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Weapons

U.S. Air Force Prepares Upcoming Hypersonic Tests At The 10-mile long Holloman High Speed Test Track (HHSTT)

The 846th Test Squadron at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, is working to get its hypersonic sled testing program ready for the future Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW). Located…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 20, 2020
Information Security

U.S. Air Force Performs First Ever Code Change On A Flying U-2 Spyplane Running Kubernetes

Less than one month after the first flight, another milestone has been achieved with the open-source container-orchestration system flying on a Dragon Lady aircraft. On Oct. 16, 2020, a U-2…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 19, 2020
China

Chinese H-6N Bomber Spotted Carrying Possible Air Launched Ballistic Missile

The missile could be a variant of the DF-21 “Carrier Killer” Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile or of the DF-17/DF-ZF Hypersonic Glide Vehicle. A few days ago, a video was posted on…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
October 19, 2020
Drones

5th Generation Aerial Target Drone to Make its Maiden Flight Later This Month

5GAT ready for first flight. According to the U.S. Department of Defense the 5th generation aerial target drone is to make its maiden flight later this month. The first flight…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
October 18, 2020
Aviation Safety

Family Of Contractor Killed By F-16 During Nighttime Training Awarded Settlement In 25 Million USD Lawsuit

Student pilot during first nighttime live fire exercise at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, strafed the wrong target. According to court records, on Jan. 31, 2017, Charles (Chuck) Holbrook,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 17, 2020
Military Aviation

The APG-83 AESA Radar Reached The Full Operational Capability With The U.S. Air Force Air National Guard

The new radars were also employed recently in a cruise missile defense exercise. Northrop Grumman announced that its AN/APG-83 SABR (Scalable Agile Beam Radar) Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
October 16, 2020
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