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DARPA and the U.S. Air Force are building something that sounds like it belongs in a science fiction novel: a reusable hypersonic strike aircraft that flies above Mach 5, launches from a conventional runway, strikes targets thousands of miles away, and lands back at...
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A 21-year-old Chinese national studying aeronautical engineering at the University of Glasgow was arrested by the FBI after allegedly photographing restricted military aircraft at one of America’s most sensitive air force bases. The arrest highlights a growing...
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The most expensive weapons programme in history may soon deliver fighter jets without radars. Block 4 development delays have pushed the F-35’s next-generation APG-85 radar so far behind schedule that new production aircraft could roll off the Lockheed Martin...
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The Air Force wants to give its tankers and cargo planes teeth. A new programme worth more than $500 million through 2031 will fit KC-46 Pegasus tankers and C-17 Globemaster transports with onboard sensors and weapons capable of detecting, tracking, and destroying...
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After $1.8 billion in Boeing losses, years of ejection seat deficiencies, flight control software problems, and supply chain nightmares, the T-7A Red Hawk has finally crossed the finish line. The Air Force approved the jet for low-rate initial production on May 4,...
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The Air Force wants 22 EA-37B Compass Call electronic attack aircraft — nearly doubling a fleet that did not exist five years ago. The FY2027 budget request includes $660 million for three new jets, with plans to buy seven more through 2031. It is the biggest bet on...
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China’s carrier-borne stealth fighter has a name. On April 23, Shenyang Aircraft Corporation confirmed that the J-35 naval variant will carry the official designation “Blue Shark” — formalising what had been rumoured since the Zhuhai Airshow in late...
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A two-second Instagram clip from Edwards Air Force Base has confirmed what the Pentagon kept quiet for months: the B-1B Lancer is now carrying the AGM-183A ARRW hypersonic missile externally. It is the first time the weapon — cancelled in 2023, quietly resurrected in...
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On Monday morning, President Trump ordered the largest U.S. naval escort operation since the Tanker War of the 1980s. By Tuesday evening, he paused it — citing “great progress” toward a deal with Tehran. In between, helicopters sank Iranian boats,...
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Six Iranian attack boats lie at the bottom of the Strait of Hormuz this morning. U.S. Army AH-64 Apache and Navy MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopters destroyed them in a burst of coordinated firepower on May 4, 2026 — the opening act of “Project Freedom,”...
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The Defense Autonomous Warfare Group received $225.9 million in fiscal year 2026. For fiscal year 2027, the Pentagon is requesting $54.6 billion. That’s a 24,000% increase in a single budget cycle — the largest proportional funding surge for any weapons category...
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SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet is now flying on the world’s largest passenger aircraft. Emirates has installed the system on its first Airbus A380 superjumbo and is accelerating deployment across the fleet. For passengers accustomed to painfully slow...
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