Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Summary and Key Points: Admiral Daryl Caudle is sounding the alarm: the F/A-18 Super Hornet is nearing extinction, and the F-35C alone cannot carry...
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Summary and Key Points: Admiral Daryl Caudle is sounding the alarm: the F/A-18 Super Hornet is nearing extinction, and the F-35C alone cannot carry...
Summary and Key Points: Building two stealthy sixth-generation fighters in parallel—F-47 and F/A-XX—would strain a U.S. industrial base that has consolidated into a handful...
Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy’s F/A-XX—built to replace the F/A-18E/F and fly beside the F-35C—has regained momentum after a pause inside the...
Synopsis: U.S. Navy leaders argue F/A-XX is becoming urgent because the era of operating non-stealth aircraft “with impunity” is shrinking as air defenses and...
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: Congress has sharply increased 2026 funding for the Navy’s F/A-XX program, reviving momentum for a sixth-generation, carrier-launched fighter meant to...
Congress is reviving the Navy’s F/A-XX carrier fighter by adding $897 million above the Pentagon’s fiscal 2026 request, signaling impatience with a strategy that...
F/A-XX, the Navy’s carrier-based sixth-generation fighter, is stuck in limbo despite years of analysis and at least $2.5 billion in RDT&E. With China expanding...
Summary and Key Points – The U.S. Navy faces a critical capability gap as its sixth-generation F/A-XX fighter program remains on indefinite pause due...