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MQM-172 Arrowhead: Overview of a Versatile Loitering Munition Drone
This article examines the MQM-172 Arrowhead loitering munition, developed by Griffon Aerospace, which represents the U.S. response to the era...
Pilatus Turboprop Aircraft: An Overview of PC-9
The PC-7 aircraft, whose long history I discussed recently, proved to be a commercially successful project. However, in 1980 it...
Weapons of Ukraine’s Victory: Tempest Air Defense System with AGM-114L Longbow Hellfire Missiles
The Ukrainian Air Force has released footage showing the operation of the Tempest counter-drone air defense system equipped with AGM-114L...
American Attack Aircraft, Part 11: Near-Bomber Designs of the Second World War
Readers may recall that in the tenth article of this series on U.S. attack aircraft of the interwar period, we...
Weapons of Ukraine’s Victory: Paveway IV Guided Bombs
The arsenal of high‑precision air‑to‑surface weapons used by our aviation has been expanded with another Western‑origin system – the Paveway IV guided aerial...
All About Lightweight Patrol and Counter-Drone Aircraft “Draco”: Reincarnation of Iconic “Vilga”
On December 17, 2025, the Warsaw-based company Draco Aircraft presented a concept for a military variant of the Wilga Draco...
Weapons of Ukraine’s Victory: Windracers Ultra Mk 2 heavy logistics UAV
Ukraine has recently received several dozen Windracers Ultra Mk 2 heavy logistics UAVs, which are capable of delivering payloads of...
Weapons of Ukraine’s Victory: E-300 Enterprise Strike Drone
The Ukrainian E-300 Enterprise strike drone can be characterized as large, relatively slow, and cost-efficient. Despite its utilitarian and unrefined...
‘Tigers’ from Australia: Could the Australia’s fiasco Become an Opportunity for Ukraine
Australian media have reported a potential transfer of Eurocopter Tiger attack helicopters to Ukraine. What kind of aircraft are these,...