- August 8th, 2025
In the Indo-Pacific and the world’s great powers compete for strategic influence, one aircraft has come to symbolize the frontline of U.S. surveillance, maritime deterrence, and undersea warfare: the Boeing P-8A Poseidon. Derived from the Boeing 737-800ERX commercial airframe but...
In a stark reminder of the growing volatility in East Asia, China’s state broadcaster CCTV aired footage on August 1 showing a tense mid-air encounter between a Chinese military helicopter and what it claims was a U.S. Navy aircraft over...
After months of intense military engagement against Yemen’s Houthi militia, the United States is pulling back some of its most high-profile war assets. The B-2 stealth bombers and the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, both central to the now-concluded...
The U.S. Navy’s F/A-XX sixth-generation stealth fighter—a program designed to replace aging F/A-18E/F Super Hornets and EA-18G Growlers—is in limbo as internal government debates over priorities and defense budgets intensify. Once projected to be a cornerstone of the Navy’s 2030s...
A quiet but significant transformation is reshaping the U.S. Navy’s air combat capabilities. Nearly a year after its first operational deployment, the AIM-174B—officially designated as the Standard Missile 6 Air Launched Configuration—has now earned a new name: “Gunslinger.” Revealed in...
U.S. air combat capabilities, new photos taken at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, suggest the first public sighting of America’s next-generation air-to-air missile: the AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile (JATM). The photographs, captured by renowned aviation photographer Colin Clark, show...
U.S. Navy Successfully Tests Air-Launched Solid Fuel Ramjet Missile: A New Era in Missile Propulsion
Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, California — In a groundbreaking development that could reshape the future of naval warfare, the U.S. Navy has successfully conducted the first air launch of a Solid Fuel Integral Rocket Ramjet (SFIRR) from an...
At the annual Sedona Forum hosted by the McCain Institute, Admiral Samuel Paparo, commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, issued a sobering warning that echoed far beyond the red rocks of Arizona. Standing before an audience of national security experts...
In the volatile waters of the Red Sea, an incident aboard the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) has sparked renewed scrutiny over the U.S. Navy's operations in high-threat maritime environments. On April 28, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier lost an...
On April 22, 1996, over the rolling gray waters of the Atlantic Ocean, two U.S. Navy fighter jets collided mid-air in a training drill gone wrong. It was a routine exercise meant to simulate combat. Instead, it became a high-stakes...
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