General Atomics’ Boss Gives CCA Test And Export Market Update At Dubai Airshow

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 […]

U.S. Deploys Shahed-136 Clones To Middle East As A Warning To Iran

The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. The U.S. military has stood up its first operational unit armed with Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System (LUCAS) kamikaze drones, a design reverse-engineered from the Iranian-designed Shahed-136, in the Middle East. The establishment of Task Force Scorpion […]

U.S. Deploys Shahed-136 Clones To Middle East As A Warning To Iran

The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. The U.S. military has stood up its first operational unit armed with Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System (LUCAS) kamikaze drones, a design reverse-engineered from the Iranian-designed Shahed-136, in the Middle East. The establishment of Task Force Scorpion […]

China’s Mysterious Submarine-Ship Hybrid Breaks Cover

The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. The Chinese trimaran craft is seen in what is the first widely circulated image of the vessel, but it leaves many questions unanswered. Not least, what is the actual purpose of this vessel? At the same time, […]

Super Hornet Seen With Rare SLAM-ER Missile Loadout On Yemen Mission

The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. Imagery has emerged of a U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter with a rare payload of AGM-84H/K Standoff Land Attack Missile–Expanded Response, better known as SLAM-ER. While only published recently, the photos date back to earlier this […]

Thunderbirds F-16C Fighting Falcon Crashes in California

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 […]

Talon Emerges From The Shadows (Updated)

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 […]

F/A-18 Super Hornet Shot Down By Navy Cruiser Investigation Findings Released (Updated)

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 […]

Australia’s Unwanted Tiger Attack Helicopters May Go To Ukraine: Reports

The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. Australia and Ukraine are in talks regarding the transfer of the Australian Army’s Tiger attack helicopters, according to reports. The process of replacing the Tigers with new AH-64E Apache Guardians is already underway, and Ukraine has been […]

First Russian MiG-29 Claimed Destroyed In Ukraine, But That May Not Be The Whole Story

The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. In an apparent first since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a Russian MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter has been destroyed, according to Ukraine. Interestingly, there has been little to no evidence that Russia has been using any of its […]