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March 7, 2025 The U.S. Air Force’s vision for employing its future B-21 Raiders includes new requirements around refueling the stealth bombers in flight. The B-21, which is still deep in development, is expected to have an extremely long unrefueled range thanks to a very large internal fuel capacity, a highly efficient airframe, and advanced engines. The disclosure of the Raider’s aerial refueling demands comes amid uncertainty about the Air Force plans for new stealthy tankers as part of its Next-Generation Air-Refueling System (NGAS) effort. Read our analysis here. Must Read Articles X-37B Returns To Earth, Space Force Won’t Commit To Buying More The Orbital Test Vehicle-7 mission included several novelties, including a highly elliptical orbit for the X-37B that allowed for unpredictable changes in its path. READ NOW Lockheed’s Low-Cost Cruise Missile ‘Truck’ Is Now In Testing The modular Common Multi-Mission Truck is now being proposed for launch from both air and ground platforms to carry out a wide range of mission sets. READ NOW Houthi Weapons Arsenal Remains A Mystery To The U.S. Despite 18 months of attacks by the Houthis, the U.S. does not have a clear idea of how many standoff weapons they possess or how they get all of them. READ NOW Collaborative Combat Drones Designed From Ground Up To Do Logistics Differently Using many parts found in civilian aircraft and sporting features specifically for operating in austere forward locales are key tenets of CCA. READ NOW How The Military Wants AI To Help Control America’s Nuclear Arsenal Science fiction has warned us about melding AI and nuclear command and control, but Pentagon leadership sees it as a critical tool for future deterrence. READ NOW From the Archive This Ghost Of A Helicopter Likely Had A Secret Role In Reagan’s ‘Tear Down This Wall’ Speech All the available information we've uncovered indicates that this helicopter was assigned to a top-secret covert aviation unit called Seaspray. READ NOW Hot Shots A Marine fires a multi-role anti-tank anti-personnel weapon system during a live-fire range in preparation of Exercise Joint Viking 25 in Setermoen, Norway, Feb. 27, 2025. Credit: Marine Corps Cpl. Alexander Peterson An Ohio Air National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcon flies over Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, March 1, 2025. Credit: U.S. Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Mikayla Gibbs An Alaska Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter assigned to Golf Company, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, lands on an Alaska Railroad train car while supporting Special Operations Forces Arctic Medic 2025 (SOFAM 25) near Fairbanks, Alaska, Feb. 20, 2025. Credit: Alaska National Guard Alejandro Peña