Suggesting a Surplus Harrier Jet From the Pentagon
@rookisaacman How about you pick that sweet newly surplus TAV-8B Harrier up from the Pentagon?
Ukrainian Drones Strike Russia's Baltic Fleet, Shattering Sanctuary
Russia’s Baltic Fleet Successfully Attacked By Ukrainian Drones Once considered a sanctuary for Russian naval power, the Baltic Fleet is now in the crosshairs of Ukraine’s expanding long-range strike campaign. https://t.co/nx5Gn7ojac
US Strikes Iranian Control Station After Iran Attacks Gulf Neighbors
Iran Launches New Attacks On Kuwait, Bahrain U.S. Central Command says it "conducted self-defense strikes on an Iranian military ground control station on Qeshm Island." https://t.co/fpuv72gUc8
Turkey's New EW Jet Aims to Blind Enemy Defenses
Turkey’s Secretive Electronic Warfare Jet Appears In New Imagery The long-delayed HAVA SOJ is designed to blind enemy air defenses from outside highly contested airspace. https://t.co/vlOIKmsdon
Ballroom's Hidden Drone
Our report on the ballroom’s drone port and military features from a couple weeks ago, relevant reading: https://t.co/H43o8t3nRb
Pentagon Hires SpaceX for $4B Orbital Aircraft‑tracking Network
Pentagon’s Plans To Track Aircraft From Orbit Accelerated With New $4B SpaceX Deal A satellite network to track aircraft could offer unprecedented ability to surveil the skies globally and make AEW&C aircraft redundant. https://t.co/2oY9NCSZe7
Airbus Turns to Saab Amid Sixth‑Gen Fighter Uncertainty
Airbus Looks To Sweden’s Saab As Europe’s Sixth-Gen Fighter Plans Unravel As FCAS tensions deepen, Airbus is exploring alternatives with Saab, raising the prospect of a shakeup in Europe’s future air combat plans. https://t.co/MSVdHcWcNN
Congress Stalls Trump Battleship Until Weapons Mature, Threatens Program
Congress Moves To Block Trump Class Battleship Work Until Its Key Weapons Are Mature Such a delay could end the battleship program before it really starts, and the House Armed Services Committee is also demanding answers on the new frigate. https://t.co/oTwB82nDeq
China’s Bohai Sea Monster Returns With Weapon Hardpoints
China’s “Bohai Sea Monster” Reappears With Apparent Weapons Hardpoints New details add weight to the idea that the “Bohai Sea Monster” has a kinetic role to play, although the general concept could be supersized for other missions. https://t.co/cE8sy4Z8VC
A‑10 Warthog’s New Refueling Probe Deployed in Six Weeks
A-10 Warthog’s New Aerial Refueling Probe Is Now Operational In The Middle East In just six weeks, the probe went from its first flight to being deployed to a place where fighting could erupt again at any moment. https://t.co/8CQCSf2olJ
Night Stalkers' MH-47 Chinooks Could Become Aerial Tankers
Night Stalker MH-47 Chinooks May Get Aerial Refueling Tanker Role Special ops MH-47 Chinooks that could refuel other aircraft midair would give the Night Stalkers their own organic tanker capability. https://t.co/CUb3fRgYyA
New Engines Crucial for Black Hawk Upgrade Amid Uncertainty
New Engines Key To Night Stalker MH-60M Black Hawk Upgrade Plans The Army's Improved Turbine Engine Program has promised major boost in performance for Black Hawk helicopters, but its future is murky. https://t.co/aZQbzVV464
U.S. Navy Deploys Laser Weapons on Nine Destroyers
These American Destroyers Are Equipped With Laser Weapons The U.S. Navy has placed directed energy systems on nine surface combatants and is looking to expand testing and deployment of similar systems across the fleet. https://t.co/uNC11eUonw
U.S. Seeks New Special‑Ops Transport to Replace Aging C‑146
Hunt For C-146 Wolfhound Special Ops Transport Plane Replacement Underway On any given day, C-146s are criss-crossing the globe to far-flung locales, but they are increasingly difficult to sustain. https://t.co/mrNoDOss99
Army Pursues Sub‑$1M Patriot Interceptor to Counter Cheap Drones
‘Cheap’ Patriot Interceptor Costing Under $1 Million Now Being Sought By Army The Army knows it needs a more affordable and producible Patriot option as enemies seek overmatch through cheap drones and throngs of ballistic missiles. https://t.co/alVfFoq6Nu
Navy Chief Calls Abandoning Nuclear Surface Ships Biggest Mistake
Nuclear-Powered Trump Class Battleships Will Reverse One Of The Navy’s “Largest Mistakes”: Navy Boss The Chief of Naval Operations says giving up on nuclear-powered surface combatants was one of the worst decisions his service has ever made. https://t.co/r6rrrR2zEx
New Reaper Successor Favors Cost over Survivability
MQ-9 Reaper Replacement Requirements Stress A Drone Cheap Enough To Risk Losing The Air Force’s MQ-9 Reaper successor will trade survivability for lower cost, broader missions, and mass production. https://t.co/ARQo8Y0Z7G
Pentagon Targets 22,000 Low‑cost Missiles in Three Years
10,000 Low-Cost Cruise Missiles In Three Years Procurement Plan Laid Out By Pentagon The U.S. military now also plans on buying 12,000 'cheap' hypersonic missiles as part of a larger push to bolster munitions inventories. No primes included. https://t.co/f45lrOtWCc
Israel Launches Drone Factory to Match Hezbollah's FPVs
Israel Building Factory To Pump Out Its Own FPV Drones The IDF is racing to catch up to Hezbollah's increasing use of these weapons, which has taken a grim toll on its forces in Lebanon. https://t.co/f0f1bMMNG4
Golden Dome’s $1.2T Price Tag Is Unsustainable
We have been saying this since the second this was announced. This will be incredibly costly to procure, but sustaining it will be absolutely bonkers.
IRGC Navy Broadens Strait of Hormuz Definition Tenfold
IRGC Navy Claims Vast Expansion In Its Definition Of Strait Of Hormuz It remains unclear how the IRGC will enforce its tenfold increase in what it considers the Strait. https://t.co/7kzTe7jaLr
USAF Develops Ship‑killing Hypersonic Missile for Pacific
New Version Of Bomber-Launched ARRW Hypersonic Missile Is A Ship Killer The USAF is moving to start work on a new ARRW variant able to hit moving targets with an eye toward future fights in the Pacific. https://t.co/Ha4IqOtVXL
Austria Scrambles Eurofighters After US Special Ops Incursion
U.S. Air Force Special Operations Aircraft Accused Of Austrian Airspace Incursion Austria says it scrambled Eurofighters two days in a row to intercept U.S. military aircraft, likely U-28As operated by Air Force Special Operations Command. https://t.co/7Q94ohzM3A
Navy Pushes Back on Nuclear-Powered Trump-Class Battleships
Trump Class Battleships Will Be Nuclear Powered Equipping the Trump class with nuclear propulsion presents benefits, but also massive challenges, and Navy officials had been pushing back against the idea. https://t.co/98Vbs9uZmK
MQ‑9 Reaper Fires Laser‑Guided Rockets at Drones
MQ-9 Reaper Slings Drone-Killing Laser-Guided Rockets In Tests The MQ-9 successfully tested APKWS rockets against air and ground targets, as the demand for lower-cost counter-drone weapons surges. https://t.co/xrhkYcwR9F
Trump, Netanyahu Hint at Risky Iran Uranium Raid
Possibility Of Operation To Retrieve Iran’s Enriched Uranium Appears To Rise As Negotiations Sputter Both Trump and Netanyahu made comments in the last 24 hours that point to a possible high-risk operation to snatch Iran's nuclear material. https://t.co/ODSnl4h3je
New “Cope Cage” Shields Russian Boat Against Drones
Anti-Drone “Cope Cage” Appears On Russian Patrol Boat Ukrainian drone attacks on naval targets are driving the development of new defenses, but overhead screens alone have dwindling efficacy. https://t.co/ntZu2XQ8Sh
C‑5 Galaxy to Serve Until 2050 Amid 37% Readiness
C-5 Galaxies Now Slated To Keep Flying Until 2050 As Readiness Plummets To 37 Percent Nothing in the USAF's inventory can do what a C-5 can, but even after costly upgrades, they remain extremely temperamental. https://t.co/T1lpSeT0VN
20 Warships Enforce Iran Blockade; Nimitz Visits Rio
Where Are The Carriers As Of May 11, 2026: 20 Warships Enforce Iran Blockade Meanwhile, USS Nimitz has made a stop in Rio as part of its circumnavigation of South America and repositioning cruise to Norfolk. https://t.co/oZrvwEIO5o
Former SecNav Delivered Flawed Frigate and Unwanted Battleship
The last SecNav gave us the frigate with no VLS and a white elephant battleship nobody wanted. Good riddance.
DARPA Pursues Containerized Drone Swarms for Hidden Assaults
Drone Swarms Packed Into Unassuming Containers Sought By DARPA Remotely triggered containerized drone swarms, potentially placed behind enemy lines, create a hard-to-defend-against threat from pretty much everywhere. https://t.co/FM9CGkPtr5
Turkey's Secret ICBM Signals Expanding Strategic Ambitions
What Is Behind Turkey’s Pursuit Of An ICBM? An unexpected reveal of a previously unknown intercontinental ballistic missile has raised major questions about Ankara’s strategic ambitions. https://t.co/CCKt6O4OOA
USAF Seeks Successor as B‑52s Near Century‑old
USAF Is Going To Explore What Will Finally Replace The B-52 The USAF plans to keep its B-52s until they are nearly a century old, but they cannot fly forever, and costs are already skyrocketing on key upgrades. https://t.co/MjdtQYhH9q
Iranian Island Port Hit Amid Rising Strait Tensions
Iranian Island Port In Strait Of Hormuz Attacked, State Media Claims It isn't clear what exactly occurred on Qeshm Island, but the reports come at a time of extreme tension around the Strait. https://t.co/EjHcRv3r82
F-14 Tomcat Could Return to US Skies After 20 Years
My God… The F-14 Tomcat May Actually Fly Again Over The United States Long regarded as a flight of fancy, the "Maverick Act" could put an F-14 back into operation in the U.S. for the first time in 20 years. https://t.co/i1Tfuyl39m
Super Hornet Shoots Down Iranian Ship’s Rudder, Hal
F/A-18 Super Hornet Blasts Blockade-Running Iranian Ship’s Rudder With 20mm Cannon The Super Hornet strafing the ship is the latest instance where the Navy used direct fire to disable Iranian ships trying to run the blockade. Also latest from Mid East: https://t.co/QcA29M8lTG
B‑1B “Apocalypse II” Returns to Service After Two‑Year Rest
B-1B “Apocalypse II” Out Of The Boneyard And Back In Service After nearly two years of work, the Bone once known as Rage has completed its journey out of the desert and back to active service. https://t.co/M965nwmiCe
DARPA's Quiet Hybrid‑Electric Flying Wing Drone Takes Flight
DARPA’s XRQ-73 Hybrid-Electric Flying Wing Drone Has Flown The XRQ-73 was designed with a focus on very quiet, high-efficiency flight, and it has evolved since it was last seen in 2024. https://t.co/44mi9iXh5Y
Missiles Sink Former Philippine Warship in Luzon Strait Drill
Missiles Clobber Target Ship In Highly Strategic Luzon Strait The ex-Philippine Navy warship was sent to the bottom during high-profile Luzon Strait drills and amid rising Indo-Pacific tensions. https://t.co/5Cyvu1gXTR
Compact AIM-9X Enables More Missiles in Drone Bays
Smaller AIM-9X Sidewinder For Stealthy Weapons Bays Is In Development More compact AIM-9Xs will allow aircraft to carry more at once and make them easier to fit at all inside the weapons bays of future drones. https://t.co/qfwzzmW1bY
Israel's First KC-46 Tanker Arrives, Replacing Aging Fleet
Israel’s First KC-46 Tanker Is Now Flying The first new tanker is set to arrive in Israel in around a month and will help relieve pressure on the IAF's tiny and very old KC-707 tanker force.. https://t.co/aNU4CtLODo
US Helicopters Sink Six Iranian Boats in Hormuz
U.S. AH-64 Apache, MH-60 Seahawk Helicopters Sink Six Iranian Boats Commercial vessels and American warships are coming under Iranian attack around the Strait of Hormuz as a new U.S. maritime protection plan has kicked off. Updating live: https://t.co/Awz2yW1gyI
First B‑52 Heads to Boeing for F130 Re‑engine Upgrade
First B-52 To Arrive For Re-Engining At Boeing Plant Later This Year New Rolls-Royce F130 engines are a critical upgrade for Air Force B-52s, but work has been beset by delays and growing costs. https://t.co/F4zvgTgzeJ
Shield AI's X‑BAT: AI‑piloted, VTOL, 2,000‑mile Missions
TWZ's Jamie Hunter talks to Shield AI's Armor Harris, the chief designer of the recently revised X-BAT, which is intended to takeoff and land vertically, and fly 2,000-mile combat missions under the control of the company's AI 'pilot.' https://t.co/RSdNPEPGAE
Ford Carrier Returns Home; Trump Launches Project Freedom
Where Are The Carriers As Of May 3, 2026: Ford Finally Heads Home Two carrier strike groups remain in the Middle East as President Trump announces ‘Project Freedom’ to get trapped ships out of the Persian Gulf. https://t.co/ivwWLJBLz5
X‑BAT Drone’s AI Pilot Could Redefine Air Combat
Could The X-BAT Stealth Fighter Drone Change The Air Combat Game? We talk with Armor Harris, the chief designer of X-BAT, about its GE engine, thrust-vectoring controls, Hivemind AI 'pilot' and forthcoming flight-test plans. Check out the interview: https://t.co/IOsFmsa6QI
Army Won’t Purchase BAE’s 30mm AMPV Test Vehicles
No, The Army Isn’t Fielding New AMPV Armored Vehicles With 30mm Cannons BAE has delivered two AMPV 30 variants to the Army to help test them, but the service has no plans to buy this version. https://t.co/rwQx3uexJj
Modified Ex‑Qatari Jet Ready as New Air Force One
New VC-25B Air Force One “Bridge” Aircraft Now Fully Modified And Flight Tested The ex-Qatari royal flight aircraft is scheduled to be delivered to the Presidential Airlift Group this summer after a warp speed modifications and testing regime. https://t.co/pwFoonedWL
China Escalates Stealth Flying‑wing Drone Testing
Massive Chinese Stealth Flying Wings Spotted Together At Secretive Drone Test Base Testing of China's very large flying-wing drones appears to be ramping up, along with one unmanned fighter-like design. Latest on 'Monster of Malan' and more: https://t.co/9CYsXtUVYI
New Nuclear Bunker‑Buster Plans Unveiled After Decades
New Nuclear Bunker Buster Bomb Plans Revealed There has been talk for decades about a true successor to the specialized deep bunker-busting B61-11 nuclear bomb. https://t.co/lMZFN6fq1P