Daily Archives: Mar 13, 2026

$1.7 trillion that's the estimated life-cycle cost of the F-35 Lightning II program, the most expensive weapon system in history. And for sticker price per plane, the F-35 doesn't even rank. In the high-stakes game of military aviation, price tags are determined by more than pure performance they are...

"The list of egregious scientific errors. is too long to be acceptable." That stern assessment, from British Antarctic Survey ocean modeller Dr. Kaitlin Naughten, wasn't of a cheaply made B-movie, but of a $550 million-grossing Hollywood blockbuster. Science on the big screen frequently sacrifices accuracy for drama, and though...

In contemporary carrier aviation, the choice of the proper fighter aircraft is instrumental in the capability to maintain air superiority and operational versatility. The U.S. Navy previously considered the conversion of the Air Force's F-22 Raptor into an F-22 for carrier aviation as the informally named 'Sea Raptor'. After...