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The Days Of Army Air Defense Systems Firing Just One Type Of Interceptor Are Ending
The Army is pursuing an increasingly diverse array of new anti-air interceptors for use with existing launchers and new architectures.
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Army Explains How Merops Interceptor Drone Became Program Of Record In Just 142 Days
The low-cost interceptor, rushed to NATO partners after drone incursions, is now an example of how the Army hopes to rapidly field emerging capabilities.
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High Altitude Balloons Are A “Game-Changing” Capability: Army Space Command Boss
The Army recently disclosed it rushed high-altitude balloons to support operations in the Middle East.
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F-35C Makes First Arrested Landing Aboard A Ford Class Carrier
The landing on the future USS John F. Kennedy marks a key step in integrating the F-35C with the Ford class after years of delays and technical challenges.
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Airbus Details Progress With Lakota Connector Uncrewed Cargo Helicopter
Branded Content: This aircraft is planned to enable continuous logistics support, while reducing sustainment requirements and risk to personnel.
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Sikorsky’s Nomad 100 VTOL Drone Is Now Quad-Packed In A Container For Rapid Deployment
The Fast Pack gets a quartet of autonomous fixed-wing aircraft into action as quickly as possible from remote locales with no infrastructure.
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Sikorsky Aiming For Black Hawk ‘Nose Jobs’ To Be Available Within The Next Year
A larger swappable nose creates opportunities to rapidly inject new capabilities and flexibility into old and new H-60 helicopters.
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General Atomics’ Mojave Drone Completes Austere Testing in Korea
Branded Content: Joint trials with its partner Hanwha Aerospace included spectacular low-level flying profiles and short-field operations.
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Sig Sauer’s M250 Machine Gun Gets Shorter And Lighter After Army Feedback
Changes that led to the M250A1 mirror the evolution of the Army’s new M7 rifle from Sig into the M8 carbine after criticism.
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Specter Jet-Powered Drone Aims At Low Cost, Multi-Mission, Single Use
The turbojet-powered drone is designed for one-way attack missions, but AEVEX says it could also carry cameras, jamming gear, and other payloads.
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PAC-3 Edge Will Be The Most Capable Patriot Interceptor Ever
The new interceptor will sit at the top of the Patriot missile family and promises more range, altitude, and maneuverability against rapidly-developing threats.
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New Coyote Anti-Drone Interceptor Swaps Jet Engine For Rocket Power
The Coyote Block 2 is already combat proven, but more capable kamikaze drones have driven a need to fly faster and farther.
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Anduril Unveils Steelfin Family Of Modular Surface-To-Air Missiles
Anduril aims to produce Steelfin interceptors at scale by leveraging common components that can be configured for different threats.
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Drones Are Creating New Opportunities For The U.S. Army To Deceive Its Enemies
Deception and guile are emerging as primary tasks for uncrewed platforms in the Army’s new concept of operations.
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European U740 Variant Of The XQ-58A Valkyrie Has Flown
A team-up of Airbus and Kratos has put the U740 into the sky as Germany races to field advanced air combat drones by 2029.
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B-52 To Get Stealthy AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles
Integrating the AGM-158C LRASM onto the B-52 means all three of the USAF’s bombers now have this capability and the B-21 will surely follow.
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USS Abraham Lincoln Comes Home With Its Island Superstructure Covered In Kill Marks
The drone and ship kill marks visualize the role the Lincoln Carrier Strike Group played in the fight with Iran.
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Navy Doubles Down On X-BAT VTOL ‘Fighter’ Drone Development
X-BAT flight testing is getting closer on the horizon, and an extremely ambitious timeline to reach an operational capability has been revealed.
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British Commandos Emerge From German Submarine During Major NATO Exercise
The largest U.K. Commando Force exercise in 15 years is preparing for potential contingencies across the North Atlantic and High North.
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Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week
The throw rug really pulls the bunker together, don’t you think?
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First Look At Hypersonic Boost-Glide Vehicle Just Tested By South Korea
There is something of a budding, but murky hypersonic arms race emerging on the Korean Peninsula.
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Retired KC-10 Extender Tankers Could Get A Second Life With North African Mystery Operator
The USAF wants to know what it would take to regenerate a quartet of KC-10s for an undisclosed operator, and there are a couple of likely suspects.
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U.S. Makes F-35 Push As Portugal Weighs F-16 Replacement
The U.S. bid faces European rivals as Lisbon weighs the cost, capability, and strategic implications of its next fighter.
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Sikorsky’s “Black Hawk 2070” Strategy Includes Drones, New Engines, And Flying The Pilotless U-Hawk This Year
Branded Content: A planned suite of UH-60 upgrades includes the uncrewed U-Hawk, new engines, more range, launched effects, and expanding autonomy.
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Blackbeard Hypersonic Missile Shown Being Fired From Ground Launcher
Blackbeard is part of the Army’s push to make hypersonic weapons more mobile and affordable.
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How The Groundwork For F-47 Flight Testing Is Being Laid
The Air Force Test Center plans to use an evolving blend of real-world and digital testing once the F-47 starts flying.
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Glaring Lack Of Investment In Aircraft Shelters Highlighted By B-1B’s Sudden Retreat From U.K. Airbase
At this point, it could take a disaster for the USAF to invest in giving its prized assets sitting in the open on a flightline physical cover from drone attacks.
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Where Are The Aircraft Carriers?: October 6, 2026
USS George H.W. Bush pulls into Phuket for first liberty call after 188 days at sea, leaving USS George Washington as the sole carrier supporting operations against Iran.
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Glaring Holes In UK Air Defense Take Center Stage In New “Britannia Shield” Proposal
The opposition Conservatives want a new network to defend Britain’s critical infrastructure and military bases.
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Anduril Dives Into Submarine Construction With New Baltimore Plant
The plans for the new facility to build submarine components were announced as the Navy is struggling to meet its delivery goals.
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First F-16 Block 72 Has Flown
Seven years after Morocco became the Block 72’s launch customer, the first of these Pratt & Whitney-powered Vipers is finally airborne.
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First Release Of USAF’s New HACM Hypersonic Cruise Missile Has Happened Over Australian Range
The US and Australia are partners on the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile, which has finally reached flight testing after major delays.
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Houthis Lose Ground Along Strategic Bab Al Mandeb Strait In Saudi-Backed Counteroffensive
The Houthis’ previous gains, including critical coastal territory, are eroding, but it isn’t clear how long the offensive can be sustained.
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Spain Picks Airbus A321 For New Electronic Intelligence Aircraft
The three-aircraft fleet will not only restore Spain’s crewed airborne signals intelligence capability, but make it among the most powerful in Europe.
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The P-3 Orion Airborne Early Warning Aircraft Has Flown Its Last Mission
U.S. Customs and Border Protection was the only operator of P-3 AEW aircraft with their radar domes on top, using them to hunt drug smugglers.
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