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Summary and Key Points: A new Mitchell Institute report argues current Air Force procurement plans risk leaving China with operational “sanctuaries” during a Taiwan...
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Summary and Key Points: A new Mitchell Institute report argues current Air Force procurement plans risk leaving China with operational “sanctuaries” during a Taiwan...
Summary and Key Points: The B-52J isn’t a new bomber so much as a systems reset: new Rolls-Royce engines, modern AESA radar, updated avionics,...
Synopsis: The X-43D was a program that could have seen Mach 15, but it never occurred. NASA’s Hyper-X program proved air-breathing hypersonic flight was...
Summary and Key Points: Boeing’s X-32 was built around a clear idea: keep the JSF affordable, simple, and highly common across Air Force, Navy,...
The Navy’s flirtation with a carrier-based Advanced Tactical Fighter sprang from a late–Cold War problem: replacing the F-14 with something stealthier, longer-ranged, and optimized...
China’s pressure campaign around Taiwan is increasingly centered on grey-zone operations and blockade rehearsals, raising the prospect of a quarantine designed to strangle imports...
Synopsis: Russia’s Su-57 was marketed as a breakthrough fifth-generation fighter, with stealth, advanced sensing, and even manned-unmanned teaming. -But the program is increasingly defined...
Synopsis: The B-52J bomber is meant to modernize America’s aging Stratofortress fleet with updated capabilities for standoff strikes, hypersonic weapons, and even “mothership” concepts...
Summary and Key Points: The Montana-class was designed as the final and most powerful expression of U.S. battleship thinking: heavier armor, greater survivability, and...
Summary and Key Points: Canada’s long-paused F-35 plan may be shifting as Ottawa boosts defense spending and the Royal Canadian Air Force faces a...