Latest US nuclear gravity bomb enters production

Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) has shown off the United States’ latest nuclear weapon as full production begins seven months ahead…

The Flying Flapjack: The real flying saucer

We think we know what someone means when they call something “airplane-shaped,” but real-world aircraft come in a surprising variety…

US Space Force funds space-based aircraft carrier for satellite defense

The US Space Force has a contract worth up to US$60 million to develop and fly a kind-of aircraft carrier…

Keel laid for HMS Dreadnought, the Royal Navy's largest ever submarine

Britain has laid the keel for the Royal Navy’s largest-ever submarine. At BAE Systems’s Barrow-in-Furness facility, the ceremony marked the…

US to deploy world's first sixth-gen fighter by end of decade

The US Air Force has announced that it will go ahead with the production of the F-47 Next Generation Air…

Transitioning military drone uses rotor backwash for better flight

Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky has successfully flown an electric-powered, 115-lb (52-kg) autonomous drone that uses what it calls a “rotor…

US Air Force first to accept official combat drones

The age of the piloted fighter aircraft may not be over but the US Air Force has shown that it…

USX-1 Defiant: The warship without a crew or a place to put one

DARPA has launched a new prototype warship for the US Navy that not only won’t need any sailors, it can’t…

Sky Sphere uses portable eMissiles to knock out small drones

Looking like something out of a science fiction thriller, Diehl Defence is showing off its CICADA eMissile, which is the…

Black Hornet 4 packs heavy recon capability in a pint-sized package

Teledyne FLIR Defense’s Black Hornet 4 nano-drone has won the US Department of Defense’s Blue UAS Refresh award. That may…