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Summary and Key Points: The old AT&T slogan fits air combat: win by getting to the fight and striking first from standoff range. The...
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Summary and Key Points: The old AT&T slogan fits air combat: win by getting to the fight and striking first from standoff range. The...
Synopsis: The U.S. Navy’s SSN(X) program, designed to combine the stealth of the Virginia-class with the firepower of the Seawolf-class, is facing critical delays...
America’s Columbia-class nuclear ballistic-missile submarines are absorbing delays and cost growth, with the lead boat now projected about 17 months late for a 2029...
Summary and Key Points: Boeing’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is edging toward the end of the production road after Northrop Grumman completed the final aft/center...
Summary and Key Points: The Navy is nearing the end of F/A-18E/F Super Hornet production, underscored by reports that the last fuselages are now...
Summary and Key Points: U.S. airpower in Japan is set for a major upgrade as Misawa Air Base prepares to host 48 F-35A stealth...
The A-12 Avenger II was the U.S. Navy’s bold stealth attack-bomber concept under the Advanced Tactical Aircraft program, designed to replace the A-6 Intruder...
Summary and Key Points: The X-44 MANTA was a tailless experimental fighter concept built around one big idea: prove full yaw, pitch, and roll...
Summary and Key Points: Thomas Alva Edison’s career is a study in persistence—an inventor who kept iterating until an idea became practical, scalable, and...
General George Patton’s famous maxim, "Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom," perfectly encapsulates his own career trajectory during World...