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Taiwan kamikaze drone
China

Taiwan’s Chien Hsiang Loitering Munition Will Debut in Annual Live-Fire Exercise Later in August

The delta-wing, push-propeller kamikaze drone primarily comes in a radar-killing and decoy variant, giving Taiwan new capabilities against Chinese radars. Taiwan’s Chien Hsiang loitering munition (also referred to as “kamikaze…

Parth Satam Parth Satam
August 17, 2024
P-8 MMP
Military Aviation

First Look at the P-8A Poseidon’s New Multi-Mission Pod

The MMP, currently being tested on the P-8, was internally funded by Boeing and is intended to carry sensors that are not organic to the Poseidon. We might have got…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
August 17, 2024
F-35 NAS JRB Fort Worth
F-35

301st Fighter Wing Receives First Pair of F-35A Lightning II Jets

The unit becomes only the second Air Force Reserve F-35 unit, but it is also the first Reserve unit to operate the fifth-generation fighter without being associated to an active…

Andrew Stover Andrew Stover
August 16, 2024
Akinci weapons
Drones

Turkey’s Akinci UCAV Test Fires TOLUN Glide Bomb, MAM Smart Munitions and TEBER Bomb

The TOLUN Glide Bomb, tested for the first time on the Akinci in 2022, adds to the two weapons already employed also by the Bayraktar TB2, the MAM-T and MAM-L…

Parth Satam Parth Satam
August 16, 2024
Italy MQ-9 Block 5 FMS
Drones

US Clears MQ-9 Block 5 Foreign Military Sale To Italy

This FMS will allow Italy to double its MQ-9A fleet, completing the potentiation of the Predator RPA fleet and the modernization to the Block 5 configuration. The U.S. government has…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
August 16, 2024
Chinese cargo UAV
China

China’s Largest Heavy Transport UAV Performs Maiden Flight

Developed by Sichuan Tengden, the vehicle has a stated cargo capacity of 2,000 kg and is said to be the largest Chinese UAV built to date. The previous holder of…

Parth Satam Parth Satam
August 15, 2024
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