OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS · 7 ARTICLES
Analysis
The written breakdown behind every video: how the system works, the numbers that matter, and what it changes.
Why the US Navy handed Boeing its second 6th-gen fighter
Boeing now holds both of America's sixth-generation fighters. What the F/A-XX is for, why the F-47 could not simply go to sea, and the missile gap it is built to close.
The B-21 is coming. Why spend $21 billion on the B-52?
Ten of thirteen B-52 modernization programs are behind on cost, schedule or performance. The Air Force is paying for them anyway, while it speeds up the B-21.
B-2 pilots at the human limit: how they endured 44 hours
Two pilots, no relief crew and a chemical toilet behind the seats. Why human endurance, not fuel, is the real limit of a global stealth mission.