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[Mike1976]

AH-64 Apache Is Getting Proximity Fuzed 30mm Cannon Ammo For Swatting Down Drones

The XM1225 APEX ammo will offer another arrow in the Apache's growing anti-drone quiver.

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[Mike1976]

U.S. Navy Accelerates 35-Ship Medium Landing Ship Program for Indo-Pacific Operations

U.S. Navy speeds Medium Landing Ship program with multi-yard build plan for 35-ship littoral fleet.

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[Mike1976]

U.S. Navy Orders 123 E-2D Hawkeye Intercom Systems in $10M Upgrade for Carrier Air Defense

U.S. Navy awards $10.56M contract for E-2D Hawkeye intercommunication systems supporting U.S., French, and Japanese carrier operations.

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[Mike1976]

U.S. and Brazil Companies Launch KC-390 Autonomous Boom Tanker Bid for U.S. Air Force

Embraer and Northrop target USAF with KC-390 autonomous boom tanker for Agile Combat Employment missions.

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[Mike1976]

U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet Now Armed with StormBreaker Smart Glide Bomb for Enhanced Precision Warfare

US Navy declares StormBreaker IOC on Super Hornet, adding all weather moving target strike capability to carrier air wings.

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[Mike1976]

U.S. Air Force to accelerate B-21 Raider production to boost U.S. strategic bomber fleet

US Air Force and Northrop move to accelerate B-21 Raider production under $4.5B expansion as stealth bomber shifts toward expanded manufacturing.

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[Mike1976]

U.S. Missile Defense Selects New SHIELD Partners for Golden Dome Homeland Defense

Leonardo DRS secures SHIELD IDIQ awards, positioning for Golden Dome missile defense contracts.

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[Mike1976]

U.S. Navy EOD Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit 8 Trains for Arctic Mine Warfare Above Arctic Circle

US Navy EOD Explosive Ordnance Disposal team trains for Arctic mine warfare above the Arctic Circle, boosting cold-weather combat readiness.

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[Mike1976]

U.S. Army Advances LTAMDS Radar Integration with PAC-3 Missiles for 360° Patriot Defense

Army awards Lockheed Martin $33.8M to integrate LTAMDS radar with PAC-3 interceptors ahead of 2027 fielding.

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[Mike1976]

U.S. Oshkosh Wins $16.9M Contract to Deliver More NMESIS Anti-Ship Missile Launchers for U.S. Marines

U.S. Oshkosh wins $16.9M to deliver NMESIS anti-ship missile launchers ROGUE-Fires carrier, expanding Marine Corps shore-based Naval Strike Missile capability.

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[Mike1976]

U.S. Army Reveals Rare Dark Eagle Hypersonic Missile Images Ahead of Fielding

U.S. Army briefly posts, then removes, new Dark Eagle hypersonic missile photos as fielding nears.

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[Mike1976]

U.S. Navy Approves StormBreaker Smart Bomb for F/A-18E/F to Engage Moving Targets in All Weather

StormBreaker smart bomb cleared for Navy Super Hornets, enabling all-weather strikes on mobile land and sea targets.

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[Mike1976]

U.S. Deploys F-16CJ Vipers With Angry Kitten Electronic Warfare Pods Toward Middle East Amid Iran Tensions

F-16CJ Vipers with Angry Kitten EW pods deploy toward CENTCOM as U.S. airpower build-up intensifies amid Iran tensions.

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[Mike1976]

AI Is Now Helping The F-35 Spot Enemy Air Defenses

New artificial intelligence technology is giving the F-35 the ability to pick out confusing threat emissions and get them properly identified faster.

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[Mike1976]

Straight Talk On State Of U.S. Airlift Capabilities From General Who Ran Air Mobility Command

General Minihan's frankness about the China threat ended his career, but now as a civilian, he has much more to say.

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USS Gerald Ford is hampered by disabled toilets, this is the United States most powerful aircraft carrier and currently deployed to the Mediterranean to support attacks on Iran.

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[Mike1976]

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They mean to tell us a public bathroom with a high volume of traffic has a substantial risk of being out of commission at any given time?

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[Mike1976]

Upgraded F-22 “Raptor 2.0” Details Seen In New Model

A scale model of the new-look F-22 Raptor reveals details of its new stealthy external fuel tanks and underwing infrared sensor pods. A scale model of the new-look F-22 Raptor reveals details of its new stealthy external fuel tanks and underwing infrared sensor pods.

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[Mike1976]

General Running Air Force Reserve Wants Surplus F-15E Strike Eagles, New F-15EX Eagle IIs

The chief of the Air Force Reserve Command wants to overturn the depressing trend of aircraft divestments without getting new planes to replace them. The chief of the Air Force Reserve Command wants to overturn the depressing trend of aircraft divestments without getting new planes to replace them.

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[Mike1976]

Number Of Nuclear Warheads New Sentinel ICBMs Will Carry Now An Open Question

We now know much more about the USAF's sprawling plans for new Sentinel ICBM silos with features not found on Minuteman III.

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