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Key Points and Summary – Lockheed’s YF-22 wasn’t the inevitable winner of the Air Force’s Advanced Tactical Fighter contest. -Northrop’s YF-23 “Black Widow II”...
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Key Points and Summary – In the late Cold War, the Navy briefly explored a carrier-capable F-22 “Sea Raptor” under the Naval Advanced Tactical...
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Key Points and Summary – In the 1990s, Washington locked the F-22 Raptor behind an export ban meant to protect America’s most advanced stealth...
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Key Points and Summary – The Navy’s secretive F/A-XX isn’t a luxury add-on to the F-35C but a necessary leap for Pacific warfighting. China’s...
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Key Points and Summary – The Air Force can’t afford false choices between the F-47, F-22 “Super,” and F-35 “Ferrari.” -The coming F-47 will...
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Key Points and Summary: With the 6th-generation NGAD fighter facing delays and budget questions, the U.S. is pivoting to “Super” F-22 and F-35 upgrades...
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Key Takeaways – The X-44 MANTA never left the drawing board, but its ideas still loom over future air-dominance planning. -Conceived as a tailless...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The YF-23 “Black Widow II” lost the 1991 Advanced Tactical Fighter fly-off to what became the F-22 Raptor and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Article Summary – The F-35 program’s lifetime cost is now projected at roughly $2 trillion when you add acquisition and decades of sustainment. -That...