The UK Ministry of Defence announced on 18 September, that Britain will produce Boeing E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning aircraft for the U.S. Air Force. Under a new UKâBoeing contract,… Continue reading "UK to Build E-7 Wedgetail Intelligence Aircraft for US Air Force"
At the end of last month the White House unveiled a historic $1.01 trillion Fiscal Year 2026 defense budget request on June 26. This figure represents an approximately 13% increase… Continue reading "US Plans Record $1.01 Trillion Defense Budget for FY2026"
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) collaborated with Boeing to conduct a unique manned-unmanned teaming demonstration involving an RAAF E-7A Wedgetail that took control of two MQ-28A Ghost Bat unmanned… Continue reading "RAAF and Boeing Collab to use E-7 as a Drone Mothership"
Between 2:10AM and 2:35AM Iran Standard Time a force of seven B-2A Spirit strategic bombers dropped a staggering 420,000 lbs. of ordnance on two deeply buried uranium enrichment sites in… Continue reading "Operation Midnight Hammer: America bombs Iran"
Speaking at the Council of Foreign Relations on May 20, the US Service Chiefs outlined their vision for the future of defense strategy. A huge part of this vision is… Continue reading "US Service Chiefs Lay out Their Vision of a New Approach to Procurement"
Last month at Selfridge Air National Guard Base (ANGB) in Mt. Clemens, Michigan, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the facility would operate the new Boeing F-15EX Eagle II. On… Continue reading "F-15EX Jets Confirmed for Michigan’s Selfridge Air National Guard Base"
On May 19 General Atomics’ Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) announced that their YFQ-42A had entered the ground testing phase on May 7. This uncrewed fighter is GA-ASI’s entrant to the USAF’s… Continue reading "General Atomics’ Collaborative Combat Aircraft Begins Ground Test Phase, First Image Revealed"
In the 1960s the X-15 program proved to be an incalculably valuable asset to hypersonic flight testing that allowed for various advanced projects like the Apollo program, advanced warhead reentry… Continue reading "Stratolaunch Completes First Flight of a Reusable Hypersonic Aircraft Since 1968"
Rocket Lab has been contracted by the US Air Force to deliver cargo from space using it’s new launch vehicle, the Neutron. Announced May 8, during their quarterly earnings call,… Continue reading "Neutron to Deliver Cargo from Space for Air Force Research Lab in 2026"
President of the United States Donald Trump announced Friday that Boeing had been contracted to develop the Next Generation Air Dominance fighter aircraft that will serve as the successor to… Continue reading "Boeing Awarded Next Generation Air Dominance Fighter Contract"