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By Joseph Trevithick Mar 21, 2019

Army Tanks And Other Vehicles Get New Paint Jobs To Help Hide From Thermal Optics

The new coating will make make it harder for opponents to spot and engage them, especially at night.
By Joseph Trevithick Mar 21, 2019

Marines To Finally Add 30mm Cannon To Bolt-On "Harvest Hawk" Armament Kits For KC-130Js

The guns will add a new and valuable capability to the add-on weapon and sensor packages, which already include precision guided missiles and bombs.
By Tyler Rogoway Mar 20, 2019

Navy To Supersize Its Ultra Versatile SM-6 Missile For Even Longer Range And Higher Speed

The SM-6 is getting a way bigger rocket motor that will allow it to reach even farther than before and enemy ships may be its primary target. 
By Joseph Trevithick Mar 20, 2019

USAF Plans For Its "Skyborg" AI Computer Brain To Be Flying Drones In The Next Two Years

The service envisions the artificial intelligence system eventually flying larger, more complex unmanned designs and in the cockpit with human pilots.
By Joseph Trevithick Mar 20, 2019

The Navy's "Operational" F-35C Is Fully Mission Capable Less Than Five Percent Of The Time

A stunning deficiency in readiness rates for Navy and Marine F-35s calls into question whether the stealth jets can fight a prolonged conflict.
By Tyler Rogoway Mar 19, 2019

F-117 Sported Mysterious "Dark Knights" Tail Flash During Recent Mojave Desert Flights

The Dark Knights officially don't exist. We look into what this surprise moniker could mean and where it might have come from. 
By Joseph Trevithick Mar 19, 2019

Budget Docs Show Pentagon Aims To Loft Particle Beam Anti-Missile Weapon Into Space In Four Years

After three decades, the Pentagon is betting big on their belief that a dream of the Star Wars initiative may now be closer to a practical concept.
By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway Mar 18, 2019

Air Force To Turn Navy Air Defense Busting Missile Into High-Speed Critical Strike Weapon

The new missile will give the service's F-35As a key tool to rapidly destroy air defenses, ballistic and cruise missile launchers, and other threats.
By Joseph Trevithick Mar 18, 2019

U.S. Army Recently Sought Demo Of German Puma Armored Vehicle It Had Rejected Years Ago

The service is looking to rush ahead with its plans to replace the Bradley Fighting Vehicle and develop new unmanned ground combat vehicles.
By Tyler Rogoway Mar 17, 2019

Home Of Strategic Command And Some Of The USAF's Most Prized Aircraft Is Flooding (Updated)

Offutt Air Force Base is succumbing to the massively swollen Missouri River and things could get worse before they get better. 
By Tyler Rogoway Mar 17, 2019

Air Controller Wowed By Pilot's Ability To See Mystery Object Over Las Vegas With Night Vision (Updated)

An air ambulance pilot was flying west of Las Vegas when something odd caught his night vision goggle aided eye. We have the audio of his report.
By Joseph Trevithick Mar 16, 2019

North Korean Resistance Group Was Reportedly Behind Mysterious Embassy Raid In Spain

Rumors continue to swirl around the mysterious and bizarre incident in Spain that still has no clear motive.
By Tyler Rogoway Mar 16, 2019

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

We can talk about MiG-21 Bisons, the RAF saying goodby to the Tornado, geopolitics, Cold War-era air defense systems, strategy—you know, no big whoop.
By Joseph Trevithick Mar 15, 2019

This Crazy Contraption Was Supposed To Help Aussie Troops Carry Their Guns. It Did The Opposite.

The test results were not positive.
By Joseph Trevithick Mar 15, 2019

The Royal Air Force Has Said Goodbye To The Tornado After An Amazing 40-Year Career

The jets formed the core of British airpower for years and contributed to every one of the U.K.'s major operations since the end of the Cold War.
By Tyler Rogoway Mar 14, 2019

The Futuristic Cold War Era SAGE Air Defense Bunkers Looked Right Out Of A Kubrick Film

The sci-fi-esque bunkers were scattered across North America and sat ready to fend off nuclear-armed Russian bombers. 
By Joseph Trevithick Mar 14, 2019

CIA Linked Plane Makes Brief Trip To Venezuela As American Diplomats Evacuate

The CIA flight comes amid other mysterious aerial activity in and around the country and concerns of an impending American intervention.
By Joseph Trevithick Mar 13, 2019

U.S. Special Operators Are Getting New Sniper Rifles For The Second Time In Six Years

Snipers can configure the new rifles to fire three different calibers, allowing them to replace various existing weapons with one gun.
By Tyler Rogoway Mar 13, 2019

Japan Buying Joint Strike Missiles For Its F-35As Is A Much Bigger Deal Than It Sounds

It's the first land attack capable cruise missile Japan has bought, opening the door to a whole new set of tactical and strategic possibilities. 
By Joseph Trevithick Mar 13, 2019

The USAF's Plans To Buy Six Aircraft As Part Of Its Never Ending Light Attack Experiment

The service will now partner with the Marines, too, but has made it clear this is about helping foreign allies, not acquiring planes for its own use.
By Joseph Trevithick Mar 12, 2019

Marines Lay Out Plans For Their Own MQ-9 Reaper Drone Force In New Budget Request

This would give the service its first long-endurance drones and help pave the way for future unmanned aircraft capabilities.
By Tyler Rogoway Mar 12, 2019

8 F-15Xs For USAF And 22 F-5s For Navy In 2020 Budget Request

The F-15X is officially real and the Navy and Marines are set to get a fresh influx of badly needed aggressor airframes. 
By Joseph Trevithick Mar 12, 2019

Navy's Budget Requests Two Huge Missile-Laden Drone Ships That Displace 2,000 Tons

The service wants to get the first two unmanned ships quickly to help refine its requirements and craft plans for employing them in actual combat.
By Joseph Trevithick Mar 12, 2019

US Navy Destroyers And Royal Navy Ships Use These Big Blow-Up Anti-Ship Missile Decoys

They are a low-cost addition to ships' layered defenses used to counter anti-ship missiles and the Royal Navy want to invest in improved models. 
By Tyler Rogoway Mar 11, 2019

Enough With The Indian Mig-21 Bison Versus Pakistani F-16 Viper Bullshit

The amount of garbage commentary and skewed analysis on the whole shoot down has been unbelievable. Here's the reality, like it or not.