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Early F-35 Program Challenges Provide Lessons for Future Leaders
Think about the challenge that was handed to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter team: design, develop, test, field and sustain a family of highly common...
09/18/23Read it on National Defense MagazineAir Force Should Buy 250 Blended-Wing Tankers, as 2027 Demo Looms
A new think tank analysis finds a hypothetical blended-wing body tanker could offer twice as much refueling performance as the KC-46A Pegasus...
Read it on Air & Space Forces MagazineConfessions Of An SR-71 Blackbird Pilot
What it was like to sit at the controls of the Skunk Works' legendary Blackbird while hurtling over hostile territory at Mach 3.3....
22h agoRead it on The WarZoneAir Force Exploring Creative Ways to Produce More Pilots
The Air Force has been battling a chronic pilot shortage for the better part of a decade, and its leaders have said it will take at least that long...
22h agoRead it on National Defense MagazineGA-ASI and Saab Test AEW Payload on MQ-9B
According to GA-ASI, the flight test demonstrated “simultaneous tracking of several airborne and maritime targets at long ranges”...
22h agoRead it on The Aviationist"Super F-22' Propels Rator to Fly With F-47 Into 2060s
Despite new fighters, the F-22's advanced upgrades will keep it dominant in air combat through the 2060s, countering evolving threats....
22h agoRead it on Warrior MavenHow Fighter Jets Can (and Will) ‘Headbutt’ Enemy Planes
When you need to intercept a plane without shooting it down......
2d agoRead it on We Are the MightyAir Force Breaks New Gorund in 'Stealth' With B-21
Unseen technologies power the B-21's stealth, computing, and sensing, promising a revolution in high-altitude bomber capabilities and survivability...
2d agoRead it on Warrior MavenU.S. Air Force F-16 To Get Hypersonic Missile
Castelion received a contract modification from the Air Force Research Laboratory to begin integrating its Blackbeard hypersonic missile onto the...
2d agoRead it on Defence BlogAir Force Launches ARRW, Its First Hypersonic Weapon, into Production
The Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $694 million contract to produce its first-ever hypersonic missile...
2d agoRead it on Air & Space Forces MagazinePentagon Opens New Sprint to Field Air Defense Drone Boats
The Pentagon has launched the second phase of a competition to field USVs capable of detecting, identifying, and neutralizing airborne threats....
2d agoRead it on The Defense Post
The First Test of Peace Lies in Ukraine's Borderlands
By Dennis T. Cosgrove • RealClearDefense
The VFW’s Gambling Addiction Victimizes Veterans
By Jack Yoest • RealClearDefense
Superintelligence Exposes a Gap in the Law of Delegated Authority
By Sue Ghosh Stricklett • RealClearDefense
When the Network Goes Dark, Who Controls the Battlefield?
By Jonathan K. Corrado • RealClearDefense
We Cannot Build Tomorrow's Weapons With Yesterday's Alloys
By Joseph F. Krause • RealClearDefense
When the Network Goes Dark, Who Controls the Battlefield?
By Jonathan K. Corrado • RealClearDefense
Air Force Should Buy 250 Blended-Wing Tankers, as 2027 Demo Looms
By A&SF Mag.
Long Deployments to Be Navy Standard For Next Couple Years
By Mongilio, USNI NewsWhen the Network Goes Dark, Who Controls the Battlefield?
By Jonathan Corrado, RCD
Marines Deploy Neros Archer Drone in Live Fire Exercise for First Time
By USNI News