January 4, 2020 Brett Velicovich on the drone that took down Soleimani: 'You only get one shot' You only get "one shot" while taking on a target like Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, Drone expert Brett Velicovich said Saturday.
December 5, 2019 F-22 armed with more precision attack technology The Air Force and Lockheed Martin are now arming the F-22 stealth fighter with more long-range precision attack technology, a wider targeting envelope or “field of regard” and new networking technology enabling improved, real-time “collaborative targeting” between aircraft.
November 26, 2019 Pentagon pursues AI for space war to stop anti-satellite weapons If a Russian or Chinese Anti-Satellite (ASAT) weapon streamed into space and exploded U.S. military satellites, friendly forces would instantly become very vulnerable to significant and extremely destructive enemy attacks - space-based infrared missile detection could be destroyed, GPS communications could be knocked out, guided weapons could jam and derail before hitting their targets and war-critical command and control could simply be “taken out.”
November 17, 2019 Decommissioned nuclear missile silo in Arizona being sold for less than $400G For those in the market for a possible doomsday bunker, a decades-long decommissioned nuclear missile complex in Arizona is being sold for $395,000.
November 15, 2019 Navy begins search for airman who fell into Gulf The Navy began a 24-hour search Friday for an airman who is presumed dead after he fell out a C-130 aircraft into the Gulf of Mexico earlier this week.
November 14, 2019 Air Force Research Lab works on new, next-generation hypersonic weapons The Air Force Research Laboratory is immersed in early work on a new generation of hypersonic weapons designed to come after the currently emerging arsenal, expanding hypersonic mission options in new directions and introducing new air vehicle configurations.
November 8, 2019 New Pentagon technology can detect enemy nuclear attacks faster The Pentagon and industry are taking new technical steps to quickly alert commanders in the event that the U.S. comes under nuclear attack by increasing the time window with which decision-makers have to both defend and potentially retaliate.
November 8, 2019 Air Force tests plasma reactor to destroy 'forever chemicals' in contaminated groundwater The Air Force is testing a plasma reactor to destroy harmful chemical compounds in contaminated groundwater.
November 6, 2019 Air Force maps path to 100 new B-21 bombers The B-52 will be armed with long-range, nuclear cruise missiles… the B-2 will elude the most modern air defenses and the B-1B bomber will fire hypersonic weapons -- if the Air Force’s plan for the next several decades comes to fruition.
October 28, 2019 Air Force’s mysterious X-37B space plane returns to Earth after record-breaking 780 days in orbit The U.S. Air Force’s secretive X-37B space plane returned to Earth on Sunday after completing more than two years in orbit.
