Lockheed D-21: Cold War Spy Drone

In October 1962, the C.I.A. and the U.S.A.F. requested that Lockheed study a high-speed, high-altitude drone concept for reconnaissance flights over particularly hostile territories to avoid endangering aircrews. Created during the height of the Cold War and following the shootdown of a U-2 spy p...

By Friedrich Seiltgen

PUREVIEW: FN's New Red Dot Debuts in the US at NRAAM 2026

FN America are introducing the new PUREVIEW Holographic Micro Red Dot Sight in the US. As we reported yesterday , FN Herstal will be offering the PUREVIEW in Europe. The PUREVIEW is a fully enclosed holographic red dot, powered by a CR2032 for 800 hours (continuous) use, it weighs in at 1.5 oz, w...

By Matthew Moss

A Student's Vision of The New Generation of Russian Light Machine Gun

A recent post by Kalashnikov.ru  shed light on the work of a young engineering student on a proposed light machine gun design. It was an interesting design recently submitted at the M. T. Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University (ISTU), where the annual exchange between academic traini...

By Lynndon Schooler
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