White House Says Ceasefire Bypasses Congress, Despite Deadline
White House Claims Ceasefire Means No Congressional Approval Needed For Iran War… Yet The White House stance on seeking permission to continue the war comes on the deadline for Congressional action. Latest on the conflict: https://t.co/FO8WtS6Zoo
Trump Faces Deadline, Weighs New Options Against Iran
Trump At A Crossroads For Continuing The War With Iran The president is reportedly discussing new options for attacking Iran while facing a legal deadline on continuing the conflict. https://t.co/ISfpgzMYHX
Air Force Plans to Replace E‑11A BACN Jets with Satellites
Air Force Wants To Axe Its E-11A BACN Communications Jets The Air Force wants space-based systems to take over from the E-11A in providing critical data fusion and communications relay capabilities. https://t.co/nApOkIHJCl
B‑1B Debuts ARR
B-1B Seen Carrying ARRW Hypersonic Missile For The First Time The B-1B will now serve to 2037, and ARRW has emerged out of purgatory in the latest Pentagon budget request. https://t.co/GG5QmKfr57
Marines Seek Independent Missile Defense Amid Army Strain
Marines Realizing They Can’t Depend On Army Alone For Ballistic Missile Defense The Marines currently rely on already strained Army units to provide defense against incoming ballistic missiles, which could be a big problem in the Pacific. https://t.co/QGpvtQQ9uv
Marines to Receive First MQ-58 Valkyrie Drones in 2029
First USMC MQ-58 Valkyrie CCA Drones To Arrive In 2029 The MQ-58 with conventional landing gear will mark the beginning of the Marines’ operational Collaborative Combat Aircraft journey, with other types likely to follow. https://t.co/Ohdxn0CtPI
Marines Unveil AI-Driven Ground Combat Blueprint for 2040
Marines Offer Glimpse Of New Plan For Its Future Ground Combat Forces Ground Combat Element 2040 offers hints into how the Marines expect to fight in a future dominated by AI and autonomous weapons. https://t.co/VNkSM5x414
Agent in Suit Deploys MP7 to Thwart White House Shooter
HK’s MP7 Personal Defense Weapon Just Went Viral In Hands Of Tailored-Suit Wearing Agent The cool under pressure agent yanked the MP7 from a discreet backpack after a shooter tried to storm the White House Correspondents Dinner. Let's talk MP7: https://t.co/i3ljarxCQO
Iran-U.S. Deal Prospects Fade as Blockade Persists
Prospects Dimming On Iran-U.S. Deal To Open Strait, End War Tehran has delivered a new offer to Washington that is unlikely to move the needle as blockade aims to cripple Iran's oil infrastructure. https://t.co/r0pwd4rNEh
Ukraine Deploys Advanced AIM-120C-8 Missiles via F‑16s
Evidence Of Ukraine Using AIM-120C-8 Missiles Emerges Wreckage imagery indicates Ukraine is fielding near-top-tier AIM-120C-8s, which are employable via F-16s and NASAMS launchers. https://t.co/xhLsTsveue
No Regulation Yet for World's Most Unpredictable Weapon
One of many MANY alarming examples of what’s to come. Why isn’t there work on regulation or even attempt at some sort of control regime, domestic and international, on what is likely to be the most powerful and unpredictable weapon...
Upgraded Marine F/A‑18s Become Lethal Drone Hunters
USMC F/A-18C/Ds pushed to the Middle East are extremely capable drone hunters. Now significantly upgraded w/APG-79V4 AESA and APKWS air-to-air rockets. Good targeting pod etc. Marines better at dispersed ops. Expect them forward and working in counter air screen over...
HH-60W Helicopters Assigned Doomsday Evacuation
HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopters To Take On Doomsday Evacuation Role In The Nation’s Capital The Jolly Green IIs will be modified for VIP airlift and continuity of government ops, replacing aging UH-1N Twin Hueys in these roles. https://t.co/1ELQNYZEZa
Saildrone's Missile‑Armed Spectre Enters Navy Unmanned Ship Contest
Saildrone’s Missile-Toting Spectre Enters Navy’s Medium-Sized Unmanned Ship Competition Saildrone has joined forces with defense juggernauts to supersize its proven vehicle concept and equip it with missiles and sub-hunting sensors. https://t.co/vxbDPYsAD7
Navy Equips Carriers with Hellfire Missiles to Counter Drones
Navy Rushing To Arm Carrier Strike Groups With Hellfire Missiles The Navy is pushing more counter-drone hard-kill capabilities to its fleet as it comes to terms with the growing threat of one-way attack drones. https://t.co/GeoPT6XWke
Iran Attacks Force Navy to Innovate At‑sea Refueling
Iranian Attacks Change Way Navy Refuels Its Ships In Middle East The Navy created a commercial "tanker treadmill" to top off its oilers out at sea, offering lessons that could have larger impacts on operations in the future. https://t.co/7LzvCqUG2f
Navy's $17B Trump-Class Battleships: New Strategic Role Revealed
Everything New We Just Learned About The Trump Class Battleship Program We are getting a clearer idea of how the Navy thinks it can use these ships, which have an estimated cost of $17B per vessel. https://t.co/k4FgtbB7pR
Zumwalt's $10B Flaws Exposed by Shipyard Fire
Really the dumbest boondoggle of them all. It will never end with these things and nobody is willing to cut them loose. We are at like $10B per ship all in. Absolutely insane. Cool ships yes, of course. But the...
Low‑Cost RAACM‑ER Missile Matches Tomahawk Range
New RAACM-ER Low-Cost Cruise Missile Features Tomahawk-Like Range With a range of over 1,000 nautical miles, the RAACM-ER cruise missile aims to go far while costing less. https://t.co/smNIk3Nw1d
Iran Escalates Hormuz Attacks Despite Trump Ceasefire Extension
Iran Ramps Up Attacks On Ships In The Strait Of Hormuz After Trump Ceasefire Extension With Iran refusing to commit to peace talks, the future of the ceasefire remains in doubt. Updating live: https://t.co/Yg6DONMUnM
Ford-Class Review Casts Doubt on Future Carriers
Ford Class Review Puts Navy’s Future Carrier Plans Into Question The review includes comparing the Ford class to the Nimitz class and seeing what has been gained or lost operationally. https://t.co/WVncs2xAJx
IRGC, Not U.S., Threatens Iran's Fragile Leadership
Who is a bigger threat to the rickety leadership in Iran right now, the U.S. or the IRGC? I would argue the latter. This has always been the case. What game tree exists where the IRGC doesn't gain power if...
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USS Spruance Blasting A Ship With Its Deck Gun Is A First In Nearly Four Decades The Navy hasn't struck another ship in anger with its deck gun since 1988. https://t.co/zTsOCZA4W4
267 F‑15EX Jets Needed: Correcting The
F-15EX buy now explodes to 267 jets. This is the right call. The original plan made no sense and since writing the article below, that has slowly been corrected. Now they are coming to terms with a USAF without F-15E...
X‑BAT VTOL Fighter Gains F‑16 Thrust Vector Nozzle
X-BAT Autonomous VTOL ‘Fighter’ Looks Dramatically Different Development of X-BAT is accelerating, including the use of a thrust vectoring nozzle from an experimental F-16 that was borrowed "Indiana Jones style." Latest on X-BAT: https://t.co/iqlLGaor38
Navy to Equip Arleigh Burke Destroyers with 405 PAC‑3 Missiles
Patriot PAC-3 Missiles To Arm Navy Arleigh Burke Class Destroyers The Navy has awarded a contract to integrate PAC-3 MSE with the Aegis Combat System and wants to buy 405 of the missiles in Fiscal Year 2027. https://t.co/gWmaSr7Nao
Northrop Asserts It Can Deliver F/A-XX Despite Doubts
Northrop Defends Ability To Build F/A-XX 6th Gen Naval Fighters If Selected The Navy's top officer said yesterday that an unnamed contractor "really can’t deliver" on F/A-XX "in the timeframe we need it." https://t.co/Ymyixv96ds
Northrop Grumman Unveils Tailless F/A-XX Naval Fighter Concept
F/A-XX Next Generation Naval Fighter Concept Video Emerges From Northrop Grumman We see a lot more of Northrop Grumman's F/A-XX tailless naval fighter concept in the new video, including some interesting features. https://t.co/sHnO9dq4xC
Ukraine Develops Home‑grown M113‑style APC Amid Fleet Losses
Ukraine’s M113-Inspired Armored Personnel Carrier In Testing Ukraine is working to provide its own APC solution after years of war have eroded its donated and original fleets. https://t.co/HoMG75ObDu
Peace Talks Teeter After Weekend US‑Iran Vessel Clashes
Iran Peace Talks Hanging By A Thread After Tumultuous Weekend Near The Strait Trump said peace talks are on while Iranians say they aren't after both the U.S. and Iran fired on vessels over the weekend. Updating live: https://t.co/lN3OJZJfmU
New Wings, New Firepower: H‑60 Black Hawk Upgrade
The H-60 Black Hawk Gunship Evolves With New Wings And Weapons We get a close-up look and tour of the next H-60 armed Black Hawk evolution. Check out the video: https://t.co/pOKDMPODHO
Navy Admiral Announces F/A-XX Fighter Selection by August
CNO gave us an answer to our question this AM: F/A-XX Stealth Fighter Selection To Finally Come By August: Navy’s Top Admiral After being stalled in procurement purgatory, the Navy is set to move forward with its carrier-based 6th generation fighter. https://t.co/RiYA3Valtp
Two U.S. Carrier Strike Groups Now in CENTCOM, Third Incoming
Carrier Tracker As of April 20, 2026 Second American carrier strike group enters Central Command area of responsibility, third en route https://t.co/Zvut8LUbVS
Jet‑Powered JDAM Gives Super Hornets Low‑Cost Standoff Strike
Jet-Powered JDAM Tested From Navy Super Hornet F/A-18s have trialed the JDAM-LR, a powered evolution of the JDAM that offers a relatively cheap cruise missile-like standoff strike capability. https://t.co/3pcbzwhYDf
Spitfire Soars with Modern RAF Jets for 90th Anniversary
Spitfire Completes Unique Formation Flights With Royal Air Force To mark the 90th anniversary of the first flight of the legendary fighter, a Spitfire took to the skies with various frontline British aircraft. https://t.co/Up9JUSh1QO
Air‑launched Drones Protect Army Surveillance Jets, Deepen Intel
Air-Launched Drones Key To Keeping New Army Surveillance Jets Out Of Harms Way The Army also sees drones launched from ME-11Bs offering a major boost in its ability to peer deep into hostile territory. https://t.co/0klt8FcdFn
Qatar's 747-8i Gift for Trump Near Summer Delivery
Qatari 747-8i Gifted To Trump For Interim Air Force One Is Undergoing Test Flights The 747 is being rushed into service and the Air Force now says it is expected to be delivered this summer. https://t.co/oCizGSxWn8
MV-75’s Modular Kit Boosts Army Medevac Speed, Range
MV-75 Will Be Reconfigurable For Medevac Mission Via Kit, Not Purpose-Built Like HH-60 The Cheyenne II's speed and range will usher in a major leap in the U.S. Army's "dustoff" medical evacuation capability. https://t.co/LNisCW7T9F
Fury Drone's Test Success Could Speed Field Deployment
YFQ-44 Fury Fighter Drone Wraps Contested Operations Test That Could Accelerate Its Fielding “An 85 percent solution in the hands of a warfighter today is infinitely better than a 100 percent solution that never arrives.” https://t.co/nHUUGqH7VE
Iran Reopens Hormuz, U.S. Blockade Persists Amid Mine Claims
Iran Reopens Strait Of Hormuz, U.S. Blockade Continues These moves come as Trump claims the U.S. is helping Iran remove mines from the Strait. Updating live: https://t.co/t5TdqPciTt
Low‑Cost Merops Drones Stop Iranian Shahed Attacks
Cheap Interceptor Drones Proven In Ukraine Protected U.S. Troops Against Iranian Shaheds The Army's top official lauded the Merops drone's performance defending against Iranian long-range Kamikaze drones. https://t.co/bQaxtV5jvM
Israel Won’t Support Iran Deal Without Missile Limits
If an Iran deal doesn't include restrictions on ballistic missile production and development, Israel is unlikely to play ball IMO.
U.S. Launches Global Hunt for Iran-Linked Ships
U.S. Pursuing Iranian-Linked Ships All Over The World As Part Of Its Blockade The Joint Chiefs Chairman said the U.S. now has a global effort for going after ships related to supporting Iran. Updating live: https://t.co/A6wzZ1MRIx
Army Looks to Drone Tankers for Cheyenne II Refuel
Army Eyes Drone Tankers To Refuel Its New MV-75 Cheyenne II Tiltrotors The Army and Bell have pointed to the U.S. Navy's MQ-25 Stingray drone tanker as an example of what could be on the horizon. https://t.co/e6RXASGLjJ
Army Boosts Apache Counter‑Drone Ammo Production Five‑Fold
Production Of AH-64 Apache’s New Counter-Drone Cannon Shell Ammunition Ramping-Up The Army anticipates a five-fold increase in procurement of the XM1225 APEX ammo. https://t.co/eABBd8PWdH
L3Harrisons Pitches Wolf Pack Mini-Cruise Missiles for Army Rotorcraft
Wolf Pack Modular Mini Cruise Missiles Pitched For Apache, Black Hawk Already building launched effects vehicles for the Marine Corps, L3Harries now wants to bring these capabilities to U.S. Army rotorcraft. https://t.co/qSuzbShYHY
First Look: Night Stalker MV‑75 Cheyenne Shows Ops Enhancements
First Look At What A Night Stalker MV-75 Cheyenne Will Look Like A new rendering shows an MV-75 with special operations-specific features like a radar, other sensors, and in-flight refueling capability. https://t.co/c0nj4ABzPk
Germany Airdrops Tiny Wiesel Tankettes for Rapid Firepower
Germany Is Now Airdropping Its Tiny Wiesel ‘Tankettes’ Already known for its agility and small size, dropping the Wiesel from A400M transports gives Germany’s airborne forces a new way of rapidly placing firepower forward. https://t.co/r2MHzAgNA2
Chinook to Air‑Launch Drone Swarms, Optional Crewed Variant
CH-47 Chinook Air-Launching Swarms Of Drones Touted As Future Feature Boeing also identifies growing interest in an optionally crewed version of the Chinook. https://t.co/rqjPuXyYx6
General Atomics Plans Drone Ops From Rugged Mojave Fields
Hunting Drones From Sloppy Airstrips Is General Atomics’ Future Vision For Mojave Pushed forward to very rough fields, Mojave could also escort helicopters, strike targets, provide surveillance and networking, and even transport cargo. https://t.co/NlEFJn5GHa