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Alex HollingsThe National Interest |
Summary: The Manta Ray, a new uncrewed underwater vehicle (UUV) developed by Northrop Grumman under DARPA's guidance, represents a significant...
Summary: The U.S. Air Force is advancing artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities within its ranks by incorporating AI pilots into F-16 combat...
Summary: Lockheed Martin's recent unveiling of the Mako missile at the Sea Air Space 2024 event represents a significant advancement in air-launched...
Summary: Iran's recent attack on Israel, involving 300 drones and missiles, represents a strategy termed "kinetic diplomacy," where military actions...
Summary: The U.S. Navy's Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, equipped with advanced missile systems like the Mk 41 vertical launch system (VLS), face a...
Summary: The United States, recognizing the strategic importance of its tactical aircraft, also understands the significant investment required to...
Summary: Despite its formidable reputation, the F-22 Raptor has faced challenges in simulated dogfights, notably against older jets and the German...
Summary: The article discusses allegations and evidence of China's theft of American stealth fighter designs. It outlines how Su Bin, a Chinese...
On Wednesday, House Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Turner relayed information related to what’s being described as a “serious national security...
Last Thursday, the U.S. Army announced it would cancel its next-generation Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) helicopter program after...
South Korea’s advanced KF-21 Boramae fighter is making the leap into mass production, with the country planning to procure at least 40 of these jets...
In March 2023, Air Force acquisition executive Andrew Hunter told the House Armed Services Committee in no uncertain terms that the program for...
Despite a popular focus on stealth – and to a lesser extent, data fusion – in today’s fighters, America’s turbofan advantage is just as...
The F-14 Tomcat may be a legendary fighter that got the Hollywood treatment in 1986’s “Top Gun,” but for a short time in the 1970s, the Navy...
Developed at the peak of the Cold War, the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle was designed to compete against a Soviet fighter American military...
Chinese military analysts are now acknowledging that the Kinzhal missile does not live up to Russian claims, dismissing it as “dated 1980s...
In a recent video we published on YouTube, we showed you a clip of our interview with retired Air Force Major General Bob “Lorenzo” Behler –...
Despite setbacks related to ongoing hardware and software upgrades, Lockheed Martin recently completed production on the 1,000th F-35 Lightning II,...
Pakistan’s senior air force official announced plans to purchase Chinese stealth fighters last week, potentially making Pakistan the first foreign...
The race to field reusable hypersonic aircraft got a whole lot hotter last month, with GE Aerospace announcing a breakthrough in high-speed jet engine...
During the opening days of Operation Desert Storm, one American F-16 pilot overcame incredible odds by dodging not just one surface-to-air missile...
In this era of somewhat sluggish stealth fighters capable of sneaking deep behind enemy lines, the F-15EX Eagle II stands out from the 21st-century...
Developed at a turning point in air-to-air combat, the AIM-9 Sidewinder missile was the world’s first infrared-guided — or heat-seeking —...
In the late 1950s, the North American XB-70 Valkyrie looked like it had been ripped straight out of the pages of a science fiction comic book. With a...
Not long ago, we explored the reasons the legendary F-14 Tomcat found itself sent out to pasture decades before its fighter classmates from the...
J-20: What Did China Learn from Russia's MiG 1.44 Stealth Fighter Program?- It’s not uncommon to hear people citing China’s theft of American F-22...
Artificial intelligence, or AI, is becoming more and more prevalent in our daily lives, but as AI is leveraged for more weapons applications, do we...
In the decade and a half since it first entered service, the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor has been an air superiority fighter without equal, but that...
Sometime ago, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) quietly unveiled a new high-speed missile program called Gambit. The program is...
After recent rumors surfaced that the United States Air Force is testing a new high-performance spy plane developed by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk...
In 2006, a team from Boeing proposed an incredible new use for America’s legendary F-15 Eagle that called for mounting a 45-foot rocket to its...
For decades, rumors have swirled about the United States secretly operating highly classified black, triangular craft known as the TR-3A and TR-3B,...
Over the years, the United States has funded the development of a slew of experimental aircraft, more commonly known as X-Planes, to push the...
After more than a year of requests, Ukraine is finally about to start receiving General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcons to aid in its efforts against...
In the not-too-distant future, the face of American airpower will dramatically shift away from a relatively few highly capable and crewed platforms...
Throughout the 1990s, a team of engineers from McDonnell Douglas’ Phantom Works developed and tested a unique stealth fighter shrowded in the...
In September 1997, an unusual-looking aircraft — the world’s first truly stealth fighter — left the runway at Lockheed Martin’s...
When Lockheed’s legendary F-117 Nighthawk first entered service in 1983, it brought with it a revolution in military aviation. After decades of...
XF-85: This was a crazy-looking fighter built for an idea that never came to fruition. Russia and China can thank the gods the U.S. military never...
America’s Nimitz- and Ford-class aircraft carriers represent the nation’s most potent form of force projection, with fleets of F/A-18 Super...
There’s no debate that the United States has the largest Air Force in the world, but when people discuss America’s various military advantages,...
Nearly two decades before the Harrier jump jet would prove the efficacy of vertical take-off and landing platforms, the U.S. Navy considered taking...
Lasers may be the cure for whatever ails you in science fiction, but if America is looking for a real solution to the myriad problems posed by modern...
The F-35 Lightning II is the most technologically advanced and capable tactical fighter in the skies today, but depending on how you look at it, it...
Recent hints that Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works division may have already delivered an advanced new spy plane to the United States Air Force have...
Today scramjet propulsion is the subject of continued study, as it appears to be one of the most promising methods of powering hypersonic weapons and...
America’s F-22 Raptor is still widely considered the most capable and dominant air superiority fighter in the world, but as China’s J-20...
After nearly two decades of counter-terror operations around the world, the United States military has recently begun shifting its focus away from...
America’s F-15 Eagle has long since secured a position in the pantheon of the world’s greatest fighters. With an incredible air combat record of...