Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs A former U.S. Army helicopter pilot-turned-civilian-contractor pleaded guilty in federal court today, admitting that he acted as an unregistered agent of China and accepted thousands of dollars from representatives of the Chinese government to provide aviation-related information from his defense-contractor employers. He... Read more
The Russian military has smacked the Ukraine with a “shock and awe”-style opening blow- and much of it was captured on live feeds. Following an announcement by Russian leader Vladimir Putin, a “special military operation” was launched across a wide area, causing chaos and confusion in the former Soviet... Read more
An OPSEC violation has once again made a case for why using TikTok should be a punishable offense in the military, this time after someone revealed some US stealth technology testing going on and posted it to the Chinese government-affiliated platform. The stealthy object -possibly a component of a... Read more
Amidst the chaos of the American withdrawal from Afghanistan, it appears that a handful of friends and air traffic controllers from around the world managed to assist in closing the information gap between circling aircraft and air traffic controllers in Kabul- using a relay chain of social media messages.
The US Special Operations Command has chosen an aircraft to help operators out in austere environments- and it looks awfully similar to an older, tried-and-true warhorse. Defense company Leidos was issued a contract for the US Special Operations Command’s (USSOCOM) Armed Overwatch aircraft prototype program, allowing the Bronco II... Read more
The Air Force Research Laboratory’sAFWERX program co-organized and participated in an event April 9 at Austin’s Capital Factory and UT-Austin, that championed commercial-military innovation and collaboration to the Joint Requirements Oversight Council.
Canadian aerospace manufacturer Bombardier has become a victim of a “limited cybersecurity breach,” resulting on information regarding a military spy plane being leaked to the dark web. Detailed plans of the Saab GlobalEye spy system -which is partnered with the company’s Global 6000 jet- were posted to CLOP^_-LEAKS, a... Read more