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Summary and Key Points: A new Congressional Research Service report examines the Navy’s proposed guided-missile battleship program, BBG(X), widely framed as the Trump-class centerpiece...
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Summary and Key Points: A new Congressional Research Service report examines the Navy’s proposed guided-missile battleship program, BBG(X), widely framed as the Trump-class centerpiece...
Summary and Key Points: The unveiling of the GCAP mock-up sparked a simple question: why are next-generation fighters getting so large? -Size is a...
Summary and Key Points: China’s military leadership is in upheaval after reports that General Zhang Youxia was removed from the Central Military Commission and...
Internal tabulations from Iran's Health Ministry indicate that over 30,000 protesters were killed by security forces between January 8-9, 2026, a toll so high...
Summary and Key Points: Trump’s administration awarded Boeing NGAD; Trump unveiled the sixth-generation fighter as F-47, linking it to his presidency. -At Davos, he...
Development of the propulsion system for the U.S. Air Force’s F-47 (NGAD) fighter is proceeding faster than anticipated under the Next-Generation Adaptive Propulsion (NGAP)...
Summary and Key Points – Iran Crisis Deepens: President Donald Trump confirmed that a U.S. naval “armada,” led by the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier...
Western intelligence reveals visible cracks in Iran’s regime as hundreds of IRGC officers defect and high-ranking diplomats seek asylum in Europe. Amidst a severe...
A Washington Post report argues Russia’s strategy of freezing Ukraine into submission is running into a new reality: Ukraine is building an AI-enabled air-defense...
China is signaling a shift from individual aircraft performance to system-level air warfare with plans to upgrade the J-20’s engines, radar, and onboard AI....