Peter Waldman, Sheridan Prasso, and Simon Marks of Bloomberg report how Iran’s better, stealthier drones are remaking global warfare. They write: In January, rebels fighting the Sudanese army shot down a drone near Khartoum. As jubilant gunmen posted video of the wreckage on social media, they offered a fresh data point on how Iranian technology […]
Russia’s Dangerous New Drone Duo
Eric Schmidt of Foreign Affairs tells his readers how drones fill Ukrainian skies above the 600-mile front line. The tactics Ukraine pioneered are now being mimicked by Russia and it’s turning the tide in Putin’s favor. Schmidt writes: It’s winter in Ukraine again. The snow is piling up, the temperature is dropping, and the days […]
Sikorsky, A Lockheed Martin Company: RAIDER X
From Sikorsky: Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, introduces RAIDER X®, its concept for a fast, agile, survivable compound coaxial helicopter that will equip future aviators to address evolving peer and near-peer threats in the most difficult environments. RAIDER X is specifically designed as a prototype for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) prototype […]
Will the USA Lose Control of the Fighter Jet Export Market?
America has long been a major exporter of fighter jets, including the venerable F-16 and now the F-35. But as allied and friendly countries begin to ramp up their own efforts to build fighter jets, will the USA lose control of the fighter jet export market it has dominated? Richard Aboulafia reports in Foreign Policy: […]
The Pentagon’s Next Big Plane
The military’s massive cargo planes are getting old and need replacement. Doug Cameron discusses what’s next for the military’s cargo plane acquisitions program. He writes in The Wall Street Journal: Sometimes, you need a really big plane. An Air Force C-17 Globemaster evacuated 640 passengers in a single flight from Kabul during the U.S. withdrawal two years […]
New Mission for the A-10 Warthog
The U.S. Airforce is dusting off it’s 50-year-old A-10 Warthog for another mission. In a November exercise in the Pacific, A-10’s were loaded up with ADM-160 Miniature Air Launched Decoy’s (MALD). The MALD has a range of 500 miles and weighs less than 300 pounds. Michael Peck of the Business Insider writes (abridged): The A-10 […]
A Stealth Jet Like No Other – Upgrades to F-22 Raptor Give it a Deadly Advantage
The Air-Force is going all out in upgrading the F-22 Raptor. These Upgrades will give adversaries nightmares. Alex Hollings of Sandboxx News fills us in on some of these upgrades. He writes (abridged): Despite the Air Force’s intention to retire the Raptor within the coming decade, the aircraft is expected to remain in service until […]
U.S. Air Force Wants Cruise Missile Swarms
Cruise Missile Swarms could be part of Skunk Works vision for future manned-unmanned air combat. Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway of The WarZone writes (abridged): Lockheed Martin has laid out its vision for the future of tactical air combat. The head of the company’s legendary Skunk Works advanced project division says its plan, which is centered […]
UKRAINE-RUSSIA: Are Kamikaze Drones the Future of Warfare?
New technologies regularly transform the face of warfare. Innovations like the longbow, the tank, and atomic weapons have changed the face of warfare again and again. Is it possible in Ukraine the world is watching another technological change revolutionizing warfare? Kamikaze drones are being sent by the hundreds to Ukraine from the United States. At […]
Finns Choose F-35 and Self-Reliance
Finland, which borders on Russia and has warred with the Bear in the past, is not part of NATO. Instead, Finland chooses to find its own way, though it does use NATO-compatible gear. Soon that will include the F-35, which has won an $11 billion tender to be Finland’s next fighter jet. Bloomberg reports: Finland […]
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