MQ-28 Ghost Bat Air to Air Refue

Boeing’s MQ-28 Ghost Bat Advances Toward Combat Readiness Block 3 Upgrade Brings Internal Weapons, Greater Range, and Indo-Pacific Focus

Boeing’s MQ-28A Ghost Bat uncrewed combat aircraft is edging closer to operational service with its launch customer, the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), even as the program prepares to take a major technological leap with the upcoming Block 3 configuration....
Su-57E stealth fighter

US Warns Algeria Over Su-57E Fighter Deal, Signalling Willingness to Sanction Partners Who Deepen Military Ties With Russia

Russia’s Su-57E stealth fighter has become the latest flashpoint in intensifying great-power rivalry, after the United States issued a stark warning to Algeria over its reported acquisition of the aircraft. Washington’s response signals a readiness to directly confront and penalise...
China’s J-15 Carrier Fighter Seen Armed With YJ-15 Supersonic Missiles

China’s J-15 Carrier Fighter Seen Armed With YJ-15 Supersonic Missiles, Signaling Major Shift in PLAN Carrier Strike Doctrine

The emergence of high-confidence imagery showing a Chinese Shenyang J-15 carrier-borne fighter equipped with two YJ-15 supersonic anti-ship missiles marks a watershed moment in the evolution of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). For the first time, visual evidence suggests...
Uzbekistan Showcases Integrated Chinese–Russian Air Defence Network in Major Live-Fire Exercise

Uzbekistan Showcases Integrated Chinese–Russian Air Defence Network in Major Live-Fire Exercise Signalling a Strategic Shift in Central Asian Airspace Control

Uzbekistan’s Armed Forces have conducted a strategically calibrated and highly consequential live-fire air defence exercise in early February 2026, underscoring Tashkent’s deliberate transformation into a multi-layered, multi-origin air defence power capable of countering complex aerial threats across Central Asia’s increasingly...
F-35 Lightning II

F-35 Cost to Produce Has Increased Over Last Three Years, Adding New Pressure on US and Allied Defense Budgets Amid Inflation and Delays

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is one of the most ambitious military aviation programs ever undertaken, both in technological scope and in international scale. Conceived as a single, stealthy, networked fighter that could replace a wide range of aging...
F-35 Lightning II

How Fast F-35 Can Fly—and How It Stacks Up Against Faster US, Russian, and Chinese Fighter Jets

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is the newest fifth-generation fighter fielded by the United States and its allies, yet on paper it looks oddly unimpressive when judged by one of the most intuitive measures of air combat performance: speed....
Type 052D guided missile destroyer Ganzi (Hull 128)

PLA Navy Commissions New Type 052D Destroyer Continuous Production and Incremental Upgrades Strengthen China’s Surface Fleet

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has commissioned another advanced Type 052D guided missile destroyer, further underscoring the rapid expansion and modernisation of China’s surface combat fleet. The newly inducted warship, named Ganzi and bearing Hull Number 128, was...
L3Harris Secures $86.2 Million NAVAIR Contract to Field Red Wolf Long-Range Strike Missile for Marine Corps AH-1Z Vipers

L3Harris Secures $86.2 Million NAVAIR Contract to Field Red Wolf Long-Range Strike Missile for Marine Corps AH-1Z Vipers

L3Harris Technologies and the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) have announced a major milestone in the U.S. Marine Corps’ quest to equip its rotary-wing aviation with long-range, affordable precision strike weapons. On Jan. 30, 2026, NAVAIR awarded L3Harris...
F-47

US Begins Market Research for Massive F-47 Facility Build-Up at Nellis, Pointing to Nevada Base

The U.S. Department of Defense has taken a significant early step toward operationalizing the Boeing F-47 next-generation fighter by launching a market research effort for major infrastructure development at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. A notice issued on February 2,...
YLC-8B Radar

China’s YLC-8B Radar Transfer to Iran Signals Strategic Shift That Could Undermine US and Israeli Stealth Dominance Across Middle East

China’s reported transfer of its YLC-8B strategic three-dimensional radar systems to Iran marks one of the most consequential shifts in Middle Eastern air defense dynamics in decades, potentially undermining long-standing assumptions that U.S. and Israeli stealth aircraft can operate with...
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