Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Summary and Key Points: A private firm is promoting a sixth-generation concept jet called the SM-39 Razor, marketed as an air-dominance fighter/interceptor with all-weather...
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Summary and Key Points: A private firm is promoting a sixth-generation concept jet called the SM-39 Razor, marketed as an air-dominance fighter/interceptor with all-weather...
Synopsis: New long-distance video posted January 30 shows a fourth J-36 prototype in flight—another signal the program is cycling through prototypes at an unusually...
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: A January 7 video posted on X by Daily CPEC shows two J-35As flying over Shenyang Aircraft Corporation in Liaoning,...
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: China’s J-20 is positioned as a centerpiece of a rapidly modernizing PLAAF, with outside estimates projecting a sharp rise in...
Summary and Key Points: AUKUS plans to deliver Virginia-class submarines to Australia are portrayed as increasingly strained by U.S. production limits and the Navy’s...
The A-12 Avenger II was the U.S. Navy’s bold stealth attack-bomber concept under the Advanced Tactical Aircraft program, designed to replace the A-6 Intruder...