by David Axe | Dec 11, 2012 | Monitor
The Air Force’s mysterious X-37B space plane is all set for its third mission, whatever that might be.
by David Axe | Dec 4, 2012 | Monitor
Iran says it captured another U.S. drone. But the drone Tehran claims to have nabbed ain’t exactly top-of-the-line.
by Robert Beckhusen | Sep 25, 2012 | Monitor
The second X-37B sits inside its encapsulation shell at a Florida facility before an April 2010 launch. Photo: Air Force The Air Force’s mysterious X-37B space plane is now readying for its third space mission, slated to begin in October. And perhaps not...
by David Axe | Sep 16, 2012 | Monitor
Shenyang J-21. Photo: via China Defense Blog Here we go again. Twenty-one months after China’s Chengdu aerospace firm unveiled its J-20 jet fighter prototype — Beijing’s first stealth warplane — the rival Shenyang company has revealed what...
by Danger Room staff | Aug 16, 2012 | Monitor
<< Previous | Next >> Today’s unmanned robotic planes only seem advanced. A decade after the CIA and the Air Force tucked a Hellfire missile under the wing of a Predator drone, much hasn’t actually changed: pilots in air-conditioned boxes...