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The meeting between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Iran took place as the U.S. and Israel are spinning-up for a new round of strikes. https://www.twz.com/news-features/last-ditch-meeting-in-iran-seeks-to-stave-off-a-restart-of-all-out-fighting-in-the-region

USAF Orders ARRW Hypersonic Missile Into Production, The Same Weapon It Nearly Cancelled The fortunes of the AGM-183A, which is set to arm B-52 and B-1 bombers, have been fully reversed. https://www.twz.com/air/usaf-orders-arrw-hypersonic-missile-into-production-the-same-weapon-it-nearly-cancelled

Cyber threats against critical infrastructure are exploding, with worries enemies could neuter U.S. military units before they even leave their garrisons. https://www.twz.com/nuclear/90-days-no-help-fortress-americas-goal-to-make-bases-resilient-bastions-in-a-crisis

Britain’s Final Plan To Kill Argentina’s Super Étendards Attack Jets Britain's last bid to destroy Argentina’s fleet threatening Exocet anti-ship missile-armed combat jets during the Falklands War. https://www.twz.com/sea/britains-final-plan-to-kill-argentinas-super-etendards-attack-jets

British Type 31 Frigate Variant Offered To The U.S. Navy Babcock is looking to pitch its Arrowhead 140 design for an American frigate requirement, potentially in partnership with a major U.S. shipbuilder. https://www.twz.com/sea/british-type-31-frigate-variant-offered-to-the-u-s-navy

On The Brink Of Epic Fury Round Two? Israeli Air Force operations, ship movements, ominous messaging and more point to the possibility that the war with Iran is about to erupt again. https://www.twz.com/news-features/on-the-brink-of-epic-fury-round-two

General Atomics is now working with Spirit Defense to help meet surging USAF demands for fighter drones within the next six years. https://www.twz.com/air/general-atomics-fq-42-cca-drone-production-ramp-up-to-be-boosted-by-boeing-subsidiary

The A-4 Skyhawk, first flown seven decades ago, is famed for its role as a Cold War 'red air' aggressor, and it lives on doing that mission to this day in Europe. Watch our latest Special Access episode shot on the ground in Germany: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5Oc2Ku_cLU

The ground- and air-launched weapons will give Denmark all-new options for striking deep behind enemy lines as NATO reinforces its Baltic flank. https://www.twz.com/air/denmark-to-buy-anthem-munitions-joint-strike-missiles-in-dual-long-range-strike-push

USAF Confirms Bombers Could Have A Major Air-To-Air Combat Role Bombers are now being viewed as another potential air-to-air asset on top of growing the fighter fleet and establishing a CCA force. https://www.twz.com/air/usaf-confirms-bombers-could-have-a-major-air-to-air-combat-role

Four KJ-3000 Radar Jets At Chinese Factory Point To Serial Production The KJ-3000 is the most capable of China’s rapidly expanding airborne early warning and control aircraft fleet. https://www.twz.com/air/four-kj-3000-radar-jets-at-chinese-factory-point-to-serial-production

Ground-Launched Rusty Dagger Low-Cost Cruise Missile Seen For The First Time The first public look at the missile in a surface-launched configuration comes as its manufacturer expands production. https://www.twz.com/sea/ground-launched-rusty-dagger-low-cost-cruise-missile-seen-for-the-first-time

The A-4 Skyhawk, first flown seven decades ago, is famed for its role as a Cold War 'red air' aggressor, and it lives on doing that mission to this day in Europe. https://www.twz.com/air/a-4-super-skyhawks-playing-the-bad-guys-in-european-skies

Satellite imagery depicts new construction and cleared wreckage after strikes at an Iranian airbase with underground hangars and taxiway tunnels. https://www.twz.com/news-features/construction-of-irans-eagle-44-underground-airbase-hasnt-stopped-despite-war

How The U.S. Army’s ‘Navy’ Aims To Go More Autonomous With Its Vessels In The Pacific The Army wants to buy up to 100 new USVs and add autonomous capabilities into existing crewed vessels. https://www.twz.com/sea/how-the-u-s-armys-navy-aims-to-go-more-autonomous-with-its-vessels-in-the-pacific

The image of the VX-31 Super Hornet gives us a glimpse of what's soon to appear in the fleet, and the two missiles will also be joined by the AIM-424 Malice. https://www.twz.com/air/navy-f-a-18-super-hornet-spotted-carrying-new-aim-174b-and-aim-260-long-range-missiles-together

Any Decision To Buy New-Build F-16s Not An “Urgent” Priority: USAF A top USAF general said new F-16s are "maybe the lazy" route, but are an option as the service strives for 1,509 combat-coded fighters by 2035. https://www.twz.com/air/any-decision-to-buy-new-build-f-16s-not-an-urgent-priority-usaf

New video shows a 12-tube drone launcher and two deployable masts in action, offering new insights to what Ghost Shark can do and how it could be used. https://www.twz.com/sea/ghost-shark-uncrewed-submarine-shown-launching-aerial-drones-for-the-first-time

Reducing the speed at which weapons using Starlink can operate affects critical defensive and offensive weapons, but any alternatives have massive drawbacks. https://www.twz.com/news-features/major-ukrainian-arms-maker-rethinking-future-reliance-on-starlink

Helsinki is moving to restart domestic production of once-outlawed anti-personnel mines as Russia rebuilds its military posture along NATO’s northern flank. https://www.twz.com/news-features/finland-plans-to-build-a-million-landmines-as-russian-threat-looms

The pursuit of over-the-horizon radars to watch over the strategic High North could point to a new role for the HAARP site. https://www.twz.com/news-features/alaskas-haarp-site-now-being-used-to-test-new-air-force-over-the-horizon-radar-tech

Ghost Shark will deploy aerial drones, lay mines, and execute seabed resupply missions as part of Australia’s new undersea arsenal. https://www.twz.com/sea/ghost-shark-extra-large-uncrewed-underwater-vehicles-payload-bay-seen-for-first-time

Russia's Kosmos 2612 came very close to ICEYE X36, which reportedly has Ukraine connections, after weeks of highly unusual maneuvering. https://www.twz.com/news-features/russias-satellite-unprecedented-shadowing-of-a-very-particular-radar-imaging-satellite-is-a-big-deal

Germany Drops Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat Rapid Procurement Plan A broader competition for Germany’s CCA requirement is now likely to extend into the next decade. https://www.twz.com/air/germany-drops-boeing-mq-28-ghost-bat-rapid-procurement-plan

The balloons would be used to surveil vast areas of enemy territory, decoy defenses, provide networking and launch drone attacks behind enemy lines. https://www.twz.com/air/armys-plan-to-launch-hundreds-of-balloons-into-enemy-territory-if-a-future-conflict-breaks-out

We Finally Know The B-21 Raider’s True Wingspan We don't have to endure bizarrely small size estimates for the B-21 anymore. https://www.twz.com/air/we-finally-know-the-b-21-raiders-true-wingspan

A heavy-lift hexacopter is shown pulling a wounded soldier from what Ukraine describes as a drone-saturated kill zone in what would be a world first. https://www.twz.com/air/aerial-drones-appear-to-be-picking-up-wounded-off-the-battlefield-in-ukraine

Second Chinese Submarine Drone Mothership Emerges It is a scaled-down version of the first and was built by Guangzhou Shipyard International, which is well-known for pumping out special use vessels. https://www.twz.com/sea/second-chinese-submarine-drone-mothership-emerges

Where Are The Aircraft Carriers?: October 17, 2026 USS Theodore Roosevelt arrives in Japan ahead of exercise Keen Sword, while the U.S. once again positions two aircraft carriers in the Middle East. https://www.twz.com/sea/where-are-the-aircraft-carriers-october-17-2026

F-22 Pilot Controls FQ-44 Fighter Drone From The Cockpit For The First Time This is a key milestone as F-22s will be the USAF's first aerial 'quarterbacks' for Collaborative Combat Aircraft drones. https://www.twz.com/air/f-22-pilot-controls-fq-44-fighter-drone-from-the-cockpit-for-the-first-time

Army Wants High-Energy Laser Weapons It Can Put On “Any Vehicle In The Motorpool” www.twz.com/news-feature...

Conflicts far away are informing major changes to how the Army trains, equips and operates in the vast Pacific. https://www.twz.com/land/what-the-armys-pacific-commanders-are-learning-from-ukraine-and-iran-conflicts

A vision of Army units launching long-range one-way attack drones at enemy warships and ballistic missiles in the Pacific and Europe is taking shape. https://www.twz.com/news-features/the-armys-plan-for-employing-lucas-kamikaze-drones-against-its-adversaries

Canada’s Snowbirds Say Farewell To The CT-114 Tutor Jet After 55 years with the Tutor, the aerobatic team faces an extended hiatus before transitioning to the PC-21 turboprop in the early 2030s. https://www.twz.com/air/canadas-snowbirds-say-farewell-to-the-ct-114-tutor-jet

The E-130J will be taking over the Take Charge And Move Out mission from the jet-powered E-6B Mercury. https://www.twz.com/air/first-c-130j-for-navys-new-e-130j-phoenix-ii-ballistic-submarine-communications-fleet-delivered

MQ-72C Cargo Helicopter Drone Capabilities Demonstrated For Army The Marines have been the primary interested party in the MQ-72C, but the Army already flies the UH-72 Lakota and needs similar capabilities. https://www.twz.com/air/mq-72c-cargo-helicopter-drone-capabilities-demonstrated-for-u-s-army

North Korea claims to have launched two cruise missiles from its bizarre modified Romeo class missile boat. https://www.twz.com/news-features/north-koreas-hunchback-missile-submarine-makes-first-at-sea-appearance-for-missile-tests

The Army sees modular laser systems not tied to specific vehicles as key to truly operationalizing and distributing counter-drone laser capabilities. https://www.twz.com/news-features/army-wants-high-energy-laser-weapons-it-can-put-on-any-vehicle-in-the-motorpool

The Army is pursuing an increasingly diverse array of new anti-air interceptors for use with existing launchers and new architectures. https://www.twz.com/land/the-days-of-army-air-defense-systems-firing-just-one-type-of-interceptor-are-ending

The low-cost interceptor, rushed to NATO partners after drone incursions, is now an example of how the Army hopes to rapidly field emerging capabilities. https://www.twz.com/news-features/army-explains-how-merops-interceptor-drone-became-program-of-record-in-just-142-days

High Altitude Balloons Are A “Game-Changing” Capability: Army Space Command Boss The Army recently disclosed it rushed high-altitude balloons to support operations in the Middle East. https://www.twz.com/air/high-altitude-balloons-are-a-game-changing-capability-army-space-command-boss

F-35C Makes First Arrested Landing Aboard A Ford Class Carrier The landing on the future USS John F. Kennedy marks a key step in integrating the F-35C with the Ford class after years of delays and challenges. https://www.twz.com/air/f-35c-makes-first-arrested-landing-aboard-a-ford-class-carrier

The Fast Pack gets a quartet of autonomous fixed-wing aircraft into action as quickly as possible from remote locales with no infrastructure. https://www.twz.com/land/sikorskys-nomad-100-vtol-drone-is-now-quad-packed-in-a-container-for-rapid-deployment

A larger swappable nose creates opportunities to rapidly inject new capabilities and flexibility into old and new H-60 helicopters. https://www.twz.com/air/sikorsky-aiming-for-black-hawk-nose-jobs-to-be-available-within-the-next-year

Sig Sauer’s M250 Machine Gun Gets Shorter And Lighter After Army Feedback Changes that led to the M250A1 mirror the evolution of the Army's new M7 rifle from Sig into the M8 carbine after criticism. https://www.twz.com/land/sig-sauers-m250-machine-gun-gets-shorter-and-lighter-after-army-feedback

Bradley’s Old TOW Launchers Get New Teeth With Spike Missile Adapter The system allows old TOW missile launchers to fire the massively more capable Spike LR2 without major modifications. https://www.twz.com/land/bradleys-old-tow-launchers-get-new-teeth-with-spike-missile-adapter

The turbojet-powered drone is designed for one-way attack missions, but AEVEX says it could also carry cameras, jamming gear, and other payloads. https://www.twz.com/news-features/specter-jet-powered-drone-aims-at-low-cost-multi-mission-single-use

Drones Are Creating New Opportunities For The US Army To Deceive Enemies Deception and guile are emerging as primary tasks for uncrewed platforms in the Army's new concept of operations. https://www.twz.com/news-features/drones-are-creating-new-opportunities-for-the-u-s-army-to-deceive-its-enemies

PAC-3 Edge Will Be The Most Capable Patriot Interceptor Ever The new interceptor will sit at the top of the Patriot missile family and promises more range, altitude, and maneuverability against developing threats. https://www.twz.com/land/pac-3-edge-will-be-the-most-capable-patriot-interceptor-ever

Wolf is competing against a variant of the German-designed Lynx to become the Army's XM30 Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle. https://www.twz.com/land/this-is-our-first-look-at-the-wolf-armored-fighting-vehicle-that-aims-to-replace-the-bradley