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Tensions between the United States and Russia further escalated on Monday after a Russian fighter jet intercepted a U.S. Navy reconnaissance aircraft flying over the international waters of the Black Sea. With both a large scale NATO deterrence exercise ongoing and Russian ballistic missile tests expected any day in the region, the Russian fighter executed […]

Russian space agency Roscosmos recently released new footage captured outside the Soyuz rocket that failed to separate from its first stage and had to abort last month. In the footage, you can see just about abruptly things went wrong when a damaged sensor prevented the first stage from separating. Watchy the full video in the […]

The South China Sea has been the scene of heightening tensions between China and a number of nations in recent years, thanks to their claims of sovereignty over the entirety of the waterway placing their official policy directly at odds with international law. The United States — which boasts the most powerful Navy in the […]

The U.S. Army has begun testing airdrops of the LAV-25A2, sourced from the United States Marine Corps, to provide American paratroopers with their own armored assets in a fight against near-peer opponents like Russia. “My participation during this testing provided an example that a motivated paratrooper can quickly learn and become proficient as a LAV-25A2 […]

Autonomous aircraft, though all but unheard of just a few short decades ago, have changed the face of warfare as we know it. From reconnaissance and intelligence gathering missions to complex strikes against ground targets and even a recent successful air-to-air engagement in a training environment, it’s become clear: the skies over battlespaces of the […]

The crew of the International Space Station may find themselves undermanned currently, thanks to an aborted launch attempt last month, but that hasn’t interfered with their festive spirits. Here’s an image posted to Twitter by European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst on Halloween day.   Take a brief tour of the International Space Station in […]

Viewed from a window inside the cupola, the International Space Station’s “window to the world,” the Japanese Exploration Agency’s H-II Transfer Vehicle-7 rendezvoused with the orbital complex after launching from the Tanegashima Space Center. At the time this image was taken, on Oct. 11, 2018, the station was flying at an altitude of about 257 […]

Boeing has been selected to develop a drone refueler to be launched from U.S. Navy Ford and Nimitz class carriers.   See footage of the MQ-25 Stingray in the video below:

Footage and eyewitness accounts of an unidentified submarine surfacing near a sailing camp outside of Stockholm, Sweden, over the summer were released to the public earlier this week. The footage clearly shows a fairly small (by American nuclear submarine standards) submarine fitting military characteristics surface, where it remained for about 20 minutes before submerging once […]

The world may never again see bombing campaigns like those carried out in World War II, but for the right price you can experience a pretty good re-creation. Bomber Camp is more than just an aptly named summer camp for history buffs and airplane aficionados — it’s a chance to get some real hands-on experience […]

Per Lockheed Martin’s press release: Lockheed Martin’s concept for a crewed lunar lander is a single stage, fully reusable system that incorporates many of Orion’s flight-proven technologies and systems. The lander would accommodate a crew of four and 2000 lbs. of payload on the surface for up to two weeks while returning to the Gateway […]

Vice President Mike Pence, right, speaks to Patrick Shanahan, Deputy Secretary, Department of Defense, during the National Space Council meeting titled, “Moon, Mars, and Worlds Beyond, Winning the Next Frontier,” Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018 at the National War College at Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington. Chaired by the Vice President, the council’s role is […]