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The new B-52: How the Air Force is prepping to fly century-old …
Feb 12, 2024 · Now the Stratofortress needs to last another 36 years. A U.S. Air Force B-52 drops a string of 750-pound bombs over a coastal target in Vietnam during the Vietnam War in October 1965.
US Air Force conducts final test of Lockheed’s hypersonic missile
Mar 19, 2024 · This story was updated March 20, 2024, with a statement from Lockheed Martin. The U.S. Air Force on Sunday carried out what is expected to be the final test of the hypersonic AGM-183A Air-launched ...
The robots are coming: US Army experiments with human …
Mar 25, 2024 · U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Stetson Manuel assembles the Ghost-X drone during the human-machine integration experiment for Project Convergence in Fort Irwin, Calif., on March 11, 2024.
How the sixth-generation fighter jet will upend air warfare
Jul 19, 2024 · Hinote and Heather Penney, a retired F-16 pilot and senior resident fellow at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, said speed, stealth and range will be among the most crucial elements of ...
The US Air Force has built and flown a mysterious full-scale …
Sep 15, 2020 · Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Dave Goldfein sits inside the cockpit of Boeing's T-7 training jet during a Jan. 15, 2019, visit to the company's production facility in St. Louis, Mo.
A lighter, high-tech Abrams tank is taking shape - Defense News
May 31, 2024 · The U.S. Army awarded the manufacturer of Abrams tanks a contract this month to begin the preliminary design of its new tank variant expected to be lighter and feature high-tech capabilities so it ...
US Army scraps Abrams tank upgrade, unveils new modernization …
Sep 6, 2023 · The Army awarded GDLS a contract in August 2017 to develop the SEPv4 version of the tank with a plan then to make a production decision in fiscal 2023, followed by fielding to the first brigade in ...
Comparing Russian, Ukrainian forces two years into war - Defense …
Feb 23, 2024 · Military operations in Ukraine have cost Russia up to $211 billion, and the country has lost $10 billion in canceled or paused arms sales, according to the Pentagon.At least 20 medium to large ...
US Army receives first long-range Precision Strike Missiles
Dec 8, 2023 · WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army has taken delivery of the first Precision Strike Missiles that will begin replacing the legacy Army Tactical Missile System, according to a Dec. 8 service announcement