Video Reveals GBU-53/B StormBreaker ‘SDB II’ Deployed In Action Against Houthis
CENTCOM footage shows F/A-18 Super Hornets launching from the USS Harry S. Truman carrying a variety of weapons, including the GBU-53/B StormBreaker and AGM-154 JSOW glide bombs and the AGM-84…
Turkey Fires SOM-J Cruise Missile from F-16 For the First Time
SOM-J was originally developed to fit inside the F-35’s internal bays. Meant for both land and sea targets, it will also be integrated on the KAAN fifth generation stealth fighter…
MQ-9 Reaper Tests GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb on New Dual-Carriage System
The new BRU-78 Dual Carriage System allows the MQ-9 Reaper to carry two bombs on a single hardpoint, doubling the number of free fall weapons it can employ in combat.…
KC-135 Stratotanker Could Fly Past 100 Years in Service
The U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command has suggested their KC-135 Stratotanker fleet may serve beyond 2050 with a life extension and upgrade program. Almost 70 years after the type’s…
Boeing and Lockheed Martin Each Flew an X-Plane in Preparation for NGAD
After the U.S. Air Force selected the F-47, DARPA disclosed that Boeing and Lockheed Martin each built a demonstrator aircraft for NGAD, which first flew in 2019 and 2022.In another…
Sandia National Laboratories Reveals First B61-13 Joint Test Assembly
With the completion of the B61-12 program, work has now started on the B61-13, specifically designed for “certain harder and large-area military targets” in support of the Nuclear Posture Review’s…