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The National Interest's Dave MajumdarВ putВ the Air Force's skepticismВ more bluntly:В 'It's amazing this Boeing sales pitch is being swallowed hook, line, and sinker by the trade press . . . The Air Force will never buy this jet. ...

Some U.S. defense officials worry that this system will be so capable that it might pose issues for stealthy warplanes like the F-22, F-35 and B-2. Russian state media have begun leaking some information about the country's next-generation air and missile defense system, the S-500. ...

The U.S. Air Force still doesn't have enough maintainers, the Government Accountability Office revealed in a February 2019 report .The ongoing shortfall could jeopardize the flying branch's efforts to the readiness of its fighter fleet to 80 percent in order to prepare for high-intensity warfare. ...

While a deal brokered with Japan might shave some of the cost, the initial price seems comparable to that of developing a new design from scratch—though it would come with less risk, as it would be leveraging technologies already refined in two existing aircraft. The U.S. ...

Robotic ships also are cheaper to operate than manned ships are. Sea Hunter cost around $20,000 per day to maintain, according to DARPA. A manned destroyer costs hundreds of thousands of dollars per day. The U.S. Navy is considering developing robotic warships. ...

The ultimate spy sub?В  One of the most unusual submarines of the Cold War was named after one of the most unusual fish in the sea. Halibut are flatfish, bottom-dwelling predators that, unlike conventional fish, lie sideways with two eyes on the same side of the head and ambush passing prey. ...

'Without a first strike against China, China will never use the weapons,' Global Times stressed. 'An ICBM loaded with nuclear warheads will likely never be used as it would precipitate an all-out nuclear war, say analysts.В The weapon's primary purpose is deterrence, ...

Iran may eventually design an actual flying jet plane resembling the mockups it passed off as the real thing—but even, such a plane would likely merely be a testbed and showpiece. There can be such a thing as posturing too hard. (This first appeared last year. ...

With the advent of long-range precision-guided weapons, the carrier—like the battleship before it when it was confronted by airpower—might be too vulnerable to survive. The United States Navy has the world's largest aircraft carrier fleet with 10 Nimitz-class vessels and one Gerald R. ...

Upgrades could extend the useful service life of the Tu-22M3 and compel the U.S. Navy to alter its own defensive plans, especially if Russia succeeds in equipping the bomber with a hypersonic anti-ship missile .Russia is upgrading some of its Tu-22M Backfire bombers with new engines and weapons, ...

TheВ SEALsВ put in an initial request for eight hundredВ P226sВ and the first pistols, officially named Mk. 25, were fielded in 1989. TheВ  Mk. 25 В has a 4.4-inch barrel, nearly half an inch shorter than the BerettaВ M9, and the handgun is chambered for nine-millimeterВ parabellum. For three decades, ...

The Su-35 is at least equal—if not superior—to the very best Western fourth-generation fighters. The big question, is how well can it perform against a fifth-generation stealth plane such as the F-22 or F-35? The Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker-E is the top Russian air-superiority fighter in service today, ...

The U.S. Navy is doubling down on its new Ford-class supercarriers. In February 2019 the Navy paid Virginia shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls $15 billion to begin work on the third and fourth Fords. ...

Although South Korea has wanted to export this tank, all these bells and whistles don't come cheap and the hefty price tag of $8.5 million per unit has made exporting tough. The South Korean army has peculiar needs. For one, just across the Demilitarized Zone, ...

The new rifle was a selective fire, fully automatic weapon capable of a maximum rate of fire of 750 rounds per minute. The weapon can be fired in single shot, three round burst, and fully automatic modes. The weapon had a 18.3-inch barrel length, was chambered in 5.56-millimeter, ...

There is widespread consensus that applications of AI appear to provide the framework for the most defining expected technological progress. The Navy is currently analyzing air frames, targeting systems, AI-enabled sensors, ...

A former Marine helped recruit service members for a scheme to bilk the Department of Defense out of more than $65 million using tubes of scar cream that did nothing to treat scars, according to aВ  remarkable investigation В by the Nashville Tennessean. ...

The US Army is arming its Stryker vehicle with attack drones, lasers, up-gunned cannons and anti-aircraft missiles in anticipation of scheduled 2020 Stryker-unit deployments to Europe -- intended to fortify a broader and much-discussed strategy to counter Russian 'aggression' in the region. ...

Sixty-seven years after the U.S. Air Force received its last B-52 from Boeing, the flying branch finally has firmed up plans to fit the heavy bomber with new engines. Air Force magazine in its January 2019 issue took a deep dive into the re-engining effort. 'If Air Force plans hold up, ...

Following a year of technical challenges and difficult cost-benefit questions, the F-35 seems to be starting 2019 in a decidedly more positive key. Only time will tell if this trend endures. A recently leaked video sheds light on one of the F-35's possible weapons configurations, ...