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Going back more than a decade, it is hard to believe that an aircraft has undergone a dramatic transformation from its early days to what it is today. The big curiosity at the 2014 Airshow China was the prototype Shenyang FC-31 fighter that made its first public appearance. This aircraft became the J-35A/B models we know today.
The aircraft had previously been called the J-31, a stealthy-looking aircraft design that had completed its first flight only two years prior. It was billed as a smaller complement to the Chengdu J-20, the PRC’s first new stealth aircraft.
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During comments given as part of the Air & Space Forces Association’s annual Warfare Symposium, J. Michael Dahm, a senior fellow at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, explained that commercially available satellite imagery reveals China is greatly expanding its production base for fifth-generation aircraft.
J-20 Fighter Firing Missile.
I co-founded Kessel Run, the Department of War’s (DoW) first software factory, with a simple mission: To continuously deliver valuable software that warfighters love. At our peak, we deployed five applications from concept to operations in an average of 124 days, reducing target development timelines by 85%. Section 31, the U.S. Space Force’s first software factory, deployed eight applications to operations in an average of 64 days and reduced conjunction analysis from three hours to 15 minutes.
These outcomes weren’t luck.
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The war in Iran and the wide array of persistent global threats indicate that cruise missiles will likely endure into the future. The need for long-range, stand-off weapons such as Tomahawk missiles, for example, is not likely to diminish anytime soon. Tomahawks are vital munitions—they can change course in flight, hit moving targets, and provide a drone-like surveillance ability.
Submarine-fired Tomahawks are often the first weapons to strike.
USS Iowa Tomahawk Box. National Security Journal Photo.
This has been true across many years of conflict.
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When it debuted, it was the world’s leading air superiority fighter. Dual-engined, with sleek lines and a robust radar-mitigation capability, the F-22 Raptor was the U.S. Air Force’s dream platform. Built to wrest control of the skies from Soviet aircraft, the stealth fighter was years ahead of its peers.
So why was the Raptor production line permanently closed down after less than 200 of them had been built?
U.S. Air Force Maj.