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June 2, 2017

Air Force cadet creates bulletproof breakthrough

Air Force cadet Hayley Weir had an idea that turned out to be a game changer. "It was just the concept of going out there and stopping a bullet with something that we had made in a chemistry lab."

May 23, 2017

Secret X-37B military spacecraft lands with sonic boom after 718 days in orbit

A classified U.S. Air Force spaceplane spent 718 days in orbit before coming down at Kennedy Space Center on May 7, causing a sonic boom that was heard across central Florida, according to Popular Mechanics.

May 23, 2017

The President has a secret air force in case of nuclear war?

"Ever since the 1960s, the United States has been building and equipping a special set of planes whose sole purpose has been to evacuate the president in the event of a nuclear war and allow him to command a war from wherever he may be."

April 21, 2017

Secretive X-37B military space plane marks 700 days in orbit

The U.S. Air Force's robotic X-37B space plane has now been circling Earth for 700 days on its latest hush-hush mission.

April 12, 2017

Next job for US Air Force: Space cop?

The United States Air Force may become a sort of space cop in the not-too-distant future.

April 6, 2017

Here's how 'invisible armor' could defeat bullets and blades

Ever wonder if there was such a thing as transparent armor? It sounds like something straight out of a comic book, but it's something the Navy has actually created.

March 15, 2017

US ally used Patriot missile to shoot down small drone

A Patriot missile, which can cost up to $3 million, was used to shoot down a small quadcopter drone, according to a U.S. general.

March 14, 2017

US Air Force orders anti-drone net-filled shotgun shells

Rather than training and looking after eagles, U.S. military personnel will use modified shotguns and nets.

January 13, 2017

Tempers flare on Capitol Hill as Elon Musk fights for US space bucks

It wasn't rockets that flared at the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense in Washington D.C. today.

January 12, 2017

Air Force's mysterious X-37B space plane wings by 600 days in orbit

The U.S. Air Force's mysterious X-37B space plane has now spent 600 days in Earth orbit on the vessel's latest mission, and is nearing a program record for longest time spent in space.