Poland’s Ministry of National Defense has executed a successful operational exercise for its WISŁA medium-range air defence system.
Author: Michael
Bridge Systems, a subsidiary of GDELS, plans to invest over €20m ($23m) in expanding its production sites in Germany.
Get ready to go that extra 2,640 feet.
After months of rumors, the Air Force confirmed on Wednesday that a new service-wide physical fitness test will include a 2-mile timed run. The service also said Airmen will take the test twice per year, up from just once currently.
Under the service’s current PT test, airmen must run 1.5 miles. Task & Purpose first reported in June that the Air Force was considering requiring airmen to run longer for the test and make it twice a year.
American defence manufacturer L3Harris Technologies has reportedly pitched its new Phoenix airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system to the Republic of China Air Force, with the aircraft having been exhibited at the 2025 Taipei Air & Space Show. The aircraft is closely related to the G.550 Nachshon Oron, which currently serves in the Israeli Air Force, and which unconfirmed reports indicate played a critical role in supporting the country’s air assault against Iran in June.
James Howard started his World War II combat career before the United States ever entered the war. He would end the war with a Medal of Honor and the nickname: the “One Man Air Force.” He was a naval aviator who flew with the Flying Tigers, then joined the Army Air Forces, where he became an ace in two different aircraft in two different theaters. He would eventually retire as a Brigadier General—quite an impressive bucket list.
But the story of how James Howard became the “One Man Air Force” starts far from American shores.
It was a seemingly random Sunday on March 13, 2022. Anne Black had just had a conversation with her son Gregory Black, a 36-year old U.S. Army veteran, about musicals and dogs. She could never have guessed that it would be the last time they ever spoke. Later that day, at 10 p.m., Greg died by suicide in his car.
During his time in the military, Greg suffered a traumatic brain injury—one that had led to constant headaches, severe depression, chronic pain, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to his mother.
Global Defense News
RTX confirmed its advanced electronic warfare prototype for the Navy’s F/A-18 Super Hornet cleared a key software and hardware integration review on Sept.
TWZ
“And then just out of this massive [explosion], like in Star Wars, just here comes the drone, just right out of the cloud.
Ryan Finnerty, Flight Global
The still-conceptual transport is envisioned as succeeding both the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III and Lockheed Martin C-5M Super Galaxy.
Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering
Neither the US Navy nor Britain’s Royal Navy, the only operators of the Trident II D5, has publicly confirmed the test