Raytheon UK, Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and Defense Equipment and Support (DE&S) have successfully tested Raytheon's High-Energy Laser Weapon System (HELWS) integrated onto a British Army combat vehicle, the first test of its kind in the UK. This ground-breaking test, conducted at Dstl's range in Porton Down, saw...

Raytheon's High-Energy Laser Weapon System Fired from Military Vehicle for First Time

Interesting Engineering

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

The startup Hermeus is rapidly developing a hypersonic plane. They have begun testing their proprietary precooler technology with the Pratt & Whitney F100 engine. This video highlights some of our favorite camera angles from testing. What’s a precooler and why are they testing it? The Hermeus precooler increases the maximum...

Precooled F-100 Engine Combined with Ramjet for Hypersonic Drone and Jets

The Independent

 Pictures taken by an amateur astronomer showed a secretive Chinese space plane flying high up over Austria, revealing yet undisclosed features of the experimental craft.China launched the reusable space plane Shenlong – meaning Divine Dragon – for its third mission in December aboard its Long March 2F rocket and it has been orbiting the Earth since. It has previously completed two missions since 2020 with the previous one lasting over 250 days.Space observers have noted that the plane launched at least seven satellites into orbit in the last seven months in its current mission.Chinese officials have neither acknowledged the...

Amateur astronomer spots China’s ultra secretive space plane flying over Europe

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24/7 Wall St. Insights: The F-35 Lightning II and F/A-18 Hornet are two of the fastest fighter jets currently in the U.S. Marine Corps The Pratt & Whitney F135 engine powers the F-35 Lightning II The F-35 Lightning II can hit speeds up to Mach 1.6 or 1,200 mph Also: Discover the next Nvidia Fighter […]
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This US Marines Fighter Jet Can Hit Speeds Over Mach 1.5

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 wingman” Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) programs, as well as those of allies, have hit social media. The relatively small tactical jet looks impressive and is very much in line with the concept renderings we have seen of it, aside from one major detail — it has a cockpit.

Northrop’s Stealthy Loyal Wingman Drone Breaks Cover And It Has A Cockpit

The U.S. Navy is home to one of the largest air forces in the world, second only to the U.S. Air Force. The backbone of the Navy’s arsenal of aircraft is the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. These jets are equipped with advanced avionics and weapons systems and are designed for strike missions, air superiority, and aerial […]
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This Fighter Jet Makes Up Almost Half of the Navy’s Aircraft

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The pilot was part of the "Fighting Swordsmen" squadron deployed to the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Red Sea battle against the Houthi rebels.

Super Hornet pilot who battled the Houthis became 1st US female aviator to score an air-to-air kill, Navy says

Sierra Nevada Corporation has clinched a $64.2-million deal to restore and maintain the Uzbekistan military’s Pilatus PC-12 cargo aircraft. Announced last week, the contract covers return-to-service work for a total of six PC-12s and will include field representative support. The Colorado-based firm will also provide necessary logistics support as...

Sierra Nevada to Restore Uzbekistan’s Pilatus Cargo Aircraft for $64M

The aging A-10 Thunderbolt II, built for close-air support and anti-armor missions, has participated in maritime exercises with the US Navy.

Unusual photos show A-10 attack aircraft built to hunt tanks escorting a ballistic missile submarine

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

The US Sun

TOP-SECRET UK army scientists have tested groundbreaking killer drones which use AI to scope for enemy targets. Boffins from the ultra-secretive Porton Down lab in Wiltshire have tested a self-piloting AI drone swarm. The drones rapidly scan huge areas of the battlefield for enemy vehicles. They lock on to targets on the ground – then […]

Top-secret UK army scientists launch groundbreaking test of killer drones that use AI to scope for enemy targets

War History Online

On April 8, 1945, the Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Wee Willie was downed by German flak while conducting an air raid over railway facilities.

Rare Photos: Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress' Final Moments Before Deadly Crash

Hanwha’s K9 self-propelled howitzer demonstrated its interoperability with the Raytheon M982A1 Excalibur precision-guided 155mm rounds earlier this year. The test took place in April at the US Army Yuma Proving Ground with a Norwegian VIDAR version of the K9. The live-firing was designed to strike targets 50 kilometers (31...

Hanwha Demos K9’s Interoperability With US Army Excalibur Round

In 1998, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird was officially retired, concluding its more than 30 years of service with the US Air Force. Throughout its three decades in operation, it set countless records, which Lockheed Martin aims for its secret successor, the SR-72 “Son of Blackbird,” to surpass in the future.

Lockheed Martin’s SR-72: The SR-71 Blackbird’s Supersonic Successor

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

Boeing’s F-15EX Eagle II fighter jet has achieved initial operational capability with the US Air Force. Air Combat Command chief Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach announced the achievement at a Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies webinar last week. The milestone was reached a year later than planned due to production delays....

US Air Force F-15EX Eagle II Reaches Initial Operational Capability

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

The US Air Force has discovered another “category one” deficiency on its already-troubled KC-46 aerial refueling and military transport aircraft. Kevin Stamey, the service’s program executive officer for mobility aircraft, said in a recent conference in Ohio that vibrations from the plane’s fuel pump were damaging its bleed air ducts.

US Air Force Discovers Another ‘Category One’ Issue on KC-46 Tanker Aircraft

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The 82nd anniversary of one of World War II’s strangest sagas — the sinking of the USS Cythera off North Carolina — passed unnoticed in 2024, largely because the mystery remains unresolved.

WWII mystery turns 82: Torpedo-struck ship and its crew vanished off NC coast in 1942

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Taiwan Seeks New Scramjet Tech for Hypersonic Weapons

Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense is a new supersonic combustion ramjet technology that could be used for its hypersonic weapons. A solicitation notice was recently issued...

Taiwan Seeks New Scramjet Tech for Hypersonic Weapons

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