China Has Unlocked the Secret to Winning the Aircraft Carrier Race—And That’s a Direct Threat to America
America’s newest aircraft carrier is the USS Gerald R. Ford, the only non- Nimitz class ship in the fleet and the first of ...
The World's Most Superior Carrier-Based Aircraft
Engineering excellence and modern technology meld in the world’s best fighters found on the decks of aircraft carriers around ...
10 Rare Commercial Aircraft You Can Still Fly (For Now)
As an aircraft type reaches the end of its service life, examples of it flying commercially become rarer and rarer (the ...
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Air Boss: Unmanned MQ-25 Will Fly This Year, Opens Way To 6th Gen Collaborative Combat Aircraft
The Navy Air Boss on Jan. 28 confirmed the first MQ-25A Stingray aircraft carrier-based unmanned tanker aircraft will start test flying later this year, a necessary step […] ...
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U.S. Air Force Expands Work on Sixth-Generation Fighter Engines
The USAF increased the funding for the development of advanced engines earmarked for sixth-generation fighters, with new ...
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Marines aim to buy more carrier-based F-35s, fewer VTOLs
The decision to buy more F-35Cs suggests a “greater prioritization of carrier-based operations”, and a desire to fast-track ...
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My Drone Is Smarter Than Your Fighter Pilot
Some people are catching on. Elon Musk recently said the F-35 fighter/bomber, America’s first trillion-dollar weapons program, is already obsolete because drones outperform it at a far smaller cost.
A flurry of international naval drills around the Philippines prompts complaints from Beijing
A flurry of naval drills surrounding the Philippines involving the United States and its partners has prompted complaints ...
This WW2 Aircraft Carrier Went Beyond the Call of Duty
Naval vessels are staffed by some of the most courageous people in uniform you’ll ever meet. This was doubly true ...