force's vision of the future of aerial combat has evolved greatly as of late and has moved away from plans for new, costly manned fighters.
By Chris "Ox" Harmer Sep 5, 2019

Marine Boss's Audacious Plan To Transform The Corps By Giving Up Big Amphibious Ships

The bold vision of a USMC that is far less dependent on the lumbering "Gator Navy" comes with a sacrificial offering of the force's most sacred cow.