Pentagon

Pentagon Prepares ‘Naughty or Nice’ List to Hold Defense Contractors Accountable Amid Delays, Cost Overruns, and Growing Global Demand for Critical Weapons

The Pentagon, one of the world’s largest buyers and sellers of military hardware, is undertaking one of the most ambitious overhauls of its acquisition and arms transfer systems in decades. After years of false starts and reform pledges that yielded...
China H-20 Stealth Bomber

China Teases H-20 Stealth Bomber, US Global Strike Chief Insists Beijing Remains Limited to Regional Strike Power

The head of U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) has downplayed the current significance of China’s push to develop new long-range strike aircraft with global reach, arguing that Beijing remains, at best, a regional bomber power despite its aggressive...
F-35 Lightning II

Singapore Set to Receive Its First F-35 Stealth Jets in 2026, Enhancing Stealth Capabilities and Allied Interoperability Across Indo-Pacific

The 2026 edition of the Singapore Airshow has concluded with one message resonating clearly across the tarmac and conference halls: fifth-generation airpower is no longer a future aspiration in the Indo-Pacific—it is a present-day reality. Among the most closely watched...
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....
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Vietnam Weighs Rafale Fighter as Hanoi Quietly Moves to Reduce Long-Standing Reliance on Russian Combat Aircraft

Southeast Asia’s airpower balance is quietly but decisively evolving, and Vietnam now appears to be at the centre of that recalibration. Hanoi, long reliant on Russian combat aviation, is increasingly exploring diversified, sanctions-resilient Western platforms capable of sustaining high-tempo operations...
China Steps Up Push Into Southeast Asia’s Defense Market- Showcasing J-10C- JF-17 and J-35A Fighters at Singapore Airshow

China Steps Up Push Into Southeast Asia’s Defense Market, Showcasing J-10C, JF-17 and J-35A Fighters at Singapore Airshow

China is intensifying its push into Southeast Asia’s lucrative defense market, using high-profile air shows and increasingly sophisticated military hardware to expand regional influence, build long-term security dependencies, and challenge both Russia’s traditional role as an arms supplier and the...
F-15EX Eagle II jets

Boeing Ends Indonesia F-15EX Fighter Deal, Forcing Jakarta to Rethink Its High-End Airpower Strategy in Contested Indo-Pacific

Boeing’s decision to formally terminate its pursuit of selling the F-15EX Eagle II fighter jet to Indonesia marks a defining inflection point in Jakarta’s long-term airpower modernisation trajectory. What was once envisioned as a cornerstone programme to elevate the Indonesian...
US Navy AIM-174B air-launched missile

US Navy’s AIM-174B Emerges as Counter to China’s PL-15 and PL-17 in Expanding US–China Long-Range Air Battle Over Indo-Pacific

The United States Navy’s public unveiling of the AIM-174B ultra–beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024 exercise marked a rare and deliberate disclosure of a capability normally kept shrouded in ambiguity. Far from a routine weapons...
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Australia’s $368 Billion AUKUS Bet in Doubt: With Nuclear Submarines Nowhere in Sight, Can B-2 Bombers Step In to Counter China?

More than four years after the AUKUS security pact was unveiled with fanfare, serious doubts are deepening in Australia over whether its most ambitious promise — nuclear-powered submarines — can ever be delivered as planned. While the United States and...
Greece warships

Why Greece Is Building Mediterranean Quad With India, Israel and Cyprus as Turkey Pursues an ‘Islamic NATO’ Security Architecture

Athens’ outreach to New Delhi reflects deepening fears that Turkey’s military convergence with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia could reshape regional power balances across energy, maritime and defence domains. Greece’s ambitious push to create a “Mediterranean Quad” alliance integrating Greece, Cyprus,...
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