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The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. In a quick follow-up to our breaking post on the Pentagon sending Shahed-136 clones to the Middle East, specifically “to flip the script” on Iran, we are getting new images of what configurations the Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat…
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) was at the Dubai Airshow in the United Arab Emirates during November to showcase its YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA). The company is currently undertaking a tour of the Middle East that’s designed to build upon the strong interest it sees in the region for CCAs. Company President David…
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. An Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon belonging to the Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team crashed this afternoon in California, the Air Force said. “On December 3, 2025, at approximately 10:45 a.m., a Thunderbird pilot safely ejected from a…
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. Our Joseph Trevithick spent the day with Northrop Grumman and its subsidiary Scaled Composites at Mojave Air And Space Port to get the first look at the company’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) demonstrator, dubbed Project Talon. The…
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. During its deployment to the Middle East, where it took part in combat operations against the Houthis, the Nimitz class aircraft carrier USS Truman collided with a cargo ship, had an F/A-18E Super Hornet fall off the…
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. During its deployment to the Middle East, where it took part in combat operations against the Houthis, the Nimitz class aircraft carrier USS Truman collided with a cargo ship, had an F/A-18E Super Hornet fall off the…
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. European missile house MBDA has, for the first time, shown an example of its Thundart surface-to-surface rocket, the result of a rapid development program as France looks to significantly expand the range of its land-based strike capabilities….
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. On the approach to land on the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman, the F/A-18F Super Hornet’s pilot looked out the canopy and saw a Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) launched from the Ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser USS Gettysburg…
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. Laser-guided 70mm Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II (APKWS II) rockets now appear to be part of the arsenal available for Ukraine’s F-16 Viper fighters. This is not an unexpected development given that rockets would offer the…
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. French authorities reportedly took defensive measures against five drones flying over an extremely sensitive base that is home to the nuclear submarines that make up the nation’s second-strike deterrent force. The incident is the latest in a…