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Could NASA’s SR-71 Blackbird Be Modified To Reach Mach 4?
The SR-71's airframe is capable of going beyond its known top speed and NASA may have good reason to push its limits via new engines.
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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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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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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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Apache Crew Rescue Highlights Need For AI In Combat Says Joint Chiefs Chairman
AI enabled troops to manage networks of unmanned systems across thousands of miles of water and to pull assets together for a quick rescue.
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One Of These Missiles Is Set To Be The Army’s Next Mid-Tier Anti-Air Interceptor
The new Enduring Shield system paired with AIM-9X Sidewinders already gives the Army its first mid-range air defense capability in decades.
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Army Widens Stinger Surface-To-Air Missile Replacement Search
Lockheed and Raytheon are developing competing Stinger replacements now, but the Army wants to put additional designs to the test next year.
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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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Blackbeard Hypersonic Missile Seen Flying On F/A-18 Super Hornet For The First Time
The Navy is pushing to get Blackbeard, a lower-cost and fast-to-produce standoff weapon, into operational service by 2028 at the latest.
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New-Build F-16s For The USAF Is An Idea That Won’t Go Away, For Good Reason
Lockheed’s F-16G pitch could be part of the answer to the Air Force’s problem of trying to grow its increasingly geriatric fighter fleet.
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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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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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All The Weapons A Single Navy Fighter Squadron Launched During Operation Epic Fury
Strike Fighter Squadron 41’s F/A-18Fs let loose hundreds of air-to-surface and air-to-air weapons during the war with Iran.
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Germany Is Finally Giving Its F125 Frigates Some More Teeth With IRIS-T SLM Surface-To-Air Missiles
The 7,200-ton F125 frigates were built with notoriously light armament, which is now being partly addressed.
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Where Are The Aircraft Carriers?: September 30, 2026
The five-ship Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group and three-ship Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group deploy back-to-back from the West Coast.
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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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B-1B Bombers Make Hasty Departure From England
RAF Fairford, which hosted U.S. bombers during Operation Epic Fury, some of which had stayed, has been threatened openly by Iran before.
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Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week
Who needs scary movies when you have life in 2026?!
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Taiwan’s First F-16 Block 70s Have Finally Arrived
The delivery of Taiwan’s first two new Vipers kicks off a long-awaited expansion of its fighter fleet in the face of ballooning threats from mainland China.
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AIM-260 JATM Missile Spotted On Australian Super Hornet
The secretive AIM-260 air-to-air missile will give Australian fighters a much-needed boost in reach, especially against Chinese threats.
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Vision For New Autonomous Warfare Command Laid Out By Pentagon
The new command, slated to stand up late next year, will focus on advancing operational autonomous and robotic capabilities across the services.
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F-15EX May Finally Get Missile Warning System The USAF Originally Skimped On Buying
The F-15EX is designed to host a system to optically spot incoming missiles and its omission from USAF jets has become increasingly glaring.
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Ukraine’s F-16 Fleet Is In A Readiness Crisis
As the war rages on, more than half of the aging fighters are reportedly grounded, while Western air-to-air missile stocks are also running low.
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What Boeing’s New Rendering Of Its Winning F/A-XX Fighter Tells Us
With new F/A-XX art and Boeing having now won both the USAF and Navy’s next-gen fighter contracts, we can compare concepts.
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Navy Orders 30 Drone Ships To Finally Advance Its ‘Medium’ Uncrewed Vessel Ambitions
The Navy has taken an important step toward fielding larger USV fleets, an area where it has persistently struggled in the past.
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Boeing Wins F/A-XX Next Generation Navy Stealth Fighter Contract (Updated)
F/A-XX has been a very highly anticipated contract award, especially after the Pentagon previously tried to freeze the program.
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Navy Identifies EA-18G Growler As Type Involved In Mishap Aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Last Night
The failure of an arresting wire is one of the worst nightmares for naval aircrew and sailors working on the flight deck.
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Full F-47 Production Line “Not Too Far Away”: USAF General
Boeing has been proceeding with a multi-billion-dollar expansion of its facilities in St. Louis as the F-47 program continues to ramp up.
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Heavily Damaged Submarine USS Connecticut Now Won’t Return To Service Until 2027
The Navy hoped Connecticut would be back by 2025, then this year, and it is now planning for its final retirement with repairs still underway.
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Claims Swirl Around U.S. Marines Injured Aboard Mystery Vessel Attacked In The Strait Of Hormuz
At the center of suspicions is a former Royal Mail ship with its own fascinating backstory, but what it was doing at the time is unclear.
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Shipbuilder Behind Failed Constellation Class Wants Back Into The U.S. Navy Frigate Business
Fincantieri wants to leverage its U.S. infrastructure for another new frigate as the Navy is once again looking for foreign ‘production ready’ designs.
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