- February 20th, 2026
The F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) has declined to confirm or deny reports that the U.S. military is taking delivery of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters without installed radars, even as a growing body of publicly available information strongly suggests that...
Despite possessing the largest armada of military aircraft in the world, the United States has never relied on numbers alone to guarantee air superiority. Instead, American defense strategy has consistently emphasized qualitative dominance—ensuring that its aircraft, pilots, sensors, and networks...
The U.S. Navy publicly showcased the SM-2 Block IIIC/CU medium-range surface-to-air missile for the first time during the 2026 Surface Navy Association (SNA) symposium, offering an unprecedented look at the next-generation interceptor designed for surface combatants. Footage from the event...
The U.S. Navy has successfully recovered an F/A-18F Super Hornet and an MH-60R Seahawk from the seafloor following two separate mishaps that occurred within minutes of each other on October 26, 2025, while both aircraft were operating from the USS...
The United States Navy has awarded Pratt & Whitney a contract valued at up to $1.6 billion to sustain the F135 propulsion system that powers all variants of the F-35 Lightning II, the world’s largest and most widely deployed fifth-generation...