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Alaska’s HAARP Site Now Being Used To Test New Air Force Over-The-Horizon Radar Tech
The pursuit of over-the-horizon radars to watch over the strategic High North could point to a new role for the HAARP site.
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Finland To Build A Million Landmines As Russian Threat Looms
Helsinki is moving to restart domestic production of once-outlawed anti-personnel mines as Russia rebuilds its military posture along NATO’s northern flank.
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Ghost Shark Extra-Large Uncrewed Underwater Vehicles’ Payload Bay Seen For First Time
Ghost Shark will deploy aerial drones, lay mines, and execute seabed resupply missions as part of Australia’s new undersea arsenal.
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Russian Satellite’s Unprecedented Shadowing Of A Very Particular Radar Imaging Satellite Is A Big Deal
Russia’s Kosmos 2612 came very close to ICEYE X36, which reportedly has Ukraine connections, after weeks of highly unusual maneuvering.
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Germany Drops Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat Rapid Procurement Plan
A broader competition for Germany’s CCA requirement is now likely to extend into the next decade.
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Army’s Plan To Launch Hundreds Of Balloons Into Enemy Territory If A Future Conflict Breaks Out
The balloons would be used to surveil vast areas of enemy territory, decoy defenses, provide networking and launch drone attacks behind enemy lines.
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We Finally Know The B-21 Raider’s True Wingspan
We don’t have to endure bizarrely small size estimates for the B-21 anymore.
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What The Army’s Pacific Commanders Are Learning From Ukraine And Iran Conflicts
Battles far away are informing major changes to how the Army trains, equips and operates in the vast Pacific.
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The Army’s Plan For Employing LUCAS Kamikaze Drones Against Its Adversaries
A vision of Army units launching long-range one-way attack drones at enemy warships and ballistic missiles in the Pacific and Europe is taking shape.
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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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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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Aerial Drones Appear To Be Picking Up Wounded Off The Battlefield In Ukraine
A heavy-lift hexacopter is shown pulling a wounded soldier from what Ukraine describes as a drone-saturated kill zone in what would be a world first.
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F-22 Pilot Controls FQ-44 Fighter Drone From The Cockpit For The First Time
This is a key milestone as F-22s will be the Air Force’s first aerial ‘quarterbacks’ for Collaborative Combat Aircraft drones.
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Canada’s Snowbirds Say Farewell To The CT-114 Tutor Jet
After 55 years with the Tutor, the aerobatic team faces an extended hiatus before transitioning to the PC-21 turboprop in the early 2030s.
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Second Chinese Submarine Drone Mothership Emerges
It is a scaled-down version of the first and was built by Guangzhou Shipyard International, which is well-known for pumping out special use vessels.
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Where Are The Aircraft Carriers?: October 17, 2026
USS Theodore Roosevelt arrives in Japan ahead of exercise Keen Sword, while the U.S. once again positions two aircraft carriers in the Middle East.
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New Montana “Super Range” Complex Could Add Critical Weapons Testing Capacity
Trump announced a new facility aimed at testing autonomous weapons, space, and electronic warfare technology, supersonics and hypersonics.
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Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week
Where is that drip sound coming from?
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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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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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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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Bradley’s Old TOW Launchers Get New Teeth With Spike Missile Adapter
The system allows old TOW missile launchers to fire the massively more capable Spike LR2 without major modifications.
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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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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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This Is Our First Look At The Wolf Armored Fighting Vehicle That Aims To Replace The Bradley
Wolf is competing against a variant of the German-designed Lynx to become the Army’s XM30 Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle.
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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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Test Plans Change, Small Distinctions Emerge Between XM30 Bradley Replacement Prototypes
Aberdeen Proving Ground and Fort Hood now have the prototype mechanized infantry combat vehicles on hand.
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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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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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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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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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