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Chinese balloon-launched drones
News & Features

China Sees Balloon-Launched Drone Swarms In Its Future

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 2, 2023

Rolls-Royce testing new F130 engines for B-52 CERP
Air

Rolls-Royce Offers Peek At The B-52’s New Engines Undergoing Testing

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Mar 2, 2023

Cruise Missiles Could Get Added To MQ-9’s Arsenal
Air

Cruise Missiles Could Get Added To MQ-9’s Arsenal

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 1, 2023

E-7 WEDGETAIL
Air

Air Force Orders First E-7 Jets To Replace Aging E-3 Sentry

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 1, 2023

BAE Systems Australia unveils STRIX multi-role VTOL drone
News & Features

Meet Australia’s Home-Grown ‘STRIX’ VTOL Combat Drone Concept (Updated)

By Emma Helfrich, Roy Choo

Posted on Mar 1, 2023

Ukrainian Drone Gets Within 70 Miles Of Moscow
News & Features

Ukrainian Drone Gets Within 70 Miles Of Moscow

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 28, 2023

Belarus A50 mainstay
Air

Russian A-50 Radar Jet Intact After Claimed Drone Attack In Belarus

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Feb 28, 2023

New Type Of Kamikaze Drone Appears In Russian City Near Ukraine Border
Air

New Type Of Kamikaze Drone Appears In Russian City Near Ukraine Border

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 28, 2023

MQ-9 Reaper Ukraine
News & Features

The Case For Ukraine Acquiring MQ-9 Reapers

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Feb 27, 2023

A-50 Belarus
Air

Claims Swirl Around Supposed Strike On Russian A-50 Radar Jet In Belarus (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Feb 27, 2023

T-62M Russia New Optical Sight
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Tanks Reverting To Cold War Thermal Sights

By Stetson Payne

Posted on Feb 26, 2023

New Drones Ukraine Jump 20 Altius 600
News & Features

Ukraine Gets Huge Boost In Deadly Drone Capabilities From U.S.

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 24, 2023

F-35B Singapore
News & Features

Singapore Commits To F-35B Stealth Jets With Follow-On Order

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 24, 2023

Boeing To End F/A-18 Super Hornet Production In Two Years
Air

Boeing To End F/A-18 Super Hornet Production In Two Years

By Joseph Trevithick, Oliver Parken

Posted on Feb 24, 2023

F-35B Lightning USS America
Sea

Reviving The Use Of Navy Tactical Jets As Submarine-Hunters

By Kevin Noonan

Posted on Feb 23, 2023

Our Best Look Yet At The Chinese Spy Balloon’s Massive Payload
Air

Our Best Look Yet At The Chinese Spy Balloon’s Massive Payload

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 22, 2023

Vandy-1-main copy
Air

F/A-18 Super Hornet In Retro Gloss Black Paint Scheme Emerges

By Jamie Hunter

Updated on Feb 22, 2023

JDAM-ER Trial
News & Features

Wing Kits For Ukraine’s JDAM Bombs Would Be A Big Problem For Russia

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Feb 22, 2023

U-2 Pilot’s Selfie Flying Alongside Chinese Spy Balloon Leaks (Updated)
Air

U-2 Pilot’s Selfie Flying Alongside Chinese Spy Balloon Leaks (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Feb 21, 2023

UKRAINE UH-60 BLACK HAWK
Air

UH-60 Black Hawk Unexpectedly Appears In Ukrainian Military Service

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 21, 2023

Pilots Advised Of Large White High-Altitude Balloon East Of Hawaii (Updated)
News & Features

Pilots Advised Of Large White High-Altitude Balloon East Of Hawaii (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 20, 2023

An AIM-120 On A AH-1 Cobra? Not Impossible, Say Marines
Sea

An AIM-120 On A AH-1 Cobra? Not Impossible, Say Marines

By Dan Parsons

Posted on Feb 17, 2023

Navy To Test Ground-Launched Version Of New Radar-Busting Missile
Sea

Navy To Test Ground-Launched Version Of New Radar-Busting Missile

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 17, 2023

‘Sharper Rules’ Coming To Tackle Airspace Incursions: Biden
News & Features

‘Sharper Rules’ Coming To Tackle Airspace Incursions: Biden

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 16, 2023

QINETIQ DRONE UKRAINE
News & Features

Clandestine U.K. Program Developed 3D-Printed ‘Suicide’ Drone For Ukraine

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 16, 2023

Hawker Hunter ATAC
Sea

Hawker Hunter Aggressor Pilot Recounts Ejection Right Out Of Top Gun

By Jan Tegler

Posted on Feb 16, 2023

Balloon Shot Down Search
News & Features

Why Wreckage Of The Three Shot Down Objects Is So Hard To Find

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Feb 16, 2023

UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter Maintenance Test Flight
Air

UH-60 Black Hawk Falls Out Of The Sky In Alabama

By Oliver Parken

Updated on Feb 16, 2023

Balloons Shot Down Over Ukraine Point To New Russian Tactics
News & Features

Balloons Shot Down Over Ukraine Point To New Russian Tactics

By Howard Altman, Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Feb 16, 2023

Drone seen entering building during recent Israeli security forces raid
News & Features

Watch This Eerie Video Of Drone Floating Down Street, Entering Building Before Israeli Raid

By Emma Helfrich

Updated on Feb 16, 2023

ISRAEL MIG-29
News & Features

Israel’s Secretive MiG-29 Fulcrum Test Program

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 15, 2023

F-16 BALLOON INTERCEPT
Air

Listen To F-16 Pilots Intercept The Octagon Object Over Lake Huron

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 13, 2023

U.S. Scrambles To Get A Handle On Mysterious Aerial Incursions (Updated)
News & Features

U.S. Scrambles To Get A Handle On Mysterious Aerial Incursions (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 13, 2023

AN-S1 medium-altitude balloon
News & Features

Russia Also Has A Fleet Of Spy Balloons

By Piotr Butowski

Updated on Feb 13, 2023

Octagonal Object shoot down Lake Huron
Air

F-16 Shoots Down “Octagonal Object” Over Lake Huron (Updated)

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Feb 12, 2023

F-22 shoot down
Air

F-22 Shoots Down Another Object, This Time Over Canada (Updated)

By Stetson Payne

Posted on Feb 11, 2023

Iraq Wants To Ditch Russian Mi-17s For U.S. Helicopters Over Ukraine War-Induced Parts Shortage
News & Features

Iraq Wants To Ditch Russian Mi-17s For U.S. Helicopters Over Ukraine War-Induced Parts Shortage

By Emma Helfrich, Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Feb 11, 2023

F-22 Shoots Down “Object” Flying High Over Alaskan Waters (Updated)
Air

F-22 Shoots Down “Object” Flying High Over Alaskan Waters (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick, Howard Altman

Updated on Feb 10, 2023

Here’s How Feasible The U.K. Giving Eurofighters To Ukraine Actually Is
News & Features

Here’s How Feasible The U.K. Giving Eurofighters To Ukraine Actually Is

By Jamie Hunter, Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 10, 2023

A-10
Air

A-10 Warthog Emerges In New Camouflage

By Oliver Parken

Updated on Feb 10, 2023

The Army Has Axed Its Dash-8 Surveillance Planes
Land

The Army Has Axed Its Dash-8 Surveillance Planes

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 9, 2023

Su-57 MAKS 2022
News & Features

Here Is What Russia’s Military Aircraft And Missiles Actually Cost

By Piotr Butowski, Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 9, 2023

This Is How Long It Would Really Take Ukraine’s Pilots To Convert To F-16s
News & Features

This Is How Long It Would Really Take Ukraine’s Pilots To Convert To F-16s

By Jamie Hunter, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Feb 8, 2023

RAF T2 Hawks
News & Features

U.K. Commits To Training Ukrainian Fighter Pilots, Many Questions Remain

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 8, 2023

F-4 IRAN UNDERGROUND
News & Features

Iran Unveils Underground ‘Fighter Caves’ Housing F-4 Phantoms

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Feb 7, 2023

M-17 Mystic
News & Features

The Soviets Built Bespoke Balloon-Killer Planes During The Cold War

By Piotr Butowski

Posted on Feb 7, 2023

Our First Look At Chinese Spy Balloon Debris Being Recovered
Air

Our First Look At Chinese Spy Balloon Debris Being Recovered

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 7, 2023

F-22 Balloon shoot down china
Air

The Shooting Down Of China’s Spy Balloon In Moment-By-Moment Audio

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Feb 7, 2023

LCA NAVY
News & Features

First Fighters Land Aboard India’s First Homegrown Aircraft Carrier

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 6, 2023

U-2 Spy Planes Snooped On Chinese Surveillance Balloon
Air

U-2 Spy Planes Snooped On Chinese Surveillance Balloon

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Feb 6, 2023

Chinese Spy Balloon shot down
Air

F-22 Shoots Down Chinese Spy Balloon Off Carolinas With Missile (Updated)

By Stetson Payne, Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Feb 4, 2023

China Spy Balloon
News & Features

Why Shooting Down China’s Spy Balloon Over The U.S. Is More Complicated Than It Seems

By Emma Helfrich, Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Feb 4, 2023

Chinese Spy Balloon Reaches Missouri
News & Features

Chinese Spy Balloon Reaches Missouri

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 3, 2023

China’s Spy Balloon Over Montana Is Part Of A Larger, More Troubling Pattern
News & Features

China’s Spy Balloon Over Montana Is Part Of A Larger, More Troubling Pattern

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 3, 2023

MAC MC-130
Air

C-130 Seaplane Program Put On Back Burner (Updated)

By Howard Altman

Updated on Feb 2, 2023

General Atomics MQ-9 Reapers offered to Ukraine
News & Features

MQ-9 Reapers Offered To Ukraine For $1, But Relevancy Questions Remain

By Emma Helfrich, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Feb 2, 2023

Gambit Drone Chosen To Fly Under Secretive Off-Board Sensing Station Program
Air

Gambit Drone Chosen To Fly Under Secretive Off-Board Sensing Station Program

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 2, 2023

General Atomics Liberty Lifter
Sea

Huge Ekranoplan-Like Airlifter Design Teams Selected By DARPA

By Oliver Parken, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Feb 2, 2023

Bell FARA Invictus
Air

Bell’s 360 Invictus Readies For Flight But Still Has No Engine

By Dan Parsons

Posted on Feb 1, 2023

Air Force Says It Needs More Survivable Tankers By 2040
Air

Air Force Says It Needs More Survivable Tankers By 2040

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 1, 2023

General Atomics Eaglet
Air

MQ-1C Has Air-Launched The Eaglet Drone On Its First Flight

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Feb 1, 2023

New Shots Of Stealthy XQ-58A Valkyrie Highlight Its Runway Independence
Air

New Shots Of Stealthy XQ-58A Valkyrie Highlight Its Runway Independence

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 1, 2023

F-35 Thule Air Base greenland
Air

F-35s Have Debuted At Greenland’s Strategic Thule Air Base

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 31, 2023

Armed Bell 407
News & Features

Bell Is Arming Its Civil Helicopters In Hopes Of Replacing Europe’s Russian Rotorcraft

By Dan Parsons

Posted on Jan 31, 2023