- June 14th, 2026
For more than three decades, the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III has occupied a unique position in military aviation. Capable of carrying a 170,900-pound (77,519-kilogram) payload while operating from runways as short as 3,500 feet (1,064 meters), the aircraft has become...
The stealth coatings applied to the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor occupy a unique position in modern military aviation. By American standards, the technology underpinning the aircraft’s radar-absorbent materials (RAM) is no longer cutting-edge. Much of the Raptor’s original low-observable architecture...
The United States Navy and Marine Corps are confronting a growing challenge that military leaders increasingly view as a long-term threat to aviation readiness: retaining qualified pilots. While the naval services continue to operate one of the largest military aviation...
Growing concerns over the capacity of the United States’ nuclear shipbuilding industrial base have prompted lawmakers to seek assurances that the Navy’s proposed Trump-class nuclear-powered battleships will not further strain an already overburdened system responsible for constructing aircraft carriers and...
A new amendment to the House Armed Services Committee’s version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) could reshape the future of the U.S. Air Force’s iconic A-10C Thunderbolt II, ensuring the aircraft’s operational knowledge is preserved even as the...
A grainy thermal video circulating online has ignited renewed debate in aviation circles over what may be a previously unseen advanced aircraft configuration potentially linked—at least in speculation—to Boeing’s next-generation fighter efforts under the U.S. Air Force’s NGAD (Next Generation...
Inside a secure underground launch control center buried beneath the plains of Wyoming, two U.S. Air Force officers executed a tightly controlled simulation that represents one of the most consequential responsibilities in the U.S. defense structure: the operation of intercontinental...
For more than four decades, the U.S. Navy’s MH-53E Sea Dragon has occupied a unique place in military aviation. Towering over most helicopters and capable of towing massive mine-hunting and mine-sweeping systems through contested waters, the aircraft has served as...
Recent test launches of Ukraine’s FP-7.X missile, developed by domestic defense technology firm Fire Point, suggest an accelerating effort to field a cheaper, higher-volume alternative to Western-supplied air defense interceptors—particularly the U.S.-made Patriot system—at a moment when Russia’s missile and...
The U.S. Marine Corps is preparing to move forward with a potential procurement of specialized 5.56x45mm anti-drone ammunition designed to turn standard-issue rifles into close-range counter-uncrewed aerial system (c-sUAS) weapons, according to a recent acquisition notice. The effort reflects a...
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