Aerospace company Leonardo and aviation services company 2Excel are modifying a commercial Boeing 757 to act as a flying laboratory to test technology for the 6th-generation Tempest fighter jet currently being developed.

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Boeing, in conjunction with the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA), has completed a successful demonstration of a new, advanced interceptor capability for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system that allows ICBMs to be destroyed in space earlier.

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Boeing's MQ-25 T1 Stingray jet-propelled air tanker drone has refueled a US Navy E-2D Hawkeye command and control aircraft in mid-air, providing data that will be used to upgrade digital models of the MQ-25 and help improve the first production models.

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A Northrop Grumann MQ-4C Triton drone equipped with a highly upgraded multi-intelligence package, called Integrated Functional Capability Four (IFC-4), has taken to the air for the first time as part of expanding the deployment of the new version.

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Britain's Tempest sixth-generation fighter jet is a step closer to reality after the UK Ministry of Defence awarded BAE Systems a contract for £250 million to begin the program's concept and assessment phase.

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At this year's MAKS-21 air show, Sukhoi unveiled a mock-up of its latest fifth-generation fighter aircraft. Called the "Checkmate SU-75," it's designed as an inexpensive rival to the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter.

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As hypersonic missiles rapidly move toward becoming practical weapons, the problem of how to counter them is also on the agenda. The US Department of Defense developing a CubeSats-based system to track these missiles in all phases of their flight.

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The US Air Force has released a new digital rendering of its B-21 Raider heavy strategic nuclear bomber, along with more information about the warplane that is being built by Northrop Grumman as part of the Air Force's Long-Range Strike Bomber program.

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