RQ-170:
Air and Space has a profile of the RQ-170.
UCLASS:
Despite doing a tanker drone first, the US Navy has stated it still wants a UCLASS drone.
The GAO reported on the progress on UCLASS.
The GAO reported on the progress on UCLASS.
ATD-X/X-2:
Japan has reached out to Boeing and Lockheed for help in building its 5th generation fighter. The Russians are calling the F-3 a sixth generation fighter. That remains to be seen.
J-20:
PAK-FA:
The Indian variant of the PAK-FA, the FGFA, may end up armed with the hypersonic Brahmos missile.
B-21:
WiB argues the B-21 needs to become more open for it to survive the funding battles coming up. Its not to say it should be a 'white' program, but less grey. Unforunately, while they have the right idea, they use the disastrous Navy A-12 program as the basis of their argument. The A-12 program was not canceled due to a funding fight with the F-22 though. It was cancelled because it was run atrociously.
F-35:
WiB argues the B-21 needs to become more open for it to survive the funding battles coming up. Its not to say it should be a 'white' program, but less grey. Unforunately, while they have the right idea, they use the disastrous Navy A-12 program as the basis of their argument. The A-12 program was not canceled due to a funding fight with the F-22 though. It was cancelled because it was run atrociously.
F-35:
The US Marines will be standing up a second F-35B squadron in June.
The first USMC F-35B squadron will deploy on time to Japan.
The first USMC F-35B squadron will deploy on time to Japan.
The total costs of F-35 acquisition has dropped $13 billion.
However, the last F-35 will fly until 2070 now. That will increase the total life time costs of the program. I also have a hard time believing the F-35 will remain in the inventory until I am 96. There are going to be some major tech changes that will obsolete the F-35 by the 2050s at the latest.
The head of the F-35 program and the GAO are at odds.
The F-35 is going on a global publicity tour to wins hearts and minds at least of the legislatures backing the project.
WiB grouses at the expense of F-35 upgrades.
WiB grouses at the expense of F-35 upgrades.
General:
A Chinese businessman has plead guilty to spying on the F-22 and F-35 programs.
The US Air Force is being criticized for still believing it can have a 100% stealth air fleet.
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