USA & Americas

KEY INTELLIGENCE Threat Spectrum: The proposed GBAD system must kinetically defeat targets ranging from commercial Group 1 quadcopters to Group...

BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT Air Superiority Shift: Unlike 1982, the British maintain a permanent, highly capable air presence at RAF...

Bottom Line Up Front Procurement & Fleet Density: Staggering $2 billion unit cost per airframe, with a highly restricted, finite...

KEY INTELLIGENCE Prototype Deliveries On-Track: GDLS delivered its first "Wolf" prototype on August 21, followed by American Rheinmetall’s "Lynx30" on...

KEY INTELLIGENCE Procurement Shift: Single-phase delivery mandate ensures CVN-79 deploys fully F-35C capable, avoiding the multi-year retrofit cycle that crippled...

BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT Degraded Readiness: Total fleet full-mission-capable rates have plummeted since 2019, with recent 2024 metrics showing the...

"A paratrooper in this formation today is just as likely to kill an enemy by flying an explosive drone into...

KEY INTELLIGENCE: BOEING F-47 NGAD PROGRAM Contract Award: In March 2025, Boeing secured the $20 billion Engineering and Manufacturing Development...

Key Intelligence: Boeing's Retracted Claim: The F-15EX was briefly touted as capable of Mach 2.9, facilitated by its GE F110-129...

Bottom Line Up Front The Atmospheric Bottleneck: The effective range of a laser is fundamentally limited by line-of-sight and the...