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The Russians Just Did A Fly-By Of Area 51
News & Features

The Russians Just Did A Fly-By Of Area 51

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 1, 2019

China’s High-Speed Drone Is Rocket-Powered And All About Doing What Satellites Can’t
News & Features

China’s High-Speed Drone Is Rocket-Powered And All About Doing What Satellites Can’t

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 1, 2019

Here’s What The Ball On The Nose Of UAE’s Block 60 F-16E/F Desert Falcon Does
News & Features

Here’s What The Ball On The Nose Of UAE’s Block 60 F-16E/F Desert Falcon Does

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 1, 2019

These Images Of An F-22 Raptor’s Crumbling Radar Absorbent Skin Are Fascinating
Air

These Images Of An F-22 Raptor’s Crumbling Radar Absorbent Skin Are Fascinating

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 1, 2019

Are Some Of The UFOs Navy Pilots Are Encountering Actually Airborne Radar Reflectors?
Sea

Are Some Of The UFOs Navy Pilots Are Encountering Actually Airborne Radar Reflectors?

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 1, 2019

U.S. Intelligence Agency Eyes The Navy’s MQ-25 Drone For Maritime Surveillance Missions
News & Features

U.S. Intelligence Agency Eyes The Navy’s MQ-25 Drone For Maritime Surveillance Missions

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Oct 3, 2019

The F-35A Is Set To Finally Get Chaff Countermeasures To Confuse Enemy Radars
Air

The F-35A Is Set To Finally Get Chaff Countermeasures To Confuse Enemy Radars

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Sep 9, 2019

Air Force Touts B-1B Bomber’s Potential To Carry Huge Hypersonic Missiles And External Stores
Air

Air Force Touts B-1B Bomber’s Potential To Carry Huge Hypersonic Missiles And External Stores

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Sep 7, 2019

Russian Surveillance Plane Is Flying Missions Over U.S. Military Bases In Hawaii
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Russian Surveillance Plane Is Flying Missions Over U.S. Military Bases In Hawaii

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 16, 2019

Nearly All F-15Es Photographed Arriving In Middle East Carried Dragon’s Eye Radar Pods
Air

Nearly All F-15Es Photographed Arriving In Middle East Carried Dragon’s Eye Radar Pods

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 11, 2019

This Shadowy Testbed Jet Has Been Flying Missions With A False Registration For Months
Air

This Shadowy Testbed Jet Has Been Flying Missions With A False Registration For Months

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 10, 2019

U.S. Fighter Jets Are About To Get Infrared Sensors That Could Be Huge For UFO Reporting
News & Features

U.S. Fighter Jets Are About To Get Infrared Sensors That Could Be Huge For UFO Reporting

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 10, 2019

Congress Demands Space-Based Missile Defense Weapons and Sensors No Matter What
Space

Congress Demands Space-Based Missile Defense Weapons and Sensors No Matter What

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 1, 2019

Lockheed Is Proposing a Major ‘Triple Intelligence’ Upgrade for the U-2 Spy Plane
Air

Lockheed Is Proposing a Major ‘Triple Intelligence’ Upgrade for the U-2 Spy Plane

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

We Now Know Exactly What Sensors the Army’s Powerful New RO-6A Spy Planes Will Carry
Land

We Now Know Exactly What Sensors the Army’s Powerful New RO-6A Spy Planes Will Carry

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Shadowy USAF Spy Plane Spotted Over Seattle Reportedly Reappears Over Syria
Air

Shadowy USAF Spy Plane Spotted Over Seattle Reportedly Reappears Over Syria

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

USAF Uses Textron’s Scorpion Jet As the Latest Testbed for Its Modular Sensor Pod
Air

USAF Uses Textron’s Scorpion Jet As the Latest Testbed for Its Modular Sensor Pod

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

This Is All The Stuff You Can Hang Out of a C-130’s Rear Paratrooper Doors
Air

This Is All The Stuff You Can Hang Out of a C-130’s Rear Paratrooper Doors

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Boeing Might Include Stealthy Features on Overhauled US Navy Super Hornets
Sea

Boeing Might Include Stealthy Features on Overhauled US Navy Super Hornets

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

This Unique EPA Plane Is Monitoring Toxic Waste Dumps Around Houston
News & Features

This Unique EPA Plane Is Monitoring Toxic Waste Dumps Around Houston

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

India Wants To Breathe Extra Life Into Its Old Jaguar Jets By Adding New Radars
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India Wants To Breathe Extra Life Into Its Old Jaguar Jets By Adding New Radars

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

The USAF Tested an Advanced, Modular Sensor Pod on a Vintage Airliner
Air

The USAF Tested an Advanced, Modular Sensor Pod on a Vintage Airliner

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

South Africa’s Gripen Fighter Jets Will Stalk Rhino Poachers
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South Africa’s Gripen Fighter Jets Will Stalk Rhino Poachers

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Blackwater Founder Erik Prince’s Armed Crop Duster Is At The Paris Air Show
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Blackwater Founder Erik Prince’s Armed Crop Duster Is At The Paris Air Show

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

This Is How America Keeps Watch Over North Korea From The Sky
Air

This Is How America Keeps Watch Over North Korea From The Sky

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Miniature Smart Bombs Could Help Give the F-35 Firepower It Desperately Needs
Air

Miniature Smart Bombs Could Help Give the F-35 Firepower It Desperately Needs

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

These Secretive US SpecOps Spy Planes Are Getting New Sensors And Anti-GPS Jamming Gear
Air

These Secretive US SpecOps Spy Planes Are Getting New Sensors And Anti-GPS Jamming Gear

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 14, 2019

F-15C Eagle’s New Infrared Search And Track Pod Spotted At Huge Exercise In Alaska
Air

F-15C Eagle’s New Infrared Search And Track Pod Spotted At Huge Exercise In Alaska

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 18, 2019

Behold An MC-130J Spec Ops Transport With Its Badly Needed Terrain Following Radar Installed
Air

Behold An MC-130J Spec Ops Transport With Its Badly Needed Terrain Following Radar Installed

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on May 16, 2019

USAF Wants To Turn HC-130J’s Self Defense Suite Into “Sauron’s Eye” Vision System
Air

USAF Wants To Turn HC-130J’s Self Defense Suite Into “Sauron’s Eye” Vision System

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 2, 2019

USAF F-35As Flew First-Ever Combat Strikes With Radar Reflectors And Sidewinders Fitted
Air

USAF F-35As Flew First-Ever Combat Strikes With Radar Reflectors And Sidewinders Fitted

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Apr 30, 2019

Lockheed Tests Game-Changing F-35-Like X-Ray Vision System On Bell’s V-280 Valor
Air

Lockheed Tests Game-Changing F-35-Like X-Ray Vision System On Bell’s V-280 Valor

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Apr 17, 2019

One of Saudi Arabia’s RE-3A Spy Planes Now Looks Just Like a U.S. Air Force RC-135
News & Features

One of Saudi Arabia’s RE-3A Spy Planes Now Looks Just Like a U.S. Air Force RC-135

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Apr 16, 2019

Indian Radar Data That Supposedly Proves They Downed An F-16 Is Far From “Irrefutable”
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Indian Radar Data That Supposedly Proves They Downed An F-16 Is Far From “Irrefutable”

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Apr 9, 2019

Here’s Where Boeing Aims To Take The Super Hornet In The Decades To Come
Air

Here’s Where Boeing Aims To Take The Super Hornet In The Decades To Come

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Apr 4, 2019

Skunk Works’ Helendale Radar Signature Test Range Is Where Stealth Dreams Become Reality
News & Features

Skunk Works’ Helendale Radar Signature Test Range Is Where Stealth Dreams Become Reality

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Apr 2, 2019

Mysterious Cloud Of Chaff Lights Up Radar Over Dozens Of Miles Of New Mexico Airspace
News & Features

Mysterious Cloud Of Chaff Lights Up Radar Over Dozens Of Miles Of New Mexico Airspace

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Mar 7, 2019

Northrop Grumman Is Vying To Give B-52 Bomber A Game-Changing New Radar
Air

Northrop Grumman Is Vying To Give B-52 Bomber A Game-Changing New Radar

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Feb 26, 2019

Ukrainian Il-76 Airlifter That Was Tracked Across U.S. Delivered Radar Asset To Utah Air Base
News & Features

Ukrainian Il-76 Airlifter That Was Tracked Across U.S. Delivered Radar Asset To Utah Air Base

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 4, 2019

Northrop Grumman Plans To Upend Aerial Surveillance Market With Their Optionally Manned Firebird
Air

Northrop Grumman Plans To Upend Aerial Surveillance Market With Their Optionally Manned Firebird

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Dec 14, 2018

Now Massive Plumes Of Chaff Are Lighting Up Radar Over Maine and Florida Too
News & Features

Now Massive Plumes Of Chaff Are Lighting Up Radar Over Maine and Florida Too

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Dec 13, 2018

Evacuated Naval Air Station Point Mugu And Key Radar Station Threatened By Blaze (Updated)
Sea

Evacuated Naval Air Station Point Mugu And Key Radar Station Threatened By Blaze (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Nov 9, 2018

China Reveals Prototype Configuration Of Jam Resistant And Counter-Stealth ‘Quantum Radar’
News & Features

China Reveals Prototype Configuration Of Jam Resistant And Counter-Stealth ‘Quantum Radar’

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Nov 6, 2018

Russian IL-20 Surveillance Plane Went Down Off Syrian Coast During Israeli Missile Barrage (Updated)
News & Features

Russian IL-20 Surveillance Plane Went Down Off Syrian Coast During Israeli Missile Barrage (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Sep 18, 2018

USAF Plans To Drastically Boost Flexibility of U-2s and RQ-4s By Adding Modular ‘Agile Pods’
Air

USAF Plans To Drastically Boost Flexibility of U-2s and RQ-4s By Adding Modular ‘Agile Pods’

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 11, 2018

AC-130W Gunship Pilots Help Target The Enemy With An Off The Shelf Rifle Sight
Air

AC-130W Gunship Pilots Help Target The Enemy With An Off The Shelf Rifle Sight

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Aug 5, 2018

High-Quality Shots Of Unpainted Chinese J-20 Stealth Fighter Offer New Capability Insights
News & Features

High-Quality Shots Of Unpainted Chinese J-20 Stealth Fighter Offer New Capability Insights

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Aug 1, 2018

The USMC’s F/A-18 Hornets Are Getting New Jamming-Resistant GPS Gear
Sea

The USMC’s F/A-18 Hornets Are Getting New Jamming-Resistant GPS Gear

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 29, 2018

F-35′s X-Ray Vision System Is Getting An Upgrade, But Will It Actually Save Money?
Air

F-35′s X-Ray Vision System Is Getting An Upgrade, But Will It Actually Save Money?

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 13, 2018

‘Harvester’ Could Transform Any US Air Force C-130 Into A Nuke Sniffing Plane
Air

‘Harvester’ Could Transform Any US Air Force C-130 Into A Nuke Sniffing Plane

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 12, 2018

Marines Want Their Multi-Role Vertical Takeoff Combat Drone To Be A Flying Radar First
Sea

Marines Want Their Multi-Role Vertical Takeoff Combat Drone To Be A Flying Radar First

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 8, 2018

U.S. Lawmakers Want To Axe Funding For New Surveillance Planes To Monitor Russia
News & Features

U.S. Lawmakers Want To Axe Funding For New Surveillance Planes To Monitor Russia

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on May 14, 2018

Northrop Grumman’s ‘H03’ Firebird Spy Plane Is Now Flying At Mojave Air and Space Port
News & Features

Northrop Grumman’s ‘H03’ Firebird Spy Plane Is Now Flying At Mojave Air and Space Port

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on May 5, 2018

Mysterious Northrop Grumman Spy Plane Emerges At The Mojave Air and Space Port
News & Features

Mysterious Northrop Grumman Spy Plane Emerges At The Mojave Air and Space Port

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Apr 5, 2018

Shadowy CIA-Linked Spy Plane May Be Scouring The Sea For North Korean Sanction Busting
News & Features

Shadowy CIA-Linked Spy Plane May Be Scouring The Sea For North Korean Sanction Busting

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Mar 28, 2018

The Best Of The USMC’s Aging F/A-18 Hornets To Receive Lethal Radar Upgrade
Sea

The Best Of The USMC’s Aging F/A-18 Hornets To Receive Lethal Radar Upgrade

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Mar 22, 2018

US Army Hits Setbacks Trying to Add New Infrared Countermeasures to Its Helicopters
Land

US Army Hits Setbacks Trying to Add New Infrared Countermeasures to Its Helicopters

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 25, 2018

Rare IRST Pod Toting “Ghost” F-16D Likely Based At Area 51 Spotted In Star Wars Canyon
Air

Rare IRST Pod Toting “Ghost” F-16D Likely Based At Area 51 Spotted In Star Wars Canyon

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Nov 27, 2017

N. Korea Posts On-Board Film Of Missile Flight As US Says It Spied On Launch Site
News & Features

N. Korea Posts On-Board Film Of Missile Flight As US Says It Spied On Launch Site

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 5, 2017

Watch a Computer Save this G-Stricken F-16 Pilot from Certain Death
Air

Watch a Computer Save this G-Stricken F-16 Pilot from Certain Death

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 14, 2016

Photo Emerges Of Stealthy Avenger Drone Fitted With Advanced Multi-Spectral Sensor Suite
Air

Photo Emerges Of Stealthy Avenger Drone Fitted With Advanced Multi-Spectral Sensor Suite

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jun 14, 2016

The Navy Is Getting A Video Pod To Record Russian And Chinese Jets Making Unsafe Intercepts
Sea

The Navy Is Getting A Video Pod To Record Russian And Chinese Jets Making Unsafe Intercepts

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 22, 2016