- December 16th, 2025
The U.S. Navy’s first flight of the production-representative Boeing MQ-25 Stingray has officially slipped into early 2026, missing a long-projected 2025 milestone that senior officials had repeatedly described as crucial for the future of unmanned carrier aviation. The delay, confirmed...
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 U.S. Navy on Dec. 4, 2025, publicly released the results of four major investigations stemming from a string of serious mishaps during the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) Carrier Strike Group’s (CSG) nine-month deployment across the Red Sea, Mediterranean,...
The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), the U.S. Navy’s most advanced aircraft carrier and the lead ship of its class, arrived in St. Thomas on Monday in a deployment that underscores shifting U.S. security priorities close to home. The port...
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...
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