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GE Hypersonic Engines
Military Aviation

General Electric Demonstrates Ramjet Engines for Hypersonic Missiles

The Solid Fuel Ramjet (SFRJ) and the Hypersonic Dual-Mode Ramjet (DMRJ) are seeing rapid success as the U.S. hikes spending and development of hypersonic weapons. GE Aerospace has shed more…

Parth Satam Parth Satam
October 4, 2025
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Royal Navy Re-Armed: Sea Venom Anti-Ship Missile Achieves IOC and Naval Strike Missile is Test Fired

The Royal Navy is becoming more lethal as September brings new developments in the deployment of two of its vital anti-ship missiles. The Sea Venom light anti-ship missile, carried by…

James Gray James Gray
October 4, 2025
Helendale
Military Aviation

Mysterious Object Spotted At Lockheed Martin’s Helendale Radar Cross Section Test Range

A YouTube video posted by the account Uncanny Expeditions appears to show a previously unseen object undergoing testing at Lockheed Martin’s Helendale Radar Cross Section (RCS) Test Range in California’s…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 4, 2025
C-17 Hickam
Military Aviation

Inside Hawaii’s 535th Airlift Squadron: How C-17 Crews Stand Ready for the Pacific

In an exclusive interview at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Col. Luke Spathes and Lt. Col. Reinier Villanueva discuss rapid mobility, integration with F-22s, and the challenges of operating in…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 3, 2025
F-35 Armed Puerto Rico
F-35

USMC F-35Bs Shown Armed with Live Weapons in Puerto Rico

Weeks after they arrived in Puerto Rico, the F-35s were shown flying with live AIM-120Ds, AIM-9Xs and GBU-54s. The U.S. is now showing in official images the U.S. Marine Corps’…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
October 3, 2025
RAF Retires MQ-9 Reaper
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Royal Air Force Retires MQ-9A Reaper

The Royal Air Force has confirmed that its MQ-9A Reaper fleet has been withdrawn after 18 years in service, as the MQ-9B Protector RG1 readies for operational deployment. Based entirely…

Kai Greet Kai Greet
October 3, 2025
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