AFRL Showcases Common Chassis Concept for Low-Cost Attritable Drones
The Low Cost Attritable Aircraft Platform Sharing program exploits the biology’s “genus” and “species” concept, which will allow the use of a common base system to build large numbers of…
Italy to Acquire Additional F-35s and M-346s as Part of New Defense Planning
The Italian MoD is still continuing the heavy modernization efforts of the recent years, with the announcement of the acquisition of 25 F-35s and 20 M-346s in addition to the…
Anduril And General Atomics Showcase Collaborative Combat Aircraft Mockups
Full-scale models of the first increment’s CCA designs by Anduril and General Atomics are among the exhibits of this year’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference. The Air Force Association’s (AFA)…
The NGAD Fighter Could Be Redesigned to Cost Less Than the F-35
The comments by Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall highlight a possible change of route from the 200 NGAD fighters expected to cost hundreds of millions. The Next-Generation Air Dominance 6th…
VMFA-232 Integrates AGM-158A JASSM on F/A-18 in Validation Trials
The JASSM validation and verification process on the F/A-18 allowed Marines to generate feedback which will inform the development of checklists to be used by both the Marine Corps and…
Sweden’s Flying Dragon: The Saab J 35 Draken
One of the most aesthetically pleasing and most recognizable aircraft to the Cold War era, the Saab Draken was the double-delta dragon nobody dared attempt to slay, defending the Scandinavian…
