White House’s Claim That Trump Cut Cost Of Final Air Force One Deal Just Doesn’t Add Up
The president has reportedly shaved more than a billion dollars from the project's price tag, but the stated cost remains the same as its always been.
The president has reportedly shaved more than a billion dollars from the project's price tag, but the stated cost remains the same as its always been.
The US military now has more leeway to use cluster munitions, but the Air Force still wants to buy the weapon that was supposed to replace them.
More vessels carrying these weapons could make it especially hard for opponents to quickly tell the difference between conventional and nuclear strikes.
The plane made it back to base, but the potentially deadly mishap is the latest spectacular failure for the Growler's environmental control system.
The service will replace the E-8C JSTARS with a mix of upgraded existing aircraft and drones, but that might not work for high risk missions.
Lockheed Martin led the existing competition with its F-16IN Viper, but will now likely face Boeing's F/A-18 Super Hornet and France's Rafale.
The aircraft has some vague similarities to the Bronco, but really it's more of an alternative to complex unmanned aircraft than anything else.
Even if these reports turn out to be false, it's still likely only a matter of time before these aircraft make an appearance in the conflict.
The four all-new ships will be uniquely suited to Finnish requirements in the confines of Baltic Sea amid growing threats from Russia.
There's no evidence to support the allegations, but they are another prime example of Russia's active information warfare campaign against the US.
A recent contracting notice includes a detailed breakdown of the various cameras, radars, and signals intelligence gear that will go into the planes.
The service claims the project is moving along quickly, but it won't disclose any details until it releases its fiscal year 2020 budget request.
The US Secret Service says no one got "tackled," but has not denied that an incident occurred while Trump was in China in November 2017.
A trade dispute may hurt Boeing's chances of winning, but the project's so fraught with issues Canada has banned competitors from talking about it.
The service wants more mobile and portable weapons for its light infantry and Stryker units that are still powerful and accurate.
Despite the Kremlin's denials and the US government downplaying the situation, the two sides appear headed for a serious confrontation.
The ability to rush small detachments of unmanned aircraft to remote, forward locations could enable all new operational concepts.
The service is still moving ahead with the electromagnetic weapon, which takes on new significance given recent Chinese developments.
The service desperately needs newer atmospheric testing planes, which are essential for monitoring both nuclear testing and accidents.
Amid news of the partnership and the Navy's questionable budget plan for the program, we talked to General Atomics and got their take.