Indonesia Goes All In on the F-15EX Eagle II, Here's Why It's a Big Deal
23 Aug 2023, 03:01 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / That's right. It's not Japan or Saudi Arabia that's become the second country outside the U.S. and Israel to get dibs on the F-15 Eagle II. It's Indonesia.
Max Verstappen In Hot Water After Alleged Aston Martin Valkyrie Hooning Video Leaks
22 Aug 2023, 18:41 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / With Verstappen's hometown Dutch Grand Prix just days away, a specialized cell of the French Police is investigating videos released on Twitter.
Russia Is Marketing the T-14 Armata MBT to Foreign Markets, Will Anyone Bite?
20 Aug 2023, 20:16 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Plenty of countries outside of Russia's physical sphere of influence have employed their tanks, aircraft, and other weapons in the past. Most notably, India.
Northrop Grumman Successfully Tests First Rocket Engine Designed To Lift Off From Mars
16 Aug 2023, 08:44 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Approved in September 2022, the NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return mission is far and away the most complex, advanced, and intricately sophisticated space mission.
NASA's STEREO-A Probe Buzzes By Earth After 17 Years Studying the Sun
14 Aug 2023, 19:53 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Based in large part on the observations made by the STEREO probes, NASA scientists hope to estimate the next peak of the solar maximum cycle is about to hit.
This Fully Restored P-47 Thunderbolt is Better Than Brand New, Debuts At EAA AirVenture
14 Aug 2023, 16:12 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / With AirCorps' pilot Bernie Vasquez at the stick, Bonnie managed to put on a memorable show for the applauding Oshkosh crowd.
Ukraine Wants to Train More Pilots on the F-16, They'll Have to Wait a Bit Longer
11 Aug 2023, 13:46 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / As reported by the Washington Post, the U.S. Air Force does not expect the first round of Ukrainian pilots sent for training on the F-16 to finish soon.
Divers Pull 32 Cars and Trucks from Miami-Dade County Lake, Could be Linked to Crimes
8 Aug 2023, 23:37 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / As reported by the local station of CBS News Miami, an unassuming lake not far from their headquarters in Doral, Miami-Dade County, had played host to secret.
Airbus' A321XLR is Coming To Dunk on Boeing All Over Again in 2024, Deliveries Begin Soon
8 Aug 2023, 17:44 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / If nothing else, as Boeing's reputation in the civil airliner space continues to tumble, Airbus, as well as other manufacturers like Embraer, grow stronger.
Not Going Anywhere: Boeing Starliner First Crewed Launch Delayed Until at Least March 2024
8 Aug 2023, 15:42 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / For the moment, March of 2024 is the absolute earliest point that Boeing expects Boe CFT to launch. But further delays aren't out of the question.
Romania Wants To Revitalize Its Air Force With F-35s, They’ll Have To Wait in Line
2 Aug 2023, 20:47 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / the Romanian Air Force is on a mission from the heavens. Or, at least, it feels that way with the kinds of major moves they've been making lately.
Lockheed Martin's DRACO Nuclear Spacecraft Will Be Insane, Set To Orbit By 2027
2 Aug 2023, 17:17 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Reducing transit time is vital for human missions to Mars to limit a crew's exposure to radiation," declared Kirk Shireman.
Oopsie: Voyager 2 Probe Loses Communication With Earth After Maneuvering Error
30 Jul 2023, 20:13 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / For the moment, NASA has announced a temporary pause in communication attempts between mission control and the Voyager 2 mission.
Delays With SpaceX's Starship Might Sandbag NASA's Planned Lunar Landing
8 Jun 2023, 22:58 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In the meantime, NASA has already begun handing out service contracts for non-SpaceX vehicles to take on Moon-landing like Blue Origin's Blue Moon
U.S. Dept. of Energy Wants To Use Bomb-Grade Uranium in Experiment, Sparks Outrage
2 Jun 2023, 18:12 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Even an announcement by TerraPower themselves, stating that the MCRE enriched uranium would not be used commercially did little to quell fears.
War Thunder Fans Declare War on Gaijin Entertainment, Review Bomb Their Steam Page
21 May 2023, 17:30 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Whether Gaijin Entertainment truly heeds the advice of its fanbase and addresses issues with a corrupt and feckless economy and Soviet bias has yet to be seen.
50 Years Ago: NASA's Skylab Wrote the Playbook for the ISS
20 May 2023, 19:48 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / On the 50th anniversary of Skylab's launch aboard the Saturn V, let's take a look at what made Skylab the gold standard for space stations for the next 15years.
15 Years Later: Here’s Why There Will Never Be Another Game Like GTA IV Ever Again
15 May 2023, 03:20 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In some ways, it's practically impossible to design a game quite like GTA IV with modern sensibilities. With day-once DLC and microtransactions galore
Westinghouse AP300: A Mid-Size Reactor Designed to Make Coal-Fired Power Stations Obsolete
5 May 2023, 23:56 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / With the AP1000, AP300, and also the eVinci microreactor, the Westinghouse Electric team of Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, managed to run the whole gamut.
Turkey's First Commercial Nuclear Reactor is Packed With Russian DNA, Will Soon Go Online
29 Apr 2023, 08:53 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Located on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, the first fission reactor complex at this novel facility just received its first batch of uranium fuel.