Tag: budget
Here Is What Each Of The Navy’s Ship-Launched Missiles Actually Costs
Arming America’s fleet of fighting ships is an extremely expensive endeavor with missiles costing hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars each.
Boeing Is Being Paid $84 Million Just For Manuals For New Air Force One Jet
Nothing is cheap in aviation and especially when it comes to flying the President, but an F-35’s worth of manuals is amazing to comprehend.
The SR-71 Blackbird Was Almost Brought Back For The Global War On Terror
A little known chapter in the twilight of the SR-71 program became the final nail in its coffin.
B-1B Bombers Can No Longer Fly At Low-Level And Their Annual Flight Hours Have Been Restricted
The B-1 was never designed for perpetual combat operations and it hasn’t aged gracefully. Now major limits are being put on how and when they fly.
The Navy Now Wants To Retire The First Four Of Its Troublesome Littoral Combat Ships
These are exceptionally young ships to be pulled from service, underlining just how problematic and useless they truly are.
Wanting To Retire B-1B Bombers Is One Thing, Actually Making It Happen Is Another
The Air Force will reportedly ask to retire a portion of its B-1Bs force, but the motivations behind the move and its feasibility are far from clear.
Special Access Programs And The Pentagon’s Ecosystem Of Secrecy
Do you ever wonder what government officials mean when they mention Special Access Programs? Or how things get classified and who gets to know about them, not to mention what level of government oversight actually exists for these “black projects?” We shed light on the dark realm of the Department Of Defense’s often misunderstood classified apparatus in this comprehensive explainer.
8 F-15Xs For USAF And 22 F-5s For Navy In 2020 Budget Request
The F-15X is officially real and the Navy and Marines are set to get a fresh influx of badly needed aggressor airframes.
USAF’s Next Budget Request Will Include New F-15X Advanced Eagle Fighter Jets: Report
We revealed the existence of the F-15X concept last July and now it seems like it may become a line-item in the upcoming 2020 defense budget.