The U.S. Air Force’s F-47 NGAD sixth-generation fighter is a complete shift away from traditional warplane design—commanding a distributed network of drones called Collaborative...
China’s two-seat J-20S stealth fighter has just transformed from a demonstrator into a “carrier killer” capable of hunting U.S. Navy supercarriers in the First...
The F-16 Fighting Falcon was originally designed as a humble daytime air superiority fighter—a lightweight dogfighter built around lessons from Vietnam, where heavier U.S....
The legendary SR-71 Blackbird that broke every aviation record almost never got built. In the early 1960s, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara repeatedly questioned...
The USS Gerald R. Ford supercarrier just wrapped up a near-record deployment from Venezuela to the Middle East—and now needs major modifications before it...
China’s first Type 095 Sui-class nuclear-powered attack submarine has just been spotted preparing for sea trials at the Bohai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Company shipyard...
Russia’s nuclear-powered Kirov-class battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov finally put to sea for trials in 2025—after spending more than 25 years laid up in port at...