Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall disclosed this week that his service will not support development of a new engine to power its F-35A fighters. Instead, it will invest in upgrades to the exist...
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U.S. Drone Forced Down By Russian Fighter Jet Near Ukraine
File photo of an MQ-9 Reaper drone taking off at Wheeler-Sack Army Air Field in Fort Drum, N.Y., … [+] Feb. 14, 2012. U.S. Air Force A Russian fighter jet collided with a U.S. surveillance drone...
U.S. Fighter Missed First Shot At Lake Huron Object, General Says
Topline U.S. fighters dispatched Sunday to shoot down an unidentified object flying over Lake Huron missed their first shot, according to a top military official, as details slowly trickle out about t...
The UK Is “Considering” Sending British Fighter Jets to Ukraine -That’s About as Far as It Will Go
Two Royal Air Force Tornado GR4s prepare to arrive at Royal Air Force (RAF) Marham on November 15, … [+] 2014 near the village of Marham in the English county of Norfolk, England. (Photo by Carl...
YouTuber baits MMA fighter into secretly shilling fake NFTs for $1K
While the support from numerous A-list celebrities expedited the nonfungible token (NFT) boom of 2021 and 2022, some promoted unvetted projects to fans without knowing if they were legitimate or scams...
Youtuber Coffezilla Exposes MMA Fighter Dillon Danis’s Scam NFT Promotion
Youtuber Coffeezilla tricked MMA fighter Dillon Danis into promoting a scam The website directs users to a list of images that show past scans promoted by Dillon. Earlier, Coffeezilla revealed that Yo...
Turkey Plans To Fly Its Homegrown Stealth Fighter In 2023, But It’s Still Far From Finished
Turkey believes the homegrown TF-X fifth-generation stealth fighter it is building, also known as the National Combat Aircraft (MMU), could make its first flight this year – the country’s centen...
India Is An Ideal Candidate For Improving Armenia’s Su-30 Fighter Jets
Rumor has it that Armenia is “keen” on having India supply weapons and train fighter pilots for its Russian-built Su-30SM Flanker fighter jets. While no such arrangement has been confirmed...
UK looks for a crypto crime fighter willing to accept a $50K salary
The United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA) is taking measures to increase its focus on cryptocurrency crimes and combat criminals. NCA’s cyber-focused command, the National Cyber Crime Unit (NCC...
Swedish Gripens Are Still Probably Ireland’s Best Option For Fighter Jets
The Republic of Ireland is still mulling what type of fighter jet to acquire for its ill-equipped, almost non-existent air force. Sweden’s Saab JAS-39 Gripen is probably the island republic̵...
How Inflationary Policy Decisions Result In Fewer Schools, Roads, And Fighter Jets
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer speaks before U.S. President Joe Biden at the International Union … [+] of Operating Engineers Local 324 in Howell, Michigan. (Photo by Elaine Cromie/Getty Ima...
Inside Block 4—The Mostly Secret Plan For Making The F-35 Fighter Even More Lethal
The F-35 fighter is the most advanced tactical aircraft currently in production anywhere. Its low-observable (“stealth”) features give the plane a radar signature similar to that of a steel golf ball,...
Argentinian UFC Fighter Cannetti to Receive Salary in USDC
Guido Cannetti – an Argentinian mixed martial artist who competes in the UFC – partnered with the crypto-focused payment company Bitwage to become its ambassador. In addition, he will start receiving ...
Ukraine Said To Have Mauled A Russian Fighter Regiment, Shooting Down A Quarter Of Its Crews
An Su-34 belonging to the 559th Bomber Aviation Regiment. Wikimedia Commons The Ukrainian armed forces’ aggressive counterattacks in the south and east starting in late August have chewed up several o...
Argentina Fighter Guido Cannetti Accepts Salary in Stablecoin
Argentina athlete Guido Cannetti of the world’s leading mixed martial arts competition Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) announced that he would would be paid in full in stablecoin USDC. He b...
Exclusive: Bitwage partners with Argentinian UFC fighter Guido Cannetti
Invezz can exclusively report that Bitwage has partnered with Argentinian UFC fighter Guido Cannetti. Following the partnership, Guido will receive all his salary in USDC stablecoin through the Stella...
Banks Could Get Whopped by a Recession. But Bank of America Is a Fighter
As Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell seems almost intent on causing economic pain with a series of aggressive rate hikes to quell inflation, investors are wary that a recession would cause troubl...
How Jared Isaacman uses fighter jets in training
Astronauts love fighter jets, and billionaire founder Jared Isaacman is no different. Isaacman, who founded payments company Shift4, is deep into training with his team for the first spaceflight of th...
Strawweight Luana Pinheiro Becomes First Female UFC Fighter to Be Paid in Bitcoin – Bitcoin News
On Wednesday, the cryptocurrency payments service company Bitwage announced that the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) strawweight Luana Pinheiro will be the first female UFC fighter to be paid in ...
Suddenly, The F-35 Fighter Is Everywhere
If the F-35 fighter was a normal Pentagon program, this July would look like a landmark month of spectacular successes. Instead, it is shaping up to be a fairly typical month in the recent history of ...
UFC fighter will receive full salary in Bitcoin, shrugs off crypto market volatility
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter Luana Pinheiro announced that she has partnered with Bitwage to receive her salary in Bitcoin (BTC). Pinheiro said she continues to receive fiat payments f...
High-ranking crime fighter to join UK’s FCA as payments and digital assets director
UK regulator the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has recruited almost 500 additional staff members this year as part of its new three-year strategy. Among the new hires are six directors, whose appo...
Iran’s Vintage Fighter Jets Keep Falling Out Of The Sky
Frequent crashes of Iranian fighter jets are striking reminders of just how old the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force’s (IRIAF) aircraft are. Two Iranian pilots were killed on May 24 when their Chine...
Ukraine Has Shot Down A Top Russian Fighter Pilot
Russian Sukhoi Su-25 jet takes part in a joint military exercise with the Belarussian army on Oct. … [+] 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ASSOCIATED PRESS Ukrainian air defenses have claimed an...
Ukraine’s Best Fighter Jets Just Bombed The Hell Out Of The Russian Troops On Snake Island
Su-27s strike Snake Island. Ukrainian defense ministry capture The Ukrainian air force’s best fighter jets just staged a daring raid on the Russian force occupying Ukraine’s strategic Snake Island. Th...
GAO’s Latest Report On The F-35 Fighter Acquisition Program Finds No Major Problems. Really.
The F-35 fighter program is a smashing success. How else can you explain the fact that over the last year, Switzerland, Finland, Canada and Germany have all decided to buy it? In the words of the Swis...
UFC Fighter Nate Diaz Hopes No One Buys His ‘Bullshit’ NFT
Mixed Martial Arts and UFC icon Nate Diaz didn’t pull any punches yesterday when he took issue with the UFC’s launch of its “209 Drop” NFT collection. The collection featured Nate and his ...
Starbucks joins NFT party, UK government seeks stablecoin regulations and Crypto Twitter rallies behind cancer fighter, Hodler’s Digest: Apr. 3-9
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, pr...
UFC To Pay Fighter Bonuses In Crypto
The UFC has been criticized in the past for the compensation allocated towards it’s talent, who put their all in on one of the most physically enduring sports on the planet. The league can look to cou...