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New F-35 Engine Deliveries Suspended Amid Ongoing Investigation
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military and defense contractor Pratt & Whitney have suspended deliveries of new engines for the F-35 fighter in the wake of...
01/05/23Read it on Defense NewsU.S. Air Force Asks Industry for New Cruise Missile for Ukraine
Potential contractors are asked to detail their capabilities to provide the Extended Range Attack Munition...
2h agoRead it on Defense NewsLGM-35 Sentinel ICBM on Track for 2030
Heavier, faster, more lethal, cyber hardened and more reliable are just a few of the attributes woven into the US Air Force’s new Sentinel ICBM, a...
2h agoRead it on Warrior MavenThe Requirement for Air Combat Mass and Depth in the Indo-Pacific
For three decades, “generation” has been a word we attach to aircraft: fourth, fifth, now sixth. The label implies that the next step forward is a...
1d agoRead it on DEFENSE.infoAir 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...
5d agoRead 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....
6d 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...
6d 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”...
6d 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....
6d agoRead it on Warrior MavenHow Fighter Jets Can (and Will) ‘Headbutt’ Enemy Planes
When you need to intercept a plane without shooting it down......
1w 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...
1w agoRead it on Warrior Maven
ICE Is Not a Four-Letter Word
By Meda Parameswara Reddy • RealClearDefense
The U.S. Can Draw Down in the Middle East Without Going Blind
By Cudi Zerey • RealClearDefense
America Needs a Joseph Directive
By Jeff Ballabon • RealClearDefense
Partnering Decides Whether Flexible Military Construction Can Work
By Matt Russell • RealClearDefense
Eight Months of Epic Fury and Still No Internal Alternative
By Stephen D. Cook • RealClearDefense
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GE Aerospace to Supply Engines for Two US Navy Flight III Destroyers
By Defense Post
U.S. Air Force Asks Industry for New Cruise Missile for Ukraine
By Michael Peck, DNews
First Flight II San Antonio-class Amphib Completes Builder’s Trials
By Mongilio, USNI N.
LGM-35 Sentinel ICBM on Track for 2030
By Kris Osborn, Warrior Maven
On American Destroyers, Avoid a Self-Inflicted Wound in Spain
By Defense News
