T-7A Red Hawk Finally Enters Production
After $1.8 billion in Boeing losses, years of ejection seat deficiencies, flight control software problems, and supply chain nightmares, the T-7A Red Hawk has finally crossed the finish line. The Air Force approved the jet for low-rate initial production on May 4,...
Air Force Doubles Its Electronic Attack Fleet
The Air Force wants 22 EA-37B Compass Call electronic attack aircraft — nearly doubling a fleet that did not exist five years ago. The FY2027 budget request includes $660 million for three new jets, with plans to buy seven more through 2031. It is the biggest bet on...
“Blue Shark”: China Names Its Carrier Stealth Fighter
China’s carrier-borne stealth fighter has a name. On April 23, Shenyang Aircraft Corporation confirmed that the J-35 naval variant will carry the official designation “Blue Shark” — formalising what had been rumoured since the Zhuhai Airshow in late...
B-1B Carries Hypersonic Missile for the First Time
A two-second Instagram clip from Edwards Air Force Base has confirmed what the Pentagon kept quiet for months: the B-1B Lancer is now carrying the AGM-183A ARRW hypersonic missile externally. It is the first time the weapon — cancelled in 2023, quietly resurrected in...
Project Freedom Paused: One Day In, Hormuz On Hold
On Monday morning, President Trump ordered the largest U.S. naval escort operation since the Tanker War of the 1980s. By Tuesday evening, he paused it — citing “great progress” toward a deal with Tehran. In between, helicopters sank Iranian boats,...
Apaches and Seahawks Sink Six Iranian Boats in Hormuz
Six Iranian attack boats lie at the bottom of the Strait of Hormuz this morning. U.S. Army AH-64 Apache and Navy MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopters destroyed them in a burst of coordinated firepower on May 4, 2026 — the opening act of “Project Freedom,”...
Wilbur and Orville Wright: Twelve Seconds That Changed the World
They were bicycle mechanics. No formal engineering degrees, no government funding, no team of PhDs. Just Wilbur and Orville Wright, a shed in Dayton, Ohio, and an obsession that bordered on madness. By the time they arrived at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina in...
$54.6 Billion in One Year: The Pentagon’s Drone Surge
The Defense Autonomous Warfare Group received $225.9 million in fiscal year 2026. For fiscal year 2027, the Pentagon is requesting $54.6 billion. That’s a 24,000% increase in a single budget cycle — the largest proportional funding surge for any weapons category...
F/A-XX: Who Builds the Navy’s Sixth-Gen Fighter?
In August 2026, the United States Navy will choose which company builds its next fighter jet. The F/A-XX — a sixth-generation carrier-based aircraft designed to replace the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet — is down to two competitors: Boeing and Northrop Grumman. Lockheed...
How Anduril Built a Drone Factory in a Cornfield
Twenty miles south of Columbus, Ohio, between cornfields and horse farms, Anduril Industries is building combat drones. The company’s $1 billion Arsenal-1 factory began production of its Fury autonomous combat aircraft in March 2026 — four months ahead of...
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