DARPA’s XRQ-73 SHEPARD Hybrid-Electric Flying Wing Prototype Takes Flight
Designed by Northrop Grumman and subsidiary Scaled Composites, the unmanned XRQ-73 features an ultra-quiet propulsion system powered by electricity from a gas turbine. Taking off from Edwards Air Force Base…
U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet Disables Iranian-Flagged Tanker
CENTCOM says the jet targeted the rudder of M/T Hasna in the Gulf of Oman with its M61 Vulcan cannon to prevent it from reaching Iran as part of the…
UAE Buys up to 20 C-390 Millennium Transport Aircraft in Embraer’s Largest Overseas Order
The UAE is procuring ten C-390 Millennium transport aircraft, with an option for ten more, making the UAE the largest export customer for the aircraft and the first in the…
USAF Approves Serial Production of New T-7A Red Hawk Trainer
Following the Milestone C decision in April, the U.S. Air Force has cleared T-7A Red Hawk for serial production, placing an order for the first 14 trainers. The U.S Air…
Russian Tu-95MS Strategic Bomber Flies with Kh-101 ALCM over Arctic Circle
Russian Tu-95MS Bear bombers conducted a rare flight with Kh-101 cruise missiles over the Barents and Norwegian Seas, accompanied by an Il-78M tanker and at least one Su-30SM2 fighter. For…
MH-60S Sea Hawk and AH-64 Apache Helicopters Destroy Six Iranian Boats
U.S. Navy MH-60S Sea Hawk and U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopters were used to sink six Iranian small attack boats which were threatening commercial shipping. Adm. Brad Cooper, head of…
