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Interesting Engineering

Part of the Low-Cost Attritable Aircraft Platform Sharing programme, the concept was developed by General Atomics with the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).

New carrier-capable drone concept Gambit 5 unveiled by General Atomics

War History Online

In July 1986, a Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk crashed in California's Sequoia National Forest - two years before it was announced to the public.

The US Air Force Was Caught Red-Handed Trying To Cover-Up The Crash of Its Top-Secret Stealth Fighter

A new version of the stealthy XQ-58 Valkyrie with built-in landing gear is in the works the drone’s manufacturer Kratos has disclosed. The addition of internal landing gear points to a potentially larger, heavier, and higher-performance derivative of the XQ-58 that could be better positioned to meet the requirements of the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program and compete for other opportunities.

New XQ-58 Valkyrie Variant With Built-In Landing Gear To Fly Soon

The US Air Force and Navy have tested a QUICKSINK live-fire anti-ship attack with a B-2 Spirit heavy strategic bomber aircraft in the Gulf of Mexico. The event saw techniques for neutralizing surface vessels using precision-guided bombs modified specifically to counter maritime systems at low cost. According to the Air...

US Air Force, Navy Demo QUICKSINK Ship-Killer With B-2 Stealth Bomber

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall has hinted at the existence of a new intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) platform, something that has long been a topic of discussion around the future of U.S. Air Force capabilities. Frequently, such a platform has been understood as a very stealthy, long-range, high-altitude surveillance drone commonly referred to as the RQ-180, although there are other possibilities, too, and even an RQ-180 would only be one facet in a larger constellation of next-generation ISR systems.

Air Force Chief Hints At Existence Of Clandestine Spy Aircraft

Parade

The plane crashed in Brazil with over 60 people on board.

Passenger Plane 'Free Falling' in Residential Area Ahead of Crash Caught on Video

The US Sun

FLASHY swimmer Luana Alonso has hit out at her “North Korea” style punishment after Paraguay claimed to boot her out of the Olympics. Alonso failed to progress past the women’s 100m butterfly heats and allegedly decided to spend a day out in Paris complete with a trip to Disneyland, infuriating team bosses. The 20-year-old Paraguayan […]

Olympic star Luana Alonso rages at ‘North Korean’ punishment after claim she was booted out for ‘acting inappropriately’

The Spun

Joosje Burg of the Netherlands field hockey team won't just be leaving the Paris Olympics with a medal around her neck. Unfortunately, she'll head back home with a nasty scar as well.  During the women’s semifinal between Argentina and the Netherlands, an opposing player accidentally ...

Video: Bloody Scene In Women's Field Hockey Match At The Olympics

The SR-71 The SR-71, the most advanced member of the Blackbird family that included the A-12 and YF-12, was designed by a team of Lockheed personnel led by Clarence “Kelly” Johnson, then vice president of Lockheed’s Advanced Development Company Projects, commonly known as the “Skunk Works” and now a part of Lockheed Martin.

Once F-4 crews told the SR-71 couldn’t go vertical after takeoff. They gave up after a Blackbird did a high-performance takeoff (with sensitive equipment replaced with ballast).

CrossFit athlete Lazar Dukic was competing in a competition and vanished under the water near the finish line. His body has been recovered and he sadly died. Lazar Dukic was 28 years old, and was nearly at the finish line of a live-streamed 800-meter swim at the CrossFit Games in Forth Worth's Marine Creek Lake today at around 8 a.m. when something went terribly wrong and he disappeared under the water.

Serbian swimmer Lazar Dukic tragically passes away after drowning mid-race

Business Insider

A powerful laser could threaten satellite networks, but there are many reasons to believe this scheme likely wouldn't work.

Chinese scientists claim Star Wars-like laser submarines can blast US satellites

Fox News

Ksenia Karelina, who was detained in February, has made her first court appearance since last week's prisoner swap deal between the West and Russia.

American ballerina left out of Russia prisoner swap pleads guilty to treason: report

The following are 21 of the wildest photos taken during the Second World War. See a completely different side of the conflict.

20 Forgotten Photos of World War II That Everyone Needs To See At Least Once

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shared an official video of Kyiv's new F-16s armed with powerful air-to-air missiles.

Images of Ukraine's new F-16s and their weapons hint at what the US-made fighter jets may start off doing against the Russians

WASHINGTON — As the US Army moves to build a layered defense system to protect key locations like Guam from aerial threats, it has officially awarded a high-dollar initial production contract of a key component of that plan: a new 360-degree radar dubbed the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense System, or LTAMDS.

Army awards Raytheon $2 billion to begin LTAMDS production

Startup New Frontier Aerospace has started tests of the engine that will power high-speed, point-to-point travel aircraft.

‘World’s most advanced’ hypersonic engine for suborbital flights tested

Reuters

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's defence ministry signed offset deals with Boeing and General Electric worth nearly 1 billion zlotys ($255 million) on Monday, bringing it closer to finalising a $12 billion agreement to buy 96 AH-64E Apache helicopters.

Poland closer to buying Apache helicopters after offset deals with GE and Boeing

The capabilities it demonstrated during the exercise include counter-unmanned aircraft system surveillance and electronic warfare,.

US Army tests new drone-jamming robot truck with advanced e-warfare power

Defense News

Militaries around the world are working on planes they hope will represent a generational leap in aviation technology.

How the sixth-generation fighter jet will upend air warfare

Capt. Taylor Bye showed her skills as a US Air Force pilot by safely belly landing her malfunctioning A-10 Warthog.

USAF Pilot Taylor Bye Pulled Off an Insane Landing In Her A-10 Warthog After Its Landing Gear Failed

NewsBreak

Northrop’s Stealthy Drone Breaks Cover… And It Has A Cockpit!?

The first images of Northrop Grumman’s Model 437, an advanced air combat drone that could potentially fill the requirement for the Air Force’s and/or Navy’s “loyal...

Northrop’s Stealthy Drone Breaks Cover… And It Has A Cockpit!?

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