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Signs Point To Less Range, Higher Performance For CCA Drones
The U.S. Air Force says it’s considering drone designs capable of being aerial refueled for its Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program with range capabilities similar to its existing fighter...
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Supersonic Naval Cruise Missile For Norway, Germany In The Works
The governments of Norway and Germany have teamed up to develop a new supersonic naval “super missile” to arm warships belonging to both countries. A supersonic naval strike missile, which could...
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Boeing Exits Air Force’s ‘Doomsday Plane’ Competition (Updated)
In a surprising development in the program, Boeing has reportedly been dropped from the competition to build a successor to the U.S. Air Force’s E-4B Nightwatch ‘Doomsday Plane.’ If true, the latest...
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Loyal Wingman Drone Cost, Capability Concerns Emerge In Defense Bill
Members of Congress want the U.S. Air Force, as well as the U.S. Navy, to better explain how they plan to keep down the costs of their future Collaborative Combat Aircraft drones, or CCAs. Legislators...
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Army Just Received Its First Operational PrSM Ballistic Missiles
The U.S. Army has now received its first operational examples of the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) short-range ballistic missiles. The PrSM is set to supplant the existing Army Tactical Missile...
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Ukraine’s Scythe Drone Is All About Striking Far Away As Cheaply As Possible
The Ukrainian military has received an initial batch of a new kind of relatively low-cost, long-range, one-way attack drone. While it’s just one of a number of types in various stages of development...
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Drastic Increase In Army Coyote Drone Interceptor Purchase Plans
The U.S. Army plans to substantially increase its arsenal of Coyote counter-drone interceptors, as well as associated launchers and radars, in the next five years or so. The service says it wants to...
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Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv Wants A Million FPV Drones In 2024
Kyiv says it plans to manufacture around a million first-person view (FPV) drones next year, as part of expanding efforts to build uncrewed aircraft of different types. Used for reconnaissance and...
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China’s FC-31 Stealth Fighter Officially Being Sought By Pakistan
The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) says it’s lining up a purchase of Chinese-made Shenyang FC-31 stealth fighters, a move that could make it the first operator of the medium-weight combat aircraft and which...
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Anduril Is Helping The Air Force To Develop Its Loyal Wingman Drone
Anduril has become the first contractor to formally announce that it supporting the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft advanced uncrewed aircraft program. This comes as the service says...
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Army Cancels High-Speed Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter Program
The U.S. Army says it is cancelling its Future Attack Recon Aircraft (FARA) program which had been centered on the acquisition of a new type of high-speed armed scout helicopter. This is part of a...
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Cancelling The Future Attack Recon Helicopter Was The Right Choice By The Army
The news that the U.S. Army is cancelling one of its highest profile aviation programs, the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA), with two competing prototypes already constructed, was a shock...
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USAF Set To Down-Select Collaborative Combat Aircraft Competitors
The U.S. Air Force plans to cut the number of companies it now has working on its Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) drone program roughly in half in just a few a months. This is in line with the...
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Plans For Allies To Join Collaborative Combat Aircraft Program Laid Out By...
The U.S. Air Force is looking at welcoming foreign allies and partners into “increment two” of its Collaborative Combat Aircraft drone program, or CCA, which it expects to kick off in the next year or...
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Australia To Bet Big On Heavily Armed, Optionally Crewed Warships
Australian authorities want to acquire a new class of six optionally-crewed ships for the country’s Navy as part of a cooperative effort with the U.S. Navy. The plan is for these vessels, each of...
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The Case For Turning Cybertruck Into A Militarized Unmanned Ground Vehicle
Elon Musk’s Cybertruck is like the ultimate technological Rorschach test — everyone sees something different in it, and that comes with a lot of emotion. I guess that’s what art is supposed to do,...
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Everything New We Just Learned About The Collaborative Combat Aircraft Program
Major new details about the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft program emerged at the Air & Space Forces Association’s recent annual Warfare Symposium. This includes a clearer picture...
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Hungary Inks Deal For Gripen Fighters Ahead Of Sweden NATO Membership Vote
The Hungarian Air Force is set to get four more Swedish-made Gripen C fighters under a deal signed earlier today. This comes ahead of the country’s expected vote to approve Sweden joining NATO on...
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German Special Ops To Be First HK433 Military User: Report
The German armed forces are reportedly set to be the first military operator of a version of Heckler & Koch’s HK433 assault rifle. Germany’s special operations forces community is said to be in...
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Singapore Adds F-35As To Expand Its Stealth Fighter Fleet
Singapore will add eight conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) F-35A stealth fighters to its existing order for 12 short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) F-35B variants. While Singapore had not...
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