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Textron’s M-346N Is Now the Last Major Contender in the Navy Jet Trainer Race After SNC Exits
Sierra Nevada Corporation has declined to bid its Freedom Jet in the U.S. Navy’s UJTS competition, citing the contract structure, leaving Textron…
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Lockheed Martin Completes Flight Test of Mk21A Reentry Vehicle for Sentinel ICBM Nuclear Warheads
Lockheed Martin and the US Air Force have flight-tested the Mk21A reentry vehicle that will carry the W87-1 warhead on Sentinel. The…
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Swedish Air Force Pilots Complete Gripen E Conversion to Bring the Jet to Northern Sweden in 2027
Two Norrbotten Wing pilots have completed Gripen E conversion at Såtenäs and will train Luleå’s 212th Squadron when it receives its first…
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France Launches SyLEx Sounding Rocket Carrying Experiments for Its Next M51.4 Nuclear Missile
France’s DGA flew the second ArianeGroup SyLEx sounding rocket on November 4, carrying experiments for the future M51.4 submarine-launched ballistic missile and…
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France Awards Babcock Eight-Year Red Air Training Contract to Simulate Enemy Jets for Rafale Crews
France’s Armed Forces Commissariat Service has awarded Babcock France an eight-year Red Air contract. Teamed with SDTS and Top Aces France, it…
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US Startup’s Crow-Shaped Flapping-Wing Drone Reads as a Bird on Counter-Drone Sensors at Edwards AFB
Ornadyne’s O1, a one-pound crow-shaped ornithopter, was classified as a bird by commercial counter-drone sensors at Game of Drones 26-3 at Edwards…
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US Startup Perseus Defense Releases Video of Its Low-Cost Harpe Interceptor Striking a Drone
Perseus Defense has released video of its Harpe interceptor destroying a hovering drone, which CEO Jason Cornelius calls the first attritable missile…
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German Lawmakers Approve Heron TP Armament and Eurofighter Radar Upgrade Among Six Bundeswehr Buys
Germany’s Bundestag Budget Committee has approved six Bundeswehr projects, from new armament for the Heron TP drone to an ECRS Mk1 radar…
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Turkish Bayraktar TB2 Combat Drone Carries 16 FPV Kamikaze Drones and Hits Targets in Flight Test
Baykar has tested the Bayraktar TB2 as a carrier for FPV kamikaze drones. The UCAV took off with 16 Skydagger drones and…
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American Shield AI Rolls Out First X-BAT Prototype of Its Vertical-Takeoff Jet Combat Drone
Shield AI has completed X-BAT 001, the first full-scale prototype of its tail-sitting jet combat drone, and moved it to Kansas for…