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America and China agree the future of air combat is a stealth fighter directing a swarm of drones. They disagree on who commands it....
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America and China agree the future of air combat is a stealth fighter directing a swarm of drones. They disagree on who commands it....
A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress crashed shortly after takeoff at Edwards Air Force Base in California at 11:20 a.m. Monday, sending up a...
China has been flying two sixth-generation fighter prototypes — the three-engine J-36 and the J-50 — in open daylight for 18 months, while America's...
China launches a carrier every 20 months. America just delayed its newest one to 2034 — because the shipyard physically can't fit it —...
China operates three aircraft carriers today, but the Pentagon believes Beijing is building toward nine by 2035 — the fastest carrier build-up in the...
The F-35C's engine exhaust reportedly hits 3,600°F — far hotter than the Ford's flight deck was built to take. So the $13 billion supercarrier...
A new GAO report finds the F-35 can perform all its assigned missions only about a quarter of the time — a readiness rate...
The US Air Force flies roughly 140 bombers in total. The B-21 Raider meant to replace most of them is officially capped at 100...
The U.S. Navy commissioned its last Littoral Combat Ship in May, six months after canceling the Constellation frigate and years after gutting the Zumwalt....
The U.S. Navy must build two Virginia-class submarines a year and has never managed it. The rate is stuck at 1.2, the recovery date...