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The U.S. Navy’s F/A-18 Super Hornet Is In a Bad Place Thanks to the F/A-XX Fighter ‘Limbo’
The U.S. Navy faces a significant challenge as the development of its next-generation F/A-XX fighter remains on hold due to funding competition with the Air Force's Boeing F-47 NGAD program. The curre...
Northrop Grumman tests Mk 72 rocket motor for U.S. Navy
Northrop Grumman announced on December 18, 2025, the successful completion of a static fire test of its prototype Mk 72 solid rocket motor at their Elkton facility. This test is part of efforts to pro...
The U.S. Navy’s F-14 Tomcat Fighter Flew with ‘Junk Engines’
An article highlights how the F-14 Tomcat, despite becoming an American naval icon, faced significant early problems due to its Pratt & Whitney TF30 engines. These engines, originally designed for a d...
The U.S. Navy’s F-14D Tomcat Fighter Was Built for a Fight
The F-14D 'Super Tomcat' was the pinnacle evolution of the iconic fighter featuring GE F110 engines, AN/APG-71 radar, and digital glass cockpit technology. Although it embodied advanced capabilities i...
The F-14D Tomcat Fighter Haunts the U.S. Navy’s Dreams
The F-14D Tomcat represented the peak evolution of the Cold War interceptor fighter into a sophisticated digital weapons system by resolving initial reliability issues through engine upgrades and adva...
Trump-Class Battleship: A 39,000 Ton U.S. Navy Mistake?
The article discusses a proposal for a new class of battleships called the Trump-class in the U.S. Navy. The design aims to replace aging Iowa-class with modern features such as vertical launch system...