Recent concerns about hypersonic missile technology making its way into both Russian and Chinese arsenals have shone a light on how speed truly remains one of the most potent and View More ›
What do we do with our stealth aircraft after we’re through with them?
In 2008, the Pentagon sent the first operational stealth combat jet, the F-117A Nighthawk, out to pasture — or at least, sort of. The F-117 flew as an entirely classified View More ›
Did Russia just put a new weapon in orbit? Mysterious launch prompts new concerns
On Friday, the U.S. Combined Space Operations Center (CSpOC) tracked a scheduled Russian rocket launch from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Western Russia. The rocket was slated to deliver a payload View More ›
Take a look at the photos NASA’s InSight sent back after a successful landing on Mars
NASA’s high success rates when it comes to Martian exploration missions might misconstrue just how hard it is to land on the Red Planet. In fact, of the 56 or View More ›
Who would win: American stealth aircraft or Russia’s advanced air defense systems?
When it comes to the general public, stealth technology is among the most widely acknowledged but least understood facets of the American defense apparatus, and as such, there’s also a View More ›
Rad Pic Roll Up: Here are the coolest military aviation pictures we couldn’t shoe horn into stories this week
Here at Fighter Sweep, we try our best to walk the line between breaking aviation news and offering interesting and insightful analysis into the world of all things airborne. Fortunately View More ›
Air Force says America’s new stealth bomber is ‘on schedule’ for combat operations in just a few years
The U.S. Air Force’s forthcoming long range stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider, is slated to enter into service within the next seven or so years. That would suggest that all testing View More ›
Japan wants to combine America’s two best fighters into one air dominance platform – here’s why America might let them
Sometimes it can be tough to appreciate the logic behind which defense technologies the United States Government deems suitable for export. The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, for instance, is regularly View More ›
Watch: Russia’s ‘Flanker’ acrobat, the Su-30SM, in action
Although Russia’s fifth generation fighter may be little more than a token collection of jets, they have gone to great lengths to upgrade their existing fourth-generation platforms in a way View More ›
DARPA’s new tech lets one pilot control multiple aircraft using a microchip in the brain
Ever since the first military drone took to the sky, pilots have wondered if their days in the fight were numbered. Drones, first relied on for reconnaissance, were soon armed View More ›
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