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Operation Atlantic City ushers Marines on rare trip to ... remote Arctic island

U.S. Marines participated in a NATO exercise on a remote Arctic island as the alliance increases its focus on the region amid worries about Russia. Read More

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UAE turns to Russian shadow airline for missions in Africa: Investigation

The company behind these planes, Aviacon Zitotrans, has been sanctioned by the United States, Canada and Ukraine for its support in Russia’s war effort. Read More

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A STRONG OFFENSE FOR THE WORLD OF DEFENSE

October 2, 2026 For aerospace aficionados, it’s like we have entered into an alternate dream reality. The idea that we are seriously talking about the possibility of bringing back the SR-71 Blackbird to flight status is hard to comprehend, but amazingly this is where we are at. The biggest question I am getting about all this is why? We touched on the likely primary answer to that in our original reporting — high-speed is back in tactical vogue, and the Blackbird can sustain it in a realm of great interest, between Mach 3 and 4, and do it over and over again. It can also carry very large things and even launch them off its back at those extreme speeds. But those are not the only potential reasons for taking on such a gargantuan, high-profile, and costly technical challenge. Learning from the journey itself could be just as valuable as the actual flight test data a revived SR-71 produces. Read our full story here.

Must Read Articles

F-15EX May Finally Get Missile Warning System The USAF Originally Skimped On Buying The F-15EX is designed to host a system to optically spot incoming missiles and its omission from USAF jets has become increasingly glaring. READ NOW

Inside Ukraine’s First Combat Deployment Of Robotic Amphibious Vehicles The commander of a Ukrainian uncrewed ground vehicle unit gives us exclusive insights into how vehicles were designed or modified for amphibious combat operations. READ NOW

Vision For New Autonomous Warfare Command Laid Out By Pentagon The new command, slated to stand up late next year, will focus on advancing operational autonomous and robotic capabilities across the services. READ NOW

Ukraine Claims First Combat Use Of FP-7 Ballistic Missile The first combat use of FP-7 is a significant milestone in what has been a long road to developing an indigenous ballistic missile. READ NOW

U.S. Mimics “Decoupled” Nuclear Detonation By Blowing Up A Tunnel Conventionally The aim of the experiment is to help the U.S. better spot a kind of nuclear testing that China is alleged to be conducting in secret. READ NOW

Where Are The Aircraft Carriers?: September 30, 2026 The five-ship Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group and three-ship Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group deploy back-to-back from the West Coast. READ NOW

From the Archive

How A Presidential “Beast” Limo Almost Got Overrun In The Slums Of Mumbai

A secret service agent details the trials and tribulations of the presidential limo, which sound amazingly pedestrian.

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Hot Shots

Sailors assigned to USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB 3) conduct a damage control training exercise while forward deployed. U.S. Navy photo

Two Air Force UH-1N Huey helicopters assigned to the 1st Helicopter Squadron, Joint Base Andrews, fly over Washington, D.C. USAF photo

U.S. Soldiers seen through an optic during a Purpose-Built Attritable System live-fire strike exercise at Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jehu Martinez

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Taiwan’s first two F-16V fighter jets arrive to bolster defenses against China

The first two of a batch of 66 new F-16V Block 70 fighter jets ordered in 2019 arrived in Taiwan on Friday after months of delays. Read More

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Japanese Global Hawk drone splashes down in crash A Japanese Global Hawk drone nosedived into the Sea of Japan this week, instantly slashing the country’s fleet of these drones by a third. Read More

French Air Force plans loyal wingman flight in 2028 in sovereign AI push

The French Air Force plans to fly crewed fighter jets in collaboration with AI-powered combat drones in 2028, under project Hypairion. Read More Ukraine’s former defense minister launches ‘Manhattan Project’ for killer robots Mykhailo Fedorov told Defense News he wants humanoid-like robots on the battlefield within six months and an assault without infantry within a year. Read More

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Germany sending fighter jets to Latvia to protect election from drone incidents

Germany will send four Eurofighter jets to defend Latvian airspace during upcoming elections, amid concerns over drone incursions from Russia and Belarus. Read More

Ukraine war fatigue fuels defense-spending downgrade plan in Italy

Italian military planners risk losing out on billions in funding as government and opposition parties seek to cut defense spending and Ukraine support. Read More