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Claims Swirl Around The Fate Of Russia’s Last Huge Typhoon Class Submarine

Claims Swirl Around The Fate Of Russia’s Last Huge Typhoon Class Submarine

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jul 20, 2022
Mysterious Pod Carried By Air Force Reaper Drone That Crashed In Romania

Mysterious Pod Carried By Air Force Reaper Drone That Crashed In Romania

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jul 20, 2022
KC-46 single pilot operations

Single Pilot KC-46 Tanker Operations Eyed By Air Force For Major Conflicts

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jul 18, 2022
Artist's conceptions of a pair of new drone designs that BAE Systems unveiled at the RIAT 2022 air show.

New Unmanned Combat Aircraft Designs Revealed By BAE Systems

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jul 15, 2022
A Northrop Grumman AN/APG-83 radar installed on an F-16 Viper fighter jet.

New Radars Are Giving Old Air Force F-16s Capabilities Like Never Before

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Jul 15, 2022
B61-12

New B61-12 Bomb’s Precision Unusable By Some Nuclear Strike Jets

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jul 14, 2022
Graphics depicting possible basing concepts for the Cold War-era MX missile program overlaid on top of a rendering of the Air Force's future LGM-35A ICBM.

Firing ICBMs From Lakes, Tunnels Considered Before Air Force Picked New Missile

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jul 14, 2022
Bell 360 head on

Nearly Complete Invictus Armed Scout Helicopter Looks Wicked In New Photos

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jul 13, 2022
A depiction of an F-35A Joint Strike Fighter flying together with various different drone designs as part of a distributed manned-unmanned team.

Vision For Future Manned-Unmanned Air Combat Laid Out By Skunk Works

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Jul 12, 2022
A picture of an Airbus Zephyr S drone in flight with an inset showing flight tracking data from July 11 with various numbers, letters, and other items 'written' in it.

Airbus’s Zephyr Drone Looks To Have Just Broken A Huge Aviation Record

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jul 12, 2022
The Airbus Zephyr S solar-powered high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft.

Zephyr Drone Has Been Flying For 17 Days From Arizona To Belize

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jul 1, 2022
A ZEV Technologies OZ9 Combat pistol

U.S. Nuclear Convoy Guards’ New Pistol Looks Right Out Of John Wick

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 30, 2022
A General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) light tank prototype.

The Army Just Selected Its First Light Tank In Decades

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 29, 2022
NGAD Northrop Grumman

Next Generation Air Dominance ‘Fighter’ Is Still Being Competed

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 28, 2022
A HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) launcher belonging to the Wisconsin Army National Guard's Battery B, 1st Battalion, 121st Field Artillery conducts a fire mission May 6 at a military base in Afghanistan. Battery B recently completed its deployment and arrived at Fort Bliss, Texas, where it will complete several days of demobilization requirements before returning to Wisconsin.

Ukraine Situation Report: Patrol Boats, More HIMARS In New U.S. Aid Package

By Dan Parsons, Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 24, 2022
An artist's conception of a US Air Force EC-37B Compass Cal jet, with an existing EC-130H Compass call aircraft depicted in the background.

Congress Pushes For More Air Force EC-37 Electronic Warfare Jets

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 23, 2022
MQ-1C Ukraine

Ukrainian Fighter Pilots Call B.S. On Need For Gray Eagle Drones

By Oliver Parken, Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 22, 2022
A satellite image of Ukraine's Zmiinyi Island, or Snake Island, in the Black Sea, which Russian forces currently occupy, taken on June 21, 2022. The red circles highlight areas that appear to have been hit in Ukrainian strikes.

Ukrainian Strikes On Russian-Occupied Snake Island Confirmed In Satellite Imagery

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 21, 2022
Maps and pictures showing various Chinese and Russian naval vessels that have been sailing around Japanese territory in June 2022.

Burst Of Chinese, Russian Naval Activity Tracked In Waters Around Japan

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 21, 2022
A Hawker Hunter takes off during Northern Edge, May 20, 2019, from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Northern Edge is an exercise showcasing the lethality of joint forces and the capabilities of U.S. forces in and around the Indo-Pacific region.

Hawker Hunter Aggressor Jet Crashes Off North Carolina (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick, Howard Altman
Posted on Jun 20, 2022
A U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II aircraft from the Vermont Air National Guards 134th Fighter Squadron alongwith another one (unseen) is seen on the tarmac after landing at the international airport Petrovec near Skopje, on June 17, 2022 as they practice Agile Combat Employment concepts while supporting NATOs collective defense throughout Southeastern Europe.

U.S. F-35As Brandish AIM-120 Missiles During Visit To North Macedonia

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 17, 2022
experience of multiple, intensive air combat sorties in the safety of a training environment.

Navy’s Peculiar Plan To Retire EA-18 Growlers Is Up In The Air

By Tyler Rogoway, Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 17, 2022
A version of an apparent General Dynamics Land Systems promotion shot of the company's Next Generation Abrams tank that has been brightened and sharpened to reveal additional details.

Next Generation M1 Abrams Tank Teased By General Dynamics

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 16, 2022
A satellite image showing Tinian International Airport on the island of Tinian on June 6, 2022, with construction work visible on the northern side of the facility.

Construction Of Airbase On Tinian Island In Case Guam Gets Knocked Out Has Begun

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 15, 2022
A satellite image showing China's still-under-construction Type 003 aircraft carrier at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai on June 14, 2022.

New Chinese Aircraft Carrier’s Dry Dock Is Flooded, Launch Imminent

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 14, 2022
A picture showing a Ghost Robotics Vision 60 quadrupedal unmanned ground vehicle equipped with a Nautical Autonomous Unmanned Tail emerging from a river, along with an inset showing it swimming in the water.

Military ‘Robot Dogs’ Can Now Be Equipped To Swim (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 13, 2022
VIRGINIA_CLASS_SSN

Australia Was Poised To Get Virginia Class Nuclear Submarines Says Former Defense Minister

By Thomas Newdick, Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 10, 2022
A full-size mockup of the fictional Darkstar hypersonic aircraft that Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works helped create for the 2022 movie Top Gun: Maverick.

Darkstar Mockup From Top Gun: Maverick Looks Wicked In New Video

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 10, 2022
A picture of a unique and highly-modified Boeing 727 that Raytheon uses as testbed, with an inset showing online flight tracking data regarding an unusual flight the aircraft performed around the islands of Saipan and Tinian in the western Pacific in June 2022.

Radar-Toting 727 Testbed “Voodoo 1” Appears Over Saipan

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Jun 9, 2022
An MV-22B Osprey takes off from Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 10, 2019.

Marine MV-22 Osprey Crashed Near El Centro In Southern California (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 8, 2022
Tankers off southern california with USS Nimitz

Mysterious Exercise Off Baja Brought Nellis AFB, USS Nimitz Aircraft Together

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Jun 8, 2022
A picture showing an odd array of commercial hardware reportedly recently donated to a Russian combat aviation unit.

‘Crowdfunded’ Aid For Russian Jet Squadron Looks Like Someone Raided A Home Depot

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 7, 2022
A US Air Force RC-135U Combat Sent electronic intelligence aircraft photographed at Kadena Air Base on the Japanese Island of Okinawa in 2009.

U.S. RC-135U Spy Plane Just Surveilled China’s Strategic Southern Coast

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 6, 2022
KC-46A aircraft assigned to the 157th Air Refueling Wing perform an elephant walk formation on the runway at Pease Air National Guard Base, Sept. 8, 2021.

KC-46 Tanker’s Recent “97 Percent” Milestone Isn’t The Whole Story

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 5, 2022
Ukrainian troops sit on an armoured vehicle as they move back from the front line near the city of Sloviansk in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas on June 1, 2022.

Ukraine Situation Report: Russia Controls Fifth Of Country After 100 Days

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 3, 2022
Artwork depicting the Darkstar stealthy hypersonic aircraft, a fictious design that Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works created for the movie Top Gun: Maverick.

Skunk Works On How They Brought Top Gun: Maverick’s Darkstar To Life

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 3, 2022
Pictures reportedly showing an array of drones on the deck of the Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong.

Chinese Aircraft Carrier Seen With A Fleet Of Drones On Its Deck

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 2, 2022
Soldiers seen moving on a tank and vehicles in the outskirts of the Lysychansk, close to Severodonetsk. Lysychansk is a city on the high right bank of the Donets River in the Luhansk region.

Ukraine Situation Report: Battle Over Critical Eastern City Becomes Brutal Street Fight (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 31, 2022
The Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11), homeported at Naval Station Mayport, Jacksonville, Fla., arrives at the Marathi NATO Pier Complex in Souda Bay, Greece, to undergo scheduled preventative maintenance in May 2022..

Navy Finally Sends Littoral Combat Ship To Middle East

By Howard Altman, Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 31, 2022
Ukrainian servicemen wave as they move with an armored vehicle toward the frontline at a checkpoint near the city of Lysychansk in the eastern Ukranian region of Donbas, on May 23, 2022, amid Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Forces Advance In Key Eastern Cities

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 28, 2022
Chinese drone ship, Zhu Hai Yun

China Launches Drone Ship That Acts As A Mothership For More Drones

By Oliver Parken, Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 27, 2022
U.S. Soldiers launch rockets from an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), at Daecheon, South Korea, Sept. 21, 2017.

The Reality Of What HIMARS Rocket Artillery Systems Can And Can’t Do For Ukraine (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on May 27, 2022
Clips from a video that is said to show an apparent missile launch, possibly from a submarine, in the South China Sea, as seen from a Cathay Pacific Boeing 777 airliner.

Mysterious South China Sea Missile Launch Claimed To Be Caught By Airliner (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 26, 2022
Ukrainian servicemen are seen in the trenches as fighting against Russian troops continues near to the Cherkaske City, on eastern Ukraine, May 3, 2022.

Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Forces Break Through In Parts Of Donbas

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 25, 2022
A screengrab from a video of the damaged USS Connecticut arriving in San Diego in December 2021 following the underwater collision two months earlier.

The Story Of How The Submarine USS Connecticut Crashed

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 24, 2022
A screengrab from a video of the damaged USS Connecticut arriving in San Diego in December 2021 following the underwater collision two months earlier.

Navy Releases Report On Submarine USS Connecticut’s Underwater Crash

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 23, 2022
A Danish Navy shore-launched Harpoon missile launcher.

Harpoon Anti-Ship Missiles Headed To Ukraine From Denmark

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on May 23, 2022
Russian servicemen stand guard at the destroyed part of the Ilyich Iron and Steel Works in Ukraine's port city of Mariupol on May 18, 2022, amid the ongoing Russian military action in Ukraine.

Ukraine Situation Report: Russia Says Mariupol Steel Plant Standoff Is Over

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 21, 2022
A picture showing the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov inside a new drydock at the 35th Shipyard in Murmansk overlaid on a satellite image of the drydock.

Russia’s Cursed Aircraft Carrier Is Finally In A Drydock That Can’t Sink

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 20, 2022
Russian servicemen patrol the destroyed part of the Ilyich Iron and Steel Works in Ukraine's port city of Mariupol on May 18, 2022, amid the ongoing Russian military action in Ukraine.

Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Forces Lose Ground Despite Impending Fall Of Mariupol

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 20, 2022
An artist's conception of a drone swarm overlaid on a map of Taiwan.

Massive Drone Swarm Over Strait Decisive In Taiwan Conflict Wargames

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 19, 2022
B-52 ARRW Hypersonic Launch

B-52 Successfully Tests Hypersonic Missile After Three Failed Tries (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 17, 2022
Russian incendiary munitions fall on the Azovstal steelworks in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol in May 2022.

Ukraine Situation Report: Fall Of Mariupol May Be Imminent

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 16, 2022
Russia Fires World’s Biggest Laser-Guided Mortar Round In Ukraine

Russia Fires World’s Biggest Laser-Guided Mortar Round In Ukraine

By Emma Helfrich, Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 14, 2022
A US Air Force KC-135R aerial refueling tanker comes in to land.

KC-135R Tanker Autopilots Still Suffering From Dangerous Anomalies

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 13, 2022
A satellite image of Ukraine's Zmiinyi Island, or Snake Island, taken on May 12, 2022, with an inset highlighting the presence of what is likely the Russian Navy's self-propelled crane barge SPK-46150.

Russian Crane Barge Appears At Hotly Contested Snake Island

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 12, 2022
Smoke rises after a Russian attack on the Azovstal steelworks in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol on May 11, 2022.

Ukraine Situation Report: Operation To Break Azovstal Siege Still On The Table

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 11, 2022
Eight US Air Force C-17A Globemaster III airlifters at Bardufoss Air Station in Norway on May 10, 2022. The inset is a screen shot from an online flight tracking website showing the aircraft leaving Norway.

Conga Line Of C-17s Spotted Heading South Over Europe From Norway (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 10, 2022
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to reporters before signing the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 in the Oval Office of the White House May 9, 2022 in Washington, DC. The Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 was unanimously passed by the U.S. Senate on April 7 and will expedite military aide and other resources to Ukraine.

Ukraine Situation Report: “We’re Staying In This” Biden Says As He Signs Lend-Lease Bill

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 9, 2022
Doc Schultz Su-27 Red Hats Area 51 Crash

Area 51 Test Pilot Died During Heroic Su-27 Flight: Report

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 7, 2022
A screen shot of a clip from the 2022 film Top Gun: Maverick showing a fictional hypersonic aircraft that Lockheed Martin helped craft.

Skunk Works Helped Create The Darkstar Jet For Top Gun: Maverick

By Thomas Newdick, Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on May 6, 2022
The Freedom class Littoral Combat Ship USS Sioux City sails in the Atlantic ahead of its arrival European waters.

A Littoral Combat Ship Has Finally Deployed To Europe

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 6, 2022
Russian T90M Tank DESTROYED UKRAINE

Russia Just Lost Its Most Advanced Operational Tank In Ukraine

By Oliver Parken, Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on May 5, 2022
A picture that Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi posted on Twitter following Russian missile strikes on May 3, 2022.

Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Cruise Missiles Strike Targets Across The Country

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 3, 2022