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Media: U.S. Army / Northern Strike Photo https://www.modernwarfighter.com/a10-extension-2030-air-force daily 0.75 2026-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/79e8c22f-8386-4ff1-adc5-421bce7f627e/1637.jpg STILL IN THE FIGHT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/c29e7679-1bdb-4f1f-a991-08e951e217cb/Untitled+design+%286%29.png STILL IN THE FIGHT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/3756a5ec-88df-46b1-867b-cfad96617731/1279999.jpg https://www.modernwarfighter.com/uh60mx-black-hawk-autonomy-matrix-1 daily 0.75 2026-05-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/79e8c22f-8386-4ff1-adc5-421bce7f627e/1637.jpg Inside the UH-60MX Autonomy Architecture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/fa2fe7c5-47d0-4e2f-903f-6c7b0dfc0642/Northern+Strike+OPV+Black+Hawk-00385.jpg Inside the UH-60MX Autonomy Architecture. - Make it stand out Sikorsky’s MATRIX-enabled UH-60MX executes a sling-load mission during Northern Strike. 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Nobody Has Noticed - Make it stand out An Iranian F-14 Tomcat at Kish Island. Iran’s remaining Tomcat fleet was the central reason U.S. retired F-14s were destroyed instead of preserved. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/54a9d605-5619-414c-8ceb-248e2d699b57/gettyimages-71535518-612x612.jpg Congress Passed Two Different F-14 Bills. 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Boeing and Airbus Helicopters signed a strategic support partnership for the program in 2022. https://www.modernwarfighter.com/f47-ngad-gamble-air-dominance-cca daily 0.75 2026-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/79e8c22f-8386-4ff1-adc5-421bce7f627e/1637.jpg The F-47 Gamble: NGAD, CCAs, and the Future of Air Dominance https://www.modernwarfighter.com/anduril-archer-thunder-autonomous-attack-rotorcraft daily 0.75 2026-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/79e8c22f-8386-4ff1-adc5-421bce7f627e/1637.jpg Anduril and Archer Unveil Thunder Autonomous Attack Rotorcraft https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/54039419-f3df-472f-8aa3-e66586589396/Untitled+design.png Anduril and Archer Unveil Thunder Autonomous Attack Rotorcraft - Make it stand out Digital render of Thunder illustrating the aircraft's modular payload architecture and mission systems. 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Image: U.S. Army https://www.modernwarfighter.com/ah-1-cobra-to-ah-64-apache-transition daily 0.75 2026-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/79e8c22f-8386-4ff1-adc5-421bce7f627e/1637.jpg AH-1 Cobra to AH-64 Apache: The Army's Attack Fleet Gap https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/641c954d-b724-4096-b553-e34c84cf44a0/original+%281%29.jpg AH-1 Cobra to AH-64 Apache: The Army's Attack Fleet Gap - Make it stand out AH-1G Cobras of the 17th Cavalry fly over mountainous terrain during the Vietnam War. Image: U.S. Army https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/188b579d-c899-4a34-8631-3cd658e20a8b/The_AH-1Q_Cobra_Tow.jpg AH-1 Cobra to AH-64 Apache: The Army's Attack Fleet Gap - Make it stand out An AH-1Q TOW Cobra, pictured in the November 1976 issue of U.S. Army Aviation Digest. Image: U.S. Army Aviation Digest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/736364c9-0fa5-4f47-bd50-ae8538ef62e6/DA-SN-84-03256.jpeg AH-1 Cobra to AH-64 Apache: The Army's Attack Fleet Gap - Make it stand out Soldiers from Company C, 229th Attack Helicopter Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, load 20mm ammunition into an AH-1S Cobra during Exercise Attack Eagle at Fort Campbell, June 21, 1982. Image: National Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/a9357fc3-a175-4746-9031-a3b25fdba3ce/DA-ST-87-08537.jpeg AH-1 Cobra to AH-64 Apache: The Army's Attack Fleet Gap - Make it stand out Ground crew work on a Cobra during Exercise Brim Frost, Kodiak Island, Alaska, January 1987. The first Apache unit had begun training nine months earlier. Cobras remained in the force for another twelve years. 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Image: Federation of American Scientists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/623822c4-5213-4da3-b099-261f8a63f1c9/an-air-to-air-right-side-view-of-an-ah-64a-apache-helicopter-dbeb11-1024.jpg AH-1 Cobra to AH-64 Apache: The Army's Attack Fleet Gap - Make it stand out An AH-64A Apache in flight during the late 1980s. By then, attack aviation had moved from development into a more integrated role in Army maneuver. Image: National Archives / PH1 Erickson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/9f26dd4e-a766-40c8-94a5-b3dc327cb21f/25idcity.jpg AH-1 Cobra to AH-64 Apache: The Army's Attack Fleet Gap - Make it stand out AH-1F Cobras of 1st Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment fly over Oahu during the active Army’s final Cobra flight on March 15, 1999. Media: Air Cav https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/7d9a7574-7e55-426f-96cc-771510c8f7d9/lAwbMJs921tAFSDsGYAb56goB7EcOtQs1AOq-y4pvD8aDaUSyfxgkBMDXdMxbjKgNI5mc4066BSuM-sLaI-jlooR_4UelG6SZGztWmVS9HrDCKCw_URric83D54nGxZ7IvBCykjcG2copDHf1yzDVHP6-fG8JFesmVxRiYLBnUDR84ngU_vR9gTssBFmhlUP.jpg AH-1 Cobra to AH-64 Apache: The Army's Attack Fleet Gap - Make it stand out The Army’s last AH-64A at Ellington Field in July 2012, before being disassembled and sent to Boeing’s Mesa facility for conversion into an AH-64D Longbow. Image: U.S. Army https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/097503ff-1769-42bf-8d2f-9f28bc74ecaf/1000w_q95+%2810%29.webp AH-1 Cobra to AH-64 Apache: The Army's Attack Fleet Gap - Make it stand out An AH-64E Version 4 assigned to 1st Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment at Fort Campbell in February 2026. Earlier that month, the battalion transferred its first two Version 4 aircraft to 1st Battalion, 149th Aviation Regiment as 1-101 prepared to receive Version 6 Apaches. Image: U.S. Army https://www.modernwarfighter.com/platform-evolution daily 0.75 2026-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/66e1de1f-45b4-42df-8b41-6e42effe5930/chinookblockii.jpeg Platform Evolution https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/9f741355-d2ae-45a7-8242-1178cc884d3b/Armed_Black_Hawk_1920x1125.png Platform Evolution https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/9f2c20d0-5550-4bf1-825b-f790c29ff05b/Northern+Strike+OPV+Black+Hawk-00385.jpg Platform Evolution https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/e6c28900-8585-4b14-9fc2-4e424494d278/Anduril-and-Apache.jpg Platform Evolution https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/6e849707-13c7-4f0b-b54f-25717ccc23b3/RAIDER_2018_Sikorsky.jpg Platform Evolution https://www.modernwarfighter.com/warfighter-modernization daily 0.75 2026-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/66e1de1f-45b4-42df-8b41-6e42effe5930/chinookblockii.jpeg WARFIGHTER MODERNIZATION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/cd69c651-ef27-45c3-a89f-c0fbf319d529/Black-Hawk-Above-and-Beyond-Img3.jpg WARFIGHTER MODERNIZATION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/3f8b2093-dc3f-4798-889c-a5f3ab766242/itep_ceremony2_0.jpg WARFIGHTER MODERNIZATION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/2cf727e7-6da8-4a0f-9577-16bf405e4bf2/t-U-7N2oBFr10OTh6yXRpuzi7hVYeH5DeCMb1siTyobZd5OL8yxJbQJYdV9LM2qjujmmBdRzvdeQ9AKTaeLTNTlLzGo4bwPBSxezYcVhlIkS74fvtofj7xS67Fd8q1-iR3tjrtOQkt5D1X8by9wNt4vQ9RXSgDyoqTTZoLnUzCB5DxtQYHdYi77XJ00pPVbY.jpg WARFIGHTER MODERNIZATION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/909323c8-5507-4748-b075-f6734ca957d3/1000w_q95+%287%29.webp WARFIGHTER MODERNIZATION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/d41fcc8b-5bfc-4817-8be7-479507cc82e3/HFPa16ba4AA0DUQ.jpg WARFIGHTER MODERNIZATION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/9f2c20d0-5550-4bf1-825b-f790c29ff05b/Northern+Strike+OPV+Black+Hawk-00385.jpg WARFIGHTER MODERNIZATION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/8abdb40a-4b97-4bd2-a5a2-a3421e3ac346/DF-SN-84-10815.jpeg WARFIGHTER MODERNIZATION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/b3f0e3e9-f7db-4f28-9d7e-6bfcae342162/warthog.jpg WARFIGHTER MODERNIZATION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/3727c411-7180-4f0c-aeab-a737ec482663/1000w_q95+%282%29.webp WARFIGHTER MODERNIZATION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/9674dc1c-2ec2-4ac8-8e46-0b11196a0b78/pm_38_908_908850-qpdjtdi88r-preview.jpg WARFIGHTER MODERNIZATION https://www.modernwarfighter.com/ngc2-fight-to-distribute-command daily 0.75 2026-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/79e8c22f-8386-4ff1-adc5-421bce7f627e/1637.jpg NGC2 and the Fight to Distribute Command https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/fcb6e730-bcb6-4376-87a4-f5be38f881fa/original+%281%29.jpg NGC2 and the Fight to Distribute Command - Make it stand out Staff Sgt. Cole Robbins of the 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, and 1st Lt. Samuel Myers, a platoon leader with the 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, review digital information on an Android Team Awareness Kit from a concealed position during Ivy Sting 4 at Fort Carson, Colorado, January 27, 2026. Image: Spc. Samuel Brandon, U.S. Army https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/b950e061-6b6d-4de8-9d2e-2223b1a437c6/original+%282%29.jpg NGC2 and the Fight to Distribute Command - Make it stand out Soldiers with the 25th Infantry Division receive a fire mission at a battalion fire direction center during Lightning Surge 2 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Feb. 24, 2026. The exercise supported the division’s experimentation with next-generation command-and-control systems. Image: U.S. Army photo edited by Lt. Col. Hayden Howell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/05064dcb-c6f6-4745-a86a-2e0d29c2556b/635w_q95.webp NGC2 and the Fight to Distribute Command - Make it stand out Capt. Alex Bayer, a mechanized infantry company commander in the 4th Infantry Division, coordinates with her unit on an NGC2 end-user device during Project Convergence Capstone 6 at Fort Irwin, California, July 24, 2026. Image: Sgt. Nathan Arellano Tlaczani, U.S. Army / DVIDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/45887ecd-ae3f-4915-bd04-46dc957fa80f/original+%283%29.jpg NGC2 and the Fight to Distribute Command - Make it stand out Before: III Armored Corps operates legacy Warfighter Information Network-Tactical equipment during a Warfighter exercise at Fort Hood, Texas, April 18, 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/d6dc71a4-e345-4e19-b7f3-cd6e15f5dfb0/original+%284%29.jpg NGC2 and the Fight to Distribute Command - Make it stand out After: Soldiers from the 57th Expeditionary Signal Battalion-Enhanced, which supports III Armored Corps, train on low-earth-orbit satellite terminals from the Army's new command-and-control network baseline at Fort Hood, Texas, August 6, 2026. Image: U.S. Army https://www.modernwarfighter.com/mq-72c-lakota-after-the-cockpit daily 0.75 2026-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/79e8c22f-8386-4ff1-adc5-421bce7f627e/1637.jpg The Lakota After the Cockpit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/e5a85768-fdd4-47b8-a489-d03890ac39fb/resize+%283%29.webp The Lakota After the Cockpit - Make it stand out U145 mock-up with the cockpit replaced by forward cargo access. Image: Airbus Helicopters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/5b0d8e03-a41e-44ac-8e2c-adb77fbd29cd/resize+%282%29.webp The Lakota After the Cockpit - Make it stand out U145 cargo compartment with the cockpit removed and the floor opened for cargo handling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/a3b0ad90-72eb-4aef-8b02-04f2cb33d38e/resize+%284%29.webp The Lakota After the Cockpit - Make it stand out U145 mock-up with the forward cargo opening and side access exposed. https://www.modernwarfighter.com/sikorsky-x2-s-97-raider-fara-ngrc daily 0.75 2026-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/79e8c22f-8386-4ff1-adc5-421bce7f627e/1637.jpg Sikorsky’s X2 Still Needs a Customer After FARA and FLRAA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/3f8b2093-dc3f-4798-889c-a5f3ab766242/itep_ceremony2_0.jpg Sikorsky’s X2 Still Needs a Customer After FARA and FLRAA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/43c8a0ac-6758-444f-903b-dbb16425c507/S-69-ABC-042.jpg Sikorsky’s X2 Still Needs a Customer After FARA and FLRAA - Make it stand out The S-69/XH-59A with the auxiliary jet engines used for high-speed testing. Its Advancing Blade Concept established the aerodynamic foundation that Sikorsky later revisited with X2. Credit: Igor I. Sikorsky Historical Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/5d0024d3-92ee-4919-a73d-a35dc838a939/Sikorsky_X2_World_Record_Speed_Demonstrator_RFront_MacDill_AirFest_5Oct2011_%2814512967050%29.jpg Sikorsky’s X2 Still Needs a Customer After FARA and FLRAA - Make it stand out The X2 Technology Demonstrator on display in 2011. Its flight-test program showed how modern controls and integrated propulsion could help make an older rotor concept practical. Credit: Valder137 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/23e6ca37-2588-45e6-8732-9730b6794387/Sikorsky%E2%80%93Boeing_SB-1_Defiant_%2849562718727%29.jpg Sikorsky’s X2 Still Needs a Customer After FARA and FLRAA - Make it stand out Sikorsky and Boeing’s SB>1 Defiant in February 2020. The demonstrator tested the X2 architecture at the scale of a medium assault helicopter, carrying the technology into a different weight class and mission. Credit: U.S. Army / Sgt. Dana Clarke. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/7d004806-1e85-41cc-b8af-bba3274cd60c/chart.png+%281%29.png Sikorsky’s X2 Still Needs a Customer After FARA and FLRAA - Make it stand out GAO’s breakdown of the Army’s planned aviation investment rebalance for fiscal years 2025–2029. FARA’s cancellation accounted for approximately $4.4 billion of the roughly $7.3 billion the Army planned to redirect. Source: U.S. Government Accountability Office, GAO-26-108025, Figure 3. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/15c59b0f-5ca7-4dd4-8fff-814c1f4f51bb/digital-rendering-of-airbus-next-generation-rotorcraft-concepts.jpg Sikorsky’s X2 Still Needs a Customer After FARA and FLRAA - Make it stand out Airbus concept illustrations for NATO’s NGRC studies show a high-speed compound above a conventional helicopter configuration. Illustration: Airbus Helicopters. https://www.modernwarfighter.com/uh-60m-black-hawk-fy2026-award-fy2027-request daily 0.75 2026-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/79e8c22f-8386-4ff1-adc5-421bce7f627e/1637.jpg 16 UH-60M Black Hawks in FY2026, One Requested for FY2027 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/bbb83936-0244-4b9f-87f4-8042d0aa4f6e/MW_FY2027_UH-60M_Funding_Chart.png 16 UH-60M Black Hawks in FY2026, One Requested for FY2027 - Make it stand out FY2027 UH-60M funding under the Army request and the two House proposals. Source: Modern Warfighter analysis of the FY2027 P-1, H.R. 8800 and H. Rept. 119-715 https://www.modernwarfighter.com/acquisition daily 0.75 2026-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/48c81520-a8a7-4672-a444-d1cd3a872c41/20230119_BlackHawk_1920.jpg Acquisition Briefs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/258914ca-da56-4004-8cbd-5c320550ff9a/Chinook_1920x1080.jpg Acquisition Briefs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/ab533261-2f65-4cf4-b699-8b56a95c19cf/size0-full+%282%29.jpg Acquisition Briefs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/6365813a-d5be-491c-b772-374d45accce2/260108-F-PI908-1001.jpg Acquisition Briefs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/0a5ebd06-5322-496c-8394-6ebdfa0e4e46/6ac7fe7f6966539feaa62b61_FSMU.jpg Acquisition Briefs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/c79ca21e-e5d3-4b3a-b472-a3b13610348f/download+%281%29.png Acquisition Briefs https://www.modernwarfighter.com/t901-24-engines-development-contract-production daily 0.75 2026-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/79e8c22f-8386-4ff1-adc5-421bce7f627e/1637.jpg Up to 24 More T901 Engines Would Stay on the Development Contract https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/3f8b2093-dc3f-4798-889c-a5f3ab766242/itep_ceremony2_0.jpg Up to 24 More T901 Engines Would Stay on the Development Contract https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/b6334153-70c0-4d41-8a89-056a794a517b/MW_ITEP_Funding_Chart.png Up to 24 More T901 Engines Would Stay on the Development Contract - Make it stand out ITEP funding against two zero-dollar Army requests. Source: U.S. Army, U.S. Congress, Breaking Defense https://www.modernwarfighter.com/verification-t901-24-engines-development-contract-production daily 0.75 2026-09-27 https://www.modernwarfighter.com/fa-xx-boeing-f47-carrier-transition daily 0.75 2026-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/79e8c22f-8386-4ff1-adc5-421bce7f627e/1637.jpg Boeing F/A-XX Award Puts Both Sixth-Gen Fighters at One Prime https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/47fead6e-96d4-49a2-b413-5721167b0ddc/MW-FA-XX-Funding-Chart+%281%29.png Boeing F/A-XX Award Puts Both Sixth-Gen Fighters at One Prime - Make it stand out The Pentagon's FY2026 request would have held F/A-XX to minimal design funding. Congress funded development instead, and House appropriators have backed FY2027 at more than six times the Pentagon's request. Chart: Modern Warfighter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/27964049-4ebc-40c4-9b4f-2f10d8800477/1000w_q95+%288%29.webp Boeing F/A-XX Award Puts Both Sixth-Gen Fighters at One Prime - Make it stand out An MQ-25A Stingray on its first flight over southern Illinois, April 25, 2026. The Navy's first production award followed in September. Credit: Boeing via DVIDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/d233e7ff-f937-43d2-b98c-177c1c05fca9/1000w_q95+%286%29.webp Boeing F/A-XX Award Puts Both Sixth-Gen Fighters at One Prime - Make it stand out An EA-18G Growler from Electronic Attack Squadron 133 launches from USS Abraham Lincoln, January 23, 2026. The award announcement names the Growler among the aircraft F/A-XX will eventually replace. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Daniel Kimmelman via DVIDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/7c6feb3f-1409-4d85-af90-581c62bcabbd/991e287c-2491-4606-a708-62fa5bd04348-AP25080633618577.webp Boeing F/A-XX Award Puts Both Sixth-Gen Fighters at One Prime - Make it stand out The Air Force's F-47, awarded to Boeing in March 2025. Boeing now holds the prime role on both announced U.S. sixth-generation fighter programs. Rendering: U.S. Air Force. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/169baf2d-a6f8-4ac6-aada-4857bb105118/1000w_q95+%287%29.webp Boeing F/A-XX Award Puts Both Sixth-Gen Fighters at One Prime - Make it stand out A Super Hornet on the flight line at Fleet Readiness Center Southwest in San Diego, where the depot completed its first in-house Block III modification in April 2026. The structural service-life work extends the airframe from 6,000 to 10,000 flight hours. U.S. Navy photo by Michael A. Furlano. https://www.modernwarfighter.com/fa-xx-boeing-award-verification daily 0.75 2026-09-30 https://www.modernwarfighter.com/mh-139a-grey-wolf-full-rate-production-support daily 0.75 2026-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/79e8c22f-8386-4ff1-adc5-421bce7f627e/1637.jpg MH-139A Grey Wolf Full-Rate Production and Support Costs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/fc1fcc55-69ba-4789-bc0e-2387337d9b35/1000w_q95.webp MH-139A Grey Wolf Full-Rate Production and Support Costs - Make it stand out A 582nd Helicopter Group MH-139 Grey Wolf takes off near Pine Bluffs, Wyoming, Feb. 19, 2026. The group supports security across Air Force Global Strike Command’s missile wings. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Nicholas Rowe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/b6946b19-baf1-4614-9f86-ecd482ef42bc/MW-Grey-Wolf-FY2027-Request-Chart.png MH-139A Grey Wolf Full-Rate Production and Support Costs - Make it stand out Support makes up nearly two-thirds of the Air Force's FY2027 Grey Wolf request. The four helicopters themselves account for about a third. Chart: Modern Warfighter https://www.modernwarfighter.com/verification-mh-139a-grey-wolf-full-rate-production daily 0.75 2026-10-03 https://www.modernwarfighter.com/x-bat-runway-problem daily 0.75 2026-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/79e8c22f-8386-4ff1-adc5-421bce7f627e/1637.jpg Shield AI X-BAT VTOL Jet and the Navy’s Runway Problem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/71c90f98-305d-4469-802c-96b5f1c71bd9/1000w_q95+%281%29.webp Shield AI X-BAT VTOL Jet and the Navy’s Runway Problem A civilian contractor prepares to recover a V-BAT after a test flight aboard USS Carter Hall on May 20, 2023. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Moises Sandoval. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/fb93eca1-d1a7-4695-9609-ddfd1769564f/shield-ai-x-bat-unmanned-fighter-jet-drone-2.jpg Shield AI X-BAT VTOL Jet and the Navy’s Runway Problem Shield AI concept rendering of three X-BAT aircraft on launch and recovery trailers. Image: Shield AI. https://www.modernwarfighter.com/x-bat-runway-problem-verification daily 0.75 2026-10-09 https://www.modernwarfighter.com/verification-sikorsky-x2-s-97-raider-fara-ngrc daily 0.75 2026-10-09 https://www.modernwarfighter.com/bell-x76-sprint-stop-fold-hsvtol daily 0.75 2026-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/79e8c22f-8386-4ff1-adc5-421bce7f627e/1637.jpg Bell’s X-76 and the Stop/Fold Approach to High-Speed VTOL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/e4d0da2d-0adc-49bb-8426-22631019f4de/program-sprint-x-76-high-res.jpg Bell’s X-76 and the Stop/Fold Approach to High-Speed VTOL DARPA's artist concept depicts the SPRINT X-76 with folded rotors in its proposed cruise configuration. Credit: DARPA / Colie Wertz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/b2d09590-1fac-4fac-8677-d08eb498a2a3/dugway_36.gif Bell’s X-76 and the Stop/Fold Approach to High-Speed VTOL Aurora's concept animation depicts its three-fan SPRINT proposal with integrated lift-fan covers. Credit: Aurora Flight Sciences https://www.modernwarfighter.com/bell-x76-sprint-verification daily 0.75 2026-10-12 https://www.modernwarfighter.com/mv-75-development-funding-reprogramming daily 0.75 2026-10-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/79e8c22f-8386-4ff1-adc5-421bce7f627e/1637.jpg MV-75 Gets $200 Million for Prototypes as the CR Restricts Long-Lead Production Money https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/48c81520-a8a7-4672-a444-d1cd3a872c41/20230119_BlackHawk_1920.jpg MV-75 Gets $200 Million for Prototypes as the CR Restricts Long-Lead Production Money https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/10ab330f-2a11-42db-a3e5-8cf41b111301/Black-Hawk-Above-and-Beyond-Img3.jpg MV-75 Gets $200 Million for Prototypes as the CR Restricts Long-Lead Production Money https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/ab533261-2f65-4cf4-b699-8b56a95c19cf/size0-full+%282%29.jpg MV-75 Gets $200 Million for Prototypes as the CR Restricts Long-Lead Production Money https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/6d07f4ba-9949-4268-be41-95f7f8fa7c29/Modern-Warfighter-MV75-Funding-Chart.png MV-75 Gets $200 Million for Prototypes as the CR Restricts Long-Lead Production Money The FY2027 request is more than double the FY2025 actual and about $920 million above FY2026’s regular appropriation. FY2026’s reconciliation-law plan and September’s reprogramming appear as separate lines. Chart: Modern Warfighter https://www.modernwarfighter.com/mv-75-development-funding-verification daily 0.75 2026-10-13 https://www.modernwarfighter.com/apache-generation-iii-rfi-retrofit-path daily 0.75 2026-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/79e8c22f-8386-4ff1-adc5-421bce7f627e/1637.jpg Apache Budgets Narrow the Factory Path for Generation III RFI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/d739e5d9-849a-489e-9820-aa3f22ecc7ee/MW_Apache_RFI_Chart1_Reman+%281%29.png Apache Budgets Narrow the Factory Path for Generation III RFI The Army requested no remanufactured AH-64Es for FY2026 or FY2027. Congress funded seven in FY2026, leaving few new airframes to carry Generation III into the fleet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69968cc895ad653a3dcdf211/a4e0074a-c5ff-4c9b-bdd8-ef3ec3d8b8b3/MW_Apache_RFI_Chart2_Contracts+%281%29.png Apache Budgets Narrow the Factory Path for Generation III RFI Fielded RFI work has moved through successive orders and contracts, now reaching 2031. The reviewed records place no date on Generation III's arrival. https://www.modernwarfighter.com/apache-generation-iii-rfi-retrofit-path-verification daily 0.75 2026-10-17