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Stephen Losey • Defense News

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 News
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Michael Peck • Defense News

U.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...

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Kris Osborn • Warrior Maven

LGM-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...

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Robbin Laird • DEFENSE.info

The 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...

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Matthew Cox • Air & Space Forces Magazine

Air 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...

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Howard Altman • The WarZone

Confessions 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....

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Laura Heckmann • National Defense Magazine

Air 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...

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Stefano D'Urso • The Aviationist

GA-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
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Kris Osborn • Warrior Maven

"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 Maven
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Logan Nye • We Are the Mighty

How Fighter Jets Can (and Will) ‘Headbutt’ Enemy Planes

When you need to intercept a plane without shooting it down......

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Kris Osborn • Warrior Maven

Air 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