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All-in costs for troubled F-35 fighter jet program price tag likely to top $2 trillion, GAO says
The Washington Times· 5 days agoThe F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, the Pentagon’s most ambitious weapons program ever, has been plagued with mounting costs ...
Take a look at the 'Mighty Dragon,' China's $120 million stealthfighter meant to rival the US Air...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 5 days ago"No one wants the Chinese to become capable of designing and building their own jet engines," a...
Late deliveries, costs plague military's F-35 program, report reveals
13 News, WVEC Hampton Roads· 2 days agoGAO says engines were delivered late 100% of the time. The cost to taxpayers for the U.S.'s most expensive weapons system program is projected to exceed $2 trillion.
Another Dead End for Airborne Lasers: Air Force Scraps Effort to Mount Directed-Energy Weapon on ...
Military.com via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe Self-Protect High-Energy Laser Demonstrator, or SHiELD, was envisioned as a laser weapon mounted...
Support: F-16 Flight Training
Strategy Page· 2 days agoDecember 13, 2023: NATO member and Ukraine neighbor Romania has established an F-16 training facility for Romanian and Ukrainian pilots. Romania currently has 49 ...
Mystery in the Alps: A Chinese Family, a Swiss Inn and the World’s Most Expensive Weapon
The Wall Street Journal· 6 days agoThe mostly elderly residents...on a nearby balcony, filming videos of the Gripen, the F-5E/F Freedom...
Warplanes: Times Change And Losers Adapt
Strategy Page· 1 day agoSeptember 25, 2018: By the end of 2018 China is receiving the last ten of the 24 Su-35 fighters it has purchased from Russia. China had the Su-35s already ...
Leadership: The Iraqi F-16 Fail
Strategy Page· 4 days agoFebruary 19, 2021: In January 2021 the Iraqi Air Force was ordered to get as many of their 34 F-16IQ fighters into the air as possible for a fly by during ...
Chinese spy defects, reveals Beijing’s secrets
The Washington Times· 7 days agoA former spy who worked for China’s secret political police has defected to Australia and recently went public with details about Beijing’s intelligence...
The D Brief: Russia pressures Kharkiv; Zelenskyy postpones travel; Putin to visit China; Army’s FPV...
Defense One· 7 days agoWith Russian invasion troops inching closer to the northern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, President Volodymir Zelenskyy just postponed his upcoming trips abroad so he can closely monitor at least ...