Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Brent M. Eastwood, PhD, former U.S. Army Infantry officer and author of over 3,000 defense articles, reports that House Armed Services Committee subcommittee chair...
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Brent M. Eastwood, PhD, former U.S. Army Infantry officer and author of over 3,000 defense articles, reports that House Armed Services Committee subcommittee chair...
The delay in 6th-generation fielding is a pragmatic acknowledgement of the "industrial saturation" at play in 2026. With major programs like the B-21 Raider...
The F-47 NGAD doesn't just improve on the F-35 — it rethinks what a stealth fighter is. A blended wing-body with no vertical structures...
Summary and Key Points: Military modernization expert Kris Osborn analyzes the synergy between the Boeing F-47 ‘NGAD’ sixth-generation fighter and the Northrop Grumman Stand-in...
Georgia Gilholy, a prominent UK-based journalist, evaluates the strategic "acceleration through friction" of the Global Combat Air Program (GCAP). While a critical design contract...
Kris Osborn, President of Warrior Maven and former Pentagon acquisition expert, evaluates the newly released imagery from Pratt & Whitney potentially depicting the F-47...
Summary and Key Points: Jack Buckby, a New York-based national security researcher, evaluates the parallel development of sixth-generation fighters by the United States and...
Summary and Key Points: Dr. Brent M. Eastwood, a defense analyst and author, evaluates the U.S. Air Force’s transition toward a “Super” and “Sixth-Gen”...
The U.S. Air Force is rapidly accelerating its transition into the sixth generation of aerial warfare. The F-47, developed by Boeing under the Next...
The F-47 Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program, as of March 2026, stands as the most aggressive acceleration of American airpower in the post-Cold...