NATO: Fleet Modernization Under Pressure from the F-35
Canada, Spain, and Italy are modernizing fighters and tankers as the F-35 centralizes NATO orders and highlights its industrial constraints. In Summary The modernization of […]
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F-47: why the USAF is not abandoning it despite the cost of NGAD
The F-47 remains at the heart of NGAD, but the USAF is betting on CCAs to contain costs, rebuild mass, and preserve its air power. […]
The F-35 Prepares for Six Internal Missiles to Maintain Stealth
The Pentagon confirms “Six in the Bay”: the F-35 is set to expand its internal weapon bay capacity from four to six missiles by September […]
F-16 Block 70/72 Resumes Deliveries After Technical Redesign
Lockheed Martin restarts F-16 deliveries following a redesign and new flight testing, while global demand continues to keep the production line under pressure. Executive Summary […]
U.S. CCAs Promise More Mass, but Their Cost Threatens the Concept
With the FQ-42A and FQ-44A, the USAF aims to build affordable combat mass. Yet stealth, autonomy, and survivability are already threatening the cost equation. Executive […]
NGI passes a critical test on its second-stage motor
Lockheed Martin validates a second-stage motor burst test for the NGI. Technical risk recedes, but the schedule remains tight.* In summary Lockheed Martin announced on […]
The F-35 in Crisis: Chronic Availability Issues and Out-of-Control Costs
In 2025, only 1 in 4 F-35s was fully mission capable. TR-3 delays, parts shortages, life-cycle costs exceeding $2 trillion: the GAO sounds the alarm. […]
The BRRRRT Act: Congress vs. the USAF to Save the Warthog
On July 20, 2026, the BRRRRT Act was introduced in Congress to keep 126 A-10 Warthogs in service until 2033, defying the USAF’s push to […]
The US Air Force is scaling up production of its first autonomous fighter aircraft
With the FQ-42A and FQ-44A, the US Air Force is separating the airframes from the software to speed up production of its future combat support […]
The United States is demanding weapons production at a wartime rate
Patriot, THAAD, Tomahawk, SM-3, SM-6 and AMRAAM missiles: Washington is pressing its defence contractors to replenish stocks depleted by conflicts. In summary Washington is now […]