Air Force Wants To Retire 33 F-22s, Buy More F-15EXs In New Budget
Our full rundown of airpower developments in the Pentagon’s new 2023 budget.
Our full rundown of airpower developments in the Pentagon’s new 2023 budget.
The Secretary of the Air Force outlined a vision for a pilotless complement to the B-21 stealth bomber.
A senior Navy official has said that future carrier air wings could include squadrons of 20 F-35C stealth fighters.
A delta-shaped tailless fighter-sized aircraft that looks like nothing we’ve seen before calls Area 51 home.
The Skunk Works head separately said digital engineering has reduced aircraft build times by two-thirds as business has exploded in recent years.
The apparent low-observable aircraft test shape appeared in broad daylight at Lockheed Martin’s Helendale radar cross-section measurement range.
Skunk Works’ knack for innovation enters the “digital” age with a factory able to spit out advanced aircraft faster and cheaper than ever before.
Legislators have concerns about potentially serious tactical airpower gaps amid a shift in resources to new advanced fighter development projects.
The NGAD fighter will be able to tackle ground targets and could be produced in long-range and short-range versions.
The latest Pentagon budget proposal shows the Air Force, as well as Navy and Marines, want to modernize, but at the cost of existing capacity.