Kris Osborn is the President of Warrior Maven - Center for Military Modernization. Osborn previously served at the Pentagon as a Highly Qualified Expert with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army—Acquisition, Logistics & Technology. Osborn has also worked as an anchor and on-air military specialist at national TV networks. He has appeared as a guest military expert on Fox News, MSNBC, The Military Channel, and The History Channel. He also has a Masters Degree in Comparative Literature from Columbia University
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – After nearly 25 years in refit, Russia’s Kirov-class cruiser Admiral Nakhimov has begun sea trials, signaling a rare bright...
Key Points and Summary – New images circulating on Chinese social media offer the clearest look yet at Shenyang’s J-50 (J-XDS), a tailless, lambda-wing...
Key Points and Summary – The Navy plans to arm all three Zumwalt-class destroyers with Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) hypersonic glide vehicles, giving the...
Key Points and Summary – The F-35C is the Navy’s first stealth carrier fighter, purpose-built for deck ops with a 51-ft folding wingspan, reinforced...
Key Points and Summary – The USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) is the Ford-class’s second act—bringing electromagnetic catapults (EMALS), -Advanced Arresting Gear, weapons...
Key Points and Summary – USS Gerald R. Ford, the U.S. Navy’s first-in-class supercarrier, has moved past early cost, schedule, and technology woes to...
Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Army’s XM30—formerly OMFV—is a soldier-centric Bradley replacement designed to fight manned or unmanned. -Prototypes from American Rheinmetall...
Key Points and Summary – Four Ohio-class SSGNs—each able to fire 154 Tomahawks—retire from 2026–2028, removing 616 missiles from the fleet. -The Navy’s answer:...