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The latest addition to General Atomics' MQ-9B medium-altitude long-endurance drone family is set to be an airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) configured version.
Air

MQ-9B Airborne Early Warning Variant Could Fill Major Aerial Surveillance Gaps

By Thomas Newdick, By Tyler Rogoway

Posted Yesterday

North Korea’s Partially Sunk Frigate Has Already Been Ceremoniously Relaunched
News & Features

North Korea’s Partially Sunk Frigate Has Already Been Ceremoniously Relaunched

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 12, 2025

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has called into question the viability of using the C-130J Hercules cargo aircraft as the basis for a new plane, called the E-130J, to support the U.S. Navy's Take Charge And Move Out (TACAMO) mission.
Air

Choice Of C-130 For New Navy ‘Doomsday Plane’ Questioned In Watchdog Report

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 12, 2025

More details have emerged about the problems the U.S. Navy is facing with its ill-starred podded Infrared Search And Track System, or IRST, an important capability planned for its F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighters. The latest issues to be highlighted come after TWZ previously reported on delays caused by production quality issues with the system and a Pentagon assessment of “significant reliability problems during operational testing,” which emerged earlier this year.
Air

New Details On F/A-18 Super Hornet’s Troubled IRST Pod

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 11, 2025

The proven and in-production E-7 Wedgetail, based on the Boeing 737 and serving with multiple allies, was supposed to bridge the gap between the E-3's retirement and pushing the mission to space-based distributed satellite constellations. Now, if the administration gets its wish, that won't happen. The E-7 will be cancelled and the Navy's E-2D Hawkeye will step in to fill the gap.
Air

E-2 Hawkeye Replaces USAF E-3 Sentry, E-7 Cancelled In New Budget

By Tyler Rogoway, By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 11, 2025

Troubled Constellation Frigate Is Now At Least 759 Metric Tons Overweight
Sea

Troubled Constellation Frigate Is Now At Least 759 Metric Tons Overweight

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 11, 2025

In an exclusive interview with The War Zone, Ukrainian Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov, commander of the Defense Intelligence Directorate (GUR), talked about his game-changing sea drone campaign against Russia.
News & Features

AIM-9X Being Used By Ukraine’s Drone Boats To Engage Russian Jets, Not AIM-9M

By Howard Altman

Updated on Jun 10, 2025

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has released photos showing two of its aircraft carriers operating simultaneously for the first time beyond the so-called First Island Chain in the western Pacific.
Sea

Two Chinese Aircraft Carriers Are Operating Beyond The First Island Chain For The First Time

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 10, 2025

North Korean frigate dry dock
News & Features

North Korea’s Frigate That Partially Sunk Appears In Dry Dock With Mangled Superstructure

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 10, 2025

The Submarine Dismantling Project (SDP) finally started at Rosyth in December 2016, around 15 years behind schedule.
Air

A Royal Navy Nuclear Submarine Is Being Scrapped For The First Time

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 6, 2025

A North Korean frigate that partially submerged during a launch ceremony mishap is now floating.
Sea

North Korean Frigate Now Floating Upright After Partially Capsizing During Disastrous Launch

By Howard Altman

Updated on Jun 5, 2025

The U.S. Navy has quietly awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to strip useful parts from an ex-Royal Air Force (RAF) E-3D Sentry airborne early warning and control aircraft before disposing of it.
Air

Plan To Turn Ex-RAF E-3 AWACS Into E-6B ‘Doomsday’ Jet Trainer Abandoned By Navy

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 5, 2025

The U.S. Navy’s F/A-XX sixth-generation combat jet program looks to have hit another setback, with the Pentagon reportedly prioritizing the Air Force’s F-47 stealth fighter, amid concerns about how to run the two efforts simultaneously. Already, the F/A-XX was in limbo, with a U.S. official telling TWZ last month that the future of the program was being reviewed. This came after reports that a contract award for the Navy’s new combat jet could be delayed by as much as three years. Navy officials, meanwhile, continue to stress the importance of the F/A-XX to their future plans.
Air

Pentagon Wants To Shift Funds From Navy F/A-XX To USAF F-47: Report

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 5, 2025

North Korea looks to be making progress in recovering the second in its Choi Hyun class of frigates, which rolled over and was partially submerged after an incident at its launch ceremony last month.
Sea

Partially Submerged North Korean Frigate Appears Upright Again In Satellite Image

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jun 3, 2025

Royal Navy wants to arm carriers with drones and long-range missiles
Sea

Royal Navy To Arm Its Carriers With Long-Range Missiles

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 3, 2025

Recovery efforts are underway for a North Korean frigate that capsized during a launch ceremony attended by dictator Kim Jong Un.
News & Features

Partially Sunk North Korean Frigate Recovery Effort Seen Underway In Satellite Image

By Howard Altman

Posted on May 23, 2025