VZ-9 Avrocar – Cold War Flying Saucer

Few experimental aircraft have captured the imagination quite like the Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar. Conceived during the Cold War, a time of intense technological competition and geopolitical tension, the Avrocar was a bold attempt to revolutionize vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft design...

By Eugene Nielsen •

SureFire's KE2-T Turbo Head Trades Flood for Serious Throw

Seven hundred lumens  does not sound like much in 2026, when pocket flashlights advertise four figures. The number that matters on the new SureFire KE2-T is the other one: 70,000 candela . That is where all 700 of those lumens end up, squeezed into a tight column that reaches over 500 meters...

By Eric B •

Kraken Kinetics Launches Odin Energetics with Solugen

Kraken Kinetics is proud to publicly launch Odin Energetics, our new joint venture with Solugen Aerospace & Defense. Odin was created to rethink how America produces and delivers advanced energetics, the explosives and propellants at the core of modern munitions. The challenge is straightforw...

By Eric G •

A Rimfire Can Rated for 5.56? LayerX Trace 22 | CANCON 2026

At CANCON West 2026, @BallisticAviation talks with Josh of LayerX Suppression about the company’s new rimfire suppressor, the Trace 22. The Trace 22 is 3D printed entirely from titanium and rated well beyond .22 LR. Along with all rimfire calibers, it’s rated for 5.7x28, .22 Magnum, a...

By Luke C. •

Long-Range Penetrating Force Remains at Forefront of Bomber Operations

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (AFNS) —   Operations Midnight Hammer and Epic Fury — or at least the lessons learned — were the topics of discussion at a long-range airpower panel during the Air and Space Forces Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Sept. 15. Th...

By Eric G •

Team LionStrike Selected to Progress in UK LMV Competition

Team LionStrike has been selected to progress to the next stage of the UK Ministry of Defence’s Light Mobility Vehicle (LMV) competition, marking an important milestone for the team’s proposal to deliver a modern, adaptable and UK-supported vehicle capability for the British Army. Bringing to...

By Eric G •
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