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Raytheon Confirms Delivery of Next Generation Jammer Pods for Australian EA-18 G Growlers
4+ hour ago (597+ words) The company said that the "first delivery of shipsets occurred ahead of schedule in September 2025, with future deliveries continuing through 2026." Australia already figured in the contract awarded in December 2024 for the production of the pod, with four pairs meant for…...
China's CH-7 UAV Captured Flying for the First Time
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (1000+ words) China's massive CH-7 UAV was captured flying for the first time in an unofficial image on Nov. 11, 2025. Curiously, the image, captured from the bottom, clearly shows canted vertical stabilizers installed on the flying-wing drone, which has so far been seen…...
China's CH-7 Flying Wing Drone Conducts First Flight
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (999+ words) China's CH-7 flying-wing high-altitude surveillance drone conducted its maiden flight from a facility in northwestern China, Chinese reports said, marking the beginning of its flight testing phase. It is not clear when the test flight took place, with both official…...
Turkey's Kizilelma UCAV Shoots Down Target Drone with G'kdo'an Air-to-Air Missile
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (569+ words) Turkey's Kizilelma UCAV ha conducted a live-fire test of the G'kdo'an BVR AAM (Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile), making it the first UCAV to demonstrate that capability, announced drone maker Baykar on Nov. 30, 2025. "The test was conducted on Nov. 28. A…...
New Images Provide Clearest View Yet of Damage to AN/FPS-132 Early Warning Radar in Qatar
1+ week, 4+ day ago (374+ words) The radar complex in Qatar, a high-value fixed-site phased-array system that forms part of the Gulf's wider missile warning architecture, is located at Al Udeid Air Base, a key U. S. base in the region that has been targeted multiple times by…...
Airbus Tests Armed "Bird of Prey" Interceptor Drone
2+ week, 6+ day ago (764+ words) Airbus Defence and Space announced on Mar. 30, 2026, the first test of its "Bird of Prey" counter-unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS) platform, based on a modified Do-DT25 target drone. The drone notably fired a low-cost Mark I air-to-air missile at an unspecified…...
SNC's AEGIR-W Sea Drone Washes Ashore on Turkey's Black Sea Coast
4+ week, 2+ day ago (719+ words) An Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) was found washed ashore on northeastern Turkey's Black Sea coast in the Ordu region early in the afternoon of Mar. 21, 2026. Images emerged online showed what has been identified as an AEGIR-W USV made by U. S. defense…...
Photos Confirm Link 16 Capability on Select A-10s
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (277+ words) Link 16 is a tactical datalink designed to transmit and exchange real-time information among networked participants; a capability formally known as TADIL J. The system relies on a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) architecture, allowing multiple users to communicate simultaneously across different…...
U. S. F-35 C Shoots Down Iranian Drone Heading for USS Lincoln
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (288+ words) An Iranian drone was shot down by the U. S. military on Feb. 3, 2026, according to a U. S. official cited by Reuters. The unmanned aircraft, a Shahed-139, was flying towards the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) as it was sailing in the Arabian Sea, prompting…...
Lockheed Martin Demonstrates Multi-Aircraft Networking with Sniper NTP
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (860+ words) The event marks the inaugural flight test of the Sniper NTP in a networked configuration. Lockheed Martin says this represents a step forward in turning a long-established electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) targeting pod into what the company describes as a…...