With mounting regional tensions, Japan has revealed more details on the nation’s in-development, next-generation fighter aircraft, with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries the lead contractor and international collaboration on the table once again. The current global and regional transition from fourth to fifth-generation fighter aircraft, like the F-22 Raptor and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter platforms, is reshaping
The US Navy is attempting to speed up the delivery of its new USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier by issuing a contract modification.
The US State Department has sanctioned the sale of four “weapons-ready” MQ-9 SeaGuardian drones to China-rival Taiwan.
The US Air Force has tasked Lockheed Martin with turning cargo planes such as the C-17 Globemaster into aircraft that can fire air-to-surface missiles.
The US Congressional Research Service has lifted the lid on the US Air Force’s secretive Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter program.
The US Marine Corps has formally re-designated Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242 to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 242 as part of the Marine Corps’ ongoing transition process from legacy F/A-18 Hornet aircraft to the newer fifth-generation F-35B Lightning II. This transition is in accordance with mutual agreements between the US and the government
